I realized something strange when I sat down to play Possessor(s). I genuinely couldn’t remember if or when I saw anything about it. Which is weird to me because, for a game developed by Heart Machine—makers of one of my favourite games, Hyper Light Drifter—and published by Devolver Digital—who always put their name behind quality products—you’d think I would’ve been thinking about this game since it was announced last year.
But something I’ve said before about being a game journalist/critic is how nice it is to still be surprised by video games, and Possessor(s) was a welcome surprise. It doesn’t re-invent the wheel when it comes to Metroid–likes, but it takes that wheel, polishes it to a mirror sheen, and delivers something that is delivers an experience that is unbelievably captivating.
Possessor(s) begins when a cataclysmic explosion rips through the city of Sanzu—warping the city and releasing a wave of demons. Our protagonist, a young girl named Luca, is... Read more