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System Shock remake (reviewed on PC)

June 30, 2023 Gerard Campbell 877 Views Challenging, Hacking, Old School, Rogue AI, System Shock

In 1994, Looking Glass Technologies introduced rogue AI Shodan to the world in the original System Shock.

Set aboard a space station in 2072, the player assumed the role of a hacker who must thwart the evil plans of Shodan, a genuinely unsettling AI who was quite terrifying.

The game was universally praised for its gameplay by critics but was only a moderate commercial success.

Fast forward to 2023 and we’ve seen the release of a remade System Shock from retro game specialist studio Nightdive Studios (Only available on PC at the moment but is coming to consoles later this year).

Gaming Game Reviews PC / Mac

Stasis Bone Totem (reviewed on PC)

June 21, 2023 Gerard Campbell 1377 Views Adventure, horror themes, indie game, Isometric, point-and-click, Survival Horror

A sequel to 2015 game Stasis, which I never played.

Stasis Bone Totem sees husband and wife oceanic salvagers Mac and Charlie O’Bannon (and robotic bear Moses) stumble across a derelict oil rig run by the Cayne Corporation.

What follows is a Lovecraftian tale that takes the main characters all the way down to an undersea complex and melds themes of an ancient alien civilisation, unnatural human experimentation and Gieger-esque visuals.

Gaming Game Reviews PC / Mac PS5

Miasma Chronicles, Review

June 16, 2023 Guy 868 Views Isometric, Mutant Year Zero, Post Apocalyptic, turn-based strategy games

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.

Gaming Game Reviews Nintendo Switch Console

Advance Wars 1+2 : Re-Boot Camp

May 25, 2023 Richard Armitt 1240 Views Advance Wars, Battle Islands, Puzzle, strategy, turn-based strategy games

Advance Wars is a poster-child franchises for Nintendo. After tough turn-based campaigns on Gameboy Advance, it’s rebuilt now for the Switch. There is no mistaking the franchise has the Hearts and Minds of older gamers.

So now would be a good time to get it into the hands of today’s Nintendo faithful. Wouldn’t it?

Gaming Game Reviews Playstation PS5

Horizon: The Burning Shores DLC, Review

May 8, 2023 Guy 1085 Views Aloy, DLC, Horizon Forbidden West, robotic machines, The Burning Shores

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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Redfall Review (XSX)

May 2, 2023 Barrie Clarke 997 Views Co-Op, FPS, Open World, Single Player, Vampire

Redfall, Massachusetts. A lovely island town with great amenities and plenty for locals and tourists alike.

Unfortunately a legion of vampires have also taken a fancy to Redfall as well. Isolating the community and blocking out the sun, our resident fang-faces are having their way with the human population.

Time for a hero, or four, to step up.

Gaming Game Reviews PC / Mac PS5 Xbox Series S Xbox Series X

Dead Island 2 Review

April 25, 2023 Richard Armitt 1130 Views Blood, Dark Humour, FPS, Gore, Melee, Zombie

Dead Island 2 doesn’t mess about, a long awaited sequel to the fondly dismembered Dead Island.

This time round you get to choose from a bunch of keen zombie slayers and make your way through the cluttered alleyways and luxury houses of L.A.

Once you’ve picked your Slayer du jour, depending on their style and skill tree, it’s clobbering time!

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Minecraft Legends Byte Size Review (XSX)

April 16, 2023 Barrie Clarke 1146 Views Minecraft, Open World, PvE, PvP

Being completely oblivious to this latest Mojang Studios release, my initial thought was of Minecraft Dungeons and how I had enjoyed that.

I entered the Legends realm with quite a positive outlook. Bring on the Piglins!

Thanks to Microsoft/Xbox for providing a copy of Minecraft Legends to me for review. I really do appreciate it.

Gaming Game Reviews PC / Mac

Everspace 2 (PC) review

April 16, 2023 Gerard Campbell 1095 Views Adventure, Everspace, Gorgeous, PC, Space Dogfight

At its heart, Everspace 2 is an arcade shooter – and I’m perfectly fine with that.

Originally funded by a crowd-funding campaign, Everspace 2 has just come out of a two year early access phase.

It describes itself as “a fast-paced single-player space shooter with deep exploration, tons of loot and classic RPG elements.” Well, it’s all of those things wrapped up in a space faring package that will scratch that space combat itch that’s been bugging you for so long.

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Mato Anomalies, PS5

March 24, 2023 Dylan Burns 903 Views card game, Dungeons, JRPG, Lite, strategy, Tactical

As someone who has, for the past five years or so, needed to come to terms with the fact that I do not have time in my life for long-winded RPGs.

Particularly JRPGs, Mato Anomalies has breezed in to scratch a very specific itch.

Gaming Game Reviews PC / Mac PS5 Switch Console Xbox Series S Xbox Series X

Dredge review: Fishing the deep, dark depths

March 24, 2023 Gerard Campbell 1248 Views Adventure, Dredge, Fishing, indie game, mini-game, Sinister, Spooky

I usually find that when I think about a game at lot when I’m not playing it.

Trying to find solutions to mysteries, mulling over exactly what did that cryptic conversation with a character mean, then I’m usually smitten with that game.

For me at the moment, that game is Dredge, a “fishing” game from a game development studio in my home town in New Zealand, that has buried itself into my mind and I can’t stop thinking about it, I can’t stop playing it.

I’m smitten with this indie gem.