If ever there was a game utterly deserving of a game of the year edition it is CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.This third outing for the titular Witcher, Geralt of Rivia- monster hunter for hire, is the most polished role-playing game that I’ve ever played. And I’ve played a few.Based on the … Continue Reading ››
Adventure game veterans, Telltale Games- responsible for the excellent game serial based on The Walking Dead comics, turn their attention to the Dark Knight Detective.I just can’t get enough of Batman. Behind Daredevil, he is, when done right, my favourite superhero. It possibly gives you an insight into my pent up frustrations that they are … Continue Reading ››
The Solus Project is a first-person survival game with support for HTC’s Vive VR kit. This review is mainly based on my VR experience, but I will touch on the game as played on a regular monitor.The game starts with the player encased in a space craft escape pod plummeting to the ground. To the … Continue Reading ››
TT Games returns to the Star Wars universe to bring us their quirky and humorous retelling of the latest Star Wars movie with Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens.As a card carrying member of the Star Wars generation, I breathed a sigh of relief after watching JJ Abrams’ entry in the Star Wars saga. It’s … Continue Reading ››
I return to the world of Warhammer, over twenty-five years after last playing the now legendary table-top fantasy role-playing game with Total War: Warhammer.When I first played the real-time strategy game, Shogun: Total War, way back in 2000, it reminded me of the childhood table-top battles I used to play using tiny metal Citadel Miniatures.The … Continue Reading ››
Battlefield developers, DICE, return to the Glass City to give us another go at EA Games’ free-running franchise with Mirror’s Edge Catalyst.2008’s Mirror’s Edge was an under-rated affair on the Xbox 360 and PS3. The parkour-inspired rooftop running became exhilarating as you got going, but these moments were short lived, coming to an abrupt stop … Continue Reading ››
Deep Silver’s Homefront: The Revolution invites us to take another look at a USA on its knees post-invasion and occupied by North Korea. Whilst I enjoyed 2011’s Homefront, the game received a mixed reaction from fans, with mediocre sales likely being a contributing factor in the demise of publisher THQ.This sequel has had a somewhat … Continue Reading ››
Id Software reboots the great-grand-daddy of first-person shooters, Doom, for a new generation of players and hardware.I doubt I’ve been alone in wondering what the frantic action of the classic first person shooter, Doom, would look like polished up and running on today’s hardware.Well now we know.Continue Reading ››
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