Month: June 2014
Project Root Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Project Root Review   If you played video games back in the 90s, there’s a good chance some of your most memorable childhood moments include playing a shmup. Maybe it was R-Type, maybe it was Raiden – doesn’t matter. The genre these titles belong to had some very distinctive traits that were hard to ignore. We’re talking bullet hell, highly improbable spaceships and ridiculously numerou...[Read More]
RICHARD AND ALICE REVIEW
Richard and Alice is a point and click adventure game with a pretty confusing back story. Imagine a world where it started snowing one day and never stopped, that’s kind of what has happened here. It is inferred that in this wintry hell hole society has broken down leaving people struggling to survive and gangs have taken over the wintry wasteland. The first stumbling block that I encountered in t...[Read More]
Battle Group 2 Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Battle Group 2 Review   War sells a tremendous amount of video games a year, a phrase that may be controversial and perhaps spark debates, yet it has never been truer. The glorification of gun wielding soldiers in a deprived and often backward part of the world in the name of peace appears to be a huge selling point. You merely have to glance towards Activision and Dice as an example. The pro...[Read More]
TICKLES TOP TEN OF E3 2014
Another E3 has come and gone, as sad as it is to see it go we have been shown what is in store for us for the next year and I can’t wait to get my hands on some of these games. After last year’s tech heavy announcements what with the release of the Xbox One and PS4 it’s good to get back to seeing some kick ass games. Some of the entries on the list were simple trailers and some have been chosen fr...[Read More]
Ionball 2: Ionstorm Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Ionball 2: Ionstorm Review   I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a gamer that truly dislikes Arkanoid and/or Breakout titles. There’s something magically attractive about the legendary gameplay mechanic that consists of destroying numerous tiles with a paddle-propelled ball that bounces back and forth like a confused meerkat between two holes. Yes, I’m aware that the comparison sucks, bea...[Read More]
LIFELESS PLANET REVIEW
Most people will have one defining feature in which they place their hopes and dreams in the future of title, something that when asked, they couldn’t do without it. For some, it is story or graphics and for others it would be gameplay or side quests. There is, of course, no right or wrong answer but when its comes to making a game there should be nothing preferable. Features like gameplay, graphi...[Read More]
International Snooker Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
International Snooker Review    Snooker can often to be referred to as the game of kings amongst the massive following it current holds. Whilst it boasts 14 major ranking tournaments and many more unranked across the face of the globe it is quite obvious to see its popularity grow from its origin, devised by the British themselves. Yet Snooker is very much a marmite sport, you either love i...[Read More]
Space Run Review – MOUSE n JOYPAD
Space Run Review   Being a game reviewer, there is but a few titles I return to every once in a while. Due to the fact that an average day has only 24 hours, I suffer from a severe lack of time to play as much as I’d like to. Thus, I have to be very selective about what I play and when. Needless to say, only rare titles make me want to play them again after completion. I’m happy to announce ...[Read More]
MURDERED SOUL SUSPECT REVIEW
Murdered Soul Suspect was recently released by Square Enix and was developed by Airtight Games. The game is something of a murder mystery, one to rival Sherlock Holmes or Inspector Morse maybe. One thing you have to say about this game is that it really dares to be different in a world of automated yearly releases. You play as criminal turned detective ‘Ronon O’ Connor’ who is on the hunt for a ki...[Read More]
GearCity Preview | MOUSE n JOYPAD
GearCity Preview  While we, gamers, have access to a vast amount of ‘tycoon’ games available, there aren’t many that would simulate the ownership of a proper car company. In the last couple of months, several upcoming titles that deal with the given subject caught my attention. One of them – GearCity. GearCity is the first car-tycoon game to be released on Steam and as such will prob...[Read More]
Nascar 2014 Review – MOUSE n JOYPAD
Nascar 2014 Review  Nascar 2014 is a pretty standard racing game. In the single player career mode you will create a driver and pick the manufacturer of your car. I found no real difference between the manufacturers so there was no real incentive to play as one make over another. The season is made up of the normal races you would expect to see and it features tracks from the Nascar circuit. I...[Read More]
XCOM: Enemy Within Competition | MOUSE n JOYPAD
XCOM: Enemy Within Competition THIS IS NOW FINISHED WINNERS ARE BELOW  We are running a competition to win copies of the award winning game XCOM: Enemy Within, which the guys over at 2K Games have kindly donated to us. We have 5 copies of the game on Xbox 360, and 5 copies on PS3 to give away to some lucky readers. Entering the competition could not be simpler,(1) just count how many time...[Read More]