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Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Review – Live Your Best Pirate Life.

15Jan

By CraigNo Comments

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Review – Live Your Best Pirate Life.

Drink up me hearties! Yo ho ho! We're about to review Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire! Crowdfunded in less than 24 hours, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire has been developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Versus Evil. The game allows you to live the life of a pirate captain given the task of chasing down an awoken god on a path of destruction and putting a stop to his plans. Currently, it's only available on PC, however, it will be released on Xbox One, Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch in 2019. Gameplay Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is a Role-playing game in the style of old-school Forgotten Coast PC RPGs like Baldurs Gate or Icewind Dale. You get to play a "Watcher" who has the ability to peer into the souls of others and read their memories, which can be pret...

8-Bit Armies Review – Welcome Back Commander

3Oct

By JasonNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

8-Bit Armies Review – Welcome Back Commander

8-Bit Armies developed by Petroglyph and published by Soedesco is a fast paced real-time strategy game that has a strong similarity to the Command & Conquer franchise and is depicted in a voxel manner, i.e the graphics are made up of blocky pixels. I have been yearning for a game to come along for console that is along the lines of Dune, C&C, StarCraft etc. Is 8-Bit Armies to be that salvation? Gameplay From the off you are greeted by a curiously similar voice from Commander & Conquer times "Welcome Back Commander". Already I am getting excited in anticipation as to what will come next. The options you have are to start a campaign, skirmish or online multiplayer session. Campaign mode it is! Selecting between the two available factions; Renegades and Guardians, ...

Football, Tactics & Glory PC Review – A Game of Three Moves

30May

By JohnNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Football, Tactics & Glory PC Review – A Game of Three Moves

As a child of the 80s/90s, I grew up around what can be said were the classic Football Management games. Premier Manager, LMA Manager, Championship Manager etc. as well as seeing the evolution of football games in general to include a management mode (PES, FIFA). Football, Tactics & Glory is a rather unique take on football management and gameplay from Creoteam. Stripping away all the complications of some of the more well-known Management Sims and giving us more of a turn based strategy style game. The question is, does this new style work well in a football game? Or should it be relegated into the abyss of forgotten attempts (Yes Total Football Manager I’m looking at you). Gameplay Football, Tactics & Glory pretty much throws you straight into the action, giving the backg...

The Bunker Review – Nuclear War Comes to Switch

9Apr

By StuartNo Comments

Switch Reviews

The Bunker Review – Nuclear War Comes to Switch

The Bunker from Wales Interactive has hit the Nintendo Switch, does the conversion to the plucky handheld add anything to the game, or is it just a standard port? Lets take a look and find out. Gameplay The Bunker is a psychological horror live action interactive film. Wow what a mouthful. You control John, the last survivor in a nuclear bunker. Going about your daily routine, which included eating on the toilet.....not strange at all. This daily routine gets thrown into chaos when an alarm goes off. It is your task to sort out the bunker and carry on surviving. While exploring The Bunker you get given some flashbacks which include repressed childhood memories, giving you an insight into what has happened in the bunker prior to you taking control of John. While its a psychological...

Total War: Arena Preview – Divide and Conquer, 1, 2, Flee!

16Mar

By KevinNo Comments

PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

Total War: Arena Preview – Divide and Conquer, 1, 2, Flee!

Total War: Arena is being developed by Creative Assembly to bring us real time mass battle with people all over the world. I mean, what's not to like? Hopefully they have achieved their goal and this is going to be one epic indulgence. Time to strap on a pair of steel boots, clamber onto a steed and charge into a preview. Gameplay Once Total War: Arena opens you have to choose your squad commander and the units. Read the descriptions to see what type of game you prefer playing. Charge in with cavalry, grind out melee combat with swordsmen or fire in arrows and stay safe. Once you have chosen your squad, hit play and you will be matched with players of a similar skill level. The terrain will pop up and several starting positions will be available. Pop your squad in one of these and...

L.A. Noire Remastered Review – Unneeded But Welcomed

5Jan

By StuartNo Comments

PC Reviews

L.A. Noire Remastered Review – Unneeded But Welcomed

So before we dive into Team Bondi (now defunct) and Rockstar Games' remaster of L.A. Noire, let's set out the stall for this review. I am going to be writing this from the perspective of a new review. Some of you may not have played the original, so therefore it doesn't seem right to pass judgement on the remastered side of the game. All it really means is that there are prettier visuals than its original counterpart, honest. So what is L.A. Noire? What do you do? Why was it so groundbreaking? Let's find out! Gameplay L.A. Noire is set in 1947 in Los Angeles, USA, and lets the player control an LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) officer by the name of Cole Phelps. You take control of him as he moves up the ranks within the LAPD through five divisions, including homicide and arson among...

Sudden Strike 4 PC Review- Once More Unto the Breach

25Oct

By KevinNo Comments

PC Reviews

Sudden Strike 4 PC Review- Once More Unto the Breach

Kite Games have treated us to the 4th instalment of the Sudden Strike franchise, the very cleverly named Sudden Strike 4. After the previous successes, this release has a lot to live up to. This is my second foray into the series, having only played the original release before, so I'm sure my rustiness will be evident as I jump back in. So with my lunch packed in a tin, a flask of tea and a English to German phrasebook, I'm ready for action. We won the war, so I have victory running through my veins. This one's for you Grandad. Let the war begin. Gameplay Sudden Strike 4 is an RTS set during the second world war. RTS stands for Real Time Strategy, this means that everything you do is in real time and you have to be quite strategic. This isn't rocket science. If you are in any doubt then...

26Sep

By John1 Comment

PlayStation Reviews

Shoppe Keep Review – Retail Gold

The IndieDB Game of the Year Nominee Shoppe Keep has finally come to PS4. For those of you not already familiar with the title on other platforms. Shoppe Keep is a Retail Strategy game developed by Strangefire Studios and published by Excalibur Games. Where you take on the challenges of running a Fantasy Retail Business. This is actually my first foray into this world as although I was familiar with Shoppe Keep, it wasn't a title I had ever actually picked up and played. So my opinion here is purely based on the PS4 version as I cannot compare it to the other releases. However, I did hear some very good things from a few friends that had the PC version. So let's see how much Gold its actually worth. Gameplay Ok. So before we get into the details of Shoppe Keep. I feel I need to tell y...

12May

By Jason2 Comments

PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

Battle Chasers: Nightwar – Preview

A fun isometric role-playing game with turn-based combat and an in-depth crafting system. Classic combat featured in a technology-infused fantasy land, is Battle Chasers: Nightwar everything that it promises to be? Battle Chasers: Nightwar was originally funded by a kick starter project back in 2015 and is now available on Steam Early Access. The game is being made by Airship Syndicate, a company located in Austin Texas. Being a staff pick on Kickstarter and funding over $850,000 which was over $300,000 more than they needed, the game's prospects are strong. Gameplay Having invested a couple of hours into the game, all I can say is that I wanted MORE! Inspired by classic JRPGs is clear from playing the game but the developers have only been inspired, everything is fresh, clean and crisp...

8May

By StuartNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Review – Solo Mission

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 is an open world first-person shooter developed by CI Games and is the third entry in the series, if you couldn't make that connection already. You take control of Captain Jonathan 'Jon' North, who was sent to the Russian-Ukrainian border along with his fellow Marine and brother Robert. Your mission, whether you like it or not, is to destroy some biological weapons before they are stolen by terrorists. The mission is successful, however you are ambushed by a group of special forces soldiers led by a lovely man called Vasilisk. He proceeds to carry out a game of Russian roulette against your will, you win but you get knocked out and your brother is captured. The story then moves to a couple of years later where you are sent to help eradicate Georgia from its sep...