Video Game Reviews, Articles
Many consider the eighties a golden era for arcade games, with titles like Pac-Man and Outrun gobbling up pocket money like crazy. Series like these have received their fair share of reboots and remakes, too. It was in 1982 when…
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What is it? Raptor: Call of the Shadows – 2015 Edition is a vertical scrolling-shooter originally developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee in 1994. It was re-released in 2015 by DotEmu with additional features. As a mercenary, you…
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Retro-inspired side-scrollers are plentiful, and may as well be over-saturating the market. Games like Shovel Knight & The Messenger are but two stand-out examples of top-notch titles that boasts both great gameplay, pixel-art visuals and chiptune sound design. Aggelos, developed…
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What is it? Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a third-person shooter developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games. The titular maverick cop is back in the NYPD after being falsely accused of killing his…
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What is it? Harvester is a point-and-click game developed by DigiFX Studio and originally published by Virgin Interactive. It was released on PC by Night Dive Studios in 2014. Waking up in the 1950s town of Harvest as the amnesia-stricken…
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What is it? WarioWare Inc. Mega Microgames is a minigame-compilation title developed and published by Nintendo. Mario’s arch-rival Wario discovers a brand new way to make money, and that’s by making video games. Eager at first, he realizes it’s no…
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What is it? Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour is a 2016 port of 3D Realms’ acclaimed first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D. This is the most up-to-date, commercially-available version of the game, developed by Nerve Interactive and published by…
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What is it? Max Payne is a third-person shooter developed by Remedy Entertainment, produced by 3D Realms and published by Rockstar. The titular anti-hero is a cop who lost his wife and baby when his home was raided by crazed…
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What is it? Quake is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996. An army of monsters are invading the human realm via Earth’s teleportation technology. As a lone soldier named Ranger, you must…
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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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What is it? Reventure is an indie adventure game that sees you play as a hero trying to rescue a princess, kind of. The actual goal of the game is to find every different and unique way to die. Platform(s)…
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What is it? Latte Stand Tycoon is a game that puts you in the shoes of a new owner of a stand on the side of a street where you sell lattes to pedestrians who walk by. You’re in charge…
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There are only a few games that have managed to implement multiple endings well. Chrono Trigger and The Stanley Parable are two, but there are a fair few that have flopped when they attempted it. It’s a pretty difficult thing…
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What is it? Gato Roboto is an indie, two toned metroidvania game featuring a cat in a mecha suit. You have to try to make your way through a perilous alien underworld in order to help your stranded captain. Platform(s)…
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Leisure Suit Larry, a game series that no-one will ever admit to actually playing, is coming back for an eleventh entry, and the first since 2013, in Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry. It’s not a series that I…
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