Thumb Culture - Gaming

8May

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Dick Wilde 2 PSVR Review – Darn Varmint

Dick Wilde 2 was developed by Bolverk Games and is published by Playstack. Currently, you can pick up this title for PSVR, Oculus and Vive. Today my review of Dick Wilde 2 will be based on my PSVR experience. Gameplay First thing you will notice about Dick Wilde 2 is the graphics. The cartoon style is straight out of a Yosemite Sam cartoon. Normally this style will put me off but here it works. It's a simplistic format for Dick Wilde 2. There are 4 keys to collect per level and the more keys you collect the more levels you unlock. As you float on down the river or in some cases the sewer systems on your raft, you will get attacked by various animals and vermin. Ranging from birds trying to carpet bomb you with poop, to fish jumping out the water to eat your face off, and what I...

7May

By JohnNo Comments

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Snooker Nation Championship PS4 Review

After 2 weeks of Snooker on our Televisions we reach the epic conclusion of another World Championship, this left a question in my mind as it does every year: What am I going to do when it's finished? Cherry Pop Games have brought us Snooker Nation Championship to try and fill this void. The question is will it live up the expectation or will crumble under the pressure of the gaming Crucible? Gameplay Snooker Nation Championship is a fairly bare-bones version of a snooker game when compared with other releases both past and present, that’s not to say it isn’t a good or fun game. There are 3 main modes of play, Championship, Online and Versus mode. All of which are similar, but then again this is snooker so how much different should they be? On top of this, you have a practice mode,...

Mango Cart Simulator PC Review – Man, Go Play This!

3May

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Mango Cart Simulator PC Review – Man, Go Play This!

In my 25 years of life I'm still very much unsure what route I want to go down in life (well, aside working with the amazing team which is Thumb Culture!)!, so I figured if I tried Mango Cart Simulator it would either show I want to be a mango salesperson or I don't want to use that route, am I cut out for this kind of job? Gameplay Mango Cart Simulator is developed and published by AkriGames, They are an independent games studio based in Berlin, Germany and their plan is to bring out the fun and challenging games for people, dropping Mango Cart Simulator as their first game it sure did bring me a whole lot of challenges! All across the gaming community, simulation games are there many are thriving and many are something you wouldn't spend your time playing,Mango Cart simulator t...

Close To The Sun PC Review – Storm At Sea

2May

By StuartNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Close To The Sun PC Review – Storm At Sea

Close To The Sun is being posed as a horror survival game developed by Storm In A Teacup and is exclusive to the Epic Store. Can the game appeal to gamers who already have their minds made up on the Epic Store, or does it sink at sea. Let's dive into the gameplay and see what Close To The Sun is all about. Gameplay You play as Rose Archer, and are heading to the massive cruise ship Helios, created by Nikola Tesla. You received an invitation from your sister Ada and it quickly becomes clear that all is not well on the great ship Helios. Upon entering the ship you would expect that this revolutionary sea liner would be brimming with people, with all the hustle and bustle that accompanies such a newsworthy ship. However, things start unravelling as you slowly discover what has gone on...

WillowBrooke Post PC Preview – Running Your Own Post Office

25Apr

By KevynNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

WillowBrooke Post PC Preview – Running Your Own Post Office

Ever wanted to be a postman? Run your own Post Office? Meddle with peoples post? Well, now you can in Dante Knoxx's WillowBrooke Post, Published by Excaliber Games and released on Early Access through Steam on 27th March. Upon starting the game, you receive a letter from your parents asking you to look after their Post Office in the village of WillowBrooke whilst they go on holiday for a year. You catch the next train to WillowBrooke on New Year's Eve. When you reach the Post Office, you find another letter from your father on the counter explaining your role and duties at the post office, when you continue to explore the rooms, soon after you're joined by the shy yet friendly Postman Pete who gives you some tips before suggesting you head to bed. When you wake up and head downst...

Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid PS4 Review – Mighty Morphin’ Fisticuffin’

18Apr

By CraigNo Comments

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid PS4 Review – Mighty Morphin’ Fisticuffin’

Allow me to preface this review by saying I am a big fan of fighting games. A night of fisticuffs with friends is easily the best reason for leaving the comfort of my own home. Presented with an opportunity to try out a new fighting game featuring Power Rangers, I was quite excited about it. Developed and published by nWay Games in San Francisco Power Rangers: Battle for The Grid is a team fighter similar to Marvel Vs. Capcom. It came out on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One on March 26, 2019, and the PlayStation 4 shortly after on the 2nd of April. This review will be on the Playstation 4 version of the game. Gameplay Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is a 3v3 team fighting game. You pick from a small cast of characters across all of the Power Rangers series to form your team to fig...

Snooker 19 PS4 Review – Pot as Many Balls as you Can!

17Apr

By John6 Comments

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Snooker 19 PS4 Review – Pot as Many Balls as you Can!

It’s been 8 years since the last ‘official’ snooker game crossed our tables with WSC 11. While it wasn’t perfect, it was a decent enough game. Given the amount of time that has passed, the announcement of Snooker 19 was met with a lot of expectations and excitement among fans of the green baize. As someone who has been a huge snooker fan for over 25 years and has played almost every snooker game since the Commodore 64. I have been counting the days for this game since it was first announced, and there is a simple reason why… Lab42 have worked alongside World Snooker to bring us what could be the most complete entry ever seen, the top 128 players all included, all the official tournaments and venues from the circuit as well as the first appearance of Jimmy White in an ‘official’ snook...

16Apr

By KevinNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

Etherborn PC Preview – Effortless, Surreal and Puzzling

Altered Matter bring us the gravity bewildering adventure Etherborn. Will it's simplistic artistic style prove to be a winner winner chicken dinner, or should it be fed to the dogs? Time to meditate and enter the weird and wonderful world before me. Gameplay A soft whispery voice guides me, I must follow the dulcet tones to discover the truth. There is a calming nature about this voice that makes me want to do as she is saying. Etherborn is best played with a controller, but keyboard play is possible for the PC owners that don't have a controller. You can jump, run, inspect and move. This game looks perfect, I love simplicity. So what is it all about? Well if you ever have a stressful day at the office and you fancy not shooting zombies to get it out of your system, well this g...

Shadowgate PS4 Review – A Modern Day Text based Adventure

11Apr

By John1 Comment

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Shadowgate PS4 Review – A Modern Day Text based Adventure

I’m sure any of the older gamers amongst us will know Shadowgate from the original iteration back on the NES. Well, Zojoi Studios have updated the classic text-based/point & click RPG for modern day gaming. Being completely honest, this one completely flew under my radar and the first I heard of it coming to PS4 was when it appeared for us to review it. Classic text-based games such as Zork were a big part of my childhood, along with the old choose your own adventure books (for any of you that remember those). So I was more than happy to jump on board and do the review (even though I didn’t play the original on the NES). Does Shadowgate do justice to the 80’s classics? Are text-based games still relevant in a gaming world that contains big open world RPGs like Skyrim and The Witc...

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain PS4 Review – Bug Stomping

11Apr

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain PS4 Review – Bug Stomping

Earth Defense Force: Iron rain is a third-person arcade shooter game developed by Yuke's and published by D3 Publisher. The game will be released on PS4 on the 11th April 2019. With multiple weapon choices, your own personalized character and giant bugs to squish (via rockets and bullets) what else is there to have in an arcade game? Huge robots that want to kill you of course! if you've played the previous Earth Defense Force games you may want to try this one out, I hear Yuke's have upped their game massively to bring you Iron Rain! hit me baby one more time? Gameplay First of all, you get to design what character you want to create, you can personalize it any way you want, starting with gender, then hairstyle, body type, facial hair and many more! I think as an avid sims player I d...