Category: Videogame Reviews

All the latest videogame reviews from me. Take that how you will.

Layers of Fear Review – Seriously Trippy

Platforms: PC, PS4 and Xbox One Reviewed On: PC Developer: Bloober Team Publisher: Aspyr Media Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review code provided free of charge by the publisher. The growing trend of walking simulators, as they’ve become known within the gaming community, has led to a surge of horrible horror games that are barely worth…

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XCOM 2 Review – How Did You Miss On A 90% Shot? You Useless Berk!

Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Firaxis Games Publisher: 2K Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes There is a class called the Ranger in XCOM 2 that perfectly encapsulates what the game is about; it has a special close-range sword attack that can deal tremendous amounts of damage, usually killing weaker opponents outright. However, if the…

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Rise of the Tomb Raider PC Review – There’s Actual Tombs!

Platforms: Xbox One, PC (PS4 to follow) Reviewed On: PC Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Square Enix Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No In 2013 Crystal Dynamics brought an iconic series back from the grave, presenting us with a new Tomb Raider for a new time. And it proved successful with great critical reception and plenty of loving…

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The Deadly Tower of Monsters – So Bad, So Awesome

Platforms: PS4 and PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: ACE Team Publisher: Atlus Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review code provided free of charge by the publisher. There’s a special place in my heart reserved for corn sci-fi B-movies and their unique brand of insane humor that stems from how awful they are, and yet how utterly brilliant…

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Gemini: Heroes Reborn Review – Hiro Has Time Travelling Competition

Platforms: Xbox One, PS4 and PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Phosphor Games Publisher: Phosphor Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review code provided free of charge by the publisher. Oh, Heroes, we’ve had a rocky relationship over the years. The first season of the show was nothing short of brilliant, giving us an electric mixture of…

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Punch Club – The First Rule Of Punch Club Is Left Click On Everything

Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Lazy Bear Games Publisher: Tiny Build Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Even as a 90s kid Rocky Balboa was still an integral name to my childhood and formative years, the famous drawl of Sylvester Stallone as he fought his way to the top becoming one of those background things…

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Down to One Review – Nope. Just Nope.

Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Gadget Games Publisher: Gadget Games Singleplayer: No Multiplayer: Yes Here’s the situation; you’re dumped into the middle of a large map and as soon as the round begins must go scurrying off across the desert in search of buildings that house various weapons while 41 other people do exactly…

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Red Crucible: Firestorm Review – It’s Free To Just Not Bother, Too

  Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer:  Rocketeer Games Studio Publisher:  Rocketeer Games Studio Singleplayer: No Multiplayer: Yes On paper I support the idea of the free-to-play model. Done correctly it can be fantastic, and yet all too frequently we see it being done poorly, the developers clearly putting their desire for cash above all…

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DiRT Rally Review – It’s Time To Get Down And Dirty Again

Platforms PC (Console to be released 2016) Reviewed On: PC Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Codemasters Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes Review code provided free of charge by Codemasters. The DiRT series has had its ups and downs since its inception. Spawning from the legendary Colin McRae Rally series the DiRT franchise began with innocent intentions of being…

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