Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden – PS4 Review
It’s probably worth confessing at this point that I have never played XCOM, or rather the modern XCOM, I did dabble with the series back on the Amiga but that was nearly 25 years ago at this point....
View ArticleThe Hong Kong Massacre – PS4 Review
It’s wonderfully easy to see the three cultural touch points that inspired Hong Kong Massacre; Hotline Miami, Max Payne and the Hong Kong action films of the 1980’s and 1990’s. From a top down...
View ArticleThe Blackout Club – PC Steam Review
There’s a weird disconnect when I watch kids adventure films like Goonies or series like Stranger Things. If I was in either of those situations I would be the worst team member, a toxic mix of being...
View ArticleAchtung! Cthulhu Tactics – Switch Review
The Nazis were bad, I think that’s an opinion we can all agree on. And as one of the easiest ‘bad guys’ to put into a game it means we’ve had decades of killing Hitler’s buddies over and over again....
View ArticleSENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal – PS4 Review (NSFW)
At this stage it’s quite apparent that the only times I ever use the NSFW in the title is when I’m talking about the latest release for Senran Kagura, the series that if you live with your parents you...
View ArticleAt Sundown: Shots in the Dark – PS4 Review
Single screen local multiplayer games had something of a resurgence over the past 5 years, games like Gang Beasts, Overcooked, Nidhogg and Ultimate Chicken Horse all came like in like a tsunami...
View ArticleWargroove – Switch Review
There’s a few blind spots in the gaming history, certain genres that I never really tried and kind of missed the boat on. Some I’ve gone back to, like my recent play through the Metroid series and...
View ArticleBow to Blood: Last Captain Standing – PS4 / PSVR Review
Real life Ruaidhri is very different to how I conduct myself in games. I’m not talking about the obvious hyper-violent characters or anything to that effect. I’m not even saying I become a troll when...
View ArticleLornsword Winter Chronicle – PC Review (Early Access)
No one truly dislikes the entirety of any one genre of anything, with people that say they don’t like Superhero films, perhaps they’ve only seen the Marvel stuff and should try out some fun time stuff...
View ArticleGolem Gates – Nintendo Switch Review
Golem Gates did something I never thought would happen, something that seemed so foreign to me I couldn’t even comprehend it as a potential outcome, it entertained me with Collectable Card Game (CCG)...
View ArticleMini-Mech Mayhem – PSVR Review
Like a lot of people in this bubble of hobbyism for gaming, I also play a lot of board games. Often when playing games I think about the potential transfer of mechanics to tabletop gaming and vice...
View ArticleSENRAN KAGURA Peach Ball – Nintendo Switch Review
So it’s time for my bi-annual talking about Senran Kagura, I refuse to capitalise the entire name. At some point when I know a new one is coming out I can guess a number of elements of the game, Asuka...
View ArticleKillsquad – PC Review
As someone who has been critiquing games in my own little corner of the internet for nearly a decade at this point it’s incredibly crass for me to show behind the curtain. But to let my readers in on...
View ArticleInto The Dead 2 – Switch Review
I stopped playing games on my mobile phone a number of years ago now. A mixture of me having to drive to my day job and having various generations of handheld consoles just meant that once the novelty...
View ArticleThrow Anything – PSVR Review
I’ve had my PSVR helmet a couple of years at this point, I’m always looking for that holy grail of VR, that feeling of immersion. Now that doesn’t mean I’m seeking photo-realism or a grounded...
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