Polycorne’s new city builder puts a strong emphasis on listening to the voices of each citizen. Your urban design skills will determine whether you become the revered Mayor of all Mayors or an ineffective bureaucrat. The key to success lies in creating a pleasant living environment and winning re-election year after year by running a …
Do you remember the struggle of trying to find something to do during the summer holidays? Back in the ‘80s, after watching the extra block of cartoons shown after breakfast TV, it was then often a case of either re-reading comic books, playing outdoors, or trying to beat high scores on a hand-me-down computer or …
It wasn’t until the retro gaming boom of the early noughties that I discovered just how big a deal Q*bert was. It was always common knowledge that the 1982 arcade game was a hit, resulting in dozens of conversions to all manner of formats, but I was oblivious to there being Q*bert merchandise and even …
With titles such as Lemmings, Cannon Fodder, Zool, Sensible Soccer, The Chaos Engine, and Worms arriving on the Amiga first before filtering down to other platforms, there was a time when Commodore’s family of computers were seemingly at the centre of the gaming universe. Team17 quickly rose to become one of the biggest publishers on …
In the tapestry of life, it’s often the children who bear the weight of its forgotten sorrows. Even though they may seem oblivious to the world’s complexities, they absorb its essence, shaping their own perception of reality. In the enchanting realm of Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow, you embark on an extraordinary journey as Griffin, a young …
PQube’s latest visual novel has a haunting, melancholic, and unsettling tone, entailing a glitchy children’s storybook that often spills out into violence and bloodshed. It’s a tale of female friendship with a lovely melodic soundtrack smashed together with trauma, a bit of John Wick, and some discordant electronic bleeps and bloops. Do these ideas work …
In this day and age, where something with a glitzy action-packed trailer might merely be a cover for a slow and complex deck building RPG, it pays to know what you’re getting into. This is especially the case for SENSEs: Midnight. It’s a survival horror adventure inspired by the 32-bit era, complete with tank controls, …
The easiest thing to admire about the Evercade range is how carefully curated each collection feels. The majority feature a well-known hit (consequently giving the packaging a cover star), along with a few lesser-known games – some of which can be considered hidden gems – and a couple of curios such as a puzzle game …
This latest Raiden re-release takes us back to the PlayStation 2 era, reviving 2005’s Raiden III. Just like Raiden IV, re-released a few months ago, the original version will set you back a pretty penny these days, with eBay suggesting a good-condition copy will run you close to £100. Again, this makes this re-release more …
Rich attempted to review the Switch version of Aquarist last November, but despite best efforts, couldn’t make much progress. The iffy controls, awkward camera movement, and poor presentation let down what should have been a relaxing experience. The developers had, somehow, made a game involving setting up aquariums frustrating to play. The simulation has now …
How do you create a large-scale video game solely centered around Gollum? It’s a question the developers at Daedalic likely asked themselves countless times. Unlike other key characters from the works of Tolkien, he isn’t a master of magic, a skilled swordsman, or an adept archer. He’s…Gollum. A diminutive, twisted, callous creature that spends his …
Do you remember the late nineties trend of eccentric virtual pet sims? The PSone had the Japanese obscurity Pet in TV and conversions of the Creatures series, Seaman left many a Dreamcast owner disturbed, while Nintendo was once working on the innovative sounding Cabbage for the failed 64DD. The fad even spread to monster battlers …
It’s difficult to say how good a fit Railway Empire 2 is for Xbox Game Pass. Like the majority of Kalypso’s compelling management sims (Tropico, Port Royale, and the often-overlooked Dungeons) it’s something that can make mere minutes fly by like hours – and it seems countless gamers are yet to experience this series’ delights, …
Deviltube, Riptok, Darkchat, and FaceBoo may sound like the names boomers give supposed society-destroying social media apps, but are in fact the districts Scary – Death of Treat’s diminutive hero – must traverse to save HallowTown from sinister conglomerates. The Halloween spirit is missing, while the town itself is just a shadow of its former …
It’s always pleasing to see digital re-releases of PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 games. The system was never officially sold in Europe, making it quite the obscurity. Exotic, even. With Konami’s PC Engine Mini long sold out on Amazon – and the Wii U eShop shuttered – one of the few solutions to play official releases comes from …