Compiling this feature was a tad tricky as we’ve seen far fewer stinkers in 2016 than years prior. There were plenty of average games – Alekhine’s Gun, Carmageddon: Max Damage, Mighty No. 9 and TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan spring to mind – but nothing truly terrible. We’re talking Ride to Hell: Retribution levels of awfulness …
This top-down dungeon crawler is reminiscent of ZHEROS, a previous Xbox One ‘Games with Gold’ freebie. ZHEROS – one of the lowest scoring games of 2016, we might add – promised to be a scrolling brawler influenced by Saturday morning cartoons. An appealing premise, but after a reasonably humorous intro the brightly hued presentation emerged …
Very few publishers ever want to go head-to-head with the juggernaut that is Call of Duty. As such, this week’s new release line-up is quieter than usual with just a few smaller releases on the agenda. We’re still waiting for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s review embargo to lift. Once they start to surface we’ll …