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Big Rumble Boxing Creed Champions — Champ or Chump
If you go into it with the right level of expectation; players will find an arcade fighter, great use of a licence and some fun (if not long lasting) one on one competition.
Bristol 1350 sees you avoiding the plague and getting out of town!
When it comes to plagues, I feel that everyone now has had enough experience to understand how illness can be quickly spread and that it's something to be avoided. In Bristol 1350, you are put back into medieval times with a simple goal of…
HTC Vive Flow — Bite-sized VR Experiences, that you can fit in your pocket
The whole world is changing, technology is getting more advanced and smaller, each and every day. VR is not any different — and I got the chance to get my hands on a preview version of the HTC Vive Flow: a VR that’s quite small, and focuses…
Sprocket — The Sandbox Tank Simulator
The popularity of MMO-wargames such as World of Tanks and War Thunder has raised interest in military history since the 2010s. Both games still enjoy substantial popularity, but their niche is still very much underserved even now. This is…
The Forgotten City — This Mod Loops
Forgotten City takes you for a ride, but it's a ride that adapts to the player's pace. Some of its best moments are better left unspoiled. So, there’s going to be a lot of ambiguity throughout this review. Forgotten City serves an adventure…
Timberborn challenges you to build a beaver society in a post-human world.
The humans are either dead or gone and you won't be surprised to hear that they went out with a bang. In a world littered with the ruins of humanity and the dry wastes that used to be plentiful plains, Timberborn is about beavers giving…
Western Legends is more than simple redemption
Most gamers will be aware of the fantastic Rockstar Games’ western; Red Dead Redemption II — but the story of Arthur Morgan and his gang wasn’t the only wild west tale to be told in 2018. Around the same time, board game fans were doffing…
Hanabi Deluxe: What a Show! — the definitive edition of an evergreen classic?
The idea of taking a classic game and remaking it isn't new in either video games or board games, but few games have had the amount of makeovers as Aintoine Bauza's 2010 classic, Hanabi. This cooperative game about making a wonderful…
Cloud Gardens has you balancing plants and junk into diaromas
Post-apocalyptic worlds are notoriously strewn with loads of junk, often surrounded by vibrant plants that have overcome the trash and continue to repopulate an otherwise empty world. Often, this sort of setting lends itself well to horror…
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos is a serious TRPG with a silly script
Whenever I hear about a videogame that sets out to be funny, I immediately think of the warning signs. Bad jokes, often in bad taste, and awful writing are typical of what I’ve come to expect from games, and in most cases, such games don’t…
Mech Mechanic Simulator — Time to mech something of yourself
The premise of the game is fairly similar to the likes of Car Mechanic Simulator and PC Building Simulator, in which you run a business repairing mechs to earn money which allows you to buy upgrades and carry out more complex repairs.…
Kameloot — Sell your wares and steal other’s items too
Ahh, the life of a medieval merchant. When it comes to running your own shop stall in a tavern, you’ll want to earn as many coins as possible. Sometimes, you might even want to change location so that you can get a better deal on your…
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is more Cameron than Scott, but it still hits the mark
It’s a sad truth that most games based on the Alien universe are rubbish — just like the majority of the films. Yes, this wonderful intellectual property has spawned more lumpy, unattractive little horrors than any xenomorph queen ever has,…
SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton Rising has you work as a team to save the Krabby Patty recipe
Plankton is at it again, in the board game SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton Rising — where he is attempting to overthrow the Krusty Krab through annoying customers out of the building and stealing the Secret Formula! This game is a…
Troy Mythos: A Total War Saga — Refreshed and ready to play
Tighten your loincloth! Lace up those sandals and pick up that spear! And get ready to run for the hills! It’s time for some ancient Bronze Age warfare in Troy Mythos.
World Box is a high fantasy, chaos simulator sandbox
Want to drop nukes on elves, or level a volcano with a meteorite? World Box has you covered. Titled on Steam as a God Simulator, World Box exists in an interesting space. You can play an active role in your planet's human life, tweaking…
WRC (10) is the FIFA of the motorsport genre, but does this iterative step make for a definitive…
For more than twenty years now, I’ve loved rally games. Whether I go back to the seminal experience of Colin McRae Rally, or consider the likes of Richard Burns Rally, Rallisport Challenge and the Dirt: Rally series, I’ve always been keen…
Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion — A mystery worth solving
When I was a child, I loved Scooby-Doo. I didn’t understand why everyone was pretending to be monsters or how they pulled off their disguise to do crimes, nor did I understand really much of what was going on, but I loved Scooby-Doo and the…
Roll Player (with Monsters and Minions + Fiends and Familiars) review — Step forward adventurer
Roll Player focuses purely on creating optimal characters based on a randomly chosen class, alignment and back story.
Thea 2: The Shattering makes its case on Nintendo Switch
When I first played it on — I think the Xbox One — Thea: The Awakening rapidly became one of my favorite games. I played it so much, for so long, that I think I saw just about everything that it had to offer, and when Thea 2: The Shattering…