Category Archive: Reviews

Our thoughts and feelings on a wide variety of games.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Review

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a love story.  It’s totally in love with a period of time we like to call ‘the 80s’.  If the directors of Predator, Robocop, Terminator and Commando got together and made a Duke Nukem film then Blood Dragon would be the game of that film.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Wii U Review

The Wii U launched with the promise of renewed interest in online play from Nintendo. Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, then, is an ideal litmus test for how well this has been realised in the hardware, but is also one of the first major cross-platform games to show that Nintendo’s latest console is …

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Skylanders Giants Wii U Review

Activision’s sequel to the mega-successful Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure has been out for a while now, but the Wii U version was a scarce box to find on store shelves at the time.  Recently, I managed to get hold of the game, packed with its 3 Skylanders figures  including one of the new giant figures, to see …

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Paper Mario Sticker Star Review

Paper Mario is probably the only series where the phrase ‘paper thin’ is a good thing, but does the latest 3DS title, Sticker Star, live up to the expectations of the series?

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Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken PS Vita Review

When dictator-led penguins take over the world there really is only one solution to the problem; send in the chicken.  At least that’s the plan in Ratloop’s Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken on PS3 and Vita.

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Review

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It’s time for Metal Gear to try something a bit different, over the top hack ‘n slash action, developed between Konami and Platinum Games is it a worthy entry into Metal Gear history? 

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Aliens Colonial Marines Review

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Less than half the development cycle of Duke Nukem Forever. Gearbox Software puts the boot into the Xeno’s, yet, its more like a boot up the arse to the consumers…

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DmC Devil May Cry Review

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Version Played: PC (Using an Xbox 360 controller). From a first time Devil May Cry player. Devil May Cry is a series I’ve never been too interested in, I could go further and say it’s an entire genre of games I’ve never been too interested in but something about DmC caught my attention. With so …

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Tank! Tank! Tank! Review

Some games revel in their complicated setups, characters with a hidden past, surprise twists in the storyline.  Not Namco Bandai’s Tank! Tank! Tank! The title alone tells you pretty much all you need to know about this game.  It’s loud, it has a shed load of tanks and it’s not afraid to use exclamation marks …

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Far Cry 3 Review

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Ever had a dream where you would skydive out of a plane to the wonderful island below with your friends and loved ones? Well, if you’re on Rook Island, you may change your mind. Far Cry 3′s Rook Island is full of mystery and down-right weird for outsiders. The island also has its share of …

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