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Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul PSVR – To Scare Or Not To Scare?

12Sep

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Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul PSVR – To Scare Or Not To Scare?

Well I'm a huge horror movie fan so when I received Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul by VRWERX to review on my PSVR I think excited was an understatement. I could barely contain myself, the excitement for me was like being a kid at Christmas. So, let's not keep you waiting any longer for how my nerves fared in this my latest horror outing. Gameplay Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul has a lot of potential. You have a haunted house to explore. There's a creepy cellar there for you too. Things move and dart about in the shadows through your peripherals. This game can make you jump and trust me it will make you jump and probably scare you have to death. Unfortunately, this is where Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul stops being everything you want it to be. VRWERX bully you into using...

The Lost Bear PSVR Review – Short But Sweet

8Sep

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The Lost Bear PSVR Review – Short But Sweet

The Lost Bear is co-developed by Fabrik games and OddBug Studio and published by Fabrik Games and is available for PSVR. When you first sit down and put on the PSVR headset and dive into The Lost Bear you know you are in for a treat. Sitting down on the comfy chair in front of a large stage area is mesmerising. Lets see how it fairs under scrutiny. Gameplay I will admit that it took me a little while to find the correlation of the games title - The Lost Bear - and what was happening on screen. However it suddenly dawned on me about 15 minutes into the game. You control Walnut, and your aim is to rescue your small teddy BEAR (!) from the Toysnatcher and get back to your Brother. You jump, run and slide to climb ledges and to reach other platforms, chasing down the little critter...

5Sep

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DeadCore Review – Dead To The Core

Developed by 6 friends who met while studying game design in France, who call themselves 5 Bit Games, and published by Bandai Namco. DeadCore – previously named DeadLock started life as an entry in the 7DFPS Game Jam back in 2012, an event which tasks developers with creating a first-person shooter in just one week. After a minor crowd funding campaign, development began in January 2013, aimed at turning their creation into a full commercial release. They soon caught the eye of publisher Bandai Namco, who promptly snapped the game up. Deadcore suffers in one particular area: it has no purpose. Game Play If you’re looking for a game with story ( Who isn’t? ) I’m afraid you will be in a state of unease with Deadcore because quite frankly, there isn’t one, but more disappointingly the game ...

Surf World Series Review – Radical or Wipeout?

30Aug

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Surf World Series Review – Radical or Wipeout?

Surf World Series by independent games developer Climax Studios is a daring plunge into the extreme sport of, you've guessed it! surfing. With my surfing expertise comprising of a few hours playing Sega's Soul Surfer down the arcade and an attempt at the sport while on a stag do down in Newquay I was excited to have the opportunity to don my long banned Hawaiian holiday shorts and start yelling "Cowabunga" and "Radical" around the room. Gameplay Surf World Series begins with a lovely fullscreen video intro featuring professional surfer Tom Lowe explaining how surfing makes him feel set to stimulating visuals of crashing waves and surfing moments. It reminded me a little of how the Tony Hawks games used to begin however in this instance the soundtrack is more calming as opposed to the p...

Yakuza Kiwami Review – How A Remake Should be Done

21Aug

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Yakuza Kiwami Review – How A Remake Should be Done

Yakuza Kiwami is a remake of the original Yakuza game, which was released on Playstation 2 nearly 12 years ago, but it may as well be regarded as its own entity. Yakuza Kiwami is a fully done remake - with all new textures, extended stories, and more depth and cohesion than the original Yakuza could have dreamed of - so it’s not to be confused with a general remaster (*cough Sleeping Dogs *cough*). The story follows the same main character as in Yakuza - Kazuma Kiryu, the yakuza member protagonist who takes the fall for a high boss’s murder and pays for that decision the remainder of the game - but this time around you’re able to delve so much deeper than before. There are new story scenes and a clearer sense of what’s going on, so it’s easier to immerse yourself into this Japanese Unde...

9Aug

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Circuit Breakers Review – Die Robot

Circuit Breakers is a fast-paced multi-player top down shoot ’em up where you can get together with five of your friends ( or alone like I did ) and fight to rid the universe of an intergalactic robot army or compete against them and rid the universe of each other! Far in the future, advances in artificial intelligence have created the first truly sapient AI, FIRST- short for First Intelligent Robotic System model Two- system. Fearing for it’s safety in a galaxy of savage humans, FIRST escaped to the depths of space. On a distant planet it finally landed, building an army for their inevitable return… Game Play So, you find yourself on a rainy day with nowhere to go and nothing to play because your 100 + uncompleted games is just too much responsible right now and in a world increasingly ...

Super CloudBuilt Review – Parkour Galore

2Aug

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Super CloudBuilt Review – Parkour Galore

Originally launched on the PC in 2014 as Cloudbuilt, Coilworks and Double Eleven totally remastered the title, re-evaluating the game from the base mechanics up. The result stands as a definitive edition, making the experience more intuitive to new players, while adding increased depth and variation, allowing you to choose between taking your time to explore and focusing on blistering speeds and high scores. Super Cloudbuilt puts you in the role of Demi, a young soldier who wakes up in the empty shell of a ruined building, in the centre of a strange new world, disconnected from her old life and physical body. Confused and isolated, Demi pushes herself physically and mentally to overcome the obstacles of her new reality. Complete incredible feats of free-running and sharp shooting, using...

Dino Frontier Review – Settlers Plus Dinosaurs

1Aug

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Dino Frontier Review – Settlers Plus Dinosaurs

Ever wondered what it would be like to train dinosaurs just like Chris Pratt in Jurassic World? Well wonder no more with Dino Frontier by Uber Entertainment on the PSVR. Gameplay The game begins with you looking over a Western vista, you are then prompted to carry out a few gestures using the Move controllers. These gestures include holding the trigger buttons and moving outwards to zoom in. Rotating around to turn the viewpoint as well as pressing the Move button and dragging the area around. Alternatively just hold the trigger button to the hand signal for OK. Something that I spent a lot of time doing, and I mean a lot. In Dino Frontier you take the role of Big Mayor, taking control over the building and running of your small western town. You can pick up and drop settlers and also...

25Jul

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Tiny Trax PSVR Review – Scalextric It Is Not

Tiny Trax by FuturLab can only be described as a Scalextric virtual reality game. When I first laid eyes on this game, I was flooded with nostalgic feels. However, when I got into the game those feels dissipated and left me with a small sense of disappointment. Only a small sense though. Gameplay Donning the VR headset for the first time you are greeted with pretty colours all around. Then dumped into a bedroom which is actually really well detailed. You then pick a track and race. Picking between six vehicles which have no difference in statistics, you then chose from either a single race, or a cup. I recommend going straight to the cup, you get to race on all the tracks, and doing so unlocks the tracks for use in single race. Regardless of where you finish. What sets this apart from...

20Jul

By StuartNo Comments

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Ancient Amuletor Review – Tower Defence Gone Virtual

Ancient Amuletor by TI Games was recently released on the PSVR and aims to give hours of fun on your shiny hardware. Essentially what is a tower defence game, but bringing you the power to aim, fire and often teleport to other platforms to get a better shot. Lets take a look at it in a bit more depth Gameplay Choosing between three characters to start with, an archer named Lia, a shotgun shooting Katie, Harry the mage and then unlocked at a later time Park the puppeteer. Once you chose your character you are greeted with a slim choice regarding locations. The Egyptian world and the Roman world, and each are littered with bright colours and in particular crystals. It's these crystals that you are protecting from the waves of enemies. Now don't panic they aren't fast moving by any stretch ...