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Dreamfall Chapters Review – Dreams Don’t Come True

5May

By Stuart2 Comments

Dreamfall Chapters Review – Dreams Don’t Come True

Dreamfall Chapters by Deep Silver and Red Thread makes the transition from PC to PS4 and Xbox One, and with it brings a myriad of good points and bad points. Read on to find out more! Gameplay The game itself was originally an episodic game that was released in five episodes between October 2014 and June 2016. Recently being re-released as a "Final Cut" version on consoles and soon after console release, for PC also. The game is a 3D adventure with a large emphasis on character interaction, puzzle solving and exploring the semi-open game world. The third part of the The Longest Journey series, this game is set across two parallel universes, one being Stark, a futuristic earth with a hint of cyberpunk, and Arcadia, a magical fantasy world. You control two characters, Zoe Castillo, and ...

Waddle Home PSVR Review – A New Gem Or Left Feeling Frosty?

4May

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Waddle Home PSVR Review – A New Gem Or Left Feeling Frosty?

Waddle Home is a game about rescuing cutesy little penguins, what I'm saving them from is beyond me. Although I'm leading them to a rescue ship which looks exactly like a UFO. Wait it is a UFO, surely that's abduction right? Am I leading poor, defenceless penguins to be abducted by aliens for testing? For all I know I could be sending these helpless penguins to their doom. Luckily the game leads you to believe you're doing good, so I'll just agree for now. The game is available on PSN, Steam, Oculus and Samsung Gear. This was on PSVR Starting the level off, you see a caged penguin. Aiming the beam 'emitted from the PS4 controller' towards the cage then a simple tap of the X button releases the penguin. When I think about penguins, I think of them waddling along anywhere they please,...

Induction Review – Mind Altering Puzzle Perception

3May

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

PC Reviews

Induction Review – Mind Altering Puzzle Perception

Induction is an indie game that centres on using time travel to create time loops, in order to solve mind bending puzzles. Whilst this concept will be familiar to fans of Valves series Portal, it is used in different ways to great effect in Induction, and has caused me to ponder the solution to puzzles for days on end. You take control of a cube and can move in 4 different directions to push objects around and reach the goal area of that level which appears surprisingly easy at first. However you are swiftly introduced to the key ability of this cube, which is the power to create one clone of your cube that will then play out every action you have performed up to the point you made a clone. The aim then is to manipulate a variety of objects across multiple timelines to proceed into the ...

2May

By JasonNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

ZHEROS Review – The Forgotten Land

ZHEROS by Rimlight Studios is a fun, family friendly 3D beat 'em up that is available on Xbox One, PC and most recently PlayStation 4. ZHEROS can be played either in single player or two player co-op mode. Your mission? To take on an epic journey through distant and unknown galaxies in an attempt to stop the evil Dr Vendetta from taking over the universe with his mutilated twisted minions. Rimlight attempts to bring back the classic sideways scroller beat 'em up that has been a successful formula since the days of Streets of Rage and Golden Axe. So how does ZHEROS stack within this genre? Lets take a look. Selecting your character you can choose to play as either the strong and dimwitted Mike, the smart and agile Captain Dorian or with the new "Forgotten Land" DLC, as Thione. ...