All in all, Halo 5: Guardians is an excellent game. It tells a story about two teams, and in many ways is a tale of two games as well. While many shooters have chosen to forgo a campaign completely, or have become tokenistic in effort at best, Halo 5 continues…
Read MoreI know I’m critical of modern shooters, but I’m actually quite a fan of the classics. Back in the day I played the likes of Doom, Heretic, Quake and Goldeneye as much as anyone, so games that tap into that era appeal to me a great deal more than the…
Read MoreIf you’ve got friends to play with, Payday 2 is exceptional. If you don’t, Payday 2: Crimewave Edition it might well be the greatest waste of money you’ll ever spend. Related reading: You can also read my preview of the game here. Luckily, I have friends, so I got to…
Read MoreDirty Bomb is a fresh take on the FPS genre, despite a name suggesting something very generic. It’s a bit of a throwback to faster paced shooters such as Team Fortress and Quake but it also has an much greater focus on teamwork that many other, similar games. Visually the…
Read MoreWhen Shaan had a chance to play Wolfenstein: The New Order last year, he was surprised to see a title that had been somewhat forgotten over the years receive so much love from the development team. By now, Wolfenstein should sneak up on nobody, but this prequel still delivers on a…
Read MoreAnyone who has spent ten minutes reading my writing knows that the shooter genre and I get along about as well as cats and dogs do. Sure, we form temporary alliances so that we can be a tag team for a wonderfully silly children’s movie or two, but for the…
Read MoreI’ve played a lot of crazy games but I think I can crown a new winner for the most crazy one of all. Tower of Guns is a quick paced roguelike FPS Bullet Hell that puts crazy weapons in the player’s hands to shoot at anything that moves. Bringing back…
Read MoreWithin the first twenty seconds, small cute hugbots emitting pink love hearts float affectionately towards you. Peaceful and placid they just want to be your friend. But you, merciless to the extreme, aim and pull the trigger, scattering their parts into a hailstorm of loot. This then is the intent…
Read MoreHaving never played a Borderlands game before, The Handsome Collection was the right way to start. The absence of the original Borderlands made the narrative opening of the HD version of Borderlands 2 a little alien, but once I was into the rhythm I found myself enjoying my time greatly,…
Read MoreWhen I was recently talking to some of the development team at Visceral, the studio behind Battlefield: Hardline, in the lead up to the release of the game, I couldn’t help but ask them whether the events over in Ferguson had impacted on the development of Battlefield: Hardline or not.…
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