Video Game Reviews, Articles
Do you ever feel like games development companies are trying to brainwash the public with their games? Constant wearing us down to spending all of our hard earned cash in their games? Have you ever wanted to infiltrate them, murder…
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Randomly generated? Tick. “Deep” stat driven loot system? Tick. Indie? Of course that’s a tick. That’s pretty much the big three ticked off for any rogue-lite game these days. Every indie seems to start off by creating a rogue-lite game,…
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When Shenmue III came across my desk, I offered it around to my other editors. It’s a game that, while I have heard good things, I’ve never actually played. This being the case, I felt it my duty to offer…
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What is it? Sea Salt is an indie reverse-horror game in which you play a demonic being that summons other demonic beings to terrorise and murder as many humans as you can get your hands on. Platform(s) PC Pros Cons…
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I’m not really a man that likes horror games. I scare easily, find gore a bit unpleasant and generally don’t like being terrified. However, Sea Salt is a different type of horror game. It’s a reverse horror game, which sees…
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What is it? Steel Circus is an indie futuristic sports game that sees you play in 3v3 matches against online opponents, in a handball-style game. Platform(s) PC Pros Cons Great fun. Solid mechanics. Looks great. Poor team balancing. No consequences…
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The sequel to the 2017 RPG third-person action-adventure, The Surge, which was in itself the spiritual successor to 2014’s Lords of the Fallen, The Surge 2 continues developer Deck 13’s sci-fi romance with the Soulsborne games. While I’ve flirted with…
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A while ago, I played a game called Laser League. It was the first game I did a video review on, and genuinely, I loved it. It was a slightly different sport style game, with a lot of action, tense…
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Mighty Switch Force Collection bundles together the original Nintendo 2011 platform puzzler game, 2012 HD remake, 2013 direct sequel and 2015 PC outing co-op puzzler, giving good value for money at a price tag of just under £17 on PS4,…
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It has been a while since I played a beat ’em up – I think Coffee Crisis was the last one and that was a good while ago. I used to really enjoy them, Final Fight in particular was my…
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Paco and Alan enjoy gaming pursuits elsewhere as Video Game Alamanac creator Edd Harding joins Lee to discuss Final Fantasy Tactics-inspired turn-based strategy RPG Fell Seal, why reviewing 1000 games in 1000 minutes isn’t insane and the finer points of…
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What is it? Descenders is a game about the thrills of downhill biking, and puts you in the shoes of an extreme biker, pulling off quick downhill runs and plentiful stunts to go with it. Platform(s) PC Pros Cons So…
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It’s probably an unwritten Law of Gaming Reviews that you don’t undertake two reviews at once. Probably. If not, I would be compelled to make a pizza bet that a very written Law of Gaming Reviews is most definitely don’t…
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I’m all for an extreme sports game, especially one that involves high speeds and insane trickery. Given that Descenders promises exactly that, I was extremely keen to give it a go. It’s a game that features you on a mountain…
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The sequel to an episode recorded over two years ago, Alan, Paco and Lee are tasked with choosing some of their favourite video game scores or music tracks (along with some worthy mentions if it gets too hard to choose!)….
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