The Good:A couple of clever puzzles; single music track somehow avoids being repetitive. The Bad:No story to speak of, just an introduction and predictable ending; graphics are bland; streamlined navigation limits exploration; puzzles are so easy you can [...]
Let’s face the facts: giant fighting robots are just cool. I’ve always had a fascination with mechas, and a large part of this is due to the Mobile Suit Gundam series. I have vivid memories of watching one of its many incarnations as a kid, and since then [...]
Every seven days, Destiny 2’s weekly reset changes a bunch of variables within the game, from the activities on offer to the rewards available to the items on sale in shops. This week’s Nightfall Strike, Exodus Crash, is set in Arcadian [...]
Etrian Odyssey 5: Beyond the Myth does a number of unusual things, but perhaps nothing about it is so remarkable as the way it showcases the strange duality of the 3DS’s twilight days. On one hand, the platform is largely propped up by all-ages titles [...]
PROS Ultra-solid driving with incredible depth of handling nuance The cars look beautiful, especially glass effects Online mode feels carefully curated and important CONS Completely clams up if the internet connection goes down Weak crashes and familiar, [...]
PROS Stays true to the essence of the comic books in all the right ways A harmonious mix of open-ended gameplay and arcade-like combat CONS Fails to iron out the gameplay wonks of the original The story and visuals start to show their age the more you [...]
War is hell. But sometimes the view is spectacular. One of the most memorable things about Rogue Trooper first time round, on PS2 and Xbox in 2006, was its beautifully realised prog-rock skybox, a gorgeous, pulsing black hole haloed by sparkling particles [...]
Something had to give. After Gran Turismo 6, a wild, vast and maddeningly uneven game that whisked players from West Sussex to the moon and back in its eccentric hymn to the automobile, developer Polyphony Digital had to try a different tack. The result, [...]
