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Super Street: The Game Review – V12 Monster or 1 Litre Minnow

14Nov

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Super Street: The Game Review – V12 Monster or 1 Litre Minnow

Since Writing this review the game has had a few updates, however, the game has now started to refuse to load. Once we get it updated and it works we will revise this review to take into account the latest physics engine that has been patched in. I love racing games, however I have never played a game where the developers have got it so wrong. The game has no realism to it whatsoever, which is a great shame, because if they had mastered the issues I think this could have been an amazing game. Super Street: The Game was released on 13th September 2018 and is available on PS4, Xbox1 and PC. It was developed by Team 6 Game Studios, and Rebel Games. The game came from a car enthusiast magazine called Super Street, founded in 1996. The magazine and online presence is based on the afterma...

Nickelodeon Kart Racers – Blundering Barnacles

8Nov

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Gaming

Nickelodeon Kart Racers – Blundering Barnacles

Nickelodeon Kart Racers has been brought to us by the developers Bamtang Games and publishers Maximum Games. Nickelodeon Kart Racers is currently available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Today I'm going to give you the ins and outs from the PlayStation version. Gameplay Nickelodeon Kart Racers is firmly aimed at the younger gamer. For this I have incorporated the assistance of my niece and nephew, as I feel their opinion on this game is far more relevant than that of a middle-aged man. The gameplay for Nickelodeon Kart Racers is easily described as a kart racer just like Mario Kart or Sonic All Stars. Personally i think they offer a far more polished experience and are aimed for gamers of all ages. Nickelodeon Kart Racers however will have very little appeal to...

6Nov

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Gaming, PC Reviews

The Shapeshifting Detective Review – Crime Thriller With A Twist

I knew nothing about The Shapeshifting Detective before I played it. I was expecting a game where you explore your environment, find clues and interact with NPC’s. It's not often that a game gives you a new experience. An unusual style of gameplay and a genuinely new experience. But after 4 hours of gameplay I had to sit back and recognise that, for me at least, this was something I had never encountered before. I knew I was well out of my comfort zone in gaming when I found myself trying to seduce my landlady’s secret lover to get him to confess to murdering someone else. A position I rarely find myself in. The Shapeshifting Detective from Wales Interactive is a mash up of a videogame, adventure book (you know the ones where you decide which page to turn to), and a 1950’s radio dram...

29Oct

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Heliophobia Review – Dreams Can Become Nightmares

Here we are again. Halloween is here again, everyone digs out their horror games or treats themselves to a new one. Luckily enough for me I got treated to a new game to enter the horror genre. Heliophobia is a game by Glass Knuckle Games and is available on Steam. Gameplay Heliophobia drops you straight into the game to give you that added sense of mystery. This is a good start for the game and something I liked about it. Initially to me the game felt like the famous P.T demo on PlayStation as the first section completed through me back to the start. Or what I thought was the start. As I stepped out onto the stage for the first time I noticed a long line of doors marked Audition and Standby. Heliophobia instantly feels like it's going to be a long windy path filled with scares and ...

25Oct

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Dakar 18 Review – The Road To Nowhere

Developed by Bigmoon Entertainment, Published by Deep Silver, and based around the Dakar Rally. For those that don’t know the Dakar Rally, it is a rally race that is an off-road endurance event. The terrain that the competitors traverse is much tougher than that used in conventional rallying, and the vehicles used are true off-road vehicles rather than modified on-road vehicles. Dakar 18 is available on Playstation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. Gameplay As the game loads in, you are presented with a very quick, very brief training introduction in the form of your “co-navigator” shouting at you. For me, as a variety gamer, I personally struggled with this as the industry jargon was straight over my head. I persevered on, once I’d been through the brief training, into the first “tut...

Downward Spiral: Horus Station – Its Space Jim But Not As We Know It

18Oct

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Downward Spiral: Horus Station – Its Space Jim But Not As We Know It

So here we are with Downward Spiral: Horus Station created for us by 3rd Eye Studios. Now this is a new company so it will be interesting to see what they can bring to the table. Lets see shall we? Gameplay Downward Spiral: Horus Station is essentially a VR game on PC/PSVR. It does also have controller support on the PlayStation 4 for people without PSVR. Personally, I think on a controller the game is clumsy and shouldn't be played like this, VR was forefront of the development teams minds when they created this game. The game itself doesn't give you too much help setting the scene and atmosphere. There is no narrative cut scene to set the mood. In-fact when you start off your adventure there is no help at all. Downward Spiral: Horus Station is an environmental storytelling ga...

NASCAR Heat 3 PS4 Review – Dizzy My Head Is Spinning

16Oct

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

NASCAR Heat 3 PS4 Review – Dizzy My Head Is Spinning

The market for retro gaming is huge right now. Since Nintendo have released two retro consoles, Sony recently announced their first and you know there will be a mini PS2 to follow. Xbox users mock PlayStation fanboys for a lack of backward compatibility, which does seem to be a real oversight on the part of Sony. But if I put aside the nostalgia of playing childhood games, and the cool factor of having a mini console by my TV, I do often wonder if I really miss the way games used to be. Were they any good? Did the simpler controls make for more fun? Does mo-cap and 3D rendering make for better games? Well wonder no more, with NASCAR Heat 3 you can remember exactly how bad games used to be. 704 Games is the latest studio to release a NASCAR title. The original came out in 2002, NASCA...

Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War PS4 Review

9Oct

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War PS4 Review

In our latest PSVR game review, I have dug into Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War (pun intended). It is the sequel to (no surprises) Unearthing Mars and is billed as a fast paced VR First Person Shooter. Having not played the first I was pleasantly surprised by a good looking intro that gave me a backstory and purpose and then a sleek tutorial to get me up to speed on how to play the game. With some strong PSVR titles released in the last month, like Astro Bot and Firewall Zero Hour, I was looking forward to getting back into my Virtual Reality for some sci-fi blasting! Released by Winking Skywalker Entertainment a year after the original, Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War features Aim Support, a good range of weapons and even time control elements (think Max Payne). Winking...

Human Fall Flat PS4 Review – A Stand Up Puzzler.

27Sep

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Human Fall Flat PS4 Review – A Stand Up Puzzler.

In these days of epic open-world games, narrative driven sagas with character depth and player investment, it makes a nice change to take a step back and play something completely stupid and fun. Human Fall Flat is that game. No need to worry about a plot-line or a skill tree, the biggest decision you have to make here is what colour hat to put on. So sit back, grab a cuppa, get ready to switch off and solve some puzzles as you steer boneless human Bob around his recurring dreams about falling. Made by No Brakes Games and published by Curve digital on consoles, Human Fall Flat is available on Mac, Linux, Windows, Switch, Xbox One and PS4, which is the format I played it on. Gameplay Bob has dreams about falling recurring dreams he can’t escape, but to move on through the game you hav...

Firewall Zero Hour PS4 Review – It’s not the game we want, but is it the game we need?

24Sep

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Firewall Zero Hour PS4 Review – It’s not the game we want, but is it the game we need?

You palms sweat in the moments before combat. Your heart beat is steady, resting in anticipation of the adrenalin surge to follow. Time counts down and you look deep into the eyes of your team, knowing that some or all of you may not come back. That's the risk you take as a mercenary. A gun for hire. A soldier of fortune. A quick wipe of your palm and a readjustment to improve your grip. The command comes and you move out in co-ordinated attack patterns, laying down covering fire and calling out targets to teammatesBullets whizz past you, smashing into walls behind you. Every corner is a death trap, every foot step a betrayal of your location. At the sound of enemy fire, you step back into the alley, blind firing around the corner, hoping your bullet hits it's mark, before theirs...