Review by Matt C. It’s easy to talk about RiME in terms of the pieces that make it up: its art style, vaguely reminiscent of Ico and Journey; its Uncharted-like climbing sections; its puzzles, that call to mind Tomb Raider and The Legend of Zelda. But to do so would…
Read MoreReview by Lachlan W. To me, “walking simulator” will never be a derogatory term. For someone who values story over all else in games, I appreciate the narrative purity of walking simulators. The Fidelio Incident, by Act 3 Games, is the latest entry into the genre on PC. But does…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In the absence of Nintendo’s F-Zero series (c’mon Nintendo, surely you know how much people want that one), Sony’s had close to the monopoly on super high speed anti-gravity racing with WipeOut. Now, WipeOut Omega Collection might not be a new game, per se, but bringing…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Rive is an excellent, if sorrowful, swansong for veteran Dutch developers Two Tribes. With an incredible backlog full of addictive titles such as Toki Tori, RUSH and EDGE, the studio developed a reputation for its minimalist games featuring exceptionally well designed mechanics. The reputation is upheld…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Dark Rose Valkyrie was meant to be a relatively serious take on Compile Heart’s usual modus operandi. The house that built Hyperdimension Neptunia, Omega Quintet and Fairy Fencer has always been polarising, and that’s for a simple reason; this studio loves showing off the panties of…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. Bloons has been around for years, originally starting as a small Flash game which I remember fondly trying to sneakily play while I was meant to be doing work on the computer at school. Much like the countless of tower defence games well before it, and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve never really been a fan of Tekken. Perhaps on a subliminal level the infamous rivalry between the creator of Dead or Alive and the creator of Tekken got to me. Or perhaps not. I’ve always appreciated the series for what it’s achieved, but I’ve never…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. “You’re a wizard, Harry… And a thumpin’ good one, I’ll wager, once you’ve been trained up a bit and can spell long words with random letters quickly while using a joystick and remembering odd button choices.” Related reading: This actually isn’t the first word RPG on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Cladun Returns: This Is Sengoku is the kind of game I never even realised I wanted on my PlayStation 4. It’s a game of micro-dungeons and pixels; a real grind of a game that never even bothers to try and hide that its core loops can…
Read MoreReview by Moshe R. With all the raves pouring down on Breath of the Wild, it is all too easy to ignore the biggest problem plaguing Zelda games: they can only be played on Nintendo hardware. What about those of us lacking in that department? What can those people wanting…
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