Category: Reviews
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Speed Limit: A Love Letter To The Classics – Switch Review
Arcades are something that everybody has enjoyed at one time or another in their lives. I’ll never forget the sights and sounds of an arcade, of playing multiple different games and your brain going a mile a minute. I’ve longed to recapture the feeling of the arcades and the rapid pace arcade games can have.…
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Blue Fire: Imperfectly Perfect – Switch Review
My laptop broke recently, which came as quite a blow to me. It suddenly dawned on me how much I rely on it. From writing to gaming to chatting with friends, it often feels like my whole life is on there. So when it was suddenly sent off for repairs, I was rendered a little…
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Little Nightmares II: Horrifyingly Brilliant – Xbox One Review
When Little Nightmares burst onto the scene in 2017, it certainly stood out thanks to its unusual premise and unique art style, drawing more eyes than your standard hide-and-seek game might. Much to the delight of many who enjoyed the original, we have been treated to a second instalment of this puzzle-platformer horror this year.…
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Village Monsters: Monstrously Dull – PC Early Access Review
During my second year of university, I spent countless hours locked away in my bedroom playing Stardew Valley. There was something so satisfying about its gameplay loop, so enthralling about its world and characters. The premise of escaping to the countryside was so enticing. Village Monsters is a game that, at first glance, appears to…
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Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing – Switch Review
During the UK’s first lockdown, I was relatively naive. I just assumed it would pass, that we’d all be laughing about this whole pandemic thing a few weeks down the line and that I’d be able to see my girlfriend again. But it didn’t end, not for a really, really long time, and I didn’t…
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Summer Catchers: Endlessly Fustrating – Switch Review
The days are starting to feel longer, despite the sun shining brighter. I feel more and more constricted, physically and emotionally. I long for a way out, a respite from the incessant depression, lockdowns, and the petering pottering around my pocket-sized flat. Summer Catchers, a brightly coloured, charmingly cute endless runner about a girl who…
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Hitman 3: A Fun Sandbox With Some Interesting Fashion – PS5 Review
The Hitman series of games by IO Interactive has always been something I wanted to try but never quite got around to. I have never been interested in sandbox games and, therefore, never interested in Hitman. I noticed Hitman 3 was coming up, and I thought I had to buy it. Little did I know,…
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood: An Identity Crisis – PC Review
With roots in tabletop, it’s not hard to see the appeal of shapeshifting between numerous forms to achieve your goals. Garou warrior, Cahal, can take down unsuspecting enemies up close or from a distance, sneak about silently as a wolf, and tear through exo-suits and soldiers as a hulking mass of fury. All three have…
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Dead Cells: Fatal Falls DLC – PC Review
Since its release in May 2017, Dead Cells has carved out a corner of the gaming market that no other game has managed to achieve. The game has seen continuous developer updates and DLC support, which has not changed with the latest, Fatal Falls DLC. The Metroidvania roguelike is still a testament to beautiful game…
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A Day: Time Well Spent – PC Review
I love games that try something different. A while ago, I wrote an indie spotlight on Pocket Watch. It was a game that creatively used the time to create emergent gameplay. That game kept drawing me back because its simple-to-grasp yet complex game mechanics allowed its gameplay to be continually evolving. A Day is very…
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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition Switch Review
Having watched the live-action film recently during the pandemic, it seemed fitting to continue with the complete edition of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game. After an unexpected delisting from digital stores in 2014, Scott Pilgrim returns in the ideal form of a co-op beat ’em up. It’s a satisfying time fighting through the streets,…
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The Medium: Horrifically Bad – PC Review
I’m not the type to play horror games. It’s not that I can’t handle horror, it’s just I find their narratives tedious, and the lengths you have to go to get even a tease of the story is often exhausting. Being tense for 7 hours straight is frankly not my cup of tea. But when…