Video Game Reviews, Articles
While Lee takes time out to deal with work-related madness, Alan and Paco get together to discuss such things as Anthem bricking PS4s, the Resident Evil Remake DLC that could have been, and, more importantly, what has been occupying their…
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The Monsters gather to talk over the games that have been occupying their grubby little paws over the last few weeks, including Fallout 76, Red Dead Redemption 2 Online, Beat Sabre, Night in the Woods, Nier Automata and…er… Overwatch…?
Welcome back for another Episode of the Fallout 4 Tat’s Play. Following on from Episode 1 – War Never Changes, Out Of Time, promises some action, some touching narrative and everyone’s favourite Mr. Handy, Codsworth! What sets this Tat’s Play apart from others?…
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The Monsters round up their discussion about Rockstar’s much-touted Game of the Year, Red Dead Redemption II, by talking over Paco’s experience with it. In the second half of the episode we take a decidedly unqualified look at the hot…
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Welcome to a brand new series of Tat’s Play, starring yours truly and the epic Action/Adventure RPG, Fallout 4. Fallot 4 is a post-apocalyptic RPG set in the Boston Commonwealth after a nuclear war. However, we aren’t here to talk about…
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Have you ever had to wipe your backside with foliage after attending to personal business in The Great Outdoors? We haven’t either but we wouldn’t have been the slightest bit surprised if this had been included as a mini-game in…
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The Monsters are finally reunited in a review episode of embarrassing riches. Or guaranteed embarrassment at the very least. Insomniac Games bounce back in Spectacular (see what I did there?) fashion from the beloved but overlooked Sunset Overdrive to Marvel’s…
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SPOILERS FOR THE LAST OF US!!! In the second part of our first E3 2018 episode (?!), the monsters look over the offerings during Sony’s conference, including the eagerly anticipated Last of Us 2, the stunning Ghosts of Tsushima and…
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It has been said that all good things must come to an end, and I guess that applies to things that really could have been done in half the time if we hadn’t waffled on quite as much as well…
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Paco, Alan and Lee return to the videogaming fray after a long absence with a back-to-basics ‘what we’ve been playing’ episode. No sound FX, no clever editing, just some good old fashioned gushing over games. We also talk some Nintendo…
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PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER As the decorators set about re-purposing the recently vacated spare room on the Avenger (a task that will take 14 days), I turn my attention to the loot dropped on the last mission – a stock….
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The Metal Gear crazy train continues off the rails at speed as we enter hour 5 of our increasingly rambling retelling of the PS2 classic storyline. In this episode, the leader of the terrorists who seized Big Shell is finally…
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YOU REALLY WANNA SAVE THOSE CRAZY SWEDES, HUH? This time out the aliens have been causing a rumpus in rural Norway, so the squad hits the road in the sky ranger and I wonder what unpleasant delights the game has…
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‘WE HAVE THE TOOLS, WE HAVE THE TALENT!’ I don’t think I’ve made a secret of the fact that the last mission was all a bit squeaky bum time – sailing perilously close to failure, for those of you not…
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GRENADE DIPLOMACY A cut scene triggers as Kim pulls the pin on his frag grenade and lobs it in amongst the Advent patrol. It detonates, vaporising the two troopers and relieving the officer of most of his health. Our presence…
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