Video Game Reviews, Articles
To begin this one, let me say that indies on Steam are starting to become a generic thing, oddly enough. The deep, airquotes or not, writing to make up for a lack of budget and technical accomplishments. The simple-but-rewarding gameplay…
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I was quite excited about Hidden Through Time. It’s the follow on to Hidden Folks and I thoroughly enjoyed that, but felt it left me a little bit short. After a bit of a stressful period, I was looking for…
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DOOM was always an action-packed frag-a-thon, but that’s not to say it didn’t try to be creepy at times. However, it was the PlayStation port that really cranked up the spook-factor with its coloured lighting, unsettling sound effects and eerie…
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Oh, another retro-chique first-person shooter on the market? Not exactly surprising at this point. What sets This Strange Realm Of Mine – developed and published by Doomster Entertainment – apart from the rest of the shooters out there is its attempt…
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Gripping visual novels aren’t always easy to come by, but you know you have a winner on your hands when you find one that thrives in virtually every aspect. The House in Fata Morgana – developed and released by Novectacle…
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RICO is about as stripped down as a cop-themed co-op shooter can get. No need to fuss over annoying story details or deep shooting mechanics, as Ground Shatter’s procedurally-generated FPS quite literally sums up its own premise as “kick doors,…
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From Crytek GmbH, they of Crysis and CryEngine fame, Hunt: Showdown is a high-stakes, always online PvPvE first-person shooter set in the humid swamps of 19th century Louisiana, where grizzled wild west hunters stalk creatures of the night for cash…
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Back in late-January, we checked out the SwitchGrip Pro Slim Bundle by Satisfye (you can check out the review here), and suffice to say, we were thoroughly impressed with what was on offer. During the holidays, the company released a…
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Anime schoolgirls fighting monsters! Yes, it’s a trope that’s been done to death, especially in Japan, but they never stop cropping up every so often. It’s understandable to be skeptical, considering some rely on the trope, alongside blatantly obvious fanservice,…
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Official Nintendo merch tend to come with a pretty nasty price tag. £55 for a controller? Give over, lads. It’s at least comforting to know that there are some great alternatives out there. Beboncool, for instance, specializes in cheaper wireless…
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Factfile Developed by: Ubisoft Published by: Ubisoft Released: 2010 Format played: PS3 Ruminations Having used God of War as a point of comparison in our last review, it seems only right to tackle the source of the inspiration next….
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Procedural generating dungeons? Check. Tough combat? Check. Dungeon crawling? Check. Curse of the Dead Gods must be a roguelite then, as it fits into all of those categories. It’s a game that puts you in the shoes of a man…
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Normally, games advertise themselves as having tremendous length and replayability. Developers – quite rightly – want to try to persuade you that you’re getting more bang for your buck with their game at ten quid than you would at another…
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The art of pugilism is as simple as punching some no-good blockheads repeatedly in the mush until they explode into tiny blocks. Well, that’s how the first-person fighting game Spartan Fist seems to depict it. As the up-and-coming contestant Emma…
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Some of the indie games on the Nintendo eShop are a bit like junk mail: flashy and eye-catching, but also hardly worth your time. Cheap buzzwords and excessive hyperbole aren’t enough to sell what is an undercooked, unbalanced or simply…
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