Reviews
KICKBEAT SPECIAL EDITION REVIEW
It’s not often that I can say I thoroughly enjoyed a game. It’s a strange statement for someone who reviews games to make but there will usually be some aspect of the game that really turns me off to the whole thing. Kickbeat is a refreshing and fun game from Zen studios. It’s a fresh take on two genres that have been flogged to death and then flogged some more. When I first loaded Kickbeat up on...[Read More]
AGE OF WONDERS III: GOLDEN REALMS REVIEW
A warning before we start off: this review is written from the point of view of someone who was playing the original Age of Wonders III game as well as the Golden Realms expansion for the first time; if you are already familiar with the original game, you can skip the next four paragraphs which is mainly a summary review of the original Age of Wonders III game. Admittedly I had never played the or...[Read More]
D4: DARK DREAMS DON’T DIE REVIEW
I’m glad Access Games builds off of the Telltale adventure game model. I find it is more intuitive than old school point-and-click collectathons. D4 offers enough unique content and design that I would avoid writing it off, but it is clearly building off existing works. I have a confession to make, Dark Dreams Don’t Die and Crimson Dragon were the first games to get me interested in owning an Xbox...[Read More]
GAUNTLET REVIEW
Back in 1985, a certain arcade machine entered the early gaming fray. It was a fantasy COOP slasher that punished its players for playing, as those arcade games often did. However, it had great gameplay, pretty visuals and hooked you up faster than cocaine. Its name was – Gauntlet. 29 years later (ignoring the Gauntlet 2), a PC follow-up is finally released. The Gauntlet we have today has little i...[Read More]
Starforge Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Starforge Review  Starforge. I finally forced myself into getting the bugger to work long enough to get some real impressions about the game. My initial plans were to write a preview some time back and cover the final stages of its development with news articles and such, but alas, it wasn’t meant to be. First of all, I’ve got two gaming-ready computers and a brand new beefy laptop a...[Read More]
CASTLESTORM DEFINITIVE EDITION REVIEW
Zen Studios are about to unleash their genre busting tower defence game, Castlestorm Definitive Edition, onto Xbox One. The definitive edition includes all the original campaign, all of the previously released expansions, and a heap load of never before seen content. There seems to be a trend of late, re-releasing games and then calling them the “Definitive Edition”, and all that’s been added is a...[Read More]
Influent Review – MOUSE n JOYPAD
Influent Review  One of the more important aspects of our society are the languages we speak in. Nowadays, communication is everything, and it’s only natural that people try and learn as many tongues as they can. Sadly, the process isn’t quite as simple as we’d like it to be, and alternatives to ordinary studying are sought out quite often. It was only a matter of time before some...[Read More]
Wasteland 2 Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Wasteland 2 Review   Old RPGs of yorehad a special atmosphere to them. They were immense, deep and complicated – not to mention that a single mistake could have very well killed your characters off. Things are different these days with tutorials, walk-throughs and guides readily available to ease you into this new universe you’re trying to conquer. Now, Wasteland 2 does away with all...[Read More]
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution Review – MOUSE n JOYPAD
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution Review   Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution is quite a mouthful, and is the newest title in a series of games that have been on the scene since 2003. In fact CyberConnect2 have made somewhat of a very successful franchise out of it all, with none of the previous releases achieving disappointing scores. Apart from a few niggli...[Read More]
Star Conflict Review – MOUSE n JOYPAD
Star Conflict Review    In my last article (BOMB), I stated that there were very few flying games that focused on the WW2 era of fighting. While this remains true, I also think that there are few that cast their sights into the far future, either. Oh sure, plenty have tried to throw their hats into the ring, before getting overshadowed by the behemoth that is EVE Online. Well, now I think weâ€...[Read More]
ENDLESS LEGEND REVIEW
Just as the last squad of Vaulter Marines of the Iron Phalanx regiment fell before the mighty Cultist horde, a hulking Titan appeared on the horizon. The bulk of the Vaulter reinforcements reached the front lines one turn too late, but the enemy can still be stopped before doing any real damage. As the two forces draw closer, the Cultists spot dozens of marines and vine-vipers getting ready for th...[Read More]
THE GOLF CLUB REVIEW
The Golf Club is the new game developed by HB Studios available on the Xbox One and Steam and I got my hands on the Xbox One version of the game. I’ll tee this review off by admitting that I am not a fan of golf. On the rare occasions that I have found myself playing a round, my main goal is usually to get the ball through the windmill or in the Gorilla’s mouth. I have never been a keen follower o...[Read More]