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All-Star Fruit Racing PS4 Review – A Sweet Racing Smoothie!

11Jul

By JohnNo Comments

All-Star Fruit Racing PS4 Review – A Sweet Racing Smoothie!

All-Star Fruit Racing is the latest release from 3D Clouds and is finally making its way over onto console. Being completely honest at first glance when I was given this to review, I was expecting a budget ‘Mario Kart’ wannabe with little to no variety or replay value. I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to be wrong! Taking into account the price point (£31.49 (on PSN) at the time of writing). I think All-Star Fruit Racing could be up there as one of the most fun ‘pick up ‘n’ play’ racing games for the PlayStation 4. Below are the reasons why I think everyone should play this game… Gameplay The first thing that impressed me with All-Star Fruit Racing was, instead of bringing up the main menu and letting you pick and choose what you want to play around with, it instantly throws yo...

The Spectrum Retreat Review – Welcome To The Hotel Penrose, Such A Lovely Place?

10Jul

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

The Spectrum Retreat Review – Welcome To The Hotel Penrose, Such A Lovely Place?

Two years ago, 20-year-old game designer Dan Smith won a BAFTA in the Young Game Designers category for his prototype of what would become The Spectrum Retreat. Publisher Ripstone has stepped in to help turn the game into a fully-fledged product. It's quite an achievement for the up and coming game maker, so let’s check in and enjoy our stay, maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW7HN9Pd9nU GamePlay We have all been there at some point in our life, right? You wake up in a strange hotel room with no memory of how you got there or what happened the night before. Just as you start thinking of an egg McMuffin, a knock appears at the door, but this isn’t the usual breakfast call. You are greeted by an android asking you personally to come down for breakfast. (Just how much did...

6Jul

By StuartNo Comments

Xbox Reviews

The Crew 2 Review – Get Your Motor Running

After spending a lot of time with the first installment of The Crew, when we got the opportunity to review The Crew 2 I jumped at the chance. After spending a little bit of time with the closed beta recently I was however, a little deflated. Something just wasn't right with the game, a few things just felt a bit off. Thankfully with the final game we get a much more finished article. Let's start the engines and see where it takes us. Gameplay The game throws you into one of the extreme events that you have through The Crew 2, giving you an insight into what kind of game you are getting yourself into. This first toe dip is a great experience and definitely shows off the multitude of vehicles that will be at your disposal. Once you have finished this example though its time for you to be l...

Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast Review- A game of two halves

5Jul

By KevinNo Comments

Gaming

Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast Review- A game of two halves

Vile Monarch have been hard at work creating Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast. Slightly concerned for my pride I decided to check out what it was all about. So I set my humiliation level to max and fired it up. Gameplay Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast is a remodelling of 'Oh Sir! The Insult Simulator'. So how does it all work? Well first you choose your game mode, solo or 2 player, then you roast people. It's so simple even an independent game developer could understand it (not my finest roast). The solo option has a career mode, and as we probably all know, some people have made careers out of roasting people. I have roasted a few games in the past, so hopefully Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast will survive. Choose your player. Each player is a loosely disguised celebrity waiting to trash tal...

Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Review – Blast From The Past!

2Jul

By JasonNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Review – Blast From The Past!

The year was 2009, I was 29 years old, The Black Eyed Peas had a feeling, Dizzee Rascal was bonkers and Lady Gaga was showing off her poker face. The gaming scene was alive with Uncharted 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum and a little gem by developers Volition called Red Faction: Guerrilla. For those of you that were possibly only 9 years old back then (I'm not bitter at all and you missed an amazing millennium party) Red Faction: Guerrilla was the 3rd instalment of the Red Faction Saga which introduced a third person open world style of gameplay to the player. Previous games in the series, Red Faction (2001) and Red Faction II (2002) were first person shooters that saw you play in the first game on Mars as a miner called Parker who was having his life ruined by the giant Ultor Corporation ...