• Bomberman Hero (N64)

    ...to complete the game. Basically, if you don’t care about points or unlocking a secret planet, this game can be finished in the time it takes you heat up a...

  • Phoenix Wright Saves a Whale

    ...and a pink star painted on one side of its face, matching its owners. Phoenix idly wondered if that was an example of animal abuse as he stepped forward. “I’m...

  • Ape Escape (PS1)

    ...in different and unique ways of obtaining your goal. Oh, and did I mention that you can collect Specter coins to unlock mini-games? That’s right! Throughout the maps, there are...

  • Left in the Dark: No One on Board (PC)

    ...is unlocked! You just solved the puzzle to unlock the door! Why is it that the villain can’t get inside? For the first half of the game, our heroine gets...

  • Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F (PS3)

    ...them pretty quickly. Rhythm Game Items allow the player to make the song easier or harder, like the book item I described in Project DIVA spin-off, K-On! Houkago Live!!. It...

  • Bleach: Heat the Soul (PSP)

    ...a thing for fighting games. I’ve only ever swapped memory cards to clone cows in Harvest Moon. My second problem with the game stems entirely from the unlock system—winning battles...

  • Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES)

    ...certain number of keys to unlock the exit to each stage—miss one, and suddenly you’re backtracking through mazes and multi-screen rooms you could barely navigate on the way in, let...

  • The Silent Age (PC)

    ...menu screen provides a convenient plot synopsis of each chapter you’ve unlocked, and you can skip cutscenes. You can even double-click to run instead of walk! If the game were...

  • My Sweet Bodyguard (iOS)

    ...free candy. And your childhood bully. And also three other guys that you have to unlock to play who don’t really appear in the story. And you better make this...

  • [NSFW] Hotline Miami (PC)

    ...see. You unlock new masks by completing levels and new weapons through the points you get at the end of each level. The gameplay is fun and engrossing, levels are...