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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GioTeck WX4 Premium Wireless Controller review – A great pad at a great price
It’s a commonly held belief that you get what you pay for; But is that always the case? With the official Switch Pro controller costing £50-£60, it’s a sizeable investment for a pad, which, depending on whether you prefer playing…
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Centipede: Recharged (Switch) review – Nostalgia factor
Do you remember the good old days of gaming? When arcades were everywhere, not just in small seaside resorts, and Atari were the kings of the home console market? Well, I don’t. The perks of being young, I guess. However,…
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UnMetal Review – A crime you didn’t commit
“In 1972, a crack commando squad threw you in prison for a crime you did not commit. You promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the underground trying to survive from these soldiers of fortune.” This s the set-up to…
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Residual (Switch) Review – Your stamina is low
Residual is the first Orangepixel title I have had the pleasure of playing. In fact, as a father of two girls, it is the only new game I have played at all in around two years. So my review will focus…
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Crown Trick (XboxOne) review
Indie games are currently taking the world by storm and within this revolution, roguelikes are one of the most notable genres out there. So that brings us on to Crown Trick. Developed by NEXT Studios Crown Trick was released in…
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The Magnificent Trufflepigs (Switch) review – First world problems
When I saw the first trailer for The Magnificent Trufflepigs, a quaint looking metal detecting sim written by Andrew Crawshaw who penned the superb Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. I knew it was a game I wanted to play. Published…
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Hell Architect (PC) review
Sixteen Tons I love management sims and have lost far too many hours of my life to them. Hell Architect seems a visually appealing management sim where you get to preside over Hell itself, so I was intrigued from the…
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Trigger Witch (Switch) review – My baby shot me down
If you’ve ever wondered what Zelda would be like if Link stumbled across The Master Machine Gun instead of The Master Sword, Rainbite’s Trigger Witch might just be the game for you. A surprisingly charming mash-up of top-down adventure and…
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The Falconeer: Warrior Edition (Switch) review- Free Bird
The Falconeer was pretty much the only launch title I was interested in playing on the Series X. So when I found out the striking aerial combat game was swooping onto Switch, the hunt for Microsoft’s next-gen obelisk became a…
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What the Dub (PS4) review- Next Sunday, A.D
Welcome to the not too distant future! If you are the kind of person who can’t help but take the piss when watching an awful movie or have always wanted to be blasted off into space to live with your…
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Sword of the Necromancer (Switch Review) – I Put a Spell on You and Now You’re Mine
Sword of the Necromancer by Grimorio Games is a roguelike set in a world of monsters and magic that will spark your creativity and challenge your monster taming skills. Turning foe into friend, then fighting through hordes of procedurally-generated dungeons…
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Evolution (Switch Review) – It is not the strongest, but the most adaptable that survive
Evolution debuted several years ago as a board game created by NorthStar games;since then it’s gone on to receive awards by analog gamers everywhere. This year a digital version of that board game has been released for the Nintendo Switch…
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