Set 20 years after the Aliens 3 movie, Dark Descent focusses on Tantalus Base, where a Xenomorph outbreak has occurred.
I controlled a squad of Marines, akin to “The Commander” in XCOM from the crashed command ship, The Otago.
It has some loose similarities to XCOM, except its combat which is a Real-Time Strategy game, not turn based.
It is however a Newt free zone.
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PC Real Time Strategy (RTS) games live and die by their control system when ported to Console.
Company of Heroes 3 (CoH3) has had the gamepad or controller conversion treatment, and pleasingly I can report the experience on PS5 is excellent.
Surprisingly though, it’s actually some of Relic’s single-player design choices that has caused me concern.
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Unfortunately, as a console gamer my platforms of choice don’t equate to a plethora of games in the tactical genre space. So, when I caught wind of the upcoming Miasma Chronicles, I was a happy little tactical camper.
As soon as I started playing, I fell in love with Miasma Chronicles’ unique spin on the post-apocalypse.
25 hours later…we’re still together.
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Guest writer, Nina returns to give us the low down on Horizon Forbidden West new DLC. Horizon: The Burning Shores, and she has nice things to say.
“Horizon: The Burning Shores, Lowkey Better than Forbidden West”
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Destiny Lightfall, what to say, what to say.
Those who know the Cottage, know I’m the resident Destiny fiend. But over the latter part of 2022, new content was a tad light and I had been jonesing for some new Bungie goodness.
The ‘new goodness’ finally arrived in a new expansion Lightfall and it is overall, excellent.
So lets dive into some details, Guardian.
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In honour of season 3 of The Mandalorian, Logitech are dropping a Mando A30 headset made of pure beskar. No, not really, but they still look pretty sweet.
Custom Mandalorian graphics, beskar finish and even a Baby Yoda on the USB dongle!
“This is the way” indeed!
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I don’t do scary Movies, scary TV or scary Video Games. I just don’t enjoy them, never have…and never will?
Yes indeed, confusion abounds because I love the Dead Space franchise. The sci-fi setting, the stunning graphics and immersive in-game UI all sold me on this niche genre in 2008.
Making Dead Space an all-time fav of my Xbox 360 generation.
Its 2023 and in keeping with the current market trend, EA have seen fit to have Motive Studios “remake” Dead Space… and wow. It is very, very good.
So it should be though, as the bones the remake is built on are just as solid now, as they were 15 years ago.
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The new SteelSeries range under the “Arctis Nova” banner have had a good showing thus far at the Cottage.
But up until now its only been the wired models we have looked at, the Nova 7 changes that. Wireless headsets are a complex beast.
But, there is noting to be worried about here, as the SteelSeries pedigree continues with a very solid set of cans.
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Guest writer Nina, returns to the fray with a detailed looks at this Indie Portal wannabe, The Entropy Centre.
I need to come clean: I am an absolute diehard Portal fan. Proof of this can be found in one of my earliest Koru-Cottage pieces, where I essentially spent a paragraph riffing about how Portal 2 was one of the best narrative experiences I’ve ever had.
The announcement of The Entropy Centre, developed by indie dev Stubby Games, reawakened that Portal-shaped spark in my gamer heart that had been dormant for years.
But when I was given the chance to review it, I became apprehensive.
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Gotham Knights, oh, how the mighty have fallen. WB Games in conjunction with the geniuses at Rocksteady Games crafted the best super hero games ever made.
The Batman Arkham games revolutionised 3rd person brawler games and still hold up today. However, with Rocksteady moving onto a new I.P and WB Montreal now taking up the “Batman Universe” games, we have as a result received Gotham Knights.
And Oh…how the mighty have fallen.
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I am a massive Rally Motorsport fan, both IRL and in video games.
Colin McRae Rally on the PSOne is still one of my all-time favourite video games. In recent years, Rally fans have only had two IPs to choose from. ‘Dirt’ from Codemasters and the official “WRC” titles from Kylotonn (KT) Games.
But with EA swallowing up Codemasters last year, and then taking the “WRC” licence from Kylotonn from 2023 onwards. 2022s WRC Generations is the last outing for the WRC franchise under KT. So, how did their WRC swansong stack up?
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