Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Review

Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Review

Guild wars 2: Path of Fire: Perspective of a new player Guild Wars 2 is an MMO that is highly praised and respected within the gaming community. It has been out for a few years now and has proven a concept that encourages cooperative gameplay. What can a new player expect beginning from the newest expansion; Path of Fire. I was not an early adopter. I cannot speak for what Guild Wars 2 was like…

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The Longest Five Minutes Review

The Longest Five Minutes Review

In a world overrun by demons, a group of four heroes arrives to save the day! There’s only one problem: right there, at the climax of the grand adventure, your main hero, Flash Back, is stricken with memory loss. He can’t remember how he got here, his signature move, or even the reason he’s fighting the big, horned demon before him–and as such, cannot fight at full strength. In the next five…

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Torchlight II Review

Torchlight II, by Runic Games, fully embraces the anarchist inside us all. Each enemy encounter is replete with a kinetic energy. Monsters explode in a satisfying fount of blood, lightning tears through scores of foes, and celestial animals or hand-made bots can be summoned to your aid as you rip through scores of beats and baddies out for your demise. The story itself is rather sparse, but who…

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Cold Iron Review

Surprisingly, considering how obvious the gaming combination of the PSVR and move controllers is, there has never been (to my knowledge) a wild west quick draw game. So, to help break the glaring omission comes ‘Cold Iron’ from developer’s Catch and Release, a small independent studio with only one other non -VR game under their belt. I don’t think I need to go in-depth on the rules of quick draw…

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Dynasty Feud Review

Dynasty Feud is a 2D platform-based fighting game, with two to four players battling it out to be the last dynasty standing. Developed by Kaia Studios, the game certainly looks similar to titles such as Super Smash Bros. and Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. What makes Dynasty Feud stand out from these other fighters is its character roster. Rather than just picking a single character, you…

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Utawarerumono: Mask Of Truth Review

Utawarerumono: Mask Of Truth Review

There will be no spoilers in this review apart from the very beginning of Mask of Deception. Starting nearly straight after its predecessor, Utawarerumono: Mask Of Deception, in Utawarerumono: Mask Of Truth you play as Haku. In this game, Haku has assumed the role of Oshtor, the Imperial Guard of the Right, shedding his identity in the process. Why, you may ask. Well because the REAL Oshtor…

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Stay Alive: Apocalypse Early Access Review

Stay Alive: Apocalypse is an RPG and Simulation blend thrust into a Zombie Apocalypse situation, with an interesting take on those themes. The title released into Steam’s Early Access on January 15th, 2018, from the creative minds at Mehan Games. Stay Alive: Apocalypse has the added challenge of trying to stand out in a sea of Indie titles with similar elements, objectives, and ideas. Can the…

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Fearful Symmetry & The Cursed Prince Review

In Fearful Symmetry & The Cursed Prince you must control two characters at the same time through a series of increasingly dangerous rooms. Can you multitask sufficiently and keep track of both characters as you move them around traps and through dangers? The screen is divided into two halves with a character on each half in his own room. These two characters will always move in opposite…

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Mad Carnage Review

During the eighties, Mad Max became a bit of cult hero, scrambling over apocalyptic landscapes in his modified cars and battling scavengers in a fight for survival, fuel and the truth. However, it’s now been over thirty years since his films were released and I can’t seem to shake the image of him traversing the dusty plains in a souped up mobility scooter these days. So, maybe it’s time to move…

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Crypt of the NecroDancer Review

Good gravy, @NecroDancerGame is on the #NintendoSwitch and it's amazing!

If I learned anything from my time with Superbeat Xonic, it’s that rhythm games certainly used to be my thing, but they absolutely are not anymore. I can’t keep up with fast paced twitching of fingers and eyes in order to keep the music moving. But I desperately want to! Why can’t someone make a game that relies on music but maybe makes things a trifle easier for me? After all, there doesn’t HAVE…

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Black Hole Review

Black Hole is an arcade style, twin stick shooter that comes to us from Dufgames, a development studio I had never heard of in any capacity. A quick search reveals that Black Hole was originally created for the OUYA many moons ago, and, since I was neither a part of the Kickstarter campaign nor expended any energy whatsoever trying to chase one up afterwards, this game totally fell off my radar…

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Meanwhile: An Interactive Comic Book Review

Interactive fiction has become an incredibly popular genre in recent years with TellTale Games and other titles like Life is Strange leading the way. Most of these games have taken their inspiration from TV as they present ‘episodes’ complete with a cast of voiced characters and tough decisions at critical points in the story. However, interactive fiction pre-dates these titles by several…

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Feral Fury Review

Theres a story here somewhere, but I don’t think it matters very much. What matters is that you are a panda. A panda-soldier. Everything is trying to kill you, and you have to escape. You run from room to room, killing everything in sight until a red key drops, make your way to the exit and onto the next stage. Take too many hits and you die. Back to start you go. But while meeting the reaper…

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The Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya Review

Right at the very start of this “game” I was confronted with a dialogue box that read one message that I would carry with me through the entirety of my play through of “The Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya”. It came within minutes of clicking the start button and I was told that “my womanhood is on the line”. And at the time I may have been unsure as to where this would lead me but by the end of this…

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Haunted Hotel 3: Lonely Dream Review

Haunted House 3: Lonely Dreams Big Fish Game’s newest entry; Haunted Hotel III: Lonely Dream is a game that aims to engage players by challenging their minds while taking them on a journey filled with paranormal activity, mystery and a lot of puzzles. With this third entry, you take the role of FBI agent Sunday who, accompanied by chief detective Jack, sets out to uncover the mysteries…

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Moonshot Galaxy Review

Moonshot Galaxy is a virtual reality golf game with a twist. The usual fairway and green of golf has been replaced with Space, a variety of planets, stars and meteors making up the many different courses available. As with a normal game of golf the aim is to get your ball into the hole in as few shots as possible. The tricky part is lining up your shots with the varying strengths of gravity from…

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Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG Early Access Preview

While on the surface Rogue Empire looks like your standard rogue-like game, there’s a lot to unpack if players are willing to see past some underwhelming flaws. The game is still in early access alpha, so it’s hard to judge without its being a complete product. However, what does exist is an experience that is both promising and slightly nostalgic. Set in a high fantasy world reminiscent of a D&D…

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