Usually our annual lookback at the worst console games of the year is in conjunction with Metacritic. As in, we use the site as a source. But with Metacritic’s worst rated games of the year mostly consisting of PC and iOS games we’ve never even heard of, it doesn’t seem particularly right to go chopping …
Some games force self-discovery onto the player and end up feeling like richer experiences as a result. Dark Souls is a good example, rarely holding your hand and encouraging the player to work things out for themselves. Farming Simulator is another with a steep learning curve, but rather than improve the experience it worsens it, …
No doubt thanks to the current £24.99 price-tag, Deep Silver’s Saints Row IV has managed to hold the top spot in the UK top 40 for a fourth row running. You have to wonder just how many copies are going to be traded in tomorrow. At #2 it’s a new entry – Kingdom Hearts HD …
Considering that developers Giant are based in Germany, you’d expect the first review of Farming Simulator – launching on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 tomorrow – to surface on one of the countless European gaming sites. That’s not the case though. And no, the first review wasn’t from an American website either – it was …
It’s not often that we’ll dedicate a whole blog post to something that has been posted on another website, but GameSpot UK’s interview with Excalibur Publishing – of Farming Simulator and Street Cleaning Simulator fame – is quite the eye opener. We mean that without a hint of sarcasm. Excalibur’s games are often mocked on …