Review by Matt S. For a fraction of a second, I almost thought that developer, Sucker Punch, was going to surpass my expectations and deliver a game that genuinely understood and respected the samurai mythos. The opening moments of Ghost of Tsushima feature a small group of samurai facing down…
Read MoreReview by Matt S Deadly Premonition was released ten years ago now, and you’d think that in that time people would have learned. But, nope. Ten years ago people fixated on technical issues of that game at the expense of the greater point, only for Deadly Premonition to eventually become…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Devolver Digital and developer, Flying Wild Hog, have announced the third in the Shadow Warrior series, which Flying Wild Hog picked up and rebooted back in 2014. This announcement came with a trailer that is… well, classic Shadow Warrior stuff. Shadow Warrior is irreverent, to put…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Le sigh. If you want any more proof that game publishers are more than willing to throw the heritage of their beloved properties under the bus in order to make a quick buck, let’s look at Worms Rumble. Worms is a series of clever turn-based tactical…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The Last of Us Part II is a difficult game to review. That’s not to say that there isn’t anything worth talking about in it, because there is a lot, but rather the difficulty comes from an extended list of embargo conditions that make it impossible…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Fury Unleashed is a far more heartfelt game than I expected it to be. This isn’t how I anticipated starting this review. In my notes I’d written that it plays a little like Metal Slug and a lot like Comix Zone, I’d written that it has…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Kingdom Under Fire was a series that was particularly special back on the original Xbox. As I have since found out, it holds up well today, with the developer porting the original game to the PC earlier this year. Now the sequel to that game, Kingdom…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. I’m a firm believer that games should be diverse, and often I’ll refer to the “flavours” of games. Some games are sweet, others are spicy, some are rich. In line with this metaphor, Arrest of a Stone Buddha is very singularly bitter. As with other bitter…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Destroy All Humans! remake is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (via Steam) on July 28, marking the return of a hugely popular comedy gold series that has been on hiatus for far too long. Based on the trailer, though, people who enjoyed the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As we hadn’t really seen the Sakura Wars series in the west, with just the one title localised in a very primitive fashion by NISA. So, despite this being huge in Japan, I went into this new release raw, and not really being sure what to…
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