Browsing posts in the ‘Reviews’ category

WalkingDeadSeason2

Review: The Walking Dead Series 2, Episode 2: A House Divided

Playstation 3, Reviews

They keep doing it. Telltale Games seem to be able to pump out game after game without them getting boring, tiresome or lacking in excitement. With The Walking Dead hitting such a peak at the...

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Castlevania 2

Review: Castlevania: Lord of Shadows 2

Playstation 3, Reviews

Lord of Shadows 2 starts in such a way that you'd easily think the surprising hit from last time round had ramped everything up to 11, poured a large bucket of awesome goo over it...

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Wolf

Review: The Wolf Among Us – Episode 2

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Playstation 3, Reviews

The Wolf Among Us surprised a few people when it was released last month, and with the fascinating mix between fairy story and murder mystery it's bound to carry on surprising people who come into...

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BrokenAge

Review: Broken Age Act 1

PC, Reviews

Just when you think we've had enough point and click games, Tim Schafer - the guy (pardon the pun) behind the original Monkey Island games - gets to work on a whole new title to bring...

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RingRunnerFlightOfTheSages

Review: Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages

PC, Reviews

Top-down twin-stick shooters aren't really something you see too much of nowadays, and when you do, you certainly don't expect to get an enormous sci-fi RPG with 30 hours of story mode, smooth and...

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OlliOlli

Review: OlliOlli

Reviews

When I see kids skateboarding on the park, practising a simple kickflip and bailing, I have to resist the urge to laugh. I've played Tony Hawk. I've pulled off 1080s, Christ Airs, I've ollied and...

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TinyBrains

Review: Tiny Brains

Playstation 4, Reviews

Tiny Brains from Spearhead Games is a cooperative action puzzler for 1 to 4 players that, without wanting to spoil the rest of the review, is full of great ideas but never quite lives up...

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WalkingDeadSeason2

Review: The Walking Dead Series 2, Episode 1: All That Remains

Playstation 3, Reviews

Roughly 18 months ago I started a journey on my PS3 the repeatedly tugged at my heartstrings, agonising decision by agonising decision. Telltale's Walking Dead series told a tale of Clementine, a young girl whose...

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LegoMarvel

Review: Lego Marvel Super Heroes

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Reviews

The Lego franchise rumbles on, taking the previous super hero offerings of the excellent Lego Batman games and turning things up to 11 with a bewildering range of characters and a great open city to...

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GamerGuidesLogo

Strategy Guide Review: Pokemon X and Y (GamerGuides)

Reviews

The Pokemon games are both numerous and huge, and with so much to see and do it'd be easy to put your 3DS down for a little while and look for help. If that sounds...

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Killzone-SF

Review: Killzone Shadow Fall

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Playstation 4, Reviews

For anyone that doesn't know Killzone, there are 2 warring factions being the Vektans and the Helghast fighting for their side to be victorious. The ending of Killzone 3 left unanswered questions as to the...

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RaceTheSun

Review: Race the Sun

PC, Reviews

Some games just don't need to have intricate multi-layered depth, or a big story, or a big shooty multiplayer element. Some games are happy being simple, easy to control and addictive without making you think...

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XRebirth

Review: X Rebirth

PC, Reviews

In the build up to X:Rebirth's release a few trailers were sent out by the developer showing amazing looking dog fights in space, jumping to light speed and setting up a range of fleets and...

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Knack

Review: Knack

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Playstation 4, Reviews

When the Playstation 4 was revealed most people were expecting a next-gen hardcore powerhouse to be the first game shown to the awaiting fans, but what was actually shown was Knack: a fun, bright platformer...

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GT6-Box

Review: Gran Turismo 6

Reviews

The Gran Turismo series has, since day 1, been a chance for car lovers to build up a garage of their dream cars (as well as a bewildering collection of almost identical Nissans) and take...

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GioTeck

Hardware Review: Gioteck EX-06 Wireless Headset

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Hardware, Reviews
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A good headset can really make a difference to some games on the market. I could pick out several reviews we've published over the past couple of years that have eluded to such a fact,...

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NFS-Rivals

Review: Need for Speed: Rivals

Reviews

Need for Speed is back, and with this version probably being the last we'll see on the outgoing generation of consoles it was difficult to know what to expect. The current crop of...

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Gomo

Review: Gomo

PC, Reviews

Being British, there aren’t many more emotional stories than a man and his dog, and that’s the exact storyline used for Daedalic Entertainment’s latest point-and-click adventure, Gomo. Developed by Fishcow Studio, and published by point-and-click...

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VelocityULtra

Review: Velocity Ultra

Reviews

Watching a video of Velocity Ultra being played makes it look like a dauntingly difficult game. Scrolling screens are stressful for a neurotic like myself, and teleportation under time pressure just looked impossible.  I hate...

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