Video Game Reviews

In a world where TCG Card Shop Simulator and a deluge of other “simulator” games exist, perhaps it isn’t surprising that we have a few about smithing. For the appeal that a hot smelter and hard anvil might have, though, none have really…

Although you know I prefer WW II, this is the first of three Cold War games I'm reviewing. And, this one's damn good.

From card effects slicing across the screen to enemies being able to grapple and grab you, the first-person camera of Into the Grid brings the genre to a mostly unexplored place. Being thrust face-first into some of these Sentinels forces a…

Crime Simulator has you don your balaclava and attempt to basically steal anything and everything that isn’t nailed down. Whether it’s in someone's home, business or a gigantic warehouse in the middle of Arizona the world is rife with…

The trick rapidly becomes powering up your team, manoeuvring enemies into place, and then striking them all at once. It’s immensely satisfying when you manage to get things right.

Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition gives players a chance to time-travel back 25 years and play one of the most visually memorable platformers of the generation. For those of us lucky enough to grow up in the age of…

Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch is an interesting beast. Part deck builder, part tower defense and part dungeon management, this is a game of so many gears I'm unsure if they all make the machine run smoother or jam up the mechanisms. The basic…

Marvel Cosmic Invasion on Xbox is a vibrant, retro-inspired beat ’em up that combines the chaotic fun of classic arcade brawlers with a fresh tag-team mechanic, delivering a short, challenging and highly entertaining romp through the Marvel…

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord was an amazing addition to the series but now with the War Sails DLC released you can get stuck into naval combat and explore Calradia from a whole new perspective. I’ve been playing the Mount and Blade…

Jurassic World Evolution 3 is the most ambitious and feature-rich entry in Frontier’s dinosaur park management series to date — it’s a visually stunning, mechanically deep sandbox that finally delivers on the fantasy of building your own…

This is, by far, the best football game they’ve ever produced. Period.

Whenever I read reviews, I always try to get an idea of how long the reviewer has played the game for. Have they really given the game a chance? Did they persevere to see if there was any gold past a bumpy start? So believe me when I say I…

Knight with Tactics is listed as a “puzzle & trivia” game. If the trivia question is “how fast can you get 1000 gamerscore?” then I can advise the answer is approximately three minutes. Gameplay in Knight with Tactics takes the form of…

As a child, I was absolutely obsessed with Postman Pat. To this day, I have a small Postman Pat mailvan on my collectables shelf from my childhood that has survived. According to my mother, I used to point at every Royal Mail van and lorry,…

I tried starting this review in a few different ways, but I think the following sentence gives you the best summary: Ink Inside is an RPG in which doodles throw dodgeballs at each other. They do this to defeat the evil that has possessed…

Other changes are minor, but welcome. You no longer need to buy soap if you want to use it. Instead you have a reserve that refills over time which means you don’t have to waste money on replacing it. This is nice considering soap really…

To a T has all the right elements you'd expect from a Keita Takahashi game. It is earnest, charming, simple and full of the act of play, both mechanically and aesthetically. The music is joyous and the visuals are a lovely mishmash of…

If you’ve dreamt of being one of the Half-Life 1 scientists except that instead of a resonance cascade the situation is far more bleak then now’s the time for you. Abiotic Factor’s full release delivers universes waiting to be explored and…

FOUNDRY is the epitome of automation and a factory simulation.