Well isn’t this bloody brilliant. Trying to review a fighter is like trying to stop speeding train with your elbows. Usually with fighters the plot is non-existent or so underdeveloped aborting the little bastard wouldn’t cause a fuss. This means not having any story arc or character development to review which cuts down the playing time but also cuts down the amount... (more...)
Back to the Future: The Game Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games Platforms: PC, PS3, Wii, iOS Release Date: December 22, 2010 You know I’m beginning to feel like the only rational human being. When I heard that ‘Telltale’ were creating a game adaptation of the well-loved franchise ‘Back to the Future’, I didn’t jump out of my seat and thank... (more...)
A Valley Without Wind Developer: Arcen Games Publisher: Arcen Games Platforms: PC Release Date: 04.24.2012 A Valley Without Wind, created by Arcen Games, is an action platformer with an emphasis on exploration and collection that possesses deceptively deep RPG elements. It’s difficult to nail down exactly what genre AVWW falls under as it incorporates some... (more...)
MacGuffin’s Curse is a game developed by Brawesome. I explored one of their previous games, Jolly Rover, and I had a lot of high praises to sing about that game. In fact, after playing that game, I was really looking forward to this one. Jolly Rover was a fun point and click adventure game with clever writing and fun puzzles. If you haven’t played it yet, you... (more...)
World of Battles: Morningstar is a tactical RTS game in the same vein as the Total War series. You assemble an army to do battle with other well worn fantasy tropes for gold to upgrade your armies’ equipment or purchase additional unit types and XP to level up your Leader and open up new gameplay possibilities. You have the option of selecting your faction from... (more...)
Jolly Rover PC Review, It’s Jolly Good! A couple of questions might be in order right now. Ok, really just one. That question may be “What is Jolly Rover?” And the question only becomes more intriguing when it’s an indie game that people might have missed a couple of years back. Jolly Rover is a point and click adventure game made by Brawesome,... (more...)
Legend of Grimrock, by Almost Human, brings back a style of gameplay we haven’t seen in ages and reminds us that gameplay mechanics of old still work and can stand proud among today’s RPGs. With fond memories of Eye of the Beholder and Dungeon Master, I make sure that the family is asleep, put out the lights and begin my journey. Legend of Grimrock awaits. Legend... (more...)
Coloropus is a vibrant adventure game and physics based puzzler. You play as an octopus separated from his lady love. In order to find and rescue her you must progress through the underwater areas, absorbing and combining colors to overcome various environmental challenges. For example, if a red fish is greedily eating up all your necessary blue pellets, you can... (more...)
....the sign is too damn long! Poacher is a FREE!!! Downloadable 2D shooter/puzzle game. You control shotgun-wielding Yorkshire man Derek Badger as he falls into and explores a large and mystical world. But more importantly, it’s created by internet celebrity and video game critic Benjamin “Yahtzee” Croshaw, so that gives me the chance to call him on things and... (more...)
RE: ORC (I’m too lazy to write it all) is a third-person shooter taking place in the Resident Evil universe, obviously. You play one of several operatives tasked with certain missions to…do something…I don’t know/care. A Brief Briefing Should I have gotten up to date with the setting and back-story of Resident Evil? Because I had NO idea why I was doing anything! Characters... (more...)
For those of you keeping track, I’ve stopped using Blip.TV. Why? Because it won’t upload any of my videos. So, I’ve crawled back to YouTube, at least for now. realMyst: Interactive 3D Edition is a remake of Myst released in November 2000 for Windows PCs, and in January 2002 for Mac. AKPC_IDS += "4976,"; Read More →
What the hell kind of ending was that?! Oh woops, sorry, I forgot to make an intro. Mass Effect 3 is the final installment in Bioware’s epic science-fiction trilogy. Commader Shepard is tasked with rallying troops from all over the galaxy to stop ‘The Reapers’; a race of ancient sentient machines that ‘harvest’ life every 50,000 years. Since Mass Effect 2... (more...)
Alan Wake, created by Remedy, is a third person action game, psychological thriller and love letter to the early works of Stephen King. You play as the titular Alan Wake, a famous horror writer who, along with his wife Alice, leaves New York City to vacation in the rural American Northwestern town of Bright Falls in hopes that it will alleviate his writers block. However,... (more...)
Deep Black Reloaded, created by BiArt, is a cover based third person shooter with an emphasis on underwater combat. You play as a Special Ops agent sent in to investigate some possible terrorist activity on the high seas. When you begin the game you are quickly given some exposition about who you are and what your doing, but it’s given in a rather sophmoric tone.... (more...)
While not all indie games are going to be masterpieces and it can take a bit to actually find games that are true gems without it already being popular, I think it’s safe to say that Out There Somewhere, a game developed by MiniBoss, is a game that you don’t want to miss out. I’m not sure if it will take off, but this is one of the most cleverest and... (more...)
The Path, created by Tale of Tales, is a deeply engrossing and haunting retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale told through brilliant abstract imagery, an ingeniously crafted soundscape and a prying look into the darker side of human nature and the perils faced by a girl on her journey toward adulthood. The adventure begins inside the home of the Sisters... (more...)
Dear Esther is a morose interactive storybook which was originally a Half-Life 2 mod and now returns several years later as a retail release powered by the optimized Source engine used in Portal 2. Dear Esther is gorgerous. There will no doubt be controversy as to whether it is a good game and the case could even be made that it isn’t even a game at all, but... (more...)
