Author: Kevin

Inkulinati Early Access Preview – Time To Draw Your Weapons
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Inkulinati Early Access Preview – Time To Draw Your Weapons

Yaza Games brings us an interesting take on Medieval warfare with Inkulinati. Pen and paper at the ready, or possibly quill and parchment would be better. Draw your armies and get ready for war, this is no Battleships, this is real blood and guts stuff. Time to see if Inkulinati is worth the paper it's written on. Quill sharpened and inkwell filled, time to draw my weapon. Gameplay Inkulinati is like no other game that I have played, and in today's market of repetitious releases it certainly got my intrigue awakened.  Multiplayer wasn't available so I had to play the single-player side of the game. I figured it would work the same but I would die less. I was assigned the name Godfrey and my opponent the rather holy Hildegard. First up was the tutorial. This can make or break a game f...
Cranked Up Early Access Review – Rolling Around
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Cranked Up Early Access Review – Rolling Around

BBlack Studios bring us Cranked Up, the mesmerising adventure of a doughnut trying to get dunked into coffee. If that isn't enough to sell a game, then I dunno what is. Actually in hindsight, I don't like coffee, but I'm all over the sugary goodness that is doughnuts. So I decided to pop to the local doughnut shop and stock up for the adventure of a lifetime, and probably gain a pound or two as well. Gameplay I honestly do'nut know where to start with this. Cranked Up has left me in a little bit of a state if I'm honest. I kind of feel like I took a lot of acid before I had sweet cravings and the result may just have been the inspiration for this game. After several hours of phone-based therapy at huge cost I feel like I am now human enough to continue. Fortunately there is a tuto...
Aeronautica Imperialis Flight Command Review – Ready Red 5
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Aeronautica Imperialis Flight Command Review – Ready Red 5

Binary Planet brings us Aeronautica Imperialis Flight Command, a Warhammer board game set in the skies but adapted for PC. So if you get RSI from rolling the die, or are a bit clumsy and keep on knocking your planes over or off course, then this might just be what you are looking for. Games Workshop have already done the hard work, so hopefully the PC version is true to the original. Time to exchange my bow staff for a joystick and geek it up. Gameplay Aeronatical Imperialis is essentially a 3D representation of a board game. I know, I'm not really selling it, but you need to hear me out. The first screen I come across gives me my options: I can start a campaign, play individual scenarios or do the tutorials. So I did the sensible thing, yes really. I played through the tutorials. Eac...
Interrogation: You Will Be Deceived Review – Make Them Talk Or Will They Walk
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Interrogation: You Will Be Deceived Review – Make Them Talk Or Will They Walk

Introduction Critique Gaming brings us Interrogation: You Will be Deceived, an in-depth look into the subtle, and sometimes less than subtle art of getting information out of suspects. Having no first hand experience in this area of expertise I decided to just throw myself headfirst into the game. Armed with just a bedside light and stern look. This wasn't going to go well as I'm sure there needs to be more ways of making people talk.  Gameplay Interrogation does exactly what it says on the tin and a lot more. You play the role of a newly recruited interrogationist in the local police department to head up your own team. The game mechanics are fairly simple to grasp, you can see the pupils dilate and you can see the pulse rate. After a short training run with an actor you discover t...
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes – Touchdown?
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Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes – Touchdown?

Introduction Grasshopper Manufacture has brought us the next instalment in the ongoing adventures of Travis Touchdown. Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is a delve into the world of computer games with some great references and appropriate homage, time to dust off my old joystick and start banging my buttons. Gameplay Part of me doesn't really want to give anything away about Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes and let everything be a joyous surprise. However, that would make me a bad reviewer! So I had better do a good impression of a professional. I could tell you that you move the sticks and press the buttons to make Travis the most awesome badass character to ever be in a video game, but that is stating the obvious. Attack, the baddies, kill the baddies, don't let the baddie...
Club Soccer Director PRO 2020 – More Than A Mouthful?
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Club Soccer Director PRO 2020 – More Than A Mouthful?

Go Play Games brings us the longwindedly titled Club Soccer Director PRO 2020. This is finally my chance to not be foiled by the directors in Football Manager as I am now the director. This should be a walk, or good kick about, in the park. Time to grab a quartered orange, deep heat spray and put my skills to the test. Hold on, I'm the director, scrub that, make it a large cigar and a sheepskin coat. Gameplay Well Club Soccer Director PRO 2020 starts like any good managerial type game, a good tutorial. Here are the staff, here are the players, you can do this, you can do that etc... I decided to start with the career mode, so I took on the role of directing the mighty Stevenage. As the director of the club it is your responsibility to bring in players, sell players, fire staff, hire ...
Narcos: Rise of the Cartels – Netflix Comes To Life
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Narcos: Rise of the Cartels – Netflix Comes To Life

Introduction Narcos: Rise of the Cartels, developed by Kuju, is based on the Netflix hit series Narcos. Set in Columbia, it's a chance to delve into the ever present drug trade in the region. Time to pick my side and start a war. Time to get my shotgun, police badge on a chain round my neck and some cheap Aviators and take the first flight south into the troubles zone. Gameplay Narcos: Rise of the Cartels is a turn-based strategy game where you take control of individuals involved in various scenarios. I decided to play as the DEA because I like the look of an 80s cop with a cliché tash (as opposed to a native Columbian with a cliché tash) The tutorial will take you through the basics of moving, shooting and running away. Each player has skills which are either traits or actions....
Frostpunk Review – You’re A Cold As Ice
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Frostpunk Review – You’re A Cold As Ice

11 Bit Studios brings us Frostpunk, an innovative city-building game set in a post-apocalyptic frozen England. Time to dig out my boots, snowshoes and put hot soup in my thermos. This adventure looks like it could be a long one. Gameplay A band of people gather, they set off to create a new world where they can thrive. It's very cold and many will not make the perilous journey. I have a sneaking suspicion that I will make it, not only make it, but the people will look up to me and in my hands will be the responsibility of creating the last city on earth and saving humanity. Pressure off, if I fail, no one will ever read the history books. Frostpunk starts out by giving me three options, I can play a specific scenario from the main game, play endless mode, or I can play 'A New Home...
Argonus and the Gods of Stone Review – Divine Intervention or a Greek Tragedy?
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Argonus and the Gods of Stone Review – Divine Intervention or a Greek Tragedy?

Zojoi bring us Argonus and the Gods of Stone, a chance to delve back into the past of ancient Greece, well maybe the films of the 70s and 80s about it. Time to get all nostalgic and maybe find a golden fleece, a mirrored shield or sever the head of a gorgon. Loincloth on, shield raised and sword as sharp as health and safety will allow. Gameplay Argonus and the Gods of Stone is a traditional first-person adventure. Those familiar with Greek Mythology will be quick to pick up on the use of the word Argo, so it is assumed that Argonus is going to be related to the great ship in some way or at least the Argonauts. So let's get the game started with a few clichés:- Shipwreck? - check Stranded on an island? - check Visited by a God? - check No idea what you have to do? - che...
Deliver Us The Moon Review- Zero Gravity, Maximum Seriousness
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Deliver Us The Moon Review- Zero Gravity, Maximum Seriousness

KeokeN Interactive bring us the moon, well actually I kind of have to deliver it myself. Nothing is going to be easy in this game. Oxygen is in short supply and it's up to me to reboot the broken moon's supply to save the world. Fortunately I work well under pressure, so smoke me a kipper I'll be home before breakfast. Space suit on, dried food rations at the ready and a desire to save all humans already in built. Lets blow this joint.  Gameplay Deliver us the Moon goes with the standard WASD format to move around, well I say standard, once I got into space it took a little longer to get used to it as zero gravity can be a bit tricky. I found a few items that helped me get around the space station, there has been quite a bit of damage and power would be useful. Missions are presented...