Review by Sam M. A dystopian future, with robots run amok. It’s your stock standard video game excuse to blow up robots with no real meaning or purpose. Matterfall is another twin-stick shooter that encourages twitch-reaction gameplay to deliver some adrenaline pumping action. Sadly this action isn’t sustainable, with the…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Cryptark is a fast paced action tale of a salvage crew on a contact to salvage a derelict ship floating in a corner of space. While there’s more than one way to go about this job there’s only one thing that’s important above all else: don’t…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The last time Koei Tecmo attempted a genuinely adult Warriors game, we ended up with Warriors: Legends of Troy. That game went down so well Koei Tecmo shut the studio that developed it. Which is a pity because I actually really liked it. Related reading: Koei’s…
Read MoreReview my Pierre-Yves L. From the beginning, Seraph by Dreadbit games is a different kind of platforming experience. Being put in control of an angel is nothing new, but Dreadbit takes a different approach by creating a hybrid partnership in which both you and an AI will work together as…
Read MoreReview by Matthew C. Did you ever play the original Karateka? A Bastard’s Tale feels like a modern take on that concept, albeit with a medieval European setting rather than Japanese. Both games are side-scrolling beat-’em-ups in a sense, but with a focus on slow, methodical one-on-one combat instead of…
Read MoreReview by Hamza A. Like how G.K. Chesterton once said of R.L. Stevenson, “he seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins”, I too can say precisely the same of Devolver Digital. Except the only difference would be replacing the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Koei Tecmo has proven that its Warriors formula is incredibly versatile, and can be applied to most anime. The success of this strategy has seen the likes of One Piece, Fist of the North Start, Arslan and the upcoming Berserk, and many of those games have…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The Monster Hunter series has some pretty rabid fans out there, my son and I among them. The core formula does not change much from one release to another, but then it doesn’t necessarily matter with this franchise. But I have to say that Monster Hunter…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The various LEGO games have been consistently good, if not great, but the last few releases have left me wondering if the formula is perhaps getting too long in the tooth to surprise and delight any longer. I am happy to say that after lots of…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. Video games and television shows are two storytelling mediums that have a history of not working so well together. The audience of the two are incredibly different, with television having a set narrative for a more passive observer, while video games, whilst most follow a storyline,…
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