Shadow Man and I have a love-hate relationship. When I first played Acclaim’s atmospheric third-person adventure back on the N64 in 1999, I was taken aback by the grim atmosphere, the fantastic setting and characters, and, for the time, the gameplay…
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Model Builder review – Precision Modelling Ad Tedium
… deeply, brutally unfun to “play”, much like real model building, but lacking any of the meditative qualities.
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Beyond a Steel Sky Review – All about that…
Did you know, popular singer, Meghan Trainor is a huge fan of point and click adventure games? Ever since she bought her Amiga 500 off Britney Spears at a car boot sale in Cleckheaton, she was hooked. Her hit song,…
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments review – The game is afoot
If like me, you think that Stephen Moffat should be thrown into the Thames for crimes against literary fiction, you’ll probably enjoy Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments. Frogwares’ take on Holmes brings it back to Conan Doyle’s original text. Although it’s…
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Inscryption – Cycles Of Revelation
Inscryption is a beast of many faces that both rewards and punishes any attempt to review it. There is a rich complexity beneath the simplistic surface, and so much of the experience of playing Inscryption is based on discovery, on…
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SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters’ Clash review – Need, need, need, got
The Neo Geo Pocket Colour was one of those handhelds I thought looked neat but never had the cash or time to get one. So seeing SNK bring back some of the short-lived handheld’s best titles to the Switch has…
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Siege Survival: Gloria Victis review – hold down the fort
Games in the ‘bleak struggle for survival’ genre like Siege Survival: Gloria Victis live in the shadow of Frostpunk, a rich and clever game that thrived on hopelessness. Frostpunk would likely have failed as a game had it not married its grimy bleakness with a sense…
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The Artful Escape review – Encore
Beethoven & Dinosaur’s The Artful Escape is a platformer adventure rhythm game like no other. Written by ex-Galvatrons-frontman Johnny Galvatron, the closest comparison I could make is that The Artful Escape is a bit like a Night in The Woods. As in it’s a bit like…
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Headland review – Pure imagination
Headland is the latest game from Conduct/ Fly Together devs, Northplay. But while their previous efforts saw players engage in frantic multiplayer puzzling, often with explosive results. Headland instead opts for a much more dreamlike single-player narrative experience. Headland cuts straight to the chase, as our…
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Backbone review – Eat the rich
OK, how to Describe Backbone… It’s 2016, you’re in the cinema with your family. or your bestie, seeing the newest big Disney release. Zootopia. Or Zootroplis if you live in the UK. Something to do with Milkshakes? Anyway, you’re enjoying…
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Unpacking review – 2021 the game
Unpacking is the game of 2021. Ok, my bad. That’s a little deceptive. You probably read that in your head as ‘Best Game of 2021’, and I’m not (necessarily) saying that. (Although I probably would – Ed) 2021 has been…
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The Legend of Tianding review – Big trouble in the Daodeching
I have always enjoyed learning about other cultures and their history. I also love playing games where I can kick bad guys in the face. The Legend of Tianding is a side-scrolling beat ‘em up loosely based on the history of early…
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Magic: The Gathering Arena 2021 Starter Set review
Oh no. I should have known this was coming. After my Dandy Ace review went on about cards, magicians and Arrested Development, I knew I would be singled out as the magic cards guy. You might say, I’ve made a huge mistake. …
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Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town Review – City Slicker
When I first started Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, I thought to myself that this looks like a Harvest Moon knock off. (I mean more than your typical farming sim) After a little digging, it turns out it is a remake of a Harvest Moon game…
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Seed of Life review – Time to save the world
Games give us so many opportunities to do things that we wouldn’t be able to do in real life, from travelling to different dimensions or having superpowers to destroying or saving the world. Often the best part of these experiences…
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Dandy Ace review – I’ve Made a Huge Mistake
Dandy Ace is a game about magicians. Real magicians. Not those wizard idiots with their fireballs and summoning spirits. Ooof. Go back to Mirkwood, Radagast. Nobody wants you. We’re talking stage magicians. Disappearing hankies. Chopping stagehands in half. Dying while catching…
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