Review by Matt S. Melancholia can make for an oddly beautiful theme when done right. We’ve seen it work for poets such as T.S Eliot (“By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown/ Till human voices wake us, and we drown” – The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is…
Read MoreThe Last Door is a unique game. Not because of its typical horror story setup of a nondescript man being summoned to his eccentric friend’s dark, desolate mansion. Not because of its rudimentary point-and-click puzzles that, like those of many adventure games, tend to frustrate. The Last Door is a…
Read MoreTechland seems to have a thing about first-person horror games. If Dead Island wasn’t enough for you, the team is back with a new title, Dying Light, to be published by Warner Bros. This game focuses in on survival and open-world style adventuring. During the day you’ll be out and…
Read More“It’s tough any time you try something new.” Naughty Dog Game Designer, Ricky Cambier knows the creative challenges behind new IP more than most; he’s one of the minds behind arguably the year’s biggest new IP, The Last Of Us. A game that focuses on survival while balancing action and…
Read MoreI don’t think this will be news to anyone who has read my reviews of Resident Evil before (hint, hint), I’m a big fan of the series. Resident Evil: Revelations was originally released on the Nintendo 3DS last year and now it’s back and ready to scare once more. The…
Read MoreThe Starship Damrey kicks off with a promise that it will not tell you how to play it. We’re explicitly told as players that that game is not going to guide us; no tutorials, no guides, no glitter on the floor pointing us to the next destination. Within the small…
Read MoreEveryone knows that Deadly Premonition polarised critics when it was first released on the Xbox 360 a few years ago. I think it’s telling that the critics that panned it looked at it from a technical perspective. The critics that loved it looked at its deeper themes. The reality is…
Read MoreJump scares are easy. True horror is hard. The games industry has struggled to create true horror games. Part of the issue has been technical – genuine horror relies on players being able to relate to what’s going on, and blocky or pixelated representations of people are difficult to relate…
Read MoreWhen I start playing a horror game I have a few very, very basic requirements in order to have a good time. Firstly, I expect to be frightened. Secondly, I expect to be challenged. After all, it’s a little hard to achieve my first requirement if I feel like I’m…
Read MoreResident Evil 6 was one of the more controversial games from last year. It disappointed many, and for many others it was a guilty pleasure. So now that we’ve had a while to play it, replay it and think on it, where do we feel it really sat? Read on…
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