PC Reviews

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

21Mar

By Jason1 Comment

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...

Anthem Pc Review – Bringing The Thunder And Raining Fire

4Mar

By Craig1 Comment

Gaming, PC Reviews

Anthem Pc Review – Bringing The Thunder And Raining Fire

Playing through the Origin Premiere access early week of Anthem I have just one thing to say to the developers at Bioware: Bravo. Anthem is a game I've been looking forward to since it was initially announced at E3 2017, and my excitement has been met with an experience that is incredibly fun to play. I know a lot of people were hesitant to trust in a game being published by EA due to their sordid history with loot boxes, but there is no presence of loot boxes anywhere in the game that I've been able to find. Sure there are microtransactions, but none of them offers a paid advantage to players, only cosmetic items for customising the look of your Javelin. Development for Anthem started way back in 2012 and had been kept relatively secretive until it was teased at E3 2014 by Bioware Edmo...

Youtubers Life OMG! Xbox1 Review – Eat, Sleep, Edit Video, Repeat…..

25Feb

By TristanNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews, Switch Reviews

Youtubers Life OMG! Xbox1 Review – Eat, Sleep, Edit Video, Repeat…..

I think it best that I add a caveat before starting my review of Youtubers Life OMG! I'm old. Well, old in gaming terms. I don't play Fortnite (cue the haters lol!) and can remember when games were in black and white, there were only three tv channels, Freddo's cost 1p and Wagon wheels were bigger etc, etc. Hopefully you get the gist! However I also understand and indeed use Twitch, Youtube, Instagram, Snapchat and most forms of social media. I also know who Joe Sugg is (unfortunately) and Arron Crascall, Discoboy, Jake Paul, Pewdiepie and others of that ilk. However Youtubers Life OMG! is not really aimed at the likes of me. It is very much for a younger audience who aspire to have a Youtube channel and become social media influencers. When I think of social media influencers I immediatel...

ROCCAT Taito XXL & ROCCAT Sense XXL Mousepad Review – Do You Really Need a Mousepad?

22Feb

By Stu NNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

ROCCAT Taito XXL & ROCCAT Sense XXL Mousepad Review – Do You Really Need a Mousepad?

Short answer: Yes. Long Answer: Depends on the situation. Don't get me wrong, we have come a long way since the days of a balled mouse where you would have to pick fluff out in order to keep it working and to stick to a thick pad. Then came the Lazer mouse which, in gaming terms, was essential to have the darkest mat finish to a pad to ensure the higher DPI. However these days, mice seem to have an optical lens which, in theory, should perform on any surface…. but do they? If you have a non-reflective surface which, even after lots of mouse usage, doesn't hurt your hand, then you’re pretty much good to go. However, if you have a shiny desk like myself which can often cause the mouse to skip and use a low DPI and sensitivity in games that require a lot of mouse movement, then ...

20Feb

By CraigNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Green Hell – A fresh kind of Hell

When given the opportunity to dive into another early access survival crafting game, I was hesitant... the whole food/water scavenging and building a grass hut thing is something I'm all too familiar with. Developed and published by Creepy Jar for the PC Green Hell is an early access survival crafting game set in the Amazon Rainforest. Green Hell is a game I've had my eye on since it was first announced, as it looked to be a bit more on the hardcore side when compared to some of the other survival offerings on Steam. Grab your sharpened sticks, it's time to dive into the jungle. Gameplay Green Hell is a hardcore psychological survival crafting game. There isn't much story in it yet as it's in Early Access. When the game officially launches there will be a campaign where you have...

19Feb

By Stu N2 Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 PC Review – Commence the Deadly Space Battles!

Cast your mind back to January 1997. A 13-year-old me was going to Toy R Us, an annual tradition in my household, to spend my Christmas money on a new game for our first home PC. With an array of games to choose from, I picked up Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Although I have played many genres of games over the years, the RTS genre is the one I will always return to since love of them first began on that day. Somehow, maybe because of the number of games that seem to be released weekly, I missed the first Battlefleet Gothic: Armada even though it was on my “list”. I just never got around to playing it but it always reviewed quite highly. Luckily I was able to set aside some time to play the second instalment Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 from Tindalos Interactive developers whi...

Tabletop Gods – Divine Intervention Needed

18Feb

By AlexNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Tabletop Gods – Divine Intervention Needed

Tabletop Gods developed by Ghost Fish Games is the VR/RTS/ Mana Management/ Tower Defense game that has a lot going for it on the surface. However, once you get into the actual game you find empty multiplayer lobbies and a weak single player campaign. As Tabletop Gods is still in early access I will hold my full review until it comes out. Saying that what is there now isn't much. Read on and see if you agree. EARLY ACCESS GAMEPLAY Let me start by saying I am normally not a fan of early access. If you have been a reader here before you might remember how I feel about monetizing into today crazy gaming world (Here is a link for a nice read of me being super not salty about loot boxes and stuff). Early Access has a special place however in my heart. On the one hand, if you already like a d...