Review by Matt S. The rarest of rare – the absolute roc’s teeth – in console gaming is the grand strategy genre. There are so, so few attempts at bringing serious strategy games based on real-world conflicts that, as a fan of the genre but who doesn’t generally like playing…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Radiation Island is a survival game the same way that Dead Island is an RPG – it’s not the finest example of its genre, the execution can be a little less than pristine at times, and yet at its core lies a compelling gameplay loop which…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Totes The Goat is good. It’s nothing memorable, nor innovative, not particularly creative, but it’s good. It’s clean. It’s a huge sight better than that last effort to “modernise” the Q*Bert formula. Q*Bert is up there with Pac-Man and Space Invaders as my favourite classic game…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. If you’ve watched any of the trailers (or seen any marketing material at all, really), it won’t come as a surprise to you that Fe is a deeply, powerfully environmentalist game. Even if the trailers didn’t, the opening moments make it abundantly clear: a high-angle shot…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I bought myself a copy of Hollow because the trailer on the eShop was positively classy. The developer made something with genuine production values, what with a quality cover of “Mad World” forming the soundtrack and all. Yeah, it looked like it was a clone of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. For me, writing about games isn’t just about writing about games. It’s a calling. It’s an all-consuming passion. I started writing about video games right back when I had a Game Boy Advance and there was a site called GBACentral. I loved my GBA (it was…
Read MoreReview by Tyler T. Released in 2007, the original Pac-Man Championship Edition was one of the early Xbox Live Arcade success stories. Not only did it manage to update the classic Pac-Man formula in a way that made if feel hip and fresh, but it also stayed true to its…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I love pool. It’s a game of angles and mathematics, strategy and skill. I’m absolutely woeful at it in real life, but that’s mostly because I haven’t had the time, patience or money to invest in getting good at the physical elements of the game; being…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There isn’t that much that I can say about Bayonetta 2 and its predecessor that I haven’t already. I reviewed Bayonetta 2 when it was released on the Wii U, and this is almost a straight port of that game. The original comes as a bonus…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Fantasy Hero is trashy. It was trashy on its original release on the PlayStation Vita, and on the very long list of games I’d like to see released on the Nintendo Switch, this one is nowhere close to it. But, the Switch is the “in” console…
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