Video Games editor Saman Izadyar takes a look at the reboot of one of the PlayStation’s top icons: Ratchet & Clank. Let me preface this by confessing my love for Insomniac Studios before I totally destroy this game. I have spent countless hours on the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance games with them being some of my favourite platformers and first-person shooters respectively. Initially I … Continue reading Review: Ratchet & Clank
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
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
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
