Reviews
HARD WEST REVIEW
I don’t think anybody will scoff at me for saying that there are too few Wild West video games being made these days. Call of Juarez had something going for it, but the series’ arguably best game got forgotten extremely quickly. Red Dead Redemption isn’t even available on PC, making it irrelevant on my platform of choice, and whatever indie pops up from time to time falls into obscurity faster tha...[Read More]
FALLOUT 4 REVIEW
As I wandered the Wasteland in Fallout 4, I was transported to another world, another time and it is one that I have seen before. I was Mel Gibson as Mad Max, I was Denzel in The Book of Eli, Will Smith in I am Legend and Van Dam in Cyborg. I was all of these things and more: I was the Vault Dweller, The Wanderer, and the Saviour of the Commonwealth. Fallout 4 has been eagerly awaited by an astoun...[Read More]
Impossible Creatures Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
 Once a developer has a popular IP or two under their belt, people tend to forget about their previous, less well-known releases. Take Bungie for example, whose Halo vastly overshadows, say, Marathon. Or perhaps the authors of Divinity: Original Sin, in whose case the mediocrity of their previous work got forgiven and forgotten really, really fast (and for good reason). The same thing happ...[Read More]
CUE CLUB 2 REVIEW
How My Editors Conspired to Reignite My Addiction to Virtual Pool Back in high school, I was addicted to the Sims Pool on my iPod Nano. I have no shame in admitting that I may or may not have wasted more than a few class periods lining up pocket shots and beating computer opponents, all while hiding it behind whatever assigned textbook I was supposed to be using for class. Ever since I haven’t pic...[Read More]
Krosmaster Arena Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
 Before I begin this review allow me to say that coming into Krosmaster Arena, I had no prior knowledge whatsoever about Krosmaster, WAKFU, or anything else Ankama had previously developed. To clarify, Ankama Studios are the developers and creators of Krosmaster Arena, which is based on the tabletop board game of the same name. Krosmaster Arena (both versions of the game) take place in the...[Read More]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
 For me, Black Ops has always been the superior installments in the Call of Duty series. While Infinity Ward is the original and debatably more celebrated of the franchise’s switch-hitting studios, I’ve always found Treyarch to have more reckless abandon with their choices. They deal in weird pseudo-science and espionage inspired storylines, which makes me feel like I’m playing less ...[Read More]
Gladiators Online: Death Before Dishonor Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
 Maybe it’s because I used to have a small crush on Roman History, and seeing Latin names used correctly rekindled that love slightly. Maybe it’s because this game billed itself as “recreating the thrills and adrenaline experienced by Rome’s most talented warriors.†All I know for sure at this point is that I went in excited, and came out with a rather sour taste in my mouth. &nb...[Read More]
Alpha Polaris: A Horror Adventure Game Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Alpha Polaris: A Horror Adventure Game Review  The best way I can describe Alpha Polaris is with the tried and true Fruit Stripe gum analogy. Awesome packaging, amazing flavor- but shortly after biting down and chewing it for awhile it becomes very obvious the manufacturer doesn’t understand longevity. The benefits quickly disappear, and you’re left chewing a stale piece that use to have so m...[Read More]
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Review  For anyone unaware, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a title that has been out for some time. However, it is now just releasing onto the iOS and Android Platforms. Brothers was developed by Starbreeze Studios and originally released in 2013 across consoles and PC. The game is played in the third-person perspective overlooking two brothers. The player controls b...[Read More]
Bedlam Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Bedlam Review    Do you remember how bad 90’s first-person shooters were? Of course you do; with their horrible narratives and blocky environments. It’s all terribly embarrassing. We all played games like Quake, Wolfenstein and the like- but going back to these experiences can be cringe-inducing. What if I told you though, that there’s a new game that parodied these early FPSs, complete w...[Read More]
A Fistful of Gun Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
A Fistful of Gun – Review  I never really got into spaghetti westerns when I was a kid. For whatever reasons, John Wayne and Clint Eastwood never held as much sway in my tastes as say, Mark Hamill did. So, when I was assigned A Fistful of Gun for review, I was a bit apprehensive about whether my enjoyment of the game would be tied to my knowledge of the old west. Fortunately, I couldn’t have...[Read More]
Samurai Warriors 4-2 Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Samurai Warriors 4-2 – Review I’m honestly not sure what’s going on with Omega Force; their PC division to be exact. I’ve had the chance to review some of their previous outings as they got ported to my favoured platform, yet both Dynasty Warriors 8 and Toukiden: Kiwami turned out to be a bloody mess, each in its own particular way. I even went as far as to denounce the developer, which ...[Read More]