Strafe Review
At first glance, Strafe looks like a radical revival of 90’s first-person shooters. Yet, it doesn’t take long for that impression to fade away, revealing a devilishly difficult game.
Author: Kyle Bradford
Kyle likes video games and some other things, none of them really worth mentioning. Having written about games for two years, he tries. He enjoys home-made fan games, niche Japanese RPGs, and anything made by Suda51. Would rather be playing his Sega Saturn, honestly.
Akiba’s Beat Review
A JRPG taking place in Tokyo’s wildly popular Akihabara district, it seems like a dream come true for any fan of Japanese Otaku culture. Unfortunately, Akiba’s Beat is unable to satisfy on much of its lofty ambitions.
Persona 5 Review
Persona 5 is undoubtedly one of the best RPGs of all time. It is truly a special game.
Persona 5 and How We’ve Normalised Male Entitlement in Games
As I play through Persona 5 I can’t help but be reminded of how irresponsible video games can be at representing love and all that comes with it.
Rain World Review
In this broken, industrial wasteland, the rain is your enemy. Torrential downpours that are so violent it’s impossible to survive them. They force you to constantly take shelter. In the few moments in between, you must peek out to search for food. Yet while the calm in between these storms may seem like short respites…
Voez and the Importance of ‘Nindies’ on Nintendo Switch
Say what you will about Nintendo’s admittedly hammy naming scheme but the ‘Nindies’ have done far more than just impress.
Touhou Genso Wanderer Review
To an outsider, the name Touhou may not mean much to you. For those entrenched within the niche Japanese doujin communities that Genso Wanderer exists within however, it can mean the world.
Halo Wars Definitive Edition Review
Resources are low and your last line of defence just got wiped by an invading enemy push. You were rocked to the brink of defeat but you’re not out of the game yet. With your back against the wall you readjust your strategy. With the few remaining stragglers of your once powerful armada, you make…
Flywrench Review
Flywrench can at times feel like an exercise in constant restraint, as if it were a meditation tool for some sort of futuristic monk.
Nioh Carries the Souls-Like Torch Forward
Darks Souls has created a genre of its own: the ‘Souls-like’. And now, Team Ninja’s Nioh takes that genre and moulds it into something equally brilliant.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book Review
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is now available on PC following its release on PS4 and Vita last year. Now’s the time to jump in.
Planet 2000 Review
Try as I might to avoid hyperbole, Planet 2000 may just be the worst video game I have ever played.
The Long Journey From Fabula Nova Crystallis to Final Fantasy XV
Even now, it’s difficult to admit. Final Fantasy XV will soon be out in the wild. It’s on the eve of its long-anticipated release that, like a rogue wave, the realisation finally hits me: a game I’ve been waiting nearly half my life for will finally be in my and the world’s collective hands. It’s…
RollerCoaster Tycoon World Review
The Roller Coaster Tycoon series is one that brought joy to many during the early millennium. The endlessly looped merry-go-round tune is simultaneously agonisingly repetitive yet nostalgic and joyful. Yet for all the series’ storied history does to excite me, there is no doubt RollerCoaster Tycoon World comes with a lot of baggage. Its alpha…
The Silver Case Review
For many fans of Suda51, Killer 7 and No More Heroes were their first introduction to his work. With an extensive catalogue of stylistically unique games, the Japanese game developer has gained quite the reputation. Yet his early worked seemed to be an enigma for many of us in the west, with many titles being far out of…
Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky Review
For many fans of the long dormant Valkyrie Profile series, the chance of Square Enix returning to the beloved game seemed slim. Luckily, Spike Chunsoft and tri-Ace have teamed up to create a spiritual successor with Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky. Now that it’s finally come to the west, the only question is: does…
Mount & Blade: Warband Review
Like many other great Western RPGs, Mount & Blade is a franchise that captures the same feeling of limitless possibility that is found in traditional tabletop roleplaying games. While the series may have a love-it-or-hate-it reputation, there’s undoubtedly a lot to dig into here for anyone new to the series. The problem, however, is that the game…
RunGunJumpGun Review
For as unsettling as the end of the universe can be, ThirtyThree’s new action platformer RunGunJumpGun is able to find tons of fun in the perilous final moments of a dying solar system. Evoking familiar moments of other difficult indie games, this painfully appetising explosion of colour and sound will have you coming back for…
Momentum Review
Meriam-Webster defines the word “momentum” as the strength of force that something has when it is moving. It seems that Projectile Entertainment’s new physics based puzzle platformer Momentum is missing that point, never able to build up any of it for itself. This mixture of Super Monkey Ball and Kirby’s Tilt n’ Tumble offers nothing but frustration….
Little King’s Story Review (PC)
One of many releases unjustly overlooked on the Wii was 2009’s Little King’s Story, a charming mixture of life sim, role playing game and real-time strategy that came from the creator of Harvest Moon Yashiro Wada. Somehow able to replicate Nintendo’s trademark style, it became fondly known as one of the console’s strongest downloadable titles. Although a…
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