Eastward

Rich Meister's Top 10 Games of 2021

Rich Meister's Top 10 Games of 2021

What a year. 2021 has been arguably the best year and a string of horrible years. Sure, we’ve still got that whole pandemic thing, and our country’s moral and financial integrity is crumbling from the inside out, but VIDEO GAMES! Also, that Spider-man movie was really good.

Despite the horrible odds, I’ve made it through another calendar year as Sword Chomp’s EIC, and I played a lot of really cool games. Tons of people said there weren’t many good games this year; those people are dumb as shit. Here are the ten games I thought kicked the most ass in 2021.

Review: Eastward

Review: Eastward

Author: Rich Meister

I only played the Mother games recently. I bounced about in the original Earthbound release when I was a kid. Still, it was a fan translation of Mother 3 that I got through totally legitimate means that moved me from a place of distanced appreciation to genuine respect for the quirky, charming series.

Eastward is a game that takes the best of Earthbound/Mother’s surreal and fun writing and combines it with the top-down action of traditional Zelda games for a nostalgia-packed adventure that carves out an incredible world that I won’t forget anytime soon.