For PlayStation VR gamers PlayStation VR Worlds is going to seem a lot like a demo disc, designed more to show off the PlayStation 4’s VR kit that stand on its own. The title is a grouping of five short VR “experiences”, most of which don’t really come under the classification of games at all.For … Continue Reading ››
When you think Mafia, you think wise-guys, Al Capone, 1930s, Sicilian gangsters and all that sort of thing. You don’t think Louisiana, Vietnam vets and under-privileged black communities.Unless you are 2K and the game is Mafia III.The first game in 2K’s Mafia series features the San Francisco/Chicago-inspired city of Lost Heaven with a traditional depression-era … Continue Reading ››
Last year’s WRC 5 filled a gap in the market, giving us a much-needed new-gen rally game for new-gen consoles. But the game’s cross-generational development meant that French developers, Kylotonn, had to hold something back in order for it to run on PS3 and Xbox 360. Then came Codemasters’ Dirt Rally, making the switch from … Continue Reading ››
When 2K made the decision, last year, to release XCOM 2 exclusively for PC, I thought it was a bold move. Whilst I understood the series’ PC heritage, the 2013 series reboot, XCOM: Enemy Unknown did very well on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.Console owning fans of the series can now continue their careers as … Continue Reading ››
It took only a few minutes of play to realise the biggest difference between EA’s Battlefield 1 and your run-of-the-mill first-person shooter. Whereas warfare in the last handful of Call of Duty games has been portrayed as an awesome and exciting spectacle, The Great War, as bought to life in Battlefield 1 is nothing of … Continue Reading ››
It seems that EA Sports have saved the best until last with FIFA 17. I’ll be honest, whilst I enjoy the FIFA games immensely, reviewing iterative sports titles can sometimes be a chore.Of course, year-on-year there are improvements, but for the most part they are hardly revolutionary. Each year we happily pay for a … Continue Reading ››
EA Sports gets us back on the ice for some fast and brutal ice hockey action in NHL 17.Switching from the comparatively sedate, but no less exciting, pace of Madden NFL 17 to the frantic madness of NHL 17 was a bit jarring at first. Mending the thrills of FIFA with the contact of Madden … Continue Reading ››
Forza Horizon 3 is an amazing game on the Xbox One. Once again, UK outfit Playground Games have managed to take Turn Ten’s sublime Forza Motorsport game engine and made it into something better. Gone is straight-laced racing simulator that is Forza Motorsport 6 and, in its place we have the third Horizon Festival, set … Continue Reading ››
