Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a side scrolling adventure game which combines puzzles, combat, and quirky animation with some great tunes by New World Revolution. Playing as the super soldier Hardboiled Chicken across 15 single player chapters, you must take on the might of the penguin army, led by the Stalinist style dictator ‘Il Putski’. Ratloop Asia have certainly brought a [...]
Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to the 2009 Playstation 3 exclusive Demon’s Souls. It brings with it much of the style and functionality of that earlier title, along with a casual disregard for many modern gaming trends, and a gorgeous fantasy setting, which encourages exploration and experimentation on the part of the player. But in an overcrowded winter gaming [...]
The original Dungeon Siege games were role-playing games, with strategy elements, and point and click functionality. Think Diablo 2, and you get the picture. This new addition (and sequel) to the series, is far more action-oriented, with only minor RPG elements. Dungeon Siege III is once again set in the kingdom of Ehb, some 150 years after the events of [...]
Arrgghhh! Zombies! They’re everywhere! No, seriously, they are. If popular culture were a shopping mall, you would need a large machete and a chainsaw to get past all the zombie games and movies shambling their way around the food court. In this increasingly overpopulated genre, can Dead Island, a brand new title from the makers of Call of Juarez, really [...]
For those who are among the younger generation of gamers, or anyone who hasn't played the original, Ocarina of Time follows the adventures of young Link. He awakens one morning to find himself hand-picked by the great Deku tree, the benevolent protector of the forest in which the Kokiri people live. His task? To venture out into the big world, meet a princess and save everyone from the impending doom being spearheaded by pointy-nosed Ganon. All a rather low pressure situation for Link. He handles it with a demeanor befitting of a hero, all the time rocking the green hat.
The Next Big Thing is the latest creation from Pendulo Studios, a Spanish developer who specialise in point-and-click adventures. After 16 years in the business they certainly know how to make a good game. Here’s the thing; as a gamer I am not usually into point-and-click adventures. They lack challenge, are usually badly scripted and above all are generally boring. [...]
A Shadow’s Tale is a game that seems unsure of its own identity. It riffs on ideas and themes from some truly classic adventure games, and features some uniquely creative ideas, but sadly stops short of the classic status that it might have achieved. To help fuel its confusion, the game has been released under not one, but three different [...]
A bit late to the party, I know, but last night I played through Limbo in its entirety. Not often you can say that about a game. In honour of this three hour adventure, I have written a three sentence review: Limbo is short but very sweet, in a sadistic kind of way. Reminded me of those Eastern European cartoons [...]
Stop whatever you’re playing; Jane Jensen, designer of the incredible Gabriel Knight series, has a new supernatural-themed game coming out in the UK on 25th February – Gray Matter. This time she’s dealing with ghosts and spirituality by delving into the brain and psionic powers. Actually, no. Go back to whatever you were playing. I’ve just played through the PC [...]
I was totally expecting this latest Assassin’s Creed game to be a blatant cash-in. With Ubisoft’s financials not looking too rosy in their last financial report, you could almost forgive them for wanting to milk their über popular franchise cow on a yearly basis. I was wrong.
It’s been a long time since I’ve played such a well scripted and entertaining game as this. Batman: Arkham Asylum was originally released almost a year ago, but I just didn’t get round to playing it until recently. As it turned out Batman: Arkham Asylum is one of those games that I just couldn’t put down and had to play constantly until I finished it (rather like Assassin’s Creed II). After 3 fairly solid days play I had managed to complete pretty much everything the game had to offer, including all the tricky Riddler puzzles (more about these later). The fact that this game held my complete attention for so long indicates just how well crafted an experience it was.
More knifey shenanigans, this time set in within the renaissance.
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