Hello there dear reader, before you read this article I ask of you one simple task, to ask yourself something relevant to this time of the year: Valentines Day. Do you consider yourself quite the Lothario? Capable of commanding the unified attraction of multiple people at once, with a silver tongue and striking looks to boot, and the ability to sway even the coldest heart … Continue reading Pulling in Video Games
Llewellyn Griffiths leads the resistance in an attempt to remove the imperious alien race that have taken over Earth in this review. If you like the XCOM series then XCOM 2 is a no brainer. However, if you are new to the series or to the turn based strategy genre then you may be put off.┬á At itsÔÇÖ core XCOM 2 is a complete improvement … Continue reading Review: XCOM 2
Jack Bray grabs his radio and puts on his fireproof jacket to review one of the best looking games of the year. Firewatch is a narrative exploration game set in the Wyoming wilderness in 1989. You control Henry, a short term Fire lookout assigned his own tower in the Shoshone National Forest. Available for PlayStation 4, PC, Mac and Linux. Looking out over the expansive … Continue reading Review: Firewatch
Saman and Tom dish out their highly credible awards to 2015’s line-up of games. Most relatable game of 2015: The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Now, I know what you’re thinking. Saman, you’re not a bad-ass mutated human, specifically created to rid the world of monsters. Alas, you would be right. But that’s not where the relatability aspect comes into play. On Geralt’s epic quest to … Continue reading Quench Alternative Video Game Awards
The return of the Space Sim is nearly complete. We have been witnessing the reincarnation of one of the oldest and most popular genres in the gaming industry. In Elite: Dangerous, No ManÔÇÖs Sky and Star Citizen we have three similar yet completely different games. But are any of them going to be/are any good? LetÔÇÖs start with Elite: Dangerous. It has been around 20 … Continue reading To boldly go: Return of the Space Simulator
Saman makes a plea to games developers everywhere so that they can stop giving him mini heart attacks Continue reading Spooked by Spiders: a gamer’s struggle
It’s a trap! Not really, it’s actually Elis Doyle talking about some games with differing midi-chlorian counts. Continue reading Star Wars: The Video Games Strike Back
ÔÇ£Pfft, this sounds stupidÔÇØ a gamer states, as Just Cause 3 is loading up; the cover art and advertising literally covered in explosions. Cut to three hours later; the gamer has rigged up an elaborate system of grappling hooks, placed explosives and vehicles. At the press of a button, a cow is rocketed into a petrol station that results in an earth-shattering detonation that sends … Continue reading Review: Just Cause 3
Although IÔÇÖve played Fallout games before, this would be my first major foray into the series, which has always held a soft spot in my heart for the richness of the alternate history lore. There was a huge sense of apprehension – would Fallout 4live up to the hype that has been built both before and after the official reveal earlier this year? And would … Continue reading Review: Fallout 4
Luke Bennett looks at the massive Kickstarter-backed fantasy world from Obsidian Entertainment, Pillars of Eternity. Continue reading Review: Pillars of Eternity
“Hunt them to the last!” Halo 5: Guardians is a sweeping epic that only 343 Industries could have imagined, with the 9-10 hour campaign taking the player on a thrilling chase across the galaxy. Set several months after the tumultuous events of Halo 4, the galaxy is in chaos; with the Covenant remnant continuing to cause trouble for the UNSC and their Sangheili allies. Amidst … Continue reading Review: Halo 5: Guardians
YouÔÇÖve likely seen that advert with Kate Upton walking through a massive medieval battlefield completely unharmed. You may not even have noticed the battlefield past how great herÔǪ dress is. Yeah. Anyway, can you even remember what the advert was for? Some kind of mobile gameÔǪ Clash of Clans, was it? No, that one has animated ads with flying pigs and all sorts. That advert … Continue reading Mobile Game Marketing
Remember when you were younger and about 90% of your limited income went on video games? But now youÔÇÖre a student, only slightly better off than you were as a kid, but have to buy pizza, cider, andÔǪ like, textbooks or something, I thinkÔǪ too? All that superfluous stuff really cuts into your gaming budget. HereÔÇÖs four ways you can get round the pressures of … Continue reading The Savvy Student Gamer
I feel sorry for The Witcher 3. If it was released any other year, then it would have easily been the game of the year. Unfortunately Geralt of RiviaÔÇÖs sword has to cut through Big BossÔÇÖ prosthetic arm first. IÔÇÖm always surprised by the lack of people IÔÇÖve encountered that have played a Metal Gear Solid game. Hopefully that will now change with the release … Continue reading Why Metal Gear Solid Is the Best
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain can truly be considered Hideo KojimaÔÇÖs magnum opus. Set in the 1980ÔÇÖs, it follows the story of the legendary hero Punished “Venom” Snake, the leader of the newly minted private military group known as Diamond Dogs. After the destruction of Mother Base, the death of his comrades and awakening from a nine year coma, he seeks to rebuild … Continue reading Review: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Super Tomato: Nestled more or less opposite Tesco on Salisbury Road, Super Tomato houses an AladdinÔÇÖs cave of retro games, manga, toys and awesome imported action figures from Japan. To further satisfy your inner geek and keep you entertained during term time are a wide range of sparkly electronics and cool gadgets. As Super Tomato mainly concentrates on retro games and consoles, not surprisingly much … Continue reading The Gamer’s Guide to Cardiff
You will like this if you enjoyed: WarioWare DIY, Little Big Planet, any 2D Mario game Initially, Mario Maker doesnÔÇÖt look like much to write home about. The last two Mario platformers released on WiiU were basically ÔÇ£more of the sameÔÇØ, and, were it not for the ÔÇ£MakerÔÇØ part in the title, you might have expected this latest title to continue down that route. Thankfully, … Continue reading Review: Super Mario Maker
Spider bake sales, fourth wall breaking skeletons and an extremely terrifying flower, what more is there to say? Undertale, arguably one of the most interesting and soulful games of the year, arrives in the form of a simple throwback to old-style Role Playing Games. What initially began as an inconspicuous crowd-funding project on Kickstarter in 2013, developed into something much larger over the course of … Continue reading Review: Undertale
Do you remember when you were a child, and you saw those ÔÇ£build your own ant farmÔÇØ sets, and thought ÔÇ£I wish I could get one of thoseÔÇØ? Well wait no longer! Thanks to technology, you can build your very own virtual ant farm. Except theyÔÇÖre not ants, theyÔÇÖre people, and they live in a land laid to waste by nuclear bombs. Basically the same … Continue reading Review: Fallout Shelter
Editor’s Note: This article was published in the September 2015 edition of Quench as part of the Cardiff issue. In the print edition, Phil Terrett of Oyster World Games was incorrectly named as Chris, and Finger Punch’s game Tracks and Turrets was incorrectly named Tanks and Turrets. These have been amended for the online edition. Wales Interactive’s Soul Axiom. ItÔÇÖs a sunny summersÔÇÖ day and … Continue reading The Wales Game Dev Show 2015
