Review by Matt S. You’re probably going to go into The Huntsman: Winter’s Curse with some guarded expectations and reservations. After all, the movie franchise has been a less-than-spectacular IP. Heck, let’s call a spade a space – the awe-inspiring figure of Chris Hemsworth aside these films are the very…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance was the catalyst for my sudden interest in Marvel Comics. I’d dabbled with both Spider-Man and the X-Men through their respective 90s animated series and played Arcade’s Revenge on the Super Nintendo. I’d also seen the Spider-Man movies and while this started my…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. Back when Dungeons & Dragons was being managed by TSR, the company experimented with a massive range of “settings.” These settings took the basic medieval fantasy of Dungeons & Dragons, and twisted it to fit with other kinds of fantasy. There was the high magic…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Okay, so licensed games don’t have a great reputation, but here’s the thing; there’s actually a couple of movie licensed RPGs that I really enjoy. EA, when it had the license for the Lord of the Rings films (sadly now expired, because EA did great work…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Severed is a very special game. Feverish in vision and utterly unique in tone, it’s a mesmerizingly artful, modern and nuanced experience, while simultaneously being the most accessible dungeon crawler you’ll ever play. Related reading: For a second opinion on the game, check out Mikhail’s review…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One of the first games that I played on iPhone – way back at version 3, or whatever it was – was a humble little dungeon crawler called The Quest. Inspired heavily by the likes of Might & Magic and Wizardry, it was a very traditional,…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Nick H. Recently we have had a few articles talking about Three Kingdoms period of ancient China. In particular I have spoken about how I fell in love with the Koei strategy game back on the NES and Matt recently reviewed the latest version of Romance of…
Read MorePreview by Pierre-Yves L. Ubisoft’s Champions of Anteria, which is in its earlier production stages and being developed by Blue Byte, was originally known as ‘The Settlers – Kingdoms of Anteria’. Even without its Settlers moniker, the game is an interesting and fun blend of classical genres, and does bring…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Well, here’s a nice announcement to have come from Gamescom for fans of the Diablo-style RPG. Kalypso Media, the publisher behind a number of our pet favourite PlayStation 4 games (including Tropico 5, Grand Ages: Medieval, and Dungeons 2), has announced that it has teamed up…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. So, I got to review two cyberpunk games in one week. As a fan of cyberpunk, I’m happy with that. And, as a cyberpunk fan I was very happy with The Technomancer, which, for all the negative press it has been getting, is actually a really…
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