The dealer in this card based role-player is something of an enigma. He’s neither a friend or foe, praising and rebuking your decisions in almost equal measures. He also seemingly enjoys casting doubt over your chances of success, suggesting you don’t have the intellect to beat his game. Pity for him, this only makes surpassing …
The storyline in Sonic’s latest adventure could have easily existed within the Archie comic universe. After one of Eggman’s plans finally comes together, Sonic is taken captive and locked away in an off-world prison. The hedgehog’s homeland soon descends into chaos once Eggman’s army takes control, prompting Tails, Knuckles, Silver, and Team Chaotix to form …
Have you ever played a game so glitchy that you’re left in perpetual fear of it crashing? NPCs begin behaving oddly, collision detection goes to pot, and the frame rate takes a nosedive. All the while you’re hoping that the last auto-save was before your character gained the ability to walk through solid objects. After …
There’s a reason most HD re-releases are of last-gen titles – they provide the modern sensibilities and comforts we expect, and once the textures have been given a good scrub they often come up sparkling. 2000 AD tie-in Rogue Trooper Redux forgoes the last generation of gaming, taking us back to 2006. A time where …
Making a name for yourself isn’t entirely a good thing. B.J. Blazkowicz knows this well – after the events of the last Wolfenstein, he’s now the world’s most wanted man. Nazi propaganda portrays B.J. as a mass murderer, and with ‘wanted’ posters spread across Nazi-occupied America a low profile must be retained when the need …
The Nintendo Switch isn’t the only console prone to receiving belated conversions. Developer Witch Beam seemingly postponed the Xbox One version of this twin-stick shooter until the arrival of the Xbox One X. It’s an understandable decision, and not just because there’s an unspoken rule that every new console must launch with a snazzy twin-stick …
Three years have passed since The Stick of Truth’s release. In this time we’ve had three more seasons of South Park, the Xbox One and PS4 have established themselves and reached their mid-life cycle, certain social media platforms have flourished while others have floundered, and numerous fads have come and gone. The Fractured But Whole …
This single-screen shooter involves a grizzled grunt, his trusty gun turret, a garishly coloured boombox, and a seemingly endless supply of cigars. Our hero is partial to a smoke, see, sparking up a fresh one while you manage the inventory and casually flicking it to the ground when it’s time to get back to the …
The Devil’s casino sounds like a place only the naïve or incredibly foolish would stroll into. Cuphead and his porcelain pal Mug Man don’t come across as either, so we can only assume on the day they played dice with the Devil they were filled to the brim with something far stronger than coffee. Suffice …
Despite the immense popularity of such games as Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and Final Fight in the ‘90s, modern-day scrolling beat’em ups tend to come and go without fanfare. Even Double Dragon IV, released on PS4 and Switch earlier this year, failed to generate anything resembling a buzz and that was once the biggest …
To say SteamWorld Dig 2 is built on a sturdy foundation is an understatement. The original SWD was hard to fault without resorting to nit-picking. With this in mind, Swedish developer Image & Form must have found themselves in a fortunate position when it came to this sequel’s pre-production. With few criticisms and complaints to …
This Kickstarter-funded platformer makes its inspirations incredibly clear, name-dropping such games as New Super Mario Bros, Metal Slug, Joe & Mac, and Trine within its product description. The individual elements from each are easy to pinpoint. It brazenly borrows Super Mario’s bonce bouncing, Trine’s focus on character swapping, and Metal Slug’s controllable vehicles. And of …
If animals could talk, would we still eat them? It’s an age-old question that’s often discussed. The common response is that if an animal could talk, it would possess a similar level of intelligence to that of a human. It wouldn’t be merely content to graze in a field; it would have questions about its …
It’s easy to see why Housemarque called upon the talents of Eugene Jarvis to co-create PSN hit Nex Machina. The celebrated game designer is responsible for some of the greatest arcade twin-stick shooters of all-time, including Robotron: 2084 and Smash TV. Both are a clear influence on Circuit Breakers. Essentially, it’s an amalgamation of the …
The biggest compliment we can give Sonic Mania is that it feels like it was developed by a team who understands and loves the series more than SEGA themselves. SEGA’s once proud mascot has lost his way over the years, and Sonic’s sizeable fan base has seemingly taken it upon themselves to get the blue …