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Story Of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Review – Farming Simulator
23Mar By Jay ArmstrongNo Comments
Switch Reviews

Story Of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Review – Farming Simulator

Story Of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is quite the mouthful. It's the latest in the Story of Seasons franchise. Those familiar with Harvest Moon will definitely want to keep an eye out for this one. For those unfamiliar, Harvest Moon isn't the game it once was. As licences and IPs moved around, the original crew were left without access to the namesake. Cue Story of Seasons launching in 2014; Harvest Moon through and through just under another guise. Story Of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is developed by Marvelous Inc. It's a game described as a farming simulator. Actually, that's possibly a disservice to the game as there's a lot of variety and depth to the game and it feels more akin to an RPG. Fewer monsters to slay; more harvesting, mining, and friendships. You're also fortunat...
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Cyanide & Happiness – Freakpocalypse – And The Freaks Shall Inherit The Earth
16Mar By MikeNo Comments
PC Reviews

Cyanide & Happiness – Freakpocalypse – And The Freaks Shall Inherit The Earth

The latest addition to the Cyanide & Happiness franchise is the episodic video game Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse. This review is for the PC version of Part 1: Hall Pass To Hell. Developed by Explosm who created Cyanide & Happiness as well as Skeleton Crew Studios (Grave Chase) and published by Serenity Forge (Half Past Fate). Inspired by games such as South Park: The Stick of Truth branch out into making this dark comedy adventure RPG. Explosm building their franchise from their webcomic to card and tabletop games, and even a previous PC game Rapture Rejects. After a very successful Kickstarter, Freakpocalypse was released with such rewards as the titular online short character Shark Dad making an appearance. The game doesn't shy away from the mature content of t...
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Demon’s Souls Review – Your Souls Are Mine
16Mar By Jay Armstrong1 Comment
PlayStation Reviews

Demon’s Souls Review – Your Souls Are Mine

Bluepoint Games are back with their signature style of remaking a game. They tread a fine line between making a game look incredible, whilst retaining the original layout, controls, and features. Demon's Souls is the latest showcase of their talents. Whilst some would like to see them tackle their own original title, I feel like the skill involved in how they remake games could be aimed at even more classic titles. Demon's Souls of course is the game that dawned the Souls-like. True, it was Dark Souls that really blew up and ushered in a whole new genre. When you play Demon's Souls however you start to see all the seeds being planted in design and how it evolved to become Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Demon's Souls - A Revisit Of Hidetaka Miyazaki's Influential...
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Final Fantasy XIII – A Retrospective Review – Lightning Strikes!
11Mar By BrianNo Comments
Retrogaming Corner

Final Fantasy XIII – A Retrospective Review – Lightning Strikes!

As we are on the verge of Square Enix's 16th instalment to their flagship series Final Fantasy, we thought we would take a look at one of the games that divided the fanbase, Final Fantasy XIII.  Both developed and published by Square Enix, Final Fantasy XIII is an RPG that released in March 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.  It wasn't until 2014 that it saw a release on PC.  It is also available on the Xbox Series X via backward compatibility which will run at a higher resolution.  For this review, I am playing the PlayStation 3 version. Final Fantasy XIII - Do You Have The Courage To Face Your Destiny? Final Fantasy XIII received positive reviews upon release, but some fans had criticised the linearity of the game up until a certain point.  Square Enix has gone on record to say that ...
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Beyond Mankind: The Awakening Preview – How Will You Survive?
5Mar By Sam HaydonNo Comments
Previews & Early Access

Beyond Mankind: The Awakening Preview – How Will You Survive?

Beyond Mankind: The Awakening is an Action RPG, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth and is developed and published by Brytenwalda. You are tasked with reclaiming Earth and taking it back for the humans of both the Mars and the Moon colonies. Can you create your perfect human by using DNA, memories and other biological enhancements? Create the perfect human in Beyond Mankind: The Awakening Being a complex game about mankind's future I was looking forward to creating my own genetic pool. As well as the survival aspects of taking care of temperature levels, hunger and thirst that was hopefully going to make for a challenging experience. Gameplay Starting up Beyond Mankind I was struggling with it lagging throughout and frames dropping to 30-45fps at best. You are given a 10-15 min tutoria...
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Cardaclysm: Shards Of The Four Review – Cards At The Ready!
25Feb By Martin Hosking2 Comments
PC Reviews

Cardaclysm: Shards Of The Four Review – Cards At The Ready!

Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four is an RPG card collecting action game. The game has procedurally generated realms mixed with action RPG gameplay. Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four is brought to us by developers Elder Games (Everreach: Project Eden) and publishers Headup Games (Bridge Constructor series, Frostpunk). Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four - A Great Game of Cards! In Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four you will face off with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse whilst collecting and powering up cards to fend off many foes. Read on to find out what I thought of Cardaclysm. Will it be a game of cards or a simple stack and attack card game? If you enjoy this read, you can also read my previous review here. Gameplay Ok, so, first off. This game can be hard. So be prepared to die. Make sure y...
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Dry Drowning Review – Dive Into This Neo-Noir Thriller
22Feb By Mike1 Comment
Switch Reviews

Dry Drowning Review – Dive Into This Neo-Noir Thriller

Dry Drowning is a noir psychological thriller video game delivered as an interactive visual novel. I was glad the drowning is metaphorical, alluding to surviving in this dystopian metropolis. This the debut title for developers Studio V in partnership with publishers VLG & Badland Publishing. Dry Drowning puts you into the (gum) shoes of Mordred Foley, a disgraced police officer turned private detective. A case turned sour and left Hera as his only remaining friend and support. The city of Nova Polemos I found is in a dystopian future which has devolved following an extreme political party being elected. Said party seeking to remove "unwanted" people including Mordred's partner Hera. It is set in the year 2066 so is a not-so-distant version of a possible future. The political...
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Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy Review – Alchemy’s Finest
11Feb By BrianNo Comments
PlayStation Reviews

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy Review – Alchemy’s Finest

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy is the follow up to 2019's Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & The Secret Hideout.  As usual, Gust is handling development while publishing goes to Koei Tecmo.  You could be forgiven for having never heard of the Atelier series before as they never reached western shores until 2005.  Additionally, they were only released on PlayStation systems until 2015, adding PC and then Nintendo Switch to their publishing portfolio. Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy Is An Alchemist's Dream Reisalin Stout, a.k.a. Ryza is back!  Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy was released on January 25th, 2021 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC, and on January 29th for Nintendo Switch.  Atelier Ryza 2 is the 22nd main game in...
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse EarthBlood Review – Rage is Power
10Feb By Sam HaydonNo Comments
Xbox Reviews

Werewolf: The Apocalypse EarthBlood Review – Rage is Power

Werewolf: The Apocalypse is an Action-RPG set in the world of werewolves and humans. You play as a former protector of Gaia (Kahal) and Werewolf, on a journey to save Gaia (Mother Earth) from the devastation of humans. Werewolf: The Apocalypse is developed by Cyanide Studio and published by Nacon, best known for such titles as Warhammer - Chaosbane and Sherlock Holmes the devils daughter. Your Worst Enemy is Yourself in Werewolf: The Apocalypse Werewolf: The Apocalypse is adapted from the classic RPG tabletop game of the same name, with several novels and card games. Having only glanced at the title and watched the trailer I was already excited to play this game bringing werewolves into play. Gameplay Werewolf: The Apocalypse is a story driven narrative, building on the dark world of e...
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Nioh 2: The Complete Edition Review – Nioh… Far… Wherever You Are
8Feb By CraigNo Comments
PC Reviews

Nioh 2: The Complete Edition Review – Nioh… Far… Wherever You Are

Nioh 2: The Complete Edition is the sequel to the already pretty incredible Nioh, released in 2017. Developed by Team Ninja, Nioh 2 takes the base the first game had already lain down and builds onto it, by adding extra mechanics to an already complex game. Originally released on the Playstation 4, this review is going to be about the PC complete edition. Nioh 2: The Complete Edition - A devilishly good time. As the first Nioh was one of my top games of 2017, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it and see what new tasty bits they've added. At the time of writing, Nioh 2: The Complete Edition is available for purchase on Steam, and includes 3 DLC packs, absolutely stuffing the game with content to get through. Let's get down to the guts of it, shall we? Gameplay Nioh 2: CE is a third-per...
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