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Descenders Preview – Hitting Those Trails

9Feb

By StuartNo Comments

Descenders Preview – Hitting Those Trails

Ever wanted to take on some steep slopes, hit some crazy stunts off some sweet sweet jumps, or carve up some great turns on some tight curves? Well if you answer yes to any of these, then Descenders might just be the game for you. Developed by RageSquid and published into Early Access by No More Robots, Descenders is a downhill freeriding game with procedurally generated worlds, where no track is ever the same and mistakes have consequences. Gameplay When you first load up Descenders you are treated to a very basic tutorial, taking you through turning, carving, jumping and performing skills. This arms you with enough controls to take on the courses and move forward towards being the best Descender out there. With procedurally generated environments you will be taking on fresh and ...

Inner Space Review – Cupid Draw Back Your Bow!

6Feb

By StuartNo Comments

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Inner Space Review – Cupid Draw Back Your Bow!

We have a new writer inbound, check out SamK and his review of Inner Space (Not the film) Inner space... Isn't that a film? "A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturised in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him." Nothing to do with that then. Isn't there another game called this? No, it's just such a generic title I thought I'd already played it which is an odd start to a game. Gameplay Inner Space is best summed up as a flying collectathon game with an indie darling-like vibe. The more you play the more it reminds you of the free roaming flying sections in Panzer Dragon Saga. Although it's less engaging than journey or other indie titles with the same ilk from the start you can still got a wow when unlocking areas, That...

2Feb

By StuartNo Comments

PC Reviews

UFC 3 Review – Bloody Bloody Bloody

It's that time again when the yearly foray into the mixed martial arts comes to town, and with it the ingeniously titles UFC 3. Developed by EA Canada this is the third iteration of the MMA artform since EA took over the licensing for it. So does the game deliver those knockout blows, or is it more at home on the ground. Let's find out. Gameplay The controls on UFC 3 are both simplistic and incredibly complex all at the same time. Yes you can stand and trade shots if you so wish, but the real reward comes from being a well rounded fighter. Being able to throw those big hits, but at the same time be able to sink in a deep guillotine is as rewarding as it sounds. So the controls in a nutshell, the face buttons on your controller of choice control your four limbs, left and right arms and...

Nantucket Review – All Aboard to Discover the World

31Jan

By KevinNo Comments

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Nantucket Review – All Aboard to Discover the World

Picaresque Studio bring us Nantucket, a game all about hunting whales. This is the first offering from Picaresque Studios and a niche market seems to have been aimed for. So time to learn some sea shanties and set sail into a voyage of discovery and find out if Nantucket is worth getting on board with, or if it's just the start of a bad limerick. Gameplay Nantucket is a point and click game, so check out the tutorial to see where to point, and where to click. You start out in Nantucket as the captain of a small boat with no crew. The premise of the game is quite simple. Hire a crew, go whaling and sell the spoils. Get rich, get a bigger boat, hire more crew, kill bigger whales, sell more etc... All seems pretty simple, so how have Picaresque Studios made such a simple concept into...

29Jan

By StuartNo Comments

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Thumb Culture Retrospective – Prey

For gamers of a certain age, the names Shodan and Xerxes are likely to trigger the urge to smash the nearest computer with a wrench. Long before Amazon’s Alexa was around to remind us to buy toilet roll, the megalomaniacal Artificial Intelligence of System Shock and its sequel ran amok in deep space, causing sleepless nights and the occasional nervous twitch for the players who stood against them. Xerxes did not care about your bathroom essentials; Xerxes wanted to eject you from an airlock and laugh as you crystalized in space. Not only a masterclass in sci-fi survival horror and storytelling, the System Shock games are also the spiritual predecessor to games such as Bioshock, Alien Isolation and Bethesda Softworks’ 2017 blockbuster, Prey. To say that Prey’s creation has been influe...

Railway Empire – A Trip Down Memory Lane

26Jan

By KevinNo Comments

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Railway Empire – A Trip Down Memory Lane

Gaming Minds Studios have brought us a trip into the history of the train and how it transformed North America. The question is, did it make the nation bloom or did it sink into a great depression? I once again tackle a great railroad, but this time from the safety of the owner's office. Railway Empire, here I come. Gameplay Railway Empire is a classic point and click construction game, not a lot can go wrong really. There are a few modes, Campaign, Scenario, Free mode and Sandbox. Start with the campaign as this will guide you through the basics of the game. It's the 1800s and you need to build a successful railroad company. Build stations, build trains, build track. That's the game in a nutshell. Obviously there is more to it than that, I'm just making it sound easy. You need to su...

Purrfect Date – Will You Get The Right Pussy?

22Jan

By Kevin1 Comment

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Purrfect Date – Will You Get The Right Pussy?

Bae Team have decided to give a spin on the dating sim by adding furry felines to the agenda. The question is, will Purrfect Date be the cream of the crop, or pussy whipped into oblivion? Gameplay Purrfect Date, as the name suggests is a cat dating simulator. I know what you are thinking, why? Why would anyone create such an experience? Well unfortunately I cannot answer that question without a little time playing with my ....... cats. I started as a human. I chose a name. I wanted to be called Dick Whittington, but that was too long. So Dick began his adventure with the famous Professor Pawpur. Dick gets shown the famous Cat Island and to his tent and then his equipment. Have a drink? Don't have a drink? What drink to have? The sense of realism and decision making was finally upo...

Genital Jousting Review – An Obviously NSFW Article!

18Jan

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Genital Jousting Review – An Obviously NSFW Article!

Every now and then a game comes out that is just incredibly bizarre. A game that you don’t understand why it is a thing, but it is. Genital Jousting is one of these type of games. Genital Jousting, developed by, Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital, hit Steam as an Early Access title back in November 2016. Originally, players were able to play the title as a penis, with the goal being to penetrate one another, either offline against computer controlled giggle sticks, or Online against other one eyed snakes. 2018 has arrived, and with it we see the story mode being introduced to the title. Gameplay In Genital Jousting’s story, you take control of John. A lonely ding-dong who is looking for a date to join him to his high school reunion. It’s not a long story, and John isn’t ...

Star Wars Battlefront II Review – Is The Force Still Strong?

16Jan

By JasonNo Comments

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Star Wars Battlefront II Review – Is The Force Still Strong?

Much anticipated Star Wars Battlefront II by EA DICE, Motive Studios and Criterion Software has blasted onto our consoles and boy has it generated some mixed responses from the gaming world, unfortunately mainly negative. I have had the erm... pleasure to play through the latest offering in the Star Wars world and have temporarily cast the negativity aside to try and give you my honest verdict, Red 5 standing by! Gameplay Star Wars Battlefront II's newest feature is the single player campaign that sees you play predominantly as a female Imperial Special Forces Officer named Iden Versio. Jumping into her storm trooper boots just as the second Death Star is destroyed in Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi, you are sent on a mission of retaliation by your father Admiral Garrick Versio called...

Let Them Come Review – Endless Destruction

8Jan

By StuartNo Comments

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Let Them Come Review – Endless Destruction

Let Them Come is one of those games where it doesn't really need a massive amount of description, it is what it is, and what it does, it does incredibly well. Developed by Tuatara Games and published by Versus Evil you control Rock Gunar on this pixel art shoot 'em up. So what do you do? Let's take a look. Gameplay You are tasked with preventing the alien hordes from getting past you. In its simplicity you stand with your gun aimed at the aliens and you blast them all away. Or at least that is how it was going to go in my head. In actual terms, what you are playing is a simple game that is difficult to master, with battle tactics having to be used throughout your time. Simply holding down the fire button will only get you so far. As you kill the aliens you get coins that you ca...