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4Oct

By StuartNo Comments

NBA Live 18 Review – Swish or Air Ball?

NBA Live 18 returns for another year that, in previous years, has been dominated by a certain other basketball game. However, EA Tiburon have returned with what they feel could be the game that puts them back on top. Let's have a look and see! Gameplay There are a few new gameplay elements this year, included a new one on one control system. This sees you having to get the defender off balance by using dribble moves, and likewise as a defender you have to guess the direction the offence is going to drive. Guessing correctly and timing it right cuts off their attack and gives you an opportunity to steal the ball and start off on a counter attack. Using a defensive assist button allows you to stay in front of the ball carrier and then it makes it easier to try and cut them off when they dr...

3Oct

By KevinNo Comments

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Beat the Game – The Sound of Success Is Funky

Beat the Game is the first offering from independent studio Worm Animation. With several nominations and an award, Beat the Game should be well worth a look. Formed in 2013 in San Francisco, Worm Animation are definitively into the Sci-Fi genre and character art, so let's have a look to see if they are bringing anything new to the table. Gameplay Beat the Game is weird, in fact I would say it's very weird. From the opening scene to the end of the game there is a high weirdness factor. This said, is the game any good? You start with the opening scene of your character flying a hover bike with an infectious groove building. Your character clearly isn't the best driver as he hits the only obstacle in an open desert. The bike is smashed up and hope seems lost. You play a music loving ...

3Oct

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

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Prey Review – A Delayed Perspective

Developed by Arkane Studios, also known for Dishonored, and published by Bethesda, Prey was released back on May 5th 2017. You play as the scientist Morgan Yu aboard the space station Talos 1 in the year 2032. You and your brother Alex are part of the family company TranStar, who have repurposed the space station from a prison into an alien research facility. TranStar has been experimenting with the Typhon aliens to create neuromods which enhance and alter humans’ abilities, talents, and life expectancy. Everything goes to hell when the ship becomes overrun with the Typhon and you must venture forth to address the problem. The narrative is set in an alternate future, open world environment, which allows you to forge your own path. The game is more like a spiritual successor to 1994’s Syste...

Project Cars 2 Review – Start Your Engines

2Oct

By TC Staff Writer2 Comments

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Project Cars 2 Review – Start Your Engines

Slightly Mad Studios (SMS) are the guys behind the amazing Project Cars racing game. Scratch that last part! Project Cars is by no means a game. Project Cars is a full-blown racing simulation. Anyway Slightly Mad Studios are back again. This time they bring us Project Cars 2 which is available on Xbox One, PC and PlayStation 4. Before I start this review, I know our regular readers will be wondering why I’m reviewing this game and not Stuart. Well as it happened the gods smiled down on me and wiped his hard drive and then sent him to EGX. So Stuart didn’t get the chance to hammer his Fanatec set-up this time around. So here I am with an evil glint in my eye getting ready to review Project Cars 2. I have to admit this is a favourite genre for me so I personally purchased this game ins...

The Hunter Call of the Wild – Winner Winner Venison Dinner

28Sep

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

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The Hunter Call of the Wild – Winner Winner Venison Dinner

This is my experience with theHunter Call of the Wild. A title that finds you wandering through an open plain surrounded by towering, autumnal trees, and you’re waiting patiently for your sights to hold steady over the left lung of a lone deer, waiting for the wind to reduce, finger on the trigger, then BAM. The bullet leaves your glossy rifle, travels through the air and the wind carries it from the lung to the neck. You still get a hit, the deer jolts in agony, and runs away into the forest. Time to get tracking and claim your trophy. theHunter Call of the Wild is a huge open-world game created by developer, Expansive Worlds and publisher, Avalanche Studios. It was launched in February 2017, with the previous title The Hunter that was released in 2009 by developer, Emote Games and als...

PES 2018 Review – Championship Candidate or Relegation Reject

26Sep

By JohnNo Comments

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PES 2018 Review – Championship Candidate or Relegation Reject

As someone who has been a keen PES player since its first release back in 2001 (when it emerged like the Phoenix from the ashes of International Superstar Soccer). This is a review I’ve been looking forward to doing. The release of these games reminds of the start of a real football season when you have the hopes and dreams of your team pulling something out to amaze you. Have Konami done that to us this year? Well let’s find out… I’m sure that by this stage PES doesn’t need any kind of real introduction or explanation of what the game is. So I won’t bore you with a breakdown of what the game is about, after all everybody knows what football is (or at least I hope so.) Gameplay So this year PES has given us much of the same as last year in terms of what is included in this title. Ther...

Mantis Burn Racing – Review – New BattleCars DLC!

25Sep

By JasonNo Comments

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Mantis Burn Racing – Review – New BattleCars DLC!

I've played a fair few racing games in my lifetime and thankfully have seen the evolution from the days of Super Sprint and Outrun to the latest offerings like F1 2018 and Project Cars. Car games are fun be they realistic or arcade-style. For me, there's nothing better than being rewarded by a win for your efforts to race a car around a course. Indie Developer Voofoo games' Mantis Burn Racing has graced the Xbox One, PS4 and Steam store since the middle of 2016 and was announced at the recent EGX in Birmingham, UK that a Nintendo Switch version is in the pipeline. In a moment I will talk about the new BattleCars DLC, however its worth quickly mentioning a little about Mantis Burn Racing incase you've never played it before! Gameplay So as I previously mentioned the game is a to...

NASCAR Heat 2 Review – Rubbing’s Racing Harry

25Sep

By StuartNo Comments

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NASCAR Heat 2 Review – Rubbing’s Racing Harry

NASCAR Heat 2 is quite clearly a sequel to NASCAR Heat, but having not played the first iteration I was able to go in to this game with a clear mind. Although how much of a good thing that will be is left to be seen. Developed by Monster Games and published by 704Games, NASCAR Heat 2 takes on the massively popular racing franchise over in the USA. So does it cut the mustard with an F1 fan like myself? Gameplay The gameplay of NASCAR Heat 2 is summarised in the following words, Round And Round. Essentially it's an oval racer which challenges you to draft your opponents in order to overtake and make your way through the field. Sounds simple right? Well, you would be a fool to believe so. It's tactical and brutal, go down to low on the corners and you can quickly find yourself facing onc...

Rogue Islands Review – Don’t Call It Minecraft

14Sep

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Rogue Islands Review – Don’t Call It Minecraft

Rogue Islands is dubbed a first-person shooter rogue like game sporting procedurally generated worlds full of magic, monsters, and fantasy based settings. It is developed by Big Fat Alien, published by Keystone Games and is currently still in early access on steam with promises from the developers to balance and add more content over time. They are currently slated to be in early access for the next 3 months, but as you know in the gaming community, this can stretch into the foreseeable future. The game is currently being led by industry veteran Jane Whittaker. You might know him from previously worked on classics such as GoldenEye 64 and Alien vs Predator. He has also led projects for Atari and Electronic Arts. You are Motwort the gnome. With your ship, The Tawny Mote, you set out t...

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing II Review – Blood Suckers Beware!

8Sep

By JasonNo Comments

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The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing II Review – Blood Suckers Beware!

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II by Neocore Games is the second instalment in a trilogy of hack 'n slash Van Helsing games to come to console. Already available on PC since 2014, Van Helsing II boasts "PS4 Pro Enhanced" support and can also be played as a standalone game with no prior knowledge of the first adventure. For those of you that have never heard of Van Helsing, well he is the son of legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing found in Bram Stoker's awesome novel "Dracula". If you love all things gothic and creatures such as zombies, ogres, vampires and other occult beings then this is for you! The first instalment of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, which hit the Playstation store back in March this year received mixed reviews however generally it wa...