I love it when my media is clever and deconstructionist, passing commentary on what has come before while building something new; see Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, or anything else Alan Moore has written in the past 30 years. That…
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Krut: The Mythic Wings review – Who’s the cat with the beak?
Based on eat-Asian mythology, Krut: The Mythic Wings is a punishing action platformer that is as rewarding as it is tedious. Players take on the role of Vera. After the Ogre army invades the peaceful nation of Garuda and seizes the capital….
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Young Souls review – Twin Powers Activate
From 1P2P & The Arcade Crew, Young Souls is a very stylish one or two-player 2D sidescrolling brawler, combined with a deep and thoughtful story and a surprising smattering of action RPG tendencies. You play a pair of dysfunctional teenage twins, Jenn…
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République: Anniversary Edition review – Big Brother
As a fan of all things dystopian, Republique is a game that should be my cup of tea. Blending themes from classic novels such as Orwell’s 1984, Huxley’s Brave New World and Gibson’s Neuromancer, it’s a unique approach to the stealth genre in which the player controls both…
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Submerged: Hidden Depths review – The joy is in the journey
Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from murdering every last thing you see in a game and just enjoy exploring a beautiful world and uncovering its secrets. If you have grown a bit tired of being stomped into a…
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Martha is Dead review – Well that took a turn
It’s been hours since the Credits rolled on Martha is Dead, and I still can’t stop thinking about it. It feels like I’ve been hit by a truck. Martha is Dead is undoubtedly one of the best games of the year, but it’s…
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Grapple Dog review – Good boy
Grapple Dog is a bright and breezy live letter to the platformers of yesteryear. The canine homunculus of Donkey Kong Country, Yoshi’s Island, Bionic Commando, and much more besides. But, you know, cute. Players take on the role of…
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Vagante review – Are you afraid of the dark?
The Roguelike genre has exploded in the past decade. It seems like not a week goes by that some new procedurally generated dungeon crawler doesn’t find its way onto virtual shop fronts. Enter stage left, Nuke Nine’s Vagante, a rather charming…
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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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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 Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes revealed with gameplay trailer
Bandai Namco has released a new gameplay trailer for the next entry in Supermassive games Dark Pictures Anthology series: House of Ashes. The latest horrific multiplayer mash-up from Supermassive Games, House of Ashes sees players transported to the Zagros mountains during…
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The Surge 2 (PS4) Review: Elysium Meets Deadspace
When The Surge first came out in early 2017, I took one look at it and decided I really needed a piece of it. It looked fantastic. Powered armour melee combat versus hordes of evil sci-fi bad guys? Brilliant. Sign…
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Outward (PC) Preview: To Be An Adventurer…
It is an adage often repeated by a friend of mine, that in order to qualify as a true adventurer, you must have: Run for your life. Slept in a ditch. Eaten something that was going to eat you. You…
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Anthem (PC) Review: Actually Not Bad, Whatever They Tell You
I will lead this with a statement, in the interest of fairness – I AM biased in favour of this title. Ever since I saw the first video of the gameplay, I saw the mechanical design, and couldn’t wait to…
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Wargroove (PC) Review: What Is It Good Forgroove?
If you ever had a Nintendo GBA or DS and didn’t play Advance Wars, then you seriously missed out – turn-based strategy with a slightly cutesy aesthetic, pleasing mechanics and half-decent enemy AI. It was a great game, reminiscent of…
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Just Cause 4 (PC) Review: More And Less Of The Same
So it’s outing number 4 for Rico Rodriguez, is it? Another dictator, another large map, another unbreakable shoulder joint – alright, let’s do this. Do you need the plot? Okay, here we go – there’s a dictator on this island…
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