Video Game Reviews, Articles
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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Factfile Developed by: The Chinese Room Published by: Sony Released: 2015 Format played: PS4 Ruminations We first looked at this back in January 2017 as part of our monthly PS Plus round up, you know, when that was still a…
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Truly, we are living in the age of the remake, reboot, sequel, etc. Every franchise and series you can think of from your childhood is being ressurected from the grave like the unnamed topless chiseling were-everything from Altered Beast, incidentally…
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It’s been a while, but the door to the Monster Closet has been reopened, and Alan and Paco are ready and waiting to talk about some video games! After catching up on the last few months, join them as they…
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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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An alien invasion is imminent. Those extra-terrestrial blighters are attacking ships containing oodles of humans in cryogenic slumber. As a security bot, you must punish the blighters with whatever deadly weapons you can get your hands on. Developed by Cybernate,…
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As modern console players we’ve grown accustomed to games offering exhaustive open worlds full of various gameplay mechanics that keep the gameplay loop interesting over play times that easily top the triple digit hour mark. Car Mechanic Simulator is not…
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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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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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The Monsters may appear to have been gone for some weeks but there are physiological circumstances for our absence as we relate in this episode *dials up the intrigue*. Our triumphant return to the Internet sees us mull over the…
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While Alan and Paco struggle through From Software’s unforgiving critical darling, Sekiro, Lee pulls up a virtual chair with QA specialists Judge Greg and Kynetyk to talk about the lesser publicised side of development – Quality Assurance. Along the way…
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Paco and Lee sit down to mull over their experiences with Ubisoft’s second go around with the persistent online looter-shooter…
The Monsters convene to discuss Google’s GDC gaming revelation that as early as later this year, we will no longer require a console or gaming rig desktop to play top of the line games. Is this the end of consoles?…
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What is it? ONRUSH is a racing game developed by Codemasters, where the objective isn’t always to win the race, but it could be to destroy your opponents or lap them. Platform(s) PC, PS4, & Xbox One Pros Cons Fun…
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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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