Reviews
UNMECHANICAL EXTENDED REVIEW
Unmechanical began life back in 2012 and has since been released across multiple platforms, including Steam and App Stores. Now it has been brought to the newest generation of consoles in the form of Unmechanical Extended. We are definitely seeing a massive rise in games being ported to the new consoles, especially from the mobile sector, and I for one am not completely sold on the idea of this cu...[Read More]
Pix The Cat Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Pix The Cat Review   Pix The Cat is a game developed by Pastagames. A developer whose name you might have heard if you’re a mobile gamer too. To be exact – these are the guys that brought us Rayman Jungle Run. A beautifully tight high-score platformer that everybody should own. Now they’ve taken the fight to PC with the title I’m reviewing here. Pix The Cat is a high-score-hunting arcade...[Read More]
The Supreme League of Patriots Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
The Supreme League of Patriots Review    Not too long ago, I wrote a preview for all the episodes of The Supreme League of Patriots. And I can honestly say my opinions have not changed much between the multiple game sessions. But I don’t think it’s the game’s fault, I think it was “born†into the wrong genre. With a premise as gripping as a patriotic Justice League, the genre best sui...[Read More]
Dying Light Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Dying Light Review  I don’t think I’ll ever forget the disappointment I felt upon playing Dead Island for the first time. I mean, everything was fine when I started it, with the mandatory linear tutorial sequence and cinematics. No, things fell apart for me when I realised that Dead Island wasn’t a sandbox game. Really, it was just a rather spacey corridor shooter with melee weaponry assumi...[Read More]
Blackguards 2 Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Blackguards 2 Review   Sequels. Gotta love ’em, am I right? Coming as a follow-up to the last-year’s beginning of a new IP sourced from The Dark Eye universe, Blackguards 2 is here to fix the things its predecessor did wrong and provide some sustenance to the turn-based strategy fans. As you might have noticed, there’s a severe drought of such games and this title couldn’t have arrived a...[Read More]
PIER SOLAR AND THE GREAT ARCHITECTS REVIEW
After downloading Pier Solar and starting it up, I immediately got a sense of the journey that I was about to embark on. Many of us gamers who grew up in the late 80’s and early 90’s have travelled and adventured through these types of RPG’s time and time again with games like The Legend of Zelda and Chrono Trigger. Watermelon Games is well aware of this and hits you in the face with nostalgia rig...[Read More]
STRIFE VETERAN EDITION REVIEW
Remember “ye olde” shooter? You know, Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and the like? No? Well, neither do I. I was far too young and preoccupied playing Tekken 3 and Rayman and the like. And besides, by the time I was gaming, the PlayStation had already come out, displaying full 3D graphics. So when it was time to start shooting some enemies in glorious first person, I was already spoilt for choice. In 3D. No...[Read More]
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Review  Few games have ever resonated with me as well as the Metal Gear Solid titles have. Granted, I played only the original MGS and its immediate successor, while only dabbling in MGS4 on my friend’s PS3, but the lore, the characters, the overall atmosphere of this legendary universe is unique, and has intrigued me ever since taking control over Snake for th...[Read More]
Flyhunter Origins Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Flyhunter Origins Review   A word on Despicable Me’s Minions. Enough. That is all. I don’t know about you, but I’m absolutely sick to death with these stumpy yellow creatures. Yes, they were funny at first, with their broken Spanish, strange eyes and their obsession with bananas, but I feel they’ve overstayed their welcome. Evidently the majority of people don’t agree, as they’re ver...[Read More]
THE LAST INUA REVIEW
Do Ports ever truly work? There is evidence to suggest that in some cases PC ports of games that have been released elsewhere are just as good, if not better, than their counterparts. Sadly this isn’t the case of Glowforth’s Action/Puzzle platformer “Last Inua”. This title was originally launched for tablet devices and has recently received the Port treatment for PC and Mac users, but I don’t thin...[Read More]
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Review  Chivalry: Medieval Warfare looks about as good as I expected an indie PC port to Xbox 360. The developers focused on maintaining a high resolution, and they didn’t adjust the Field of View of their game to fit televisions. Halo effects pop up around everything when you move. The lines within the training module are unintentionally funny. They are neither parti...[Read More]
Boom Ball Review
Boom Ball releases today on Xbox One for Kinect here in the UK. This game is being brought to us by the Virtual Air Guitar Company, the same guys that brought us Kung-Fu High Impact on the Xbox 360 a while back. I played Kung-Fu and found it immensely entertaining watching myself on screen kicking the virtual crap out of waves of enemies. Anyway back to the task at hand. Boom Ball takes the classi...[Read More]