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Review: Layers of Fear 2 is a good sequel but not quite shipshape
by Ash
9 hours
Played on: PlayStation 4 There is fire, and there is water. The ship is sinking. Corridors askew, I make my way through the ship. Something moves in the distance. There’s a banging in the distance – from the right, or ...
Preview: Night Call is a detective noir game that you should keep your eyes on
by Alex Atkin
1 day
Previewed on PC Night Call shows us a welcome new take on what it means to be a cab driver. For the longest time, the world has only seen taxi drivers of the crazy variety, where racing as quickly as possible to pick up and drop ...
Review: Sniper Elite V2 Remastered still features great sniping mechanics after seven years
by Lewis White
1 week
Reviewed on Xbox One X There are few names as offset explanatory as Sniper Elite. While titles like Horizon: Zero Dawn tell you absolutely nothing about the content they provide, this is a title that knocks you right in the face w...
Review: Venom Multiformat Fightstick may not be the best but its cheap price makes it hard not to recommend
by Lewis White
1 week
As far as control schemes go, physical fightsticks are some of the most premia. With hardcore players in the FGC demanding high-quality arcade-like controllers, those who do purchase a fightstick expect a high degree of quality. W...
Review: A Plague Tale – Innocence combines horrific imagery with a beautiful tale
by Lewis White
2 weeks
Reviewed on Xbox One A few hours into A Plague Tale Innocence, our journey takes us to a quaint little farm. Getting here took a lot of effort: we’ve sneaked past Inquisition soldiers, sprinted away from angry villagers and avoi...
Preview: Road to Guangdong is a long relaxing drive through picturesque China
by Alex Atkin
2 weeks
Previewed on PC Road to Guangdong takes you on a road trip as Sunny, where you’re headed to your newly inherited restaurant with your Aunt Guu Ma by your side. It’s a long but relaxing drive for you as you listen to the radio ...
Preview: Code Vein is a unique anime Souls-like that strives on player freedom
by Lewis White
2 weeks
Previewed on PS4 Pro. Either I’m really bad at Code Vein or Code Vein is really hard—I think it’s a combination of the two. During my lengthy two-hour play session with Bandai Namco’s upcoming anime Souls-like, I found mys...
Review: Tropico 6 is a worthy successor with strong foundations
by Chris Body
4 weeks
Played on PC. Satirical city builder Tropico 6 landed recently, and it’s safe to say it’s successfully kept its long loved charm. The opening cutscene of the game gives open nods to Donald Trump’s wall and Twitte...
Review: Mortal Kombat 11 is a fantastic fighter within an amazing martial arts flick
by Lewis White
1 month
Reviewed on Xbox One X Since the series first upset parents and politicians back in the nineties, Mortal Kombat has always been a franchise that grew from excess. Excessive violence pillared the series’ original release and has ...
Review: RICO is a B-movie extravaganza with equal amounts of charm and flaws
by Alex Atkin
1 month
Reviewed on PC In RICO you play as a cop, enlisted into a secretive task force to get jobs done quickly with little to no questions asked so you can take down the crime lords running the city. You’ve been selected because you’...
Review: Forza Street stains a pedigree series with an awful spin-off title
by Alex Atkin
1 month
Reviewed on PC The Forza name is usually one that is held in high regard. After the decline of Gran Turismo and the shocking console performance of Project Cars, Forza Motorsport and its spin-off Forza Horizon have raised the bar ...
Review: World War Z is a thrilling co-op shooter that puts awe back into the genre
by Lewis White
1 month
Reviewed on PC Despite how many games have tried to gun for its crown, I don’t think there’s been a co-op shooter that has truly dethroned Left 4 Dead. Some games have tried very hard, just look at the success of Warhammer Ver...
Preview: Close to the Sun is an impressive narrative horror game from an ambitious Italian developer
by Lewis White
1 month
There’s a look of BioShock in narrative horror game Close to the Sun, but that is far from what the game actually is. During my lengthy hour-long preview with the game, every player that surrounded me praised it in comparison to...
Preview: Atomicrops is a farming roguelike that will keep you hooked for hours
by Alex Atkin
1 month
Previewed on PC Despite the huge library of unreleased games available at the event, I spent far too much of my time playing Atomicrops at EGX Rezzed. After I got my first taste on my the Thursday and found myself just scraping a...
Preview: Beyond Blue is the underwater exploration game we need
by Ash
1 month
Previewed on PC. Played at EGX Rezzed. In Beyond Blue, you play as Mirai, the head of a research team that use revolutionary technology to explore and map the ocean and the life underneath the waves. In my brief time with the game...
Preview: The Sinking City is the perfect Lovecraftian-Holmes mix you never knew you needed
by Lewis White
1 month
Previewed on PC Private Investigator Charles Reed is a very tired man. In fact, out of every video game character I’ve ever seen, not one is as visually fatigued as our solemn protagonist. It’s obvious from his demeanour, but ...
Review: Hypnospace Outlaw brings back the 80s and brilliant puzzle design
by Alex Atkin
2 months
Hypnospace Outlaw is a blast from the past – a fever dream of midi files, flashing stickers, and vomit-inducing colour schemes that was the 90s internet. But it’s not just the turn-of-the-millennia internet aesthetic that ...
Review: Outward is an addictive open-world survival game that’s impossible to put down
by Xian He
2 months
Reviewed on Xbox One X Outward is an open-world survival game that doesn’t hold your hand. Caught in a horrible shipwreck, you wash ashore with no resources and the task of saving your village. You can do this by one of two ...
Preview: RAD is a refreshing post-apocalyptic roguelike game that’s dripping in style
by Lewis White
2 months
Previewed on Nintendo Switch A double apocalypse isn’t exactly the perfect future I’d have imagined for the life of our dear, sweet Earth. One apocalypse sounds like enough trouble for one planet to get into, but two in a row ...
Review: Cultist Simulator’s mobile port sacrifices unbelievers but not quality
by Ash
2 months
Reviewed on iOS – specifically an iPhone 8 Plus running iOS 12.1.4. Cultist Simulator is a game where, much like the title implies, you must try your best to establish a cult. It’s not an easy game, unless you happen t...