PC Reviews
The Bridge Review
The Bridge is brilliant. I mean that in the sense of A Brilliant Mind or “the brilliant quantum physicist …” It’s a puzzle [...]
Impire Review
Impire is not Dungeon Keeper. This is an important distinction to make, because Impire looks like Dungeon Keeper, smells like Dungeon Keeper, and [...]
Aliens: Colonial Marines Review
You can’t stay here. You know you can’t stay here. A sound outside the door, echoing down the spacecraft’s hallways, tells you it’s [...]
Dead Space 3 Review
Dead Space 3 only has one real, fundamental problem, but it’s a big one, and it’s one that vastly exacerbates the smaller annoyances [...]
Special Forces: Team X Review
Sometimes, you really want to know the full story behind a publishing deal. How did Zombie Studios, creators of the well-regarded, free-to-play shooter [...]
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon – Enhanced Edition Review
I like Ace Combat: Assault Horizon – Enhanced Edition, I really do (and no, I’m never calling it that again). The problem is [...]
Omerta: City of Gangsters Review
It’s to Omerta: City of Gangster’s slight misfortune that its been released just as I’ve been playing through Firaxis’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The [...]
The Cave Review
Sigh. The Cave, Double Fine’s latest, isn’t a bad game. It’s also not a particularly good game. And thanks to the high expectations [...]
DmC: Devil May Cry Review
The oddest complaint I’ve heard about Ninja Theory’s luminescent Devil May Cry reboot is that the new Dante is “angsty”. Angsty? Really? I [...]
Strike Suit Zero review
Born Ready Studios successfully completed their Kickstarter campaign to raise the final funds to get Strike Suit Zero done and dusted, but was [...]
The War Z Review
Oh boy. Some context: in 2012, a mod designed by Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall for the 2009 military sim Arma II was released. It [...]
Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt review
I finally hit level 50. It took me awhile. Borderlands 2 came out four months ago (a lengthy stint, in this now-obsessed industry) [...]
Drox Operative Review
Of all the action-RPGs I played in 2012, Drox Operative was by far the most interesting. Since those twelve months also saw the [...]
Seduce Me Review
Seduce Me is an erotic game. Let’s get that out of the way, for three reasons. Firstly: if you’re a kiddywink or find [...]
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles review
Back in the dark days of history – well, okay, 2011 – a comic-fantasy point-and-click adventure called The Book of Unwritten Tales was [...]
Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials DLC review
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been having a hard time waiting for the Dishonored DLC. It all sounds so promising – [...]
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition Review
This is perhaps the first time I’ve reviewed a 14-year old game without writing it as a retrospective, so I’ve decided that there [...]
Far Cry 3 Review
In lieu of starting this article properly I’m just going to selectively quote my notes, which were written on the back of a [...]
Hitman: Absolution Review
Hitman: Absolution is a game that will polarise Hitman fans. The series has been on hiatus for more than six years, a period [...]
F1 Race Stars Review – Searching for the right line
Much like a driver wrestling with the wheel, finding themselves pulled off course by the weight and momentum of their own vehicle, F1 [...]
