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Rob Covell 247 posts 9 comments
Rob is a teacher, a father, a husband and a gamer. He's been the latter for longer than the former 3 combined. Probably. He likes pretty much every genre, but puzzle platformers tend to upset his brain.
Most of your time in the game is spent walking around an environment to find a character or object so the story progresses, playing the occasional mini-game as you go. It’s nice enough, and means it’s very accessible to younger kids who…
PowerA Wired Controller for Nintendo Switch – Master Sword
This controller works well on both Nintendo Switch and PC, even though the box only mentions working on Switch. This being a Nintendo-licensed product means that the button and stick layout are identical to the wireless pro controller, with…
Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 2 – Sponge Smash
First is the unique (for the subgenre anyway) Slime mechanic. This works a lot like a meter in many fighting games, most notably recent Mortal Kombat releases, with you building it up by hitting and being hit. Depending on how much Slime…
(Giveaway) El Paso, Elsewhere – Not Liverpool or Rome
Luckily, the weapons are fun to use and can dispatch most opponents in just a few shots. The pistols are solid enough options, and your shotgun will destroy those annoying knights in a single blast with a little luck. I found myself leaning…
PDP Afterglow Wave Controller – Take Control
Firstly, there are two programmable buttons on the back of the controller where your middle fingers would likely fall. These are nice to have but aren’t as programmable as I might like. In real terms, you can simply duplicate another button…
World of Horror – It’s a mad world
Larger confrontations are more interesting, with you having options like clapping and bowing in the correct combination to banish your foe, or perhaps using an ally to distract them. I appreciated these more as they put a thrilling…
Mothered – Help! My mom is a mannequin!
Mechanically, this is very simple to play, with there actually being quite limited interaction. I could see some people arguing that this is a walking simulator, a term that I’m not a fan of, but there’s a certain element of puzzle solving…
Everspace 2 – Room for two?
You can end up with a fleet of ships to hop in and out of when you head to home base, or you can sell them to get a new model. They feel quite different too, with powerful, armoured Vindicators being quite sluggish when compared to the…
The Fabulous Fear Machine – Fear is a four letter word
The campaigns are split into a number of missions in which you need to spread a certain amount of fear within each region of a map, amongst other objectives, allowing you to spread your message. The idea is that your protagonist — or…
Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers – Hanging by a thread
The first thing you notice upon starting the game, and the thing that immediately attracted me to it, is just how awesome it looks. That 50s movie style is incredibly well done and permeates every element of the game. The cutscenes are…