Xenonauts Review – MOUSE n JOYPAD
Xenonauts Review   The hardest part in any X-COM-alike game for me has always been the beginning. Not only are you severely underpowered and mostly oblivious to the alien threat, but you also have to quickly catch up with all the complicated mechanisms that make up the game’s deep gameplay experience. As if that wasn’t enough, you’ll have to do that two times over since the game basically...[Read More]
Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms Preview – MOUSE n JOYPAD
Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms Preview    Don’t you just love games with generic titles? I mean, when you name a game, you’re basically giving it a tag that’s going to be the difference between people forgetting about it and mixing it with other titles, or make it memorable and snappy. Now, not everybody can get this right. GamesFarm, the devs of Shadows, seemingly have some trouble with this...[Read More]
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Linux Release | MOUSE n JOYPAD
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Linux Release  The predominant focus for PC gaming has always been in the hands of Microsoft and today is a prime example. As the Steam summer sale has begun and gamer’s wallets have rapidly emptied and our paychecks all but deceased, you begin to realize the shocking lack of titles awarded to Mac and Linux users. In the short term this may be a benefit for these consume...[Read More]
Enemy Front Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Enemy Front Review   War sells games, that’s a fact! Whether it is fighting on the battlefields of World War II, or fighting an alien army on some far fetched planet, it sells! Enemy Front is no different, going for the age old ‘defeat the Nazis by any means possible’ approach. To make a good shooter it has to be believable, it has to make you feel like you are in that war zone fightin...[Read More]
GRID AUTOSPORT PREVIEW
Codemasters have built up a die hard fan base when it comes to the Grid series of games, a fan base that was sore to say the least at Grid 2. Codemaster admitted to going in a different direction in Grid 2, one that lost some realism and caused outrage among the fans. With Grid Autosport they hope to re-establish the series and bring those fans back into the fold. We had the chance to get some han...[Read More]
Watch Dogs Suspicion
Why did Ubisoft hide Watch Dogs’ true graphics potential? As you might have realised from our Watch Dogs coverage, we at Mouse ‘n’ Joypad pretty much adore the game. However, in the recent days there have been some worrying advancements on uncovering the game’s final development stretch. A modder going by the name of The Worse has been doing his best to upgrade the game’s visual qual...[Read More]
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]