Raji: An Ancient Epic Review is Live! (Patreon)

The first thing to know about Raji is its high ambitions to bring Indian culture to the global gaming market. Raji is the dream: a game steeped in the myth and aesthetic of India's past...actually made by the Indian developers who know it best. The second thing to know about Raji is that it is a creatively safe game — remarkably so. Though the world you explore is as gorgeous as it is singular, the actual gameplay you've seen a hundred times before. And so despite the fact that Raji is a well-executed game on a technical level, I still walked away from it feeling a little underwhelmed.

I know I mentioned the quarterly wrapup was coming, and it (along with another brief bonus video that struck me like lightning the other day) is still on the way, but I happened to get a copy for a game I'd already given up on, and so altered my schedule a bit to give the game its fair dues. Most likely, the bonus video will be the next out just because it's already half done, but I might surprise myself and get the quarterly wrapup done just as quickly. Either way, I think we can look forward to a bit of an accelerated pace with the next few releases. Enjoy!