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30Apr

By JasonNo Comments

X-Morph Defense: European Assault DLC Review – Times Up!

X-Morph Defense by Polish based EXOR studios, who are responsible for the title Zombie Driver, is a tower defence game crossed with a top down shooter where (plot twist) you get to destroy planet Earth. Available on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, X-Morph Defense has been in development since 2013 and unlike many games that use the Unreal engine, EXOR have created their own called Schmetterling which when translated isn't an alcoholic beverage for an elf but infact means "butterfly". Taking to the PS4 controller I was intrigued to see how this twin stick hybrid concoction would turn out! Gameplay The opening visuals are pretty cool as your alien race decide upon which planet in the universe is best suited for their needs. Through a robotic sequence of events, Earth gets chosen and the har...

Murderous Pursuits Preview – Making Assassination More Fun

23Apr

By TC Staff Writer1 Comment

PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

Murderous Pursuits Preview – Making Assassination More Fun

If you prefer to eliminate your foes with stealth, and tactics rather than running in, all guns/swords blazing, then you might be interested in jumping on ship during the Jurassic Period, with Murderous Pursuits. Blazing Griffin’s assassination focused multi-player title, Murderous Pursuits ran an Open Beta from the 20th of April 2018, until 5am Monday 2018. Now, this one for me had been hiding away. I had seen nothing of the title anywhere before the open beta announcement until a friend of mine told me about it. So it was a lovely surprise to see it a few hours before it went live. Now, Murderous Pursuits is the toned-down equivalent where if Assassin’s Creed and Dishonored had a baby, and merged that DNA with a hint of The Ship, this is what you’d see birthed. The reason I mention...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

20Jul

By StuartNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

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 ...

Serial Cleaner Review – The Ron Jeremy Moustache Is Back!

18Jul

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

Serial Cleaner Review – The Ron Jeremy Moustache Is Back!

Created by Polish developer iFunforAll and published by Curve Digital, Serial Cleaner undoubtedly takes some inspiration from Hotline Miami with its top-down viewpoint, retro art-style and 70’s beats, but instead of carrying out the carnage you’re cleaning up after it! Serial Cleaner is a story-driven, fast-paced stealth/action game, characterized by a 1970s theme and aesthetics. The protagonist cleans up murder scenes by disposing bodies, covering up blood stains and hiding murder weapons and other incriminating evidence. Exploring, experimenting and fast paced decision making are the key words here. Getting caught and questioned would put a black mark on the protagonist’s career and the environment is often crawling with itchy-fingered police officers accompanied by nosy bystanders. T...