Tag: Reviews
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Poly Fighter Early Access Review – Learning a Thing or Two From Every Opponent
We love beat-’em-up games like Final Fight, but we’ve never been big fans of fighting games like Street Fighter. Not because we hate them, but because all those combos can be very intimidating, and try as we might, we’ve never managed to destroy our opponents in online matches the way they can wipe the floor…
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Interview about Doodle, Please! – Drawing Outside the Lines and Letting Players Break the Rules
We spent a lot of time doodling in notebooks as kids. We remember drawing strange shapes, little characters, and whatever else came to mind. But what if those drawings could come to life, obeying the laws of physics in the process? That’s the idea behind Doodle, Please!, a charming puzzle game released for iPhone on…
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Dog in the Machine Review – Who’s a Good Boy?
In Dog in the Machine, being a good boy apparently involves throwing robots into machinery, causing explosions and making a wonderfully terrible mess. Studio Chahut’s turn-based tactical roguelite has plenty of clever ideas beneath its colourful appearance, and we’d readily recommend it to anyone who enjoys experimenting with abilities and watching elaborate plans unfold, often…
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Silver Pines Review – Disturbing Town With Plenty of Secrets
Silver Pines, developed by Wych Elm and published by Team17, combines the survival horror of classic Resident Evil games with Metroidvania exploration and a generous helping of Twin Peaks. After spending some time with the game on our PS5 Pro, we can safely say that this is an unusual but highly atmospheric and memorable game,…
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Beyond the Game: Masha Svezhentceva on Burnout, Career Uncertainty and Finding Yourself Again
After eight years in game development, Masha Svezhentceva realised that something was missing from her career. As a producer, she spent her days talking to developers, discussing milestones, resolving problems and making sure projects moved forward. Yet somewhere along the way, she began to miss the human side of those conversations. That realisation eventually led…
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Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival Review – What Is Seen Cannot Be Unseen
We went into Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival thinking about the hours we’d spent with Clive Barker’s Undying all those years ago. Silly us. We expected another story-driven horror adventure with plenty of action and a few gruesome surprises. What we got was, well, considerably worse different. After completing Saber’s latest on PS5 Pro, we’re impressed…
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Toy Story 3 Complete Edition Review – These Toys Still Have Plenty of Life Left
We can’t believe it’s been sixteen years since the original release. A decade and a half of waiting to finally return to another adventure with Woody, Buzz and Jessie. That’s what our nephews are saying, not us. Okay, it’s us. We totally couldn’t wait for this! Toy Story 3 Complete Edition brings one of the…
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Disney/Pixar Toy Story: Retro Roundup! Review – To Andy’s Room and Beyond!
We were just kids when we watched the first Toy Story movie, and over the years, we’ve enjoyed every other movie featuring Woody and Buzz. Even though we watched the later ones as grown-ups, they still managed to wake up the children in us and make us giddy all over again. We were beyond happy…
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Chickenhare and the Treasure of Spiking-Beard: An Adventure Connecting Worlds
Developed by Belgian studio N-Zone, Chickenhare and the Treasure of Spiking-Beard is an ambitious action adventure with platforming and puzzles. If you are a universe fan, the world will feel particularly familiar. The difference is that this time you get an entirely new story and mechanics designed to engage both young players and their parents.…
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Dreams of Another: Creation Through Destruction
Dreams of Another establishes itself as a deeply philosophical, artistic work, created by renowned Japanese studio Q-Games, known for innovative titles such as The Tomorrow Children and the PixelJunk series. As a third-person action-adventure game, it does not offer a conventional approach to shooting. Here, as the creators themselves say, “There is no creation without…
