Combat systems in arena brawlers, especially those pitting you against several enemies at once, tend to put gratification above technicality. Grab a baseball bat and swing for the fences, making blood spurt and enemies hit the ground hard. KIBORG presents similar grisly sights, only it’s clear from the outset that the technical side of things …
At least once per console generation a developer will latch onto the concept of puppets and stage shows, with past examples including Puppeteer, The Gunstringer, and Dynamite Headdy, along with traces of cardboard stage-like level design also found in the likes of Little Big Planet and Fable Heroes. It’s a set-up that always generates a …
In 2021, the classic 1993 puzzle adventure Myst – which helped sell millions of CD-ROM drives to PC owners – gained a new lease of life through an Unreal Engine powered remake, taking the pre-rendered visuals and capturing their mysterious essence in 3D. The vastly similar Amerzone, released on PC and PS1 in 1998 through …
Let’s not beat around the bush – a drug dealer simulator is far from the most morally virtuous concept. The spin put onto it, by both the developer and publisher, is that it allows players to create a drug empire from scratch without facing the consequences of pursuing this “career” in real life. We can …
True to its name, this speedy time management game entails ferrying cargo around in a bustling city. The tutorial doesn’t do much to arouse the senses, merely involving a truck carrying iron ore to a smelter before dropping off girders at a delivery point. Thankfully, this isn’t the most creative use of cargo hauling the …
The furthest reaches of the galaxy act as the setting for this in-depth space station management sim. Worlds apart from the recent fellow management venture Two Point Museum, yet despite being far more serious in tone, this isn’t an experience void of humour. A bit of silliness is present, mostly within the achievement/trophy list, including …
Let’s get ready to ramble! We’re off to the UK’s Lake District for Rebellion’s new open-world explorative survival game, meaning picturesque sights come abounding. Quaint pubs with outside tables, ivy covered cottages, historic churches, bakeries selling pasties alongside doughy treats, and green fields peppered with cosy riverside farmhouses. An ideal place to visit for a …
To appreciate this HD remaster, it helps to understand the time it was released. Arriving in 1997 on PS1, making it a relatively early release for the system, its main competition was the original Crash Bandicoot. While a decent enough platformer, Crash’s corridor-like nature made it feel far more linear than the platform games N64 …
To answer the question posed in the title for this new escape room puzzler, the answer is unequivocally “yes!” There wouldn’t be much of a premise to latch onto if that wasn’t the case. You awaken in a small cabin room littered with various knick-knacks that appear to relate to typical video game puzzles. The …
Memories tend to become hazy over time, altering our perceptions. For years I tried to find a copy of MAD Magazine from the ‘80s that featured a faux toy catalogue, in which said playthings were constructed from unsafe materials. Searching Google was fruitless, even after trying various terms and phrases. Luck would have it that …
When a console enters its twilight years, its release schedule will often become sporadic. Games begin to mysteriously vanish or are outright cancelled, titles move over to different systems before being reworked, and some software only gains release in a specific region – usually where sales remain relatively strong. We’ve seen re-releases of a few …
The use of the word ‘shadow’ in this game’s title would suggest we’re in for something stealthy. A lone warrior, perhaps, lurking in the darkness to deal with enemies quietly and efficiently. If that’s what you’re expecting, then you’re in for mild disappointment. This is an explorative 2D platformer with an ancient orient setting, in …
From reading the product description and glancing over screenshots, you may think you know what you’re in for with S. Prysm Destroyer. It appears to be something we’ve seen countless times before, taking the form of a side-scrolling run ‘n gun mech shooter not unlike Contra, favouring low poly PS1 era visuals instead of pixel …
In the words of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Let’s do the time warp again!” This twin-stick shooter, recently released on consoles, can be traced back to 2017 for its PC debut. Weirdly though, it looks and plays like something far older than this, with the presentation reminiscent of an XBLA/PSN game from the early …
Ever since the offbeat management sim Two Point Hospital launched in 2018, it has been fun to speculate where the franchise will head next. An amusement park or a shopping mall were our guesses, or perhaps a full-on sequel. But no – UK developer Two Point Studios took the academic route with the in-depth and …