Erik Hodges, Author at Try Hard Guides

Erik Hodges

Erik Hodges is a hobby writer and a professional gamer, at least if you asked him. He has been writing fiction for over 12 years and gaming practically since birth, so he knows exactly what to nitpick when dissecting a game's story. When he isn't reviewing games, he's probably playing them.

Summum Aeterna

Summum Aeterna Review — The Conquering Darkness

Summum Aeterna combines roguelike randomization with Metroidvania level design, creating a combination that may make the game a bit more difficult for your average Metroidvania player.

MythForce

MythForce Review – A SatAM Slam

MythForce combines a unique premise with superb gameplay to create a game you can easily lose a few thousand hours to.

Eternights

Eternights Review – Dating at the end of the world

Eternights cleverly combines many different genres in a way that works beautifully and makes a truly unique experience from top to bottom.

SYNCED

SYNCED Review — Ambitious, fun, but slow to start

SYNCED is a brand new free to play game with ambitious mechanics, though some of the balancing could use a bit of work.

Chants of Sennaar

Chants of Sennaar Review — A challenge of biblical proportions

Chants of Sennaar is a relaxing yet puzzling game that tasks you with uniting a world seperated by the power of language.

Untamed Tactics

Untamed Tactics Review — An untamed mess

Untamed Tactics delivers exhuastingly long and boring fights with confusing, unbalanced mechanics that makes for a game that's hard to recommend.

Sea of Stars

Sea of Stars Review — Classically inspired, modernly brilliant

Sea of Stars tells a story worth telling, with phenominal characters and improvements on classic systems that even an RPG hater would have fun with.

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON Review – From the Ash We Rise

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon beautifully delivers on the mech pilot experience with a game that is both immersive and super fun to play.

It's a Wrap!

It’s a Wrap! Review – Cut!

It's a Wrap! combines puzzles and platforming with the fantasy of being a D list actor on an 80's movie set. While full of charm and intuitive, I struggled to keep my attention on this puzzling game for very long.

Sprawl

SPRAWL Review – Error in the code

SPRAWL has great style and some good ideas, but is held back by a lack of its own identity and some game breaking bugs.

Ride 5

Ride 5 Review – Authentic, challenging races

Ride 5 provides an authentic and challenging experience that doesn't stop being fun when you're losing,but PC players are better off getting a controller for this title.

Book of Hours

Book of Hours Review – Comfortable, Cozy Occultism

Book of Hours delivers on a rare yet no less appealing fantasy; Curating an ancient catalouge of occult knowledge and enjoying a warm cuppa as you do.

Blasphemous 2

Blasphemous 2 Review – Slay The Miracle

Blasphemous II is a work of art that will blow you away with its beautiful graphics, music, worldbuilding and storytelling, and most importantly gameplay -- even when it gets really hard.

En Garde!

En Garde! Review – Panache and Swashbuckling Sass

En Garde! freshens up an aging genre of gameplay, creating a title that feels familiar but with an identity all of its own.

Marble It Up! Ultra

Marble It Up! Ultra Review – Nostalgic, Marble-Bouncing Fun

Marble It Up! Ultra provides a seuqle's worth of content in one simple, marble-shaped package.

Atlas Fallen

Atlas Fallen Review – A confusing mess

Atlas Fallen is a game that feels like too many teams were working on it at once, with the end result trying to be too many things and failing to be any of them.