PC Reviews

24Apr

By Stu NNo Comments

Tropico 6 – PC Review

I love myself a good construction builder game. Games such as Sim City, Cities Skylines and Rollercoaster Tycoon. When I was first introduced to the first Tropico back in 2004 while I worked at GAME, there was something that appealed to me that I could build a tropical paradise in the sun while being a Dictator. I mean, who doesn't want to have a crack of being a dictator right? Being The Best Dictator In The World! Many moons have passed since I first played it and now Tropico 6 is out. Developed by Limbic Entertainment and published by Kalypso Media, Tropico has come very far since the early days of the franchise. Lets jet off to my tropical Island, Assume the role of El Presidente and let's see If I can create a truly great country... Gameplay With a game like these, I lik...

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...

16Apr

By AlexNo Comments

PC Reviews, Xbox Reviews

Outward – PC & Xbox Review

Outward is the open world/ survival/ death sim you always wanted. Developed by Nine Dots Studio and Published by Deep Silver this game is a labour of love to everyone who loves dark souls but thought it was to easy. Outward - How To Die From A Stubbed Toe If you ever wondered if you can die from a cold just as easily as a bird/bear/goblin/bad food. That just the tip of the iceberg. Read on to my review and explore my journey of death Gameplay Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were not special? If you started a game and right away it lets you know you are the bottom rung of your tribe. You don't have powers and something as simple as a cold winters night can kill you. Well, this is how Outward describes itself in its opening trailer. You play the part of a disgraced member...

Fenimore Fillmore: 3 Skulls Of The Toltecs Pc Review – Remastered Classic Or Tired Old Gunslinger?

10Apr

By KevynNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Fenimore Fillmore: 3 Skulls Of The Toltecs Pc Review – Remastered Classic Or Tired Old Gunslinger?

If you grew up during the 90’s you’d have struggled not to have played a point and click adventure. I’ve certainly played my share and loved most of them being a fan of puzzle games as a child, so I was very much looking forward to exercising my mouse clicking finger once more! Fenimore Fillmore: 3 Skulls of the Toltecs is a remaster by the Casual Brothers of the original 1996 game. Set in 1860’s Arizona you play as the game's namesake character Fenimore Fillmore - Gunslinger, after witnessing the attack of an old man named Buck and then accidentally poisoning him with hair tonic, you recover the Toltec skull before being ambushed yourself. When you come to your senses the treasure is gone, taken for safekeeping by a Friar and so begins your adventure… Gameplay Just like any...

Generation Zero PC Review – An 80’s Robo-Nightmare

2Apr

By Craig1 Comment

Gaming, PC Reviews

Generation Zero PC Review – An 80’s Robo-Nightmare

Generation Zero is the latest offering from the developers at Avalanche Studios. It is a first-person co-op shooter developed for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Generation Zero released on the 26th of March, 2019. Avalanche Studios has had a pretty solid track record in terms of making fun open world games. Mad Max and the Just Cause series are among the titles Avalanche Studios is known for making. Let's get on our rad clothes, break out the boombox and check out the bogus events following a weekend campout with friends. Gameplay I have been looking forward to getting my hands on Generation Zero since I first heard about it. I mean come on, Robots? The 80's? Scavenging for weapons to survive? That sounds pretty awesome, right? In theory, yes, that sounds awesome. In practice, however, it's slig...

ChromagunVR PSVR Review – Paint A Rainbow

28Mar

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

ChromagunVR PSVR Review – Paint A Rainbow

ChromagunVR is published and developed by Pixel Maniacs. This game is available on Steam, PS4, Switch and Xbox One. Today I will be reviewing the PSVR version and using a PS4 Pro model with a PS Aim Controller. Gameplay ChromagunVR in it's most basic form is a simple puzzle and colour making game. You start in a room and have to make your way out guiding worker drones to relevant points in the room or corridor. The worker drones are manipulated by colours. ChromagunVR gives you three primary colours to work with. Red, Yellow and Blue, so as an example red and blue mixed make purple. Yellow and blue make green. I'm sure you get the idea. Some worker drones are harmless to you, others, however, have spiked bodies and can and will kill you so you need to be careful at all time...

Roccat Renga Boost Gaming Headset Review – Comfort & Quality On A Budget?

21Mar

By Jason1 Comment

Gaming, PC Reviews

Roccat Renga Boost Gaming Headset Review – Comfort & Quality On A Budget?

Landing on the desk over at Thumb Culture HQ this month is a pair of Roccat Renga Boost gaming headphones for us to test! Sporting studio-grade sound, a boom mic and also compatible with both PCs and consoles, how would they hold up when put through their paces? On first lookings the Roccat Renga Boost is extremely lightweight at 210g and is designed with an ergonomic leather headband, allowing the wires to pass through from one can to another in a separate metal containment above. The headset breaks away from the normal headband that you normally associate with over the ear headphones and automatically adjusts to your head shape, and despite looking a little like a Cyberman from Dr.Who when wearing them, they are probably the most comfiest things you will ever put on your head. ...

20Mar

By CraigNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

Satisfactory – PC First Look

Satisfactory is a game I've been looking forward to trying out since I first saw the reveal video from E3 2018. Developed by Coffee Stain Studios for the PC Satisfactory is a first-person open world factory sim. Satisfactory is currently only available on the Epic Games Store, but it may come to Steam in the future. Gameplay Once you begin Satisfactory, You find yourself in a drop pod on your way down to the surface of an alien planet. You're then played a little introductory video on the screen in your pod stating that your objective is to build a factory from nothing. The factory is being made to send resources back to Ficsit Inc. for some mysterious purpose. Once you've landed, the first thing you notice is how beautiful the landscape is, but we'll get to that in a minute. After break...

Don’t Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland Review – Old School, Old Cool?

11Mar

By KevinNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Don’t Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland Review – Old School, Old Cool?

Scriptwelder bring us Don't Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland, the sequel to Don't Escape 1,2 & 3. The question is, is it any good, or just a clever name? Well I decided to grab my hammer and chainsaw, as these are always useful, and headed on out into the wilderness to find out. Tally ho! Gameplay Don't Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland is a classic point and click graphic adventure. Find things, use things, get confused and so on. The style is retro 8 bit graphics, though you can change the font to modernise it. You play a character called David. David has dreams that are really premonitions. Use the dreams to ensure that you protect yourself from the dangers that lurk over a 4 day period. All you have to do is put plans in place to stay safe overnight. Sounds simple enough, good. T...

Warhammer: Chaosbane Beta PC – A refreshing Action-RPG

7Mar

By Stu N1 Comment

Gaming, PC Reviews

Warhammer: Chaosbane Beta PC – A refreshing Action-RPG

I've always been a fan of Diablo and have recently re-discovered my love for Diablo 3 since its release on the Nintendo Switch, Warhammer: Chaosbane caught my eye. Upon first looking at the game, developed by Eko Software, you could be forgiven for comparing it to Diablo but upon playing it, you soon release that Warhammer: Chaosbane has simply been inspired by it and added the whole world of Warhammer by placing right into the heart of the game. There are a few good Warhammer games out at present with the release of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 recently and Last year Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr which also was an Action RPG but didn't score that high. The game is currently in Beta which runs from March the 7th until March the 13th and it's officially released on the 4th of...