Review by Matt S. I hope Metacritic doesn’t hate me too much for doing this, because I’m not sure its grading scale actually allows for this, but Orc Slayer is the sorriest excuse for a game that I have ever played, with no exceptions, Yes, that includes stuff like Superman…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The original Mirror’s Edge was an interesting experiment that was more interesting and promising than successful in its execution. To that end Mirror’s Edge Catalyst takes the foundation of the original and improves upon it in just about every way, but is still ultimately a title…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Around twenty hours in, and I do still feel like I’ve got a very long way to go with Overwatch. In that time I’ve played around with all of the 21 characters, but only really become comfortable with two of them. But I have played enough…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I really don’t like this new Doom. I realise that is shaping up to be a controversial statement, based on the other early impressions I’ve seen of the game, but I really wonder if I’m playing the same game as these people… or perhaps my expectations…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Gal*Gun: Double Peace is being localised into English, and it is going to be utterly slaughtered by the media. And that’s going to be completely unfair, because Gal*Gun is great. This game was provided to us by Play-Asia for review. If it looks good to you,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m not usually big on the whole FPS genre, let alone multiplayer-focused FPSers, but for Screencheat I’ll make an exception any day of the week. A solid throwback to the fond memories I have of split screen Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, Screencheat is a unique, creative…
Read MoreReview by Dylan C. I wonder when the FPS genre will cease to be the flavour of the month in this industry of ours. Over the years, different genres have enjoyed the spotlight, then taken a backseat, popularity moving in constant flux with modern trends and fickle tastes. Related reading:…
Read MoreIn Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, we have a game that manages to hone in on what worked the first time around, improve upon the formula and do something that the shooting genre absolutely needs: injecting a simple sense of fun into the whole experience. Honestly, I never really…
Read MoreWhen we look at the modern FPS we think of Call of Duty, Battlefield & Halo as your big AAA shooters. Often we question the evolution of these games and how little progress is made each year. It wasn’t always like that. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter was once a big gun…
Read MoreBlockbuster season is basically over now that the end of the year is upon us. One of the last big titles to sneak in this calendar year was Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, which puts a much higher emphasis on tactics and team play than most shooters do. The formula…
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