“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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Hades (Switch) Review – Supergiant must have sold their soul to make this one
Both the title of my review and Nintendo have let the secret out: Hades from Supergiant Games has escaped early access and landed on Nintendo Switch and PC. It’s Rouge-like without equal is easily one of the best games of…
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Super Crush KO (Switch) Review: Knock Out!
Super Crush KO Vertex Pop created one of the best indy Switch launch titles a couple of years ago: Graceful Explosion Machine. It was a colorful rapid-fire space shoot-um-up that tested players reflexes and put Vertex Pop on the map….
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Yaga (Switch) Review: When the Fates Align
Yaga is Breadcrumbs Interactive’s take on an action RPG with story-focused choice points and procedural level generation that can capture your interest in spite of some unfortunate shortcomings. You play as Ivan, a simple blacksmith that’s lost one of his…
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FrostPunk (PS4) review: A Warm Welcome
Frostpunk is in gameplay and systems a city-building RTS in the vein of civilization, Tropico, and SimCity. It borrows from all of these in different ways and adds its own spin to gameplay and narrative that add value for the…
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Silk (Switch) Review: Long and winding road
I’m not entirely sure I know what Silk is trying to be. Its main selling points are having the “biggest hand-crafted world of all time”, and it’s authenticity as a love-letter to the tile-based RPGs of the ’80s. But here’s…
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Killer Queen Black (Switch) – Black Wins
Killer Queen isn’t singlehandedly responsible for the resurgence of arcades across America; its release is far too limited for that. But, it does draw throngs of people and eyeballs at Barcades and Arcades across the country, generating excitement in every…
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