Game Review – Quest and Roam

Revisiting Fire Emblem: A Longtime Fan’s Replay Project

As stress over my job hunt continues, I have found myself defaulting to not playing new experiences, but rather doing more “comfort gaming”—old titles I know very well, and that…

Quest and Roam May 13, 2025

Review

Revisiting Hollow Knight: A Game That Speaks Without Words

The first time I played Hollow Knight, I admired it. It showed me a game with good mechanics, tight progression, and enough of a story to keep me invested. I…

Quest and Roam April 30, 2025

Review

Balatro Review: Addictive, Accessible, and a Bit Overhyped

With so much hype around a genre I already enjoy, trying out this poker-based deckbuilder was inevitable. Balatro is a deck-builder/roguelike game released in 2024, and it has caught a…

Quest and Roam April 8, 2025

Mini-Reviews

Short Takes: 4 Games That Led to Quest and Roam

The games I have been reviewing thus far have (mostly) been part of a backlog project for 2025, but before Quest and Roam even existed, there were games that ignited…

Quest and Roam March 22, 2025

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SpongeBob Rehydrated: Polished, but Stuck in the Past

As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been playing a few games with my roommate. I don’t want to get too deep into this soon—I’d rather explain this in a shorter piece—but…

Quest and Roam March 18, 2025

Review

Sonic Heroes: A Fight Worth Having

If you have, like me, been a long-time Sonic fan, you know the series has had its share of highs and lows. While playing Sonic Frontiers, I couldn’t shake the…

Quest and Roam March 4, 2025

Mini-Reviews

Short Takes: Four Games I Am Not Sticking With

Hey there! I have made a couple of updates on what I am planning to drop or keep playing, but from now on, I think it's better if I review dropped games…

Quest and Roam March 1, 2025

Review

Little Nightmares II Overdoes the First One – and Not Only in the Good Ways

It might not look like it, given that this is the second horror game I've recently reviewed here, but I wouldn't call myself a horror fan - I get scared easily…

Quest and Roam February 25, 2025

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What is a Touhou Game? A Newcomer’s Review of Hero of the Ice Fairy

Hey there! Despite this being a shorter game, I had a fair amount of things going on. One of those things was attending the CDMX YGO regional, where I finished 84th…

Quest and Roam February 7, 2025

Review

Astral Ascent Dazzles, then Fizzles

Hey there - this review took longer than expected due to some health concerns and a busier-than-expected schedule. While there's no crowd eagerly waiting, writing reviews helps me reflect on…

Quest and Roam January 22, 2025