Month: December 2017

We Sing Pop! Review – My My, How Can I Resist You?
PlayStation Reviews

We Sing Pop! Review – My My, How Can I Resist You?

We Sing Pop! by THQ Nordic and Le Cortex is the latest karaoke game in the We Sing series to come to PS4 and Xbox One and features "the hottest sounds from the world's biggest artists", so long as you are in agreement with the track listing.  Available as either a stand alone game singing into your smart phone or as a bundle with 2 gold topped microphones, let the drunken sing offs commence! (I don't condone drinking however it helps when it comes to singing!). Gameplay Boasting 8 game modes, 30 original song recordings and videos that span across the last 5 decades, We Sing Pop! certainly has something for everyone here.  The first hurdle that I came across was connecting the USB wired microphones.  Unfortunately for me, an issue with the front usb ports of my Playstation Pro made t...
Demon Gaze II Review – Friends Become Enemies, Enemies Become Friends
PlayStation Reviews

Demon Gaze II Review – Friends Become Enemies, Enemies Become Friends

Demon Gaze II by Kadokawa games and Experience is a Japanese role play game (JRPG)/dungeon crawler that is available exclusively on Playstation 4 and PS vita.  Demon Gaze II is unsurprisingly the second instalment of the series that has been produced due to popular demand as a follow on to the original Demon Gaze that came out 4 years ago.  So what's it all about? Lets find out! Gameplay Diving straight in, character creation is the first port of call.  Choosing a portrait from between a dozen anime looking people then leads to selecting your temper, skill, name and voice.  Temper is a choice between good, neutral and evil, something that ultimately is connected to the skills that you can then choose between.  I went for a neutral temper and then had the choice of either a defensive ...
Far From Noise Review – Feeling Lost? Consult a Deer
PC Reviews

Far From Noise Review – Feeling Lost? Consult a Deer

Video games have a wonderful habit of touching on tough subjects in the most unique fashion sometimes. Should that be titles such Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice touching on psychosis, The Town of Light heavily talking about mental health throughout, The Cat Lady taking a stance on suicide, Sym looking at social anxiety, and The Mull Littoral looking into anxiety. They all focus on telling a story by merging gameplay and story elements in conjunction with the selected mental health having some form of a hindrance on the progression, or dialogue. Far From Noise from developer George Batchelor, is one of these titles to fall under the category of subtly exploring depression by shifting the conversation between how you react to the current situation, but talks about life and death and how we ...
Ashes Cricket Review – Is It A No Ball Or A Hat Trick
PC Reviews

Ashes Cricket Review – Is It A No Ball Or A Hat Trick

Cricket games are often seen as the lower end of sports games, with the beautiful game not getting its air in the mainstream, however released by Big Ant Studios to coincide with the real life event, we are given Ashes Cricket. Preening their cricket gaming skills on the previous Don Bradman Cricket games as well as a handful of Rugby League and even a Lacrosse game, we got on our pads, slid on our gloves and strapped on our helmet....oo-er. So does Ashes Cricket live up to the glory days of cricket games when Brian Lara Cricket was available, or is it a ginormous disappointment? Thankfully is the former. Lets read and find out some more. Gameplay Usually on a review of a game we would go through the game modes available to you in depth so that you know what you are getting into, and ...
Party Hard Tycoon Review – Party Hard?
PC Reviews

Party Hard Tycoon Review – Party Hard?

Party Hard Tycoon is being offered by Pinokl Games as a way to bridge the gap between the sims and the tycoon games. Have they packed out the place with banging choonz or is it as lifeless as a piece of warm wet lettuce? Time to find out. Gameplay Have you ever done something that achieved nothing? Have you ever regretted a decision? Have you ever meticulously planned something out only for it to fail? Welcome to Party Hard Tycoon. The instructions come in the form of a messenger conversation with a few pictures. These explain the basic game without going in to too much detail i.e. not having much point. The smart person will be able to work out what to do, but maybe never figure out why to do it. Party Hard Tycoon puts you in the position of a party planner. How hard can it be? R...