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Mass Effect: Revisiting the Series
The first time I played through Mass Effect 2 I was nonplussed; it seemed to have less of the rough and experimental charm of the first game, which seemed to be a haphazard evolution of Knights of the...
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Way of the Dogg
Lest we all forget, it has been the prerogative of club-dweller and professional waterboy 50 Cent to demonstrate the effectiveness of boosting a rap sensation’s cosmic ego within the videogame space....
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Persona 4 Arena
The most important feature of a fighting game, in contrast with many others, is how methodical and accessible its tutorial is. In the fighting genre, more so than any other, there is a mixture of...
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Dead Hungry Diner iOS
A change in platform isn’t usually enough to justify re-reviewing a game, but in the case of Black Market Games’ Dead Hungry Diner we’ll make an exception. Released on the PC back in June 2012 (and...
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Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine
You’re a criminal, about to break into a bank and rob from their vault. You need a set of people with special skills to pull this heist off so you rope your friends; the locksmith, the pickpocket and...
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Metal Gear Rising: Blade Wolf
Raiden’s sword-wielding, ‘zan-datsu’ performing antics have certainly impressed, carving out a new mythology that runs alongside that of the Metal Gear Solid series. MGR is all about expanding rather...
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Xbox One Revealed: Hairy-Arms & Hi-Fi’s
My reaction to Microsoft’s long awaited reveal of the follow up to its hugely successful Xbox 360 can be summarised in looking at one small moment. 45 seconds into a video piece in which Infinity Ward...
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Xbox One Reveal: What Did You Think?
It says a great deal that Microsoft can stir the emotions of so many, having developed a loyal fanbase (as well as its critics) over the course of the 360’s lifespan. Although D+PAD has already posted...
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
What’s up with Techland? To say the least, the Polish developer has a tough time staying consistent. They recently put out Dead Island: Riptide, a slated sequel to the much more appealing original, and...
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Persona 4: The Animation
Where animation can excel as a medium for adaptation in a way live-action visual media cannot is in copying aesthetics or creating them; this allows for visual experimentation in a way which goes...
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Resident Evil: Revelations
The Resident Evil series has been on a downhill trajectory since Resident Evil 4. This generation’s entries to the series have eschewed most of the survival horror that the series is known for in...
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Groove Heaven
It’s not hard to see the allure of the rhythm action genre for game developers, providing as it does a framework within which to work while at the same time enabling some hugely idiosyncratic and...
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CastleStorm
There may not be a videogame name more generic than ‘CastleStorm’. It’s not even that accurate, either. ‘CastleBreak’ is more like it. Perhaps ‘CastleBlowUp’ suits? Crappy naming conventions aside,...
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Diggs Nightcrawler
London Studios’ Diggs Nightcrawler isn’t designed for adults, forcing lofty old folk to physically get down to a child’s level and sit cross legged on the floor. This isn’t a point of criticism...
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State of Decay
So you’ve rescued your mate Jacob from wandering off towards a romantic tryst in this zombie-filled nightmare and are driving him home, but at the same time no one’s heard from Jack back at the camp,...
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Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D joins the list of unnecessarily-lengthily-named Nintendo games which I feel conflicted about. It’s also a game which will kick your arse again and again, ever happy to...
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Remember Me
The cyberpunk science-fiction genre is one frequently misunderstood; its visual trappings of cyborgs, robots and neon cities are a useful visual tool for game design but as a complete genre, much media...
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Journey: Collector’s Edition
Journey: Collector’s Edition is actually a somewhat misleading title for this selection of thatgamecompany games. In fact it functions more as a boxset of the studio’s work to this point, containing as...
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The Last of Us
‘Kill or be killed’ has been a key theme for videogames ever since the first Space Invader fired a pixellated-laser at a plucky-unnamed cannon prowling along the bottom of the screen, a clearly defined...
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Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami has already been extensively discussed in the gaming media and since its original PC release, it has attracted a significant fanbase. Now it has arrived on consoles and it is an engaging...
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