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Sniper Elite III Ultimate Edition Review – Hit Me With Your Best Shot

16Oct

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Sniper Elite III Ultimate Edition Review – Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Sniper Elite III Ultimate Edition initially released on multiple formats back in 2014. It was perhaps inevitable that a Switch port would one day arrive, but I'm pleased to say that this is a quality conversion, and brings across extra content and improvements which developers/publishers Rebellion Developments have introduced over the years since it first came out. Sniper Elite III Ultimate Edition is set in 1942 in Nazi-bothered North Africa, which makes for a refreshing change from the usual dingy grey bunkers on dingy grey streets which litter games set during World War 2. You play as Karl Fairburne, a gruff-voiced man with a rifle which enters the room 10 seconds before he does. Your goal is to track and take down the fictional General Franz Vahlen, who is doing naughty things with ...

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Review – Losing It’s Identity

8Oct

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PlayStation Reviews

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Review – Losing It’s Identity

In 2017, Ubisoft dragged the dying franchise of Ghost Recon out of the morgue and like Doctor Frankenstein himself, injected life into the franchise with Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Now they return with another entry in the series, but will this be the Boris Karloff monster we’ve been waiting for? or a limp and laughable Ed Wood style entry to the series? Upon starting the game, you are greeted with the character creation screen. I knew what I needed to do...create the baddest looking dude on the planet. I tinkered with his hair, added scars and obviously gave him an epic beard. He was ready. Generic action man was here to take down generic villain in a generic story with gravelly voices and explosions. My inner Arnie was excited. I tied my bandana, applied my camouflage and pressed star...

2Oct

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PlayStation Reviews

Dollhouse – House of horror

When finding out what game I want to review I always check out what kind of game it is. As someone who plays a lot of horrors and watches numerous horror films with minimal flinching I thought would I would take Dollhouse and put my horror gaming skills to the test. However, it was not like any other horror game I previously played! From the creators of many games including Ether One and Truck Driver, SOEDESCO have teamed up with Creazn Studio. They have released this wonderfully creepy psychological horror 1950's Hollywood film noir for us all to enjoy! it is available on all PS4, PC and Xbox One Gameplay You're an ex-detective called Marie, who has awoken in a location she does not know along with amnesia. The only thing you remember is the death of your daughter. You can hear a...

Untitled Goose Game Review – I’ve Been Goosed!

1Oct

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Switch Reviews

Untitled Goose Game Review – I’ve Been Goosed!

adveAs one of Yorkshire's foremost amateur geese enthusiasts, when I was offered the chance to review Untitled Goose Game, I considered it an excellent opportunity to educate bird-brained Thumb Culture readers about the majestic beauty of the family Anserinae. Upon accepting the honour, however, I was somewhat chagrined to discover that I had not been chosen to review the game due to my expert knowledge of geese, but rather because the particular goose-protagonist in question had a vindictive and irritating nature, and it was suggested that I had an unparalleled grasp of such personality traits. Whilst deeply upset at what I considered a somewhat spurious claim, in the end, I agreed to evaluate the game, all the same, so long as I could litter the review with atrocious puns [I don't...

Cyber Protocol Review – Hack my Switch up!

1Oct

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Switch Reviews

Cyber Protocol Review – Hack my Switch up!

I was sitting on my sofa in a mundane area of North England when I loaded up Cyber Protocol, a Cyberpunk infused arcade puzzler by RedDeerGames. The opening sets the scene, and the soundtrack transported me to a world influenced by classic cinema such as Blade Runner. I was a hacker, tasked with bringing G0X6 back to life by activating the protocol. I had no idea who G0X6 was and what the ‘protocol’ was but I was invested. Starting the campaign, I hoped to feel like Mr Robot’s Elliot Alderson, a cool but socially awkward vigilante taking down E Corp, however that fantasy was quickly squashed. I had been thrown out of the Matrix, and the promise of a neo-futuristic world dissipated into a muggy September evening in the North of England. My adventure as a hacker started and finished bef...

Super Mario Maker 2 Review – Go Ahead, Make My Game

30Sep

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Switch Reviews

Super Mario Maker 2 Review – Go Ahead, Make My Game

The original Super Mario Maker, which released on Wii U back in 2015, was a bolt from the blue, a rare example of Nintendo allowing their fan-base to tinker with the very building blocks of the Mushroom Kingdom to create their own Mario levels. It offered a robust toolset which allowed for players to experiment to their hearts' desires, and the Wii U's touch screen and stylus meant enjoyable levels could be created in a matter of minutes. Given the level of success, almost in spite of the underperforming console on which it appeared, a sequel was inevitable, and Super Mario Maker 2 was released in June 2019 to almost unanimous praise. Gameplay Most of the tools from the original title return here with a number of additions. As before, levels are constructed on a grid, and a wide varie...

Attack On Titan 2: Final Battle Review – Attack on Titan Transformed

26Sep

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PlayStation Reviews

Attack On Titan 2: Final Battle Review – Attack on Titan Transformed

Over a year ago, Omega Force developed and released Attack On Titan 2 which swiftly became one of my favourite games of that year. Now, over a year later, the development team have been hard at work creating Attack On Titan 2: Final Battle which isn't just a small DLC package, but an upgrade to an already brilliant game. The changes are huge and the changes are plenty. Omega Force hasn't just created some more story content, but completely refined and repackaged the original title as well. Strap yourselves in because I am now going to try and convince you why you should absolutely play this game. Gameplay For anyone who hasn't played any Attack on Titan games before, I'll explain briefly. In the base game, you play as your own created character and interact with characters from the anime...

24Sep

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PlayStation Reviews

The Surge 2 Review – Techno Prisoners

Picture the scene. Dark Souls and Deus Ex are curled up together on the sofa. Light from a nearby Yankee Candle gleams in their eyes, the Clean Cotton scent reminding them of summer tumbles beneath swaying washing line. A few unfinished oysters sweat smugly on an earthenware plate, their brothers and sisters having already played their part in stoking the fires of both games’ loins. Dark Souls says it should be getting home, it has to do the school run in the morning. Deus Ex says “It’s dark and rainy outside, you could stay in the bed. I’ll sleep down here.” Dark Souls heart leaps… this is what it wanted, maybe what it has always wanted. It knows it can’t continue to hold Deus Ex’s gaze lest the two should dissolve together for all eternity… but it’s too late. Their lips tremble before...

23Sep

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Battlewake PS4 Review – Shallow Waters

Avast ye matey! Buccaneer’s Survios have unearthed Battlewake, a VR pirate adventure. Is this the VR booty you’ve been craving or is it just a trip to the poop deck? I know what you’re thinking, Sea of Thieves VR? Well...no, it’s not. Although it definitely has similarities in terms of design, gameplay-wise, it’s nothing like it. Battlewake is a battle arena game, where you take control of one of four characters who have unique abilities in order to take down countless pirates. Released September 10th in America and 19th September in the EU, have the excellent Survios, creators of fantastic PSVR games such as Raw Data and Sprint Vector, got another hit on their hands? Gameplay Focusing on gameplay, I used the move controllers but the game is compatible with the Dualshock. You aim ...

20Sep

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Gaming, PC Reviews

eFootball PES 2020 PC Review – Time For a Change?

eFootball PES 2020 is the new football simulation game developed by PES productions & published by Konami and was released on September 10th on PS4, Xbox One & PC via steam. This year's PES 2020 release features the added “eFootball” in the title as a way for Konami to push into the online gaming space for a focus on the PESLeague and eFootball Pro tournaments. Konami have enlisted the help of former Barcelona & Spain legend Andres Iniesta as a gameplay consultant, to help shape a “renewed focus on immersion and authenticity, translating his innate ability to read the space around him and slip through the tiniest cracks of an otherwise impregnable defensive line into a new dynamic dribbling technique; the Finesse Dribble”. On the cover this year is the return of Lione...