Review by Nick H. The idea behind a collection of classic games like Pac-Man Museum is to capitalise on a long term nostalgia from the game’s original fans. Most of these packages reflect not on an end goal such as ‘beating the game’, but instead competing for the highest score…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Let’s make this clear from the outset; as a game, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 isn’t too bad. As with its predecessor the focus is very much on a fast, fluid combat system, and while it’s a little generic at times (especially the boss battles, which…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nintendo was doing “HD” remakes before they were cool. Long, long before they were cool. Wind back to when the Game Boy Color was released, the company wanted to demonstrate just how much more powerful it was when compared to the original grey brick Game Boy.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Earlier this week I reviewed a gaming keyboard from CoolerMaster. It is a good keyboard, and assuming you’ve got a good headset to drown out the noise of the keys I fully recommend it. But a keyboard needs a mate to be fully functional. So now…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Being acquired by Tecmo Koei has done the world of good for GUST. After some teething pain with its first Tecmo Koei release, Atelier Ayesha, GUST’s second project under the publisher, Atelier Escha & Logy, is a true masterpiece. It’s intelligent, mature, and faultlessly charming. It’s…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I like playing empire-building strategy games on my iPad. The genre works great on touch screens thanks to its slow and methodical pace, and when done well they are so strategic; not only are you in control of the rank and file during direct conflict, but…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. It started off like any other routine mission. Turns out that you forgot that you had a base out in the recesses of space and now the enemy has taken it and is using it as a staging point. How did you forget that you had…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Normally, when writing a review for a game, convention would suggest that the author stick to analysing the game itself. But with Senran Kagura Burst I find that impossible, because in the lead up to its release the game has been tainted thanks to a ill-informed…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We love Tin Man Games’ iPad apps. It’s a small indie dev that churns out gamebook apps at a frightening rate; it was only a few weeks ago that we were playing Sultans of Rema, and before that Gun Dogs. So when Zombocalypse landed on the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve always preferred Donkey Kong’s 2D platformers to any others (yes, including Mario). From the primal background music, to the exotic locations, to the animal heroes and enemies, there’s a more earthy theme and style to Donkey Kong than the other major platformer franchises, and I…
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