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Fe Review – A Magically Captivating Journey

20Feb

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Fe Review – A Magically Captivating Journey

Fe is an action-adventure video game developed by Zoink and published by Electronic Arts under its EA Originals program. Zoink AB is a Swedish video game developer based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company was founded in 2001 by Klaus Lyngeled, after he quit his job at Shiny Entertainment to start his own studio. You’ll be able to play it on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One but, for this review I played Fe on the Nintendo Switch. https://youtu.be/rYX3CjSgE4c Gameplay From the moment I loaded Fe and listened to the hypnotic beauty of the start menu, I knew that I was going to be taken on an emotional voyage of the soul. Fe is a delicate fox like creature who’s on a mysterious journey through a dark Nordic forest, filled with strange and wonderful creat...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Review in Progress – Bohemian Rhapsody

13Feb

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PC Reviews

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Review in Progress – Bohemian Rhapsody

Ever since Kingdom Come: Deliverance by Warhorse Studios had been announced it was well and truly on the radar here at Thumb Culture, and after finally getting our hands on this ultra-realistic medieval RPG we are happy to report that overall its a great game with a few frustrations. Read on to find out... Gameplay So the gameplay element is where it all is on show, being an RPG if you don't get those gameplay elements right, Kingdom Come: Deliverance will fail even before its begun to canter. So the RPG elements of the game work pretty well, essentially the more you practice a particular skill the better you get at it. So if you want to be better at sword play, then head down to battle arena and get practicing. Having a focus on realism in Kingdom Come: Deliverance gives it a few ...

Descenders Preview – Hitting Those Trails

9Feb

By StuartNo Comments

PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

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

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PC Reviews

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...

Nantucket Review – All Aboard to Discover the World

31Jan

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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...

Railway Empire – A Trip Down Memory Lane

26Jan

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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...

Far From Noise Review – Feeling Lost? Consult a Deer

6Dec

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Far From Noise Review – Feeling Lost? Consult a Deer

Video games have a wonderful habit of touching on tough subjects in the most unique fashion sometimes. Should that be titles such Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice touching on psychosis, The Town of Light heavily talking about mental health throughout, The Cat Lady taking a stance on suicide, Sym looking at social anxiety, and The Mull Littoral looking into anxiety. They all focus on telling a story by merging gameplay and story elements in conjunction with the selected mental health having some form of a hindrance on the progression, or dialogue. Far From Noise from developer George Batchelor, is one of these titles to fall under the category of subtly exploring depression by shifting the conversation between how you react to the current situation, but talks about life and death and how we ...

Max The Curse of Brotherhood PS4 Review – You May Need Controller Insurance

27Nov

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Max The Curse of Brotherhood PS4 Review – You May Need Controller Insurance

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic adventure filled with action-packed platforming and creative puzzle-solving. Armed with only a Magic Marker, Max must confront evil at every turn in a hostile and fantastical world in order to save his kid brother, Felix. Dive in and let me tell you a bit about it… Game Play The game opens as Max arrives home to find his younger brother, Felix, playing with his beloved toys. Enraged, Max searches the internet for advice on how to rid himself of his troublesome brother and happens upon a spell, via the Internet of all places, to spirit Felix away, which he recites. ( A fair and just punishment in my opinion, I mean who wants your snotty gross little brother touching your things? Eww) A portal opens in the bedroom and the younger boy is snatched...

Chernobyl Project Review – History Comes Alive

14Nov

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PlayStation Reviews

Chernobyl Project Review – History Comes Alive

Chernobyl Project published by The Farm 51 Group is a Virtual Reality experience that is available on multiple systems. You can grab this for Oculus, HTC Vive, Samsung VR and PlayStation VR. Today I'm going to delve into Chernobyl Project on PlayStation VR (PSVR). Firstly this isn't a game, it's a Virtual Reality educational tour of Pripyat. For those who don't know about Chernobyl, Pripyat was ground zero for one of the biggest nuclear disasters in history if not THE biggest and it was in 1986. Information wise Chernobyl Project is full to the brim with a lot of interesting facts about the area and what happened on the build up to the day that everyone remembers. The day of the accident itself. There are some iconic locations to explore. For example there is the haunting ...

The Solus Project VR Review – Humanities Last Hope

25Oct

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PlayStation Reviews

The Solus Project VR Review – Humanities Last Hope

The Solus Project by Teotl Studios and Grip Digital is available now on PlayStation 4 and PSVR. I have to admit I've been curious about Solus Project for a little while now. I mean why wouldn't you be? it's Sci-Fi themed and is playable on the PSVR also. Solus Project is an environmental survival simulation with a walking simulator feel to it. You are an astronaut who has crash landed on an alien planet called Gliese-6143-C. It was your mission to save all of mankind. Now survival is the key. Gameplay As I already said, this is playable on both PlayStation 4 and PSVR so it's almost like Solus Project is offering two games for the price of one, depending on how you look at it of course. Now I'm all about saving money so for me this is seen as a bonus. When you start this game up i...