4.0
Stellar Blade – Sharp Stuff!
Battlefield Earth
Flooded, devastated cities, violent mutated bug monsters, a general sense of hopelessness... no, not modern Britain but the premise of Stellar Blade! Stellar Blade is an action adventure game...
4.0
5.0
Rise of the Ronin – A Shōgun Gunshow
Once upon a time in the Far East
The samurai fantasy is one of gaming's most enduring, maybe just behind being a ninja. How ironic that Team Ninja, despite their name, has seemingly jumped ship. Nioh and now R...
3.5
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty – Big Trouble in Digital China
Once upon a time in China
Dark Souls has left such a footprint on the world of videogames but now it has made its most cerebral crossover yet: Chinese history. Set in 184 CE during the Yellow Turban Rebellion,...
HideoTube returns!
Been wondering what Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima's up to? Probably not since he's constantly tweeting, Instagramming and showing up at every awards show under the sun. Kojima may be gaming's busiest man betw...
3.5
Teardown – Voxel Vandals
A New Blockbuster
Everyone loves a good heist, right? Slick, thoroughly planned affairs to steal from the rich, the sexiest of all crimes. It's such a fun concept, sadly infrequently used within video games. T...
4.0
A Highland Song – Great Scot!
Ahh, Scotland. A land of great beauty, rich history and strange yet delicious cuisine. Somehow this incredible place has been rarely used as a videogame location, with only a spectacular Uncharted 4 segment com...
3.0
Lords of the Fallen – Good Lord?
Lord and Saviour?
It may seem unfair but it’s impossible to talk about Lords of the Fallen without discussing another company's catalogue of brutal medieval RPGs. The Souls series has become a genre, a meme, a...
4.5
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Miles Ahead
Webisode 2
Let’s front-load this one with praise: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 may be the best sequel since Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2. Since the release of Insomniac’s first title Spider-Man’s media world has gotten o...
4.5
Dredge – Somewhere, beyond the sea
Thassalophobia. The fear of deep, dark water, the unimaginable unknown beneath you. Some will never venture into the ocean due to this universally understood existential terror. For fishermen, however, t...
2.0
Tales of Symphonia – Fail of Symphonia
RPGs are possibly the most difficult genre of game to create. With their trademark immense length and scale, the unique challenge of crafting a world players will want to explore and never leave for a huge pla...