Review by Nick H. Another year, another Madden, another season where we as fans of arguably the most popular sport in North America hope that this year, our team will meet or exceed expectations and give us a sense of satisfaction in having backed them. Madden NFL 18 carries similar…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The original Nidhogg is a fine example of a mechanically perfect game. That doesn’t mean it’s 5/5 stars, but it does mean that I can’t imagine how the gameplay could be improved by adding or taking away any mechanics – the unique interplay of fencing, platforming…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Before Sundered, I’d never have thought that “procedurally generated Metroidvania” is a thing that could work. Meticulous, intricate level design is the single most important thing for the genre, and that’s something always better achieved by a deft hand than by lines of proc-gen code. But…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One of the few genres that I can get so utterly addicted to that I actually lose track of time, and don’t realise I’m getting tired until I look at the clock and it’s saying 5:00am, is the city builder. I had a powerful addiction to…
Read MoreReview by Moshe R. I can imagine the conversation taking place between the two people that bother to show up at my funeral (it would be an exclusive event). “In the end, it was all that coffee that got him”, the first will say. “He couldn’t put two and two…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m speaking very broadly here, but in the world of videogames, the horror genre has really lost its way. The core principles about what makes a horror text great – that it disempowers and displaces, that it unsettles and disturbs, was once a part of horror…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. How well has the original Yakuza held up? This was a PlayStation 2 game, after all, and as great as that console was, and many of its games still are, it was also a time where developers will still learning about crafting stories and working with…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s hard to shake the feeling that Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is the b-side of the Uncharted series. It’s not bad by any means; Naughty Dog has established a formula with Uncharted such that as long as the game sticks to the formula that it can’t…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. There are some games that are better off played in the privacy of your own home. No one wants to board a bus, find a comfy seat, and realise that the person sitting next to them is playing God of War on the Vita and that…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. While fans of the series are still holding out hope for a brand new entry, at least the iconic blue robot hasn’t gone quietly into the night. Following on the back of the first Legacy Collection, Mega Man is back for another compilation, featuring some of…
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