Her Story Platform: PC (Also onMac/iOS) You will like this if you enjoyed: The Ace Attorney series, Papers Please Her Story is quite unlike any other game I have ever played. ItÔÇÖs nothing fancy really, but if you like storytelling in games, this will probably be right up your street as itÔÇÖs mostly just piecing together a story. ItÔÇÖs a text adventure game, with lots … Continue reading Her Story: Review
Football from across the pond returns:┬áReviewed on Xbox One It is probably fair to say that EA Sports had a rough year in terms of releases in 2013. Madden NFL 25 ÔÇô so named to celebrate 25 years of the series ÔÇô was a target for much criticism from amongst the sports simulation world. Only the disastrous NBA Live 14 was panned even more. The … Continue reading Madden NFL 15 Review
When a franchise that is beloved by its fandom is rebooted, it is always going to be a divisive game. So in this instance an attempt has to be made to separate the game from its predecessors and judge it on its own merits. Last month after several years of development, anticipation and internet arguments, Eidos Montreal released the simply-titled Thief. First off, the game … Continue reading Review: Thief
The Killzone franchise is seemingly to Sony what the Halo franchise is to Microsoft. Both are first-person shooters set in the future, with the first three main entries being centred on an intergalactic/interplanetary war and now they can add ÔÇÿfourth entry being a sequel-reboot’ to the list of similarities. Case in point, Killzone Shadow Fall, the fourth instalment in the Killzone franchise and PlayStation 4 … Continue reading Review: Killzone: Shadow Fall
Now the next generation is well and truly here Rhys Thomas Elliott looks back at how gaming has changed, for better or worse. So the Xbox 360/PS3 generation is technically over. It was a generation that brought a lot to the gaming industry, both good and bad; here are a few of my picks for the best and worst things the 360/PS3 generation brought us. … Continue reading Gaming Has Changed
The Xbox One was marketed by Microsoft as being more than simply a gaming console with more emphasis being placed on it being an entertainment device. Now while this might have swayed some people in direction of its competitor the PS4; it is fair to say that Microsoft has delivered the next-gen experience with the entertainment features that it focused so much on. The first … Continue reading Review: Xbox One
Bravely Default is the best final fantasy game in a long while. It says a great degree about Square EnixÔÇÖs flagship franchise that this is the line most game reviewers have opened with, but itÔÇÖs true; Bravely Default captures the spirit of Final Fantasy V and brings it into the modern era. But how does it hold up? A game that has much in common … Continue reading Review: Bravely Default
Despite the issues new consoles have on day one, the Playstation 4 (PS4) set-up seemed to go quite comfortably – 45 minutes from un-boxing it, the PS4 had done its required updates with no hassle and was ready to go. The interface is somewhat visually similar to the Playstation 3’s as both use a horizontal bar with an icon to represent a menu, although where … Continue reading Review: PlayStation 4
Arguably, the two heaviest hitters in the smartphone market are Samsung and Apple. Both occupy headlines in their seemingly-eternal patent battle, and both produce devices with similar hardware. But times are changing. Take the HTC One, for example; itÔÇÖs sleek, it runs Android, and itÔÇÖs just as heavy a hitter as the S4. The Nexus One, a precursor to the Nexus 5, was widely regarded … Continue reading Review: Nexus 5
Adam Bown grabs his cowl and cape to see what the Dark Knight’s latest adventure has in store for gamers When an IP earns a sequel, and in some cases its own franchise, it usually takes one of two paths. Either it beats the same dead horse over and over until it becomes atomised, like your Assassin’s Greeds and Cash Grab of Duties, or it … Continue reading Review: Batman: Arkham Origins
Traveller’s Tales have already tackled big film franchises such as Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter, but the Lego series has struggled to replicate the same ingenuity since the realise of 2005’s Lego Star Wars. Marvel offers a huge universe of characters and decades’ worth of intricately woven story lines in which Lego Marvel Super Heroes can draw from in order to … Continue reading Review: Lego Marvel Superheroes
This month, Josh Briggs reviews the latest instalment of the wacky and wonderful Saints Row series, and this time itÔÇÖs presidential.┬á Saints Row, a series well known for spiralling further into craziness with each release keeps up that reputation with its latest release. Saints Row IV is by far the craziest game you will ever be blessed enough to play, and long after finishing it … Continue reading Review: Saints Row IV
Now in its 6th Generation, Nintendo’s series of Pokemon games have made their jump┬áinto 3D. Francesca Hepburn sees if the latest offering live up to the series’ reputation. If there is one Nintendo franchise that never seems to grow old, it is most certainly Pokemon. Whether you fell in love with it through the video games, the TV series or the trading cards – for … Continue reading Review: Pokemon X & Y
┬á Rhys Thomas Elliott rediscovers the whimsical charm of 2D platformers with the crazy and colourful┬áRayman Legends.┬á ┬áOrigins was a game that resonated with many. The tight 2D platforming coupled with a cutesy aesthetic and musical charm was a neat throwback to the good old days. Rayman Legends builds upon the foundations Origins created, and then some. However, Legends had a bit of a rocky … Continue reading Review: Rayman Legends
Anthony Coote goes to Hell and back with the most phallic gun you’ll ever fire in the 2011 grindhouse extravaganza Shadows of the Damned. ‘Shadows of the Damned’ is a game produced by Suda 51, Grasshopper studios and EA for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The game centres round Garcia ‘fucking’ Hotspur as he refers to himself, who travels into the underworld to save his … Continue reading Review: Shadows of the Damned
This month, Adam Bown looks at the spiritual successor to Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain. Is it worthy of being called an autumn blockbuster? Sometimes expectations can make or break an opinion on a piece of work. For instance, the original ending to Mass Effect 3 caused controversy when it brought to a close a series as anticlimatically as possible, almost like waiting for the encore … Continue reading Review: Beyond: Two Souls
