Namco Bandai have had an interesting decade. Outside of the form-redefining Dark Souls (2011) the publisher has not had many breakout hits. They have, however, funded a plethora of novel, single-player titles, from the bone chillingly brilliant Little Nightmares (2017), … Continue reading Scarlet Nexus // Review
Originally published in print February 2021. 2020 brought us a new generation of console hardware, finally replacing the aging jet-engines in our living rooms with sleek, shiny, quiet gaming machines. The line between generations has never been more blurred, with … Continue reading Blurred Lines: Why the PS4 and Xbox One Should be Retired Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.
●●●○○ Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an Assassin’s Creed game. If you know what I mean by that, you probably don’t need to read the rest of this review. If not, I’ll explain. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the 11th main game … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Valhalla // Review
A Review copy was provided by the publisher. Watch Dogs: Legion is the third entry in the Watch Dogs series, coming nearly four years after its predecessor. The first game was set in an alternate Chicago where mass surveillance dominates … Continue reading Watch Dogs: Legion // Review Big Brother is Watching You
At E3 2016, Electronic Arts announced a new initiative which they dubbed EA Originals. The initiative was similar to programs such as Fox Searchlight. The basic idea was to help market games from smaller studios. In turn, it would raise … Continue reading Welcome to the Forest: Fe on PS4 // Review “Fe is merely set apart by its styling.”
I was skeptical to say the least, going into A Way Out. Electronic Arts have gone through controversy in the past year and some titles have failed to meet the standard of quality expected of AAA publisher. However, when I … Continue reading Being in jail has never been this much fun: A Way Out (PS4) // Review “It’s not without flaws, but it is genuinely fun and challenging. “
●●●○○ For me, it’s difficult to believe that Burnout Paradise was released ten years ago. As a fan of the original game, I was eager to drive down the streets of Paradise City again, but this remaster by new studio … Continue reading “Burnout Paradise Remastered” for the PS4 // Review Trouble in Paradise?
Assassin’s Creed: Origins is the tenth mainline iteration in the aging series. 2015’s lukewarm Syndicate and the 2014 disaster that was Unity proved enough of a wake-up call for Ubisoft to take action and course-correct.. Origins takes on the hefty … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Origins // Review Kylie Brianne McBride reviews the “ambitious” Assassin’s Creed: Origins.
●●●○○ Nidhogg 2 is the follow up to the multiplayer, critical darling of the same series. In many ways it seems to be the full realisation of developer Messhof Games’ original vision. The simple fencing game in which players would … Continue reading Party of Two? Chaotic Action-Comedy “Niddhog 2” for PS4 There is something special here that neither eclipses, nor is eclipsed by, its predecessor, but instead sits alongside it as something unique.
Licensed games for Formula 1 are highly dependent on the Formula itself. This year, the cars have intentionally been made more extreme, and this is reflected in the game. Another factor that these games encounter is, despite being based on … Continue reading F1 2017 – PS4 Does the formula still fit?
With admittedly hundreds of hours logged in the original, I tried out the beta test for Bungie’s latest outing, Destiny 2 last weekend. It’s an interesting subject because there are a number of different angles in which the Beta has … Continue reading Destiny 2 Beta – review
Based on the folk tales of the Iñupiaq, an indigenous Alaskan people, the story follows a girl and her arctic fox as they journey across a mythical Alaskan landscape. (●●●○○) Continue reading Never Alone – review