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Kingdom Come: Deliverance Review in Progress – Bohemian Rhapsody

13Feb

By StuartNo Comments

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 ...

Nantucket Review – All Aboard to Discover the World

31Jan

By KevinNo Comments

PC Reviews

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...

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier – A desolate and hopeless situation

4Jan

By KevinNo Comments

PC Reviews

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier – A desolate and hopeless situation

Imaginati Studios brings us Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier, a journey placed between Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes. Being a fan I was chomping at the bit to get hold of this, the big question is will it live up to expectations? So time to find out if it is a mighty silverback or whether it's made a monkey out of us. Gameplay I think I will have to use the word 'gameplay' as a very loose interpretation. The concept behind Planet of the Apes: Last frontier is quite simply to make an interactive movie. I've watched plenty of movies and thought to myself 'I wouldn't have done it like that', so I was very intrigued to see how I could affect the course of the action. You essentially take 2 parts in this saga, one human, and one ape. The story plays ou...

Demon Gaze II Review – Friends Become Enemies, Enemies Become Friends

6Dec

By JasonNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Demon Gaze II Review – Friends Become Enemies, Enemies Become Friends

Demon Gaze II by Kadokawa games and Experience is a Japanese role play game (JRPG)/dungeon crawler that is available exclusively on Playstation 4 and PS vita. Demon Gaze II is unsurprisingly the second instalment of the series that has been produced due to popular demand as a follow on to the original Demon Gaze that came out 4 years ago. So what's it all about? Lets find out! Gameplay Diving straight in, character creation is the first port of call. Choosing a portrait from between a dozen anime looking people then leads to selecting your temper, skill, name and voice. Temper is a choice between good, neutral and evil, something that ultimately is connected to the skills that you can then choose between. I went for a neutral temper and then had the choice of either a defensive ...

Space Pirates And Zombies 2 – A Moonlight Review

10Nov

By StuartNo Comments

PC Reviews

Space Pirates And Zombies 2 – A Moonlight Review

Space Pirates And Zombies 2 was an interesting title to come my way. It is developed and published by MinMax Games Ltd. I have never heard of the previous SPAZ (Space Pirates and Zombies) but immediately started to love this one. From the whacky cast of characters that I have come to love, and hearing them talking about the meaning of insanity, making a blatant and funny Far Cry joke. It kept me playing for hours at a time. Gameplay The gameplay is very fun with some minor learning curves. This is something I have come to expect after playing games like Rebel Galaxy. Space games seem to always have a learning curve to them, this game being no different. You start the game off in a “janky” mother ship, tasked with fixing her up with better parts. The tutorial section of the game is int...

Assassin’s Creed Origins Review – A New Beginning In An Ancient Land

1Nov

By JohnNo Comments

PC Reviews

Assassin’s Creed Origins Review – A New Beginning In An Ancient Land

As you all know by now, I’m a sucker for a Steelbook, so whenever I’m given the option of one I jump at it. I’m happy I did, this has to be one of the best-looking steel books I’ve seen in a very long time. The images don’t really do it justice as the Characters are a glossy finish making them almost pop off the cover Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get my hands on one of the big collector’s editions to review, although it would have been nice. I had to buy the game just like all of you. (Thanks Ubisoft!) Anyway, now the salutations are done with and we discussed my obsession with fancy cases. Let’s get down to the real reason everyone is here. To find out if this game is worth the pretty pennies they are asking for. Assassin's Creed Origins is the Eighth main release in the...

Citadel: Forged With Fire Review – Old Man Mordaith

30Oct

By StuartNo Comments

PC Reviews

Citadel: Forged With Fire Review – Old Man Mordaith

So gather ‘round y'all, and listen to the ol' fella for a moment. Once again we’re taking a look into the guts of an Early Access promise. Yeah, that’s right... A promise. Sure it is technically a game, but when a product’s in Early Access it may as well be strung together with hopes, dreams, and unicorn blood. That isn't to say they're necessarily bad products, but consumers need to take a good long think about what they’re getting into. There are great companies that have used Early Access to engage with their fan bases. We'd be remiss not to mention them, companies like InXile and Larian that have shown us gamers how positive an experience the Early Access path can be. But, we can't ignore the risk. For every InXile or Larian, we have half a dozen or so companies that produce unfinis...

Middle Earth: Shadow of War – A Precious Review

10Oct

By JohnNo Comments

Xbox Reviews

Middle Earth: Shadow of War – A Precious Review

Shadow of War is the follow-up game to Shadow of Mordor, developed by Monolith Productions and Produced by WB Games. I’ve been lucky enough to get my hands on the Silver edition of this game which comes with a very nice Steelbook. Those of you that have read some of my other articles will know how I appreciate a good Steelbook case. This edition also comes with a few added perks in the form of DLC. A Silver War Chest & Four Legendary Orc Champions to fight beside me. Unfortunately, at the time of writing this the DLC was not available for me to test (Check back though as I will update this after release to give my opinion of this content). So, now it’s time for our second journey into the world of Middle Earth to re-join Talion and Celebrimbor in their war against Sauron and his ...

Y’s VIII: Lacrimosa Of Dana Review – JRPG Explorathon

6Oct

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming

Y’s VIII: Lacrimosa Of Dana Review – JRPG Explorathon

Since 1987 the red-headed Adol Christin has been constantly entangled in legendary adventures in the Y’s series (pronounced like “ease”). He is always somehow at the right place at the right time to embark on the most JRPG of JRPG tropes. Plots to destroy the world, legendary monsters, evil gods, amnesia, demons, annnnnddddd you get the picture. The next installment of the series, Y’s VIII: Lacrimosa Of Dana, has finally arrived on the PS4. I have been an avid JRPG fan ever since I began gaming as a young lad on the SNES with amazing games such as Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 3, Earthbound, etc. I somehow never got involved with the Y’s series in all the years, so Y’s VIII: Lacrimosa Of Dana was my first foray into the saga. It felt like an advantage not having any expectations or bagg...

3Oct

By JasonNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Plague Road Review – Fear The Reaper?

Plague Road, by game development studio Arcade Distillery, is the result of what happens when a kickstarter campaign successfully reaches out for backers, well 1119 backers to be accurate. Requiring a $30,000 goal, the support shown for the project almost doubled the target with $55,734 raised. So what is Plague Road all about I here you cry? With a name like that it sure isn't going to be about fluffy bunnies and happy times. Plague Road is a combination of a sideways adventure scroller with turn based tactical battles that sees you playing a lone doctor who is travelling through a land that has been ravished by a plague. The quest? to search for survivors following the outbreak across a series of regions having left the relative safety of your farm. As the story unfolds you learn ...