It is Christmas 1993. The Atari brand is a dumpster fire. The age of the 16 Bit games machine, dominated by Sega and Nintendo is coming to an end and Atari think that their 64-bit Jaguar is positioned to take over. In the age of the Bit Wars, where more bits MUST mean a console […]
Faircroft’s Antiques: The Forbidden Crypt – Collectors Edition is the latest point and click, hidden-object adventure/puzzle game from developer BoomZap and publisher Ocean Media, following both Faircroft’s Antiques: Home For Christmas and Faircroft’s Antiques: The Heir of Glen Kinnoch – taking the gameplay aspects of both previous games and updating both the graphics AND control […]
Based on the best-selling Dark Horse graphic novel, “Ghost”, comes Ghost: Elisa Cameron. A game that sees you wake up in a cold, desolate bathroom without any memory of your whereabouts, as a surveillance camera tracks your every move. Can you piece together the mystery and find your way to safety? As the titular character […]
When Doom was given a facelift, there was a speed and style to it that was new and refreshing. There was a certain rhythm you created in the chaos, and when you found that perfect speed you were flying around the battles bashing in skulls and blowing up the monsters you encounter. This was one […]
Inspired by the challenging gameplay of Dark Souls, science fiction cult classics like Event Horizon, Hellpoint is a hardcore sci-fi action role-playing horror where you play as a synthetic human being, exploring an abandoned space station, fighting horrible abominations, collecting the axioms they leave behind and trying to uncover the truth behind your creation… When […]
In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition we take a look at Kill It With Fire, an arachnaphobe-unfriendly bug hunting game now on the Nintendo Switch. Much like Steam on PC, Nintendo’s Switch […]
When you think platform fighter you think Smash Bros. Guaranteed. No matter the generation of console Smash Bros. has ALWAYS been king of that format – there’s a reason people play the game competitively, even if Nintendo have had issues with that. Over the years there have been a number of attempts to capitalise on […]
If you know your Greek mythology Icarus flew too close to the sun and died. Now a new game with the same name has been released, and is more than likely to become the next big game for survival fans. The question has to be though right now is it flying up to the sun […]
There are a lot of metrics by which to measure the quality of video games – graphics, sound, controls, game play… But there’s one, at least for me, that trumps all those. Namely how long I’ll plonk myself in front of the TV and play a game in one sitting… And after downloading Xuan Yuan […]
If there is one type of game that seems to be growing in popularity at the moment it has to be simulators. We’ve got House Flipper, we’ve got the latest Farming Simulator, Cooking Simulator, and so many more. One of the ones you would probably not feel would be the most fun is Lawn Mowing […]
In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition we take a look at Lyrica 2, a sequel to the 2019 original, now available on the Nintendo Switch. Lyrica 2: Stars Align is the sequel […]
The Darius series pioneered horizontal shoot ’em up games in the mid-to-late 80s and was developed by the legendary TAITO Corporation. The first Darius game wowed arcade going fans when it was released in 1986 with its dedicated dual-display cabinet, imaginative enemy designs and revolutionary sound design. The first Darius is set in a futuristic […]
I’ve been a Far Cry fan for a long time, with Far Cry 2 being my personal introduction to the series. The games got better and better, with the forth being my favourite to date, and Far Cry 6 certainly follows in the footsteps of those games, taking a step back into reality and away […]
I’m a fan of the Life is Strange franchise and have been since the very first episode of the first game was released back in January of 2015. The first game, the Before the Storm mini-game and Life is Strange 2 were all, in my view, fantastic games with wonderful stories and well-drawn characters. When […]
Anyone out there remember Micro Machines? Those tiny little diecast cars that kids, at least of my generation, went crazy for… Well if you’re old enough to remember the toys, then you’re surely old enough to remember the video games! Spanning multiple consoles, including the Sega Megadrive, Commodore Amiga and the Nintendo NES – the […]
Even though Phoenix Point has been out on PC for a couple of years now (more or less, anyway) it has only just landed on consoles. Thankfully, it appears on both PS4 and Xbox One (with next gen upgrades apparently due in the future) in the form of the Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition. This version […]
To celebrate 50 years of the competition in 2022, WRC 10 offers a unique anniversary edition, bursting with new features and driving thrills. A retrospective mode offers players the chance to relive 19 events that have shaped the history of the Championship – including six historic rallies, such as the legendary Acropolis Rally (Greece) and […]
Since the PS4/Xbox One era arrived I’ve almost exclusively avoided AAA titles, spending most of my time playing indie games or Western releases of weird Japanese games. Though most, if not all of my time, is spent playing shmups and fighting games, with the odd racer thrown in for good measure… And I’ve been happy […]
SPELUNKER HD DELUXE Good god I forgot how much I hate Spelunker! Originally released waaaay back in 1983, Spelunker is – to this day – a hard as nails platformer that sees you play as the titular spelunker, traversing caves… Walking, running, climbing and jumping around. Oh and dying, a LOT. Yes, the evil that […]
After Tales of Graces F, the next game chronologically was Tales of Xillia which was mostly released to celebrate a landmark for the series. Tales of Xillia was made for the 15th anniversary of the franchise. As a result, there are a lot of touches to the stories that came before it but the question […]
With Tales of Arise coming out later this year, I thought it would be good to revisit some of the Tales games that I’ve gotten to experience in the lead-up to it. Even though I am a lifelong JRPG fan, I didn’t start my Tales journey until 2012 and the first one I ever played […]
[NOTE: This review is of the ORIGINAL Switch release of this game, not the recently updated/patched version… Mainly because I refuse to replay this game again!] Created by Dead Drop Studios (in reality solo developer Evan Wolbach), Outbreak: Endless Nightmares is the latest game to grace modern consoles in the Outbreak series, this time mixing […]
