I didn’t think I could possibly be scared of Alien Isolation when played on a small screen. Yet there I sat, in bed, in the dark, creeping along corridors leaning around corners finding myself face to face with the Xenomorph. ...
When I received the code for Hexagroove: Tactical DJ from Ichigoichie, the developer wanted to set my expectations by stating "Hexagroove is not a traditional rhythm game, but more of an RTS with musical underpinnings." I can see why they ...
What do indie developers have against fruit? Were their childhoods ruined by biting into maggot-infested apples or bananas that weren’t quite ripe? Usually we’re chopping them up like ninjas or matching them in trios until they pop with an addictive ...
Riffing off other games is something this industry can be known for. Sometimes they become outright rip-offs made for money, other times they’re passionate projects which pay homage to something inspiring and brilliant. Close to the Sun, thankfully, falls on ...
RAD is a wasteland. The core world is a degenerating expanse of toxins, radioactivity, and mutants. Civilisation waits behind a wall in the hope that one day they can live beyond this self-imposed quarantine. In order to achieve a foothold ...
As a roguelike style first-person shooter, Polygod shows some very interesting ideas. The mystique which surrounds your avatar and the occupants of the polygonal world is intriguing and the complex balancing act of upgrades is inspiring. However, it’s all buried ...
My first experience of Contra was quite late in the lifespan of the series. I was watching GamesMaster and they were competitively playing Super Probotector which I knew one of my friends owned. We’d never played it together, always favoring ...
I consider myself to be a relatively intelligent person - although I’m not quite sure what it's relative to. I’ve been playing games and specifically card-based games for years and years. I’ve learned intricacies within different systems, how they work ...
It was a moment I’d personally awaited for a long time. Much like other fans across the world, we not only wanted a great Pokémon movie but just a great videogame movie in general. Signs were good on the run-up ...
Harking back to glory days of platforming adventure seems to be a trend in games that will be going nowhere fast. Not that it’s really an issue as most developers are hitting a sweet spot where retro meets modern for ...