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Sea of Solitude PC Review – Overcoming Loneliness

19Aug

By Stu NNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Sea of Solitude PC Review – Overcoming Loneliness

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type="bordered" border_style="bordered" rounded_corners="rounded-3"] Developer: Jo-Mei Games, Jo-Mei GmbH Publisher: EA Release Date: 05/07/2019 Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC Score: 8/10 [/otw_shortcode_info_box] I was a bit hesitant to look at this game, not because it didn't look good but it looks quite scary. Developed by Jo-Mei Games and Published by EA, Sea of Solitude is centred around the essence of loneliness and is based during the emotional time of the CEO of Jo-Mei Games, Cornelia Geppert's life. It seemed like a game that could easily pull on your heartstrings and something you can get emotionally involved in. Let's face our monsters. Gameplay You play as Kay, a young woman, as she takes on her journey of loneliness which is po...

Graveyard Keeper Switch Review – That Sir, Will Cost An Arm And A Leg

16Aug

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, Switch Reviews

Graveyard Keeper Switch Review – That Sir, Will Cost An Arm And A Leg

Netflix documentaries about murders, or when people die never truly go into what happens, do they just use your ashes? are you dumped off by a donkey on a roadside and chopped apart to have your flesh used as meat? Instead of reading the usual celebrity books I would whilst I was sat on the beach I " switched " things up and took my trusty switch and dived into one of the greatest time-consuming games I have discovered yet. Graveyard Keeper is brought to us wonderful developers Lazy Bear games and publishers Tinybuild as they've already given us great games such as punch club, Pandemic Express and more including many titles coming onto the switch. Gameplay According to the cut scene, you're starting off in some kind of freak accident. Something that not only takes you away from yo...

Fade To Silence PC Review – A Game Of Solitude

15Aug

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Fade To Silence PC Review – A Game Of Solitude

Hi everyone. Today I will be letting you know about Fade To Silence, which has been developed by Black Forest Games and published by THQ Nordic GmbH. Fade To Silence is available on PS4, XB1 and PC. My outing will be done using the Steam Version with the PC Gameplay Fade To Silence is not a game for new gamers. It's a punishing game that does not forgive you for poor judgement. It will not hold your hand, so make sure you have your big boy/girl pants on. Fade To Silence is based in a post-apocalyptic frozen wasteland. You play a character called Ash. You have to gather resources just to stay alive. Fade To Silence sets you up with limited lives and permadeath. To those of you who don't know what that means, it's simple. When you run out of lives it's game over, no contin...

Pool Nation PS4 Review – No Drinks On The Table Please

13Aug

By JasonNo Comments

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Pool Nation PS4 Review – No Drinks On The Table Please

Pool Nation by Manchester-based devs Cherry Pop Games and published by Wired Productions is a photo-realistic billiards simulator where you have the chance to start a single-player career, beat your friends in a one on one while sitting on the couch as well as play against online buddies around the world. In what is, in essence, an overhauled version of the PS3 classic from years gone by with added features, will Pool Nation have you reaching for the chalk or leaving the pub early? Gameplay Pool Nation brings to the table a vast variety of game modes to test your cue wielding ways. I do enjoy a good billiard game albeit 8ball or 9ball as it is one of the few games in real-life that I play better after a beer (drink responsibly!). So what do you have on offer in Pool Nation? Wel...

Madden 20 PC Review – Lets Play Football

12Aug

By Stu NNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Madden 20 PC Review – Lets Play Football

Madden returns for its annual update with Madden 20 and just in time for the first week of the NFL Pre-season and to get you in the mood for Super Bowl. As a PC gamer, its the second year in a row we get to play it as previously, it hadn't been on PC since 2007. Madden 20 is developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA and as well as being on PC (Origin), its also on Xbox and PS4. People luckily to have EA access (consoles) or Origin Premium (PC) would have been able to play the game before it. So lets put on those pads, helmets and lace up those cleats as we head into the new NFL season. Gameplay Before we get into the game, just like other EA Sports titles such as FIFA, we always want to know what's new in the latest season. SO what do we have: QB1 Personalized Scenarios for ...

Tour de France: Season 2019 Xbox One Review – Sadly A Tour de Farce

9Aug

By Jason1 Comment

Gaming, Xbox Reviews

Tour de France: Season 2019 Xbox One Review – Sadly A Tour de Farce

We have the pleasure of a guest reviewer today! folks meet Si Woodhams who is not only an amazing drummer in my band, but also knows a thing or two when it comes to cycling, definitely essential in order to undertake this gaming review! I should start this review by saying I am a cyclist and yes I wear the lycra to go with it as well. Therefore, you would think when the biggest cycling race in the world decides it needs a video game to go with it, it would live up to all the excitement we have had over the last 3 weeks of actual racing, sadly Tour de France: Season 2019 (TdF 2019) from Bigben Interactive failed to live up to that in more than one way. Gameplay Let’s get the good bits out of the way first! There are all of the 21 stages of the TdF 2019, plus a whole host of t...

FIA European Truck Racing Championship PS4 Review – Precision Heavy Metal

8Aug

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

FIA European Truck Racing Championship PS4 Review – Precision Heavy Metal

FIA European Truck Racing Championship (ETRC) is available for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Windows PC and on Playstation 4 which will be my test circuit. BigBen Interactive are the publishers for this game, they certainly don't need any introduction unless you've been hiding under a rock. N-Racing has been developing racing games for some time now, although mainly arcade-style racers to my knowledge. Gameplay FIA European Truck Racing Championship is a mouthful so from here on I will refer to it as ETRC. This was a new one for me. Truck racing is one thing I've never had a lot of experience with. I know it exists but I'm more used to hypercars or F1 cars zipping around a track. ETRC is something I am quite intrigued about. Eagerly I hit the options button to get straight into the acti...

7Aug

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Wolfenstein Youngblood PC Preview

Wolfenstein Youngblood is a first-person co-op shooter game and a spin-off to the Wolfenstein series, developed by MachineGames and Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. One really cool benefit of Wolfenstein Youngblood is if you purchase the Deluxe Edition of the game it grants you the Buddy Pass which allows you to invite a friend to play through the entire game with you—for free! The game was released on July 26th on Xbox, PS4, PC & Nintendo Switch and will also be coming to Stadia in the future. Gameplay Your role in Wolfenstein Youngblood is to play as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s (the protagonist of the Wolfenstein series) twin daughters named Jess or Soph, which by 20 years have passed since the events of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. You begin the game by c...

Rescue HQ Tycoon – PC Review – 911 whats your emergency?

6Aug

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Rescue HQ Tycoon – PC Review – 911 whats your emergency?

My childhood was very much similar to adulthood, my hobbies were games and one of the most memorable ones were Theme Hospital. i remember spending hours and hours pretending i was a doctor or a nurse building the perfect place where everyone was happy and everyone came out alive (oh my sweet child mind for believing this ) Given Rescue HQ Tycoon to review may just of brought back a whole ton of nostalgia. Rescue HQ Tycoon is brought to you by developers stillalive studios, the same guys who brought us other sim games such as Bus simulator 18. It is published by yet more people who made sim style games Aerosoft who gave us more fun games such as emergency call 112 and truck simulator Gameplay The mayor, a cute little fella with a double chin ( i had to check that it w...

2Aug

By JasonNo Comments

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Car Mechanic Simulator PS4 Review – Time To Appreciate Your Mechanic

I do love to play around with cars in my spare time, usually fixing my own as I can't afford garage rates. Under the watchful eye of my father in law, who is a mechanic, I have successfully taken parts off my car and replaced them. It was a refreshing change to take a look at Car Mechanic Simulator by Red Dot Games on the PS4 as it meant that I wouldn't be scraping grease and oil off my hands afterwards! Gameplay I reckon that most people have seen or at least know of Car Mechanic Simulator as it has been around for a few years now. For those of you not in the know, the game comprises of you running a garage whereby you repair cars and try and make some profit while upgrading your tools and abilities to take on tougher challenges. Unlike Stu who reviewed the Nintendo Switch versi...