January 2018 - Page 2 of 2

Star Wars Battlefront II Review – Is The Force Still Strong?

16Jan

By JasonNo Comments

Star Wars Battlefront II Review – Is The Force Still Strong?

Much anticipated Star Wars Battlefront II by EA DICE, Motive Studios and Criterion Software has blasted onto our consoles and boy has it generated some mixed responses from the gaming world, unfortunately mainly negative. I have had the erm... pleasure to play through the latest offering in the Star Wars world and have temporarily cast the negativity aside to try and give you my honest verdict, Red 5 standing by! Gameplay Star Wars Battlefront II's newest feature is the single player campaign that sees you play predominantly as a female Imperial Special Forces Officer named Iden Versio. Jumping into her storm trooper boots just as the second Death Star is destroyed in Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi, you are sent on a mission of retaliation by your father Admiral Garrick Versio called...

Tiny Troopers Joint Ops XL Review – Honey, I Shrunk The Troops!

12Jan

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Switch Reviews

Tiny Troopers Joint Ops XL Review – Honey, I Shrunk The Troops!

Tiny Troopers Joint Ops XL by Epiphany Games is an epic bite-sized arcade shooter, filled to the brim with action-packed mini maps of mayhem! Take control of your tiny troopers as you battle evil adversaries from around the world with a multitude of weapons. Recruit specialist mercenaries such as Medics, Machine Gunners,and the Elite Delta Force to subdue enemy insurgents! Collect medals, dog tags, Intel and more during the course of each mission to ensure victory! Wait for it…It also has Zombies! Does the hype live up to the actual gameplay? Let’s Deploy, Stat! Gameplay I’ve recently got my hands on my very own switch and I have to say, I’m in love. I couldn’t wait to get stuck into some games I never had the chance to play before so, I was pretty excited about playing Tiny Troopers...

Descenders Approaching Fast as Action Henk Dev Teases Adrenaline Fuelled GIF’s

10Jan

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

News & Updates

Descenders Approaching Fast as Action Henk Dev Teases Adrenaline Fuelled GIF’s

Fast-paced biking title, Descenders is heading closer to release date as tweets announce that it'll be arriving on Steam soon. Originally introduced by Action Henk developer, RageSquid back in July 2017, Descenders is finally on the way to release, with publisher, No More Robots helping push it out. The RageSquid Twitter page has been filled with action packed GIF's of what to expect from the title, including first-person camera modes, but it seems that December 2017, and January 2018 are teasing more and more. https://twitter.com/RaveofRavendale/status/950765108321488896 RageSquid, and No More Robots founder, Mike Rose have been tweeting that the title is arriving to Steam, "soon". While no official release date seems to be given, and the Steam page saying, "Early 2018", I wou...

9Jan

By JohnNo Comments

Features

Yakuza: Going Back to Move Forward?

I hope you all enjoyed the holidays, and enjoying a good start to 2018. With Yakuza 6 due out in March, I decided that my Christmas play-through this year was going to be Yakuza Zero. A game which id been dying to play all year but never quite found the time (as I have been a fan of the series since I first played it back on PS2). Well, I finally finished it, and upon discussing it with a few friends I found that the same question kept being asked… ‘Should I play the others on previous-gen consoles?’ Since it’s a question I have been asked by a number of people, I thought I’d put my opinions out there for all in the hope that it helps. It doesn’t look like we're going to be getting a Kiwami 2 (remake of the 2nd game) here in the west, and the price tag of the original western release ...

Let Them Come Review – Endless Destruction

8Jan

By StuartNo Comments

PC Reviews

Let Them Come Review – Endless Destruction

Let Them Come is one of those games where it doesn't really need a massive amount of description, it is what it is, and what it does, it does incredibly well. Developed by Tuatara Games and published by Versus Evil you control Rock Gunar on this pixel art shoot 'em up. So what do you do? Let's take a look. Gameplay You are tasked with preventing the alien hordes from getting past you. In its simplicity you stand with your gun aimed at the aliens and you blast them all away. Or at least that is how it was going to go in my head. In actual terms, what you are playing is a simple game that is difficult to master, with battle tactics having to be used throughout your time. Simply holding down the fire button will only get you so far. As you kill the aliens you get coins that you ca...

L.A. Noire Remastered Review – Unneeded But Welcomed

5Jan

By StuartNo Comments

PC Reviews

L.A. Noire Remastered Review – Unneeded But Welcomed

So before we dive into Team Bondi (now defunct) and Rockstar Games' remaster of L.A. Noire, let's set out the stall for this review. I am going to be writing this from the perspective of a new review. Some of you may not have played the original, so therefore it doesn't seem right to pass judgement on the remastered side of the game. All it really means is that there are prettier visuals than its original counterpart, honest. So what is L.A. Noire? What do you do? Why was it so groundbreaking? Let's find out! Gameplay L.A. Noire is set in 1947 in Los Angeles, USA, and lets the player control an LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) officer by the name of Cole Phelps. You take control of him as he moves up the ranks within the LAPD through five divisions, including homicide and arson among...

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier – A desolate and hopeless situation

4Jan

By KevinNo Comments

PC Reviews

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier – A desolate and hopeless situation

Imaginati Studios brings us Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier, a journey placed between Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes. Being a fan I was chomping at the bit to get hold of this, the big question is will it live up to expectations? So time to find out if it is a mighty silverback or whether it's made a monkey out of us. Gameplay I think I will have to use the word 'gameplay' as a very loose interpretation. The concept behind Planet of the Apes: Last frontier is quite simply to make an interactive movie. I've watched plenty of movies and thought to myself 'I wouldn't have done it like that', so I was very intrigued to see how I could affect the course of the action. You essentially take 2 parts in this saga, one human, and one ape. The story plays ou...

Grave Danger Getting Ultimate Edition on PC

3Jan

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

News & Updates

Grave Danger Getting Ultimate Edition on PC

Grave Danger is getting an Ultimate Edition arriving on the PC later this month, but in the third quarter of 2018, the title will also be arriving on Xbox One, PS4, and the Nintendo Switch JB Gaming Inc. (Now named Spotted Shark Studio) launched their title, Grave Danger back in 2016, and the title is due to get a new release this month under the name, Grave Danger: Ultimate Edition. This will include 10 brand new levels for players to wander across, and also a bunch of new mechanics, such as walls of fire, and platforms that tilt, and apparently a robotic bird that you can ride. The title is available to play as a single-player experience or a co-op experience, and focuses on side-scrolling gameplay where three characters solve puzzles and make their way through the worlds avoidi...

Train Simulator 18 Review – Knobs, Levers and Buttons

2Jan

By KevinNo Comments

PC Reviews

Train Simulator 18 Review – Knobs, Levers and Buttons

Dovetail Games brings us Train Simulator 2018 on the PC, the cunningly named sequel to ....... Train Simulator 2017. So apart from the unoriginality of the game title does it speed down the tracks or should it be shunted back to the yard for scrap. Time to wrap a sandwich in tin foil, grab a flask of tea and perch myself in the cab. Gameplay I have never driven a train, so am I qualified to even write a review of Train Simulator 2018? I do however have a train set, in fact I have 2, so I think that should qualify me to test out what it would be like to be the person responsible for getting my train from A to B with as little hassle as possible. The first thing you get in this game is a choice of what to do, drive, build, profile, ACADEMY, ok, so I hope you got the hint. There is no way y...