Video Game Reviews

Grind for materials and build a fortress to protect your little pile of dirt in PUNKCAKE Délicieux's Scavenger of Dunomini!

Battle Brothers has finally brought its turn-based tactics to the Xbox, and it's an almost perfect port, only held back by some controller and UI decisions. I've made my thoughts on Battle Brothers well known over the last few years, having…

It’s quite satisfying though, as the attacks themselves feel suitably meaty, especially when you trigger a weapon’s special effect. Seeing your foe’s limbs go flying after you’ve parried an attack, delivered a swift kick, and then finished…

The problem though is that Popslinger just isn’t that much fun to play. As enjoyable as the soundtrack is, with its combination of funk and more modern dance music, without enjoyable gameplay you’re not going to have a great time.

Apart from the intricate, almost complicated lore associated with Warhammer and its various splinter stories; its known for legendary battles between its various factions. Tempestfall throws you in fairly quickly and its key to note that…

Created by one man, and drawing inspiration from the landscapes and folk mythology of Norway, Northern Journey has a startlingly cohesive atmosphere and feel.

Starting out with a simple pistol, it’s not long before you can pick up more weapons. You can go akimbo at any time with nearly any weapon but you are likely sacrificing accuracy with rifles if you try wielding them in one hand.

In Wartales, an early access release from Shiro Games, the player guides a small mercenary company from humble beginnings to, hopefully, wealth and glory. Procedurally generated quests and turn-based combat blend with set narrative content…

It’s been several years since the last large DLC pack for Nicalis’ legendary roguelike, The Binding of Isaac. Nonetheless, our persecuted hero is back for more in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, which is without doubt one of the biggest…

The Captain’s gone a little space crazy. Firstly changing his name to Toonhead whilst converting a TV screen into a space helmet as part of his ensemble. Turning his weakness to strength, Toonhead creates his own weapons and contraptions to…

After having a bizarre murder-cow infested dream that acts as a tutorial, you wake up in your apartment with a guide to working at the titular Happy’s Humble Burger Farm, your new source of employment. You’re instructed to pick up a…

A tsunami destroyed your home and submerged all land far beyond where the eye can see; There's only one choice, you and your buddies must search for land — as Trash Sailors — and survive off the debris from before. Cooperative games come in…

Transient is one of those games that, on paper, that I should love. It’s an old-style adventure game; along the lines of Myst. You explore, poke around areas, and solve puzzles. It’s a synthesis of Lovecraft and Cyberpunk, both narratively…

In the years since classic, fixed-camera survival horror games like Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil were popular, there have been many attempts to capture the same “essence” almost all of which have failed. Tormented Souls, however,…

Long after society as we know it has ended, people start to appear from the world below. Unexpectedly it's been really unremarkable down there, and nature has done a great job of healing. Before We Leave is a city/colony building game that…

Pronty: Fishy Adventure is a brand new metroidvania in the vein of Hollow Knight, except everything is underwater and Bioshock vibes abound.

Mechajammer's Calitana is a grungy world stuffed with the dregs of a crime-ridden society. The only things scrubbing away at the grime is the unsustainable cycle of corruption and death, that and the fires from the open rioting and fighting…

A long, long time ago, I got the chance to play a demo of I Am Fish, and was quite interested in the game when it came out. It has finally made its way onto my Xbox, as part of Xbox Games Pass, so I have had my chance to play as a fish,…

In this colourful shoot 'em up, decide which pilots will join in during the mission to defend three different planets from Abandonware.

To preface: I have very limited experience with Sherlock Holmes. I have seen BBC's modern series, and thought it was kind of terrible. Vague memories of Jeremy Brett's take on Holmes linger in my mind, as a whip smart, vaguely fading…