Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes review
You know Suda51, of course. The self-styled punk developer of Tokyo's Grasshopper Manufacture, Goichi Suda's been the driving force behind offbeat classics such as...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – A polished, pulsating battle...
One of my favorite things to do in Blackout, Call of Duty's take on battle royale, is to crash through windows. I know it...
Return of the Obra Dinn Review
"You can't stir things apart," says Thomasina, the brilliant teenage mathematician and physicist in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Thomasina is talking, I think, about entropy,...
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales review
I had concerns about Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. What worried me most was the story. It's the most important thing; the premise the game...
Soulcalibur 6 Review – A return to form that’s not without...
My fondest memories of Soulcalibur, the long-running 3D fighting game from Bandai Namco, are playing on Sega's Dreamcast and Nintendo's GameCube, parrying until I...
The Missing review – clumsy platformer redeemed by its stunning design...
J.J.'s broken her neck again.
There's a horrible crunch when it happens. I'm still not used to it, not even now,...
Football Manager 2019 review – rare blip in form for a...
Sometimes - and I promise it's never for very long - I wonder why I like Football Manager. It's tempting to draw the easy...
Onimusha Warlords review – An aging Samurai classic returns
A slightly dated reintroduction to one of Capcom's hack-and-slash greats.
I'm only going to say this once, just to experience what typing these words feels...
The Jackbox Party Pack 5 review
The pizzas are in the oven. The beers are fresh out of the fridge. Some of us have even remembered to charge our phones....
Grip: Combat Racing review – unrefined tribute to cult racer Rollcage
It's a marvel of modern video game economics that 'spiritual successors' have gone from game-forum daydreams to a viable cottage industry.
Fuelled by crowdfunding...
The Quiet Man review – A juvenile, incompetent embarrassment
It's hard to know where to start with this misbegotten game, a short interactive drama with a deaf protagonist and live-action sequences that succeeds...
Hitman 2 review – A surgical to the point of slender...
In a characteristically indirect show of political engagement, I spent much of this week's US mid-term elections wandering around Whittleton Creek, Hitman 2's idyllic...
Spyro Reignited Trilogy review – a gorgeous remaster that’s perhaps a...
It's 9 o'clock on a Sunday evening, and after what feels like hours of grinding, I'm seconds from throwing down my controller in absolute...
Pokmon Let’s Go review – An Assured Balancing Act for Fans...
Over time, Pokmon games have developed themselves into a bit of a conundrum. These are family games, bright and inviting and unquestionably filled with...
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