Review by Matt S. Rememoried is like a cousin to Proteus; both are highly experimental – and memorable – “walking simulators”, and both focus their experience around the player indirectly manipulating the world around them. Proteus gave you control over the soundscape; as you moved through the world your proximity…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Drive on Moscow is the last thing you’d expect to see on a console. Tactics RPGs and even more serious strategy titles like Nobunaga’s Ambition are one thing, but Drive on Moscow is the full grognard experience. The most hardcore of the hardcore. The kind of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. … And it looks really, really good. Banner of the Maid is a game that is well worth keeping an eye on. In development by a Chinese studio, and set for release on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC this year, in it you get to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I didn’t expect Megadimension Neptunia VIIR would be so different to the original Megadimension Neptunia VII from 2016. I know we’d been promised “engine changes,” but thought that would be be limited to back-end stuff to make the game play more smoothly and look a little…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Well, no. But that’s completely okay. It’s good, even. It’s okay for a game to be pure-blooded, dumb-as-a-lobotomised-chimpanzee, visceral fun. It’s okay for a game to be a blockbuster. Having now finished the game myself, I happen to completely agree with Brad’s review on DDNet that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Do you remember SEGA Soccer Slam from back in 2002? What a game that was. Taking the sport of football (or soccer, or whatever you call it in your part of the world), it was an all-arcade, no-rules, 3-on-3 sports game that was about the big…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Extinction represents some of the unfortunate problems of mid-tier development: its scattered focus and cut corners lands it firmly in the good-but-not-great category, and thus it fails to either achieve the immersive spectacle of the AAA sphere, nor the affordable ingenuity of the indie space. It…
Read MoreReview by Priscilla M. The Adventure Pals developed by Massive Monster and released on PC/Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, is a colourful and vibrant action-adventure platforming game. You control a young boy named Wilton; whose birthday plans are interrupted by the evil Mr. B, who kidnaps your…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. This is something of a surprise delight; it’s what World of Tanks might be if it were an anime RPG thing. NISA has announced that it will be localising Metal Max Xeno for PlayStation 4 this Fall (Spring for Aussies). Here are the key features, from…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. God of War has been one of those series that I just could not get into. With previous games, despite offering fast-paced action akin to what makes PlatinumGames titles so special, I couldn’t relate to the narratives whatsoever. Kratos was painted as a tough, merciless character,…
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