It’s hard to believe that Dynasty Warriors is a series which is now over twenty years old. Sure, that could be a testament to the series and how well it has done, or that I am just old. Spoilers, I am just old AND the…
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The Quiet Man, ironically, caused a lot of verbal outcry upon its release back in November from the media and gamers who chose to pick up this eagerly anticipated PC and PS4 exclusive. Upon launch, the game was a strange, confusing, and bizarre experiment which…
As a rather surprising turn of events, Gaming Minds Studios have moved on from the Americas and delivered a DLC for Railway Empire which I’ve been eagerly awaiting since playing the game almost 12 months ago – Railway Empire: Great Britain & Ireland! Being from…
In October 2018, Gaming Minds Studios gave us their third piece of DLC for Railway Empire, Railway Empire: Crossing the Andes. This was the final piece of ‘known’ content coming to the resource management sim which was highlighted in the roadmap they shared with us six…
Gaming Minds Studios are back with another DLC add-on for their very popular game, Railway Empire, only this time we see ourselves not in the United States but further North within Canada. Complete with a new scenario, map, engines, goods, and even weather system, Railway Empire:…
Where do I begin with GRIS, the first title developed by Nomada Studios? Every once in a while you come across a game that is so mesmerising and impactful that you’re left in complete awe and disbelief. The last game that hit me this hard…
Back in October a new Rollercoaster Tycoon game came out exclusively for the PlayStation 4 here in the UK, called Rollercoaster Tycoon Joyride – was anyone aware of this? I wasn’t until I received an email asking if I would like to review the game as it…
The original Cook, Serve, Delicious has been out for a while now on a number of different platforms. It’s a game in which you run a fast food establishment within a popular building and must supply the customers with their orders as fast as possible throughout…
Strap yourselves in and make sure you have your headphones on as I don’t think you’re quite ready for the adrenaline thrill ride that is Aaero. It’s all about the music, the feeling of energy coursing through your veins, the beats pumping in your skull…
The award for the craziest game I’ve played in 2018 goes to… Nippon Marathon! I can’t think of any other game I’ve played where you get the chance to ride shopping trollies, race against lobsters and narwhals, become an old man dressed in a Sailor…
This year has been amazing for fans of the last generation’s popular RPG games. The year opened with a great remaster of Star Ocean: The Last hope, brilliantly brought to us in resolutions up to a full 2160p at 60 frames per second. A few weeks…
Have you ever wanted to experience what it would feel like if you could explore a creepy old mansion full of steam-punk like devices as you lifted up objects with a Sonic Screwdriver? If so, then you’re in luck! Torn is a VR puzzle adventure game, from Aspyr,…
I love my PSVR headset. Some of the experiences and games you can get are pretty crazy and wouldn’t be possible without this immersive technology. One such experience, which I didn’t realise I wanted until I played it, is escaping from prison, a prison which…
Artifex Mundi is back with another one of their Hidden Object Games (HOGs) on the PlayStation 4, developed by Brave Giant. This time though, it’s not a game which is part of a trilogy, unlike most of their games prior to this one. Noir Chronicles: City…
What was your most anticipated game this quarter? Did it involve plumbers and yoga instructors beating each other up, riding around on a horse, venturing out into the vast wastelands alone, or maybe you couldn’t wait to place coloured shapes into a grid as they…
I grew up playing Point and Click adventure games on consoles, a genre I really love. However, there was a drought of them for a long time on consoles, I don’t believe this was the case with PC but I was never a big PC…
Every now and again a game or experience on the PSVR comes along and initially blows my mind. I become hooked to the universe, the mechanics, and the story so much that I can’t stop playing until I see the end credits roll without taking my…
Now that all five episodes have been released for The Council, I think it’s only right that I come back and take a final look at the nine-month journey Big Bad Wolf have taken us on. This rather unique blend of RPG, Narrative, and Adventure…
We’ve reached the end of our nine-month adventure, an adventure that started back in March this year and had us constantly awaiting the next instalment with excitement and intrigue. I don’t think I’ve ever awaited the next chapter in an episodic game as much as…
Figment, much like Danish developer Bedtime Digital Games’ previous title, Back to Bed, is set in a surreal dreamy landscape and whereas Back to Bed tackled the theme of narcolepsy, Figment wrestles with how the human mind copes with trauma, in a unique and beautifully crafted…
I grew up in the 1980s/90s, back when point and click games were a popular genre for game developers. I always enjoyed this style of game because they could last a very long time if you got stuck, as there were no internet guides or…
I’m almost certain that I’m on record saying I’m not the biggest fan of ‘Roguelike’ games. I have a hard time enjoying a game in which I know that the core gameplay is that I will die, a whole lot, and have to re-start from…
There are very few games out there that would suit a rhythmic game based on their soundtrack. The Persona franchise is perfect for this immortalisation as their soundtracks have all been incredibly memorable and so catchy you’ll find yourself humming and singing them long after…
During the Xbox 360 and PS3 era, we had a lot of JRPGs which went above and beyond by delivering us tens, or even hundreds, of hours of engaging stories around some rather interesting mechanics. This generation we’ve had a few, but most publishers seem…
Certain genres I try and stay away from as they frustrate and annoy me to the point where I know for a fact that I won’t finish them and come to an honest conclusion for my reviews. However, every now and again I spot a…
Darksiders is a franchise which everyone has heard of yet a lot of people haven’t really taken the time to try out yet, which is a shame as it’s an interesting set of games. Not only were Darksiders I and II released on the previous gen,…
I really don’t like stealth games as I’m not very good at them. I bought the original Hitman Season One when it came out on the PS4 and I think I played about an hour or two before deciding the game wasn’t for me. However,…
Picture the scene… it’s a boring Tuesday at work. You’re taking a short break and think to yourself “you know what would really shake off the monotony, a nice zombie apocalypse.” Just think, that old hag that gives you hassle every day, you could take…
H.P. Lovecraft fans are getting double the fan service at this time of year! First, we had the creepy and atmospheric Call of Cthulhu from Cyanide Studios and now we have Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics from developer Auroch Digital and publisher Ripstone. However, Call of Cthulhu was…
Breakfast is the best meal of the day PERIOD. I will never say no to a fried egg sandwich with pepper jack cheese, maple sausage and on a toasted Everything Bagel with cream cheese. They say that breakfast is also the most important part of…
Melbits World, from the aptly named Melbot Studios, is one of the latest PlayLink titles on the PS4 and mobile devices. Just like the previous PlayLink titles, all the action takes place on your TV screen with up to four players joining in via their mobile…
Hoping to jump on the momentum of the amazing success of the Crash Bandicoot N’Sane Trilogy remakes, Activision is back with another classic trilogy that has received a full remake from the ground up, this time it’s our loveable purple dragon. The Spyro Reignited Trilogy…
I’ve been sent a rather interesting new card game to take a look at from our friends at FusionPlay, the developers behind Konrad the Kitten which we reviewed earlier this year. It’s the world’s first mobile NFC card game which is a combination of physical…
I’m not a fan of camping. My list of strengths doesn’t include the ability to hunt, fish or other essential survival techniques. So, if I were to take on the role of “The Forest” protagonist Eric LeBlanc, I would last a maximum of 24 hours.…
We’ve seen lots of different top-down shooters this generation, some good, some bad. The common mechanic/genre which a lot of developers love to mix with their top-down shmups is the bullet-hell genre – where you’ll spend most of your time ducking in and out of the…
Blizzard Entertainment is one of those companies that just always get it ‘right’. Between every one of their franchises, they are constantly putting out games which basically prints money for them! Over the past few years, they have seen great success with Overwatch and games…
Survios released one of my favourite PSVR games of 2017, Raw Data, a game where you chose from four classes and fend off evil robots as you protected a device from destruction in First-Person VR. This time around we have something completely different, Creed: Rise to Glory…
Dooo do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do; do do, do do do; daaaaaa… If you’ve just instinctively sung one of the most infamous tunes from the original Tetris game on the Gameboy, you’re in for a treat! Tetris has…
Your dungeon master stares you in the eye and asks are you absolutely sure if you want to continue past the heavily scratched door. For the last hour, you have trekked through a long corridor dungeon, and while the loot was great, you had no…
“What would you do if today is your last day to live?” I think that’s the question that we find ourselves asking as we progress through this thing we call life. The idea of death is terrifying for some, “What’s after this?”, “Will My family…
Transpose is an innovative puzzle game from Secret Location, the team behind the brilliant Blasters of the Universe, which I reviewed a while ago. However, instead of creating another stationary wave-based shooter, the developers have created the most unique and challenging puzzle game I’ve seen so…
FMV games were the ‘future of gaming’ back in the 1990s with the advent of the Mega-CD, although those games never got very far due to their ‘Full-motion video’ very rarely being ‘full-screen’! PC Gaming took it a step further with games that incorporated FMV…
Castlevania Requiem was brought here by humans who wished to pay the series tribute. Tribute, by stealing men’s souls and making them fans. Perhaps the same could be said of all game series’? Mankind needs a Castlevania on The PlayStation 4 such as Symphony of…
I was first introduced to Hello Neighbor many years ago when all the YouTubers were playing it pretty much all the time via the free Alpha version from the developer’s website. Since then, it’s been Greenlit, Kickstarted, Published, put into the Xbox Early Access program,…
If I was to ask you to name one genre which hasn’t really had much exposure on current consoles, I imagine a lot of people would say the RTS genre. Sure, we’ve had Halo Wars and Sudden Strike 4, but we’ve not had a lot – why?…
The LEGO games have been slowly declining in quality over the years, which is a shame as I loved playing these last gen. With each new game to the franchise came new innovations, new mechanics, and new issues which weren’t seen previously. Thankfully, LEGO DC Super-Villains…
H.P. Lovecraft is a name we all know due to his stories and creations being the basis of most modern horror films and games. His most popular creation was his stories around the Cthulhu Mythos and how these unforeseen events and creatures could turn a…
Aksys Games are one of the most underrated game publishers in my opinion. They have helped localise and bring quite a few unique and unusual Japanese games to western audiences and they published my GOTY last year, Tokyo Xanadu eX+ (which is now available to download on…
If you, or a loved one, loves casually solving puzzles yet you’ve already completed all of the previous releases from Lightwood Games – Don’t worry! They’ve brought us yet another cross-buy, triple-platinum puzzle game for us to work our way through on the PlayStation 4…
‘Tis the time of year where we torture ourselves by sticking on a scary movie or start playing that game you’ve heard was a spooky one but never got around to playing. I personally don’t mind thrillers and psychological horrors, when playing a game, but horror/intense games…
They say to never judge a book by its cover, and that is exactly what I did when I saw the Yomawari games for the first time. On their exterior, Yomawari Night Alone and Midnight Shadows look cute. I even thought to myself, “How can…
Gather up your friends because the wacky minds at Jackbox Games are back with the newest instalment of their party games, The Jackbox Party Pack 5! The Jackbox Party Pack 5 is a series of minigames where players battle against each other in a wild…
Does anyone remember the infamous Sim Tower game? Personally, I never played that but I did play Smooth Operator which has a similar concept, only your building and running a call centre rather than a commercial tower. Well, Project Highrise: Architect’s Edition is basically your…
Drifting onto PlayStation 4 is Nickelodeon Kart Racers! Featuring characters and stages themed from popular Nickelodeon cartoons, players will race to the finish line, while using power-ups to boost and knock out their rivals. Does it get the gold cup or disqualifies? Let’s check it…
Anyone remember Cube? The rather exciting and unusual film from 1997 about a group of people stuck in a labyrinth of cube-shaped prisons which moved around as they tried to escape, each one filled with rather elaborate traps and even a hint of time travel…
The Grand Museum VR, from Owlgorithm, isn’t a game, as such, it’s an experience. Although, it’s one of the few ‘experiences’ which comes with its own set of trophies on PSN as experiences usually don’t come with any such as the Virry VR one I…
The Uncertain: Episode 1 – The Last Quiet Day gives us an important look into a possible robot-dominated future. Humans have been extinct for years and robots have been cleaning up the world in order to build their own civilization. All robots have a role…
Back in March 2017, Winking Entertainment published Unearthing Mars for the PSVR headset. It was a two-hour first-person adventure in which you, and your team, land on Mars in order to solve some puzzles and engage in some FPS moments. Personally, I never played the…
911 Operator is a realistic simulation video game developed by Polish studio Jutsu Games and published by PlayWay and SONKA (depending on the system). In the game, the player assumes the faceless role of a 9-1-1 telephone operator who must answer phone calls and dispatch police…
Heavy Fire: Red Shadow is the latest addition to the Heavy Fire arcade shooter series. Unlike the previous titles, this isn’t an on-rails shooter, it’s a stationary one in which you operate a heavy machine gun and a rocket launcher. The game is currently out…
I’m more of a puzzle and adventure fan than shooters, but I do have a guilty pleasure of playing one every now and again for some mindless carnage. FullBlast is a surprisingly solid shooter with full 3D rendered environments and even an old-school feel to…
Jack n’ Jill went up a hill, to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after – with the platinum trophy in her hand. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, Ratalaika Games have published another game with an extremely easy Platinum…
Do you want to play a game that has a deep and enriching story? Do you want a fun multiplayer that you can spend hours within? Do you like cuboids? If you answered “YES!” to any of those questions, then Zarvot is the game for…
You best put on a couple of pairs of adult diapers in preparation as Home Sweet Home is one of the most intense PlayStation VR compatible horror games released to date, and it’s ready to take you on an experience you’ll never forget. Home Sweet…
Back on the PlayStation 2, a series from Konami was released called Zone of the Enders. They featured mecha battles and action, along with anime-styled characters and story. Years later, a high definition collection came out on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with crisp,…
I’ve waited almost seven years to say this, Warriors Orochi 4 Is now out for all consoles and PC. If you’re unaware of this game yet you’ve seen or played either a Dynasty Warriors or Samurai Warriors game previously, the Warriors Orochi series basically creates fantastical…
When I saw that V-Rally was making a return, 16 years since the last one in the franchise, I was excited. I love arcade-style racing games and recently we have been receiving racing games that are more simulation or in-depth than your old-school pick up…
Spectrum is a game developed by 3D Avenue that wears its minimalist design like a badge of honour. It originally came out in 2015 on iOS and Android devices to generally positive reviews. One year later, it would appear on Steam and now it’s been…
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker came out in June this year and may have been a title that flew under your radar due to its rather unique story and gameplay mechanics. The game is an FMV interactive ‘whodunnit’ story in which you play the…
Getting lost is one thing. Getting lost in London is another. Getting lost under London while losing your sight is… well…. not good in the slightest. Another Sight tells the story of a girl named Kit, who falls under the bustling city of Victorian London,…
Warface is an online FPS game from Crytek which was first available on Steam and the Xbox 360, yet now you can pick it up on the PS4 and Xbox One. It’s strictly a shooter at its core with no story elements but instead, it…
I can’t get enough of all of the amazing games PQube are publishing lately. First, we had Gal*Gun 2, then Punch Line, and now Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story. Developed by Agate, with the help of Kickstarter backers, this latest iteration in the Valthirian Arc franchise…
If you’re a fan of KEMCO games, or even just played one before, then stepping into the world of Revenant Dogma will feel comfortably familiar. This sense of déjà vu brings with it some great aspects to the game but also some mechanics which aren’t as…
My Memory of Us is an emotional puzzle-platformer that is set within a fictitious world where robots have invaded and are ‘tagging’ the humans in order to segregate them. However, just like My Brother Rabbit, the game is full of symbolism and twists real life…
Marvel’s Spider-Man might possibly be one of the greatest superhero video-games ever made. Insomniac Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment have gone above and beyond with their latest iteration of everyone’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Sure, there have been many games released which stars our wall-crawling hero,…
The Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise announcement back in 2017 came as a complete surprise to me. I’d played both of the Koei Tecmo games previously and loved their take on the franchise as its core gameplay was a take on their staple…
Get ready to open the door to a platforming narrative adventure known as ‘To Leave‘. Originally released on the PS4 back in May, the game has just been released onto Steam so that more people will get the chance to dive into this emotional and…
It’s October 2018 and you may be wondering why you’re getting a belated review for a game which is now 18 months old? The answer is simple, Friday the 13th: The Game is currently being given away for free as part of the PS Plus…
Whenever I hear the name ‘Dovetail Games‘ I instantly think of their super successful Train Simulator on PC and more recently Train Sim World on all platforms. However, the developers don’t stop at locomotive-based simulation games, they also released Euro Fishing a few years back, a game which promised…
Having played other games based on the classic pen and paper setting, I was a little leery about trying Pathfinder: Kingmaker. I was worried about clunky and complicated mechanics, and a regurgitated storyline filled with copy and paste NPC characters that haven’t seen an edit…
Every now and again I’ll get hold of a game that is either much better or more immersive than I originally thought it would be. This was the case with Slime Rancher from Monomi Park. The premise is simple – farm a bunch of different…
The Blue Bomber has appeared once again, thanks to Capcom, in order to stop Dr. Wily! This time, our antagonist has stolen robots from Dr. Light so he can implement his gear system into them and create powerful robots that bend to his will. Dr.…
Fire Pro Wrestling World is coming down the ramp, armed with a steel chair, ready to floor wrestling fans! Coming out as tag partners, we have New Japan Pro Wrestling! Will Fire Pro Wrestling World become the IWGP champ or will it lose to the…
Buckle yourself up and hold on to your butts, we are hopping into floating cars and accelerating to ludicrous speeds within RGX Showdown! RGX Showdown comes from the creative minds of ShortRound Games, a team that contains some of the amazing people behind Burnout and Split/Second,…
Back in July we finally got out hands on Train Sim World on the PS4. At the time, I did a full in-depth review that explained everything from what you can do to how much content you get within the base game. Fast forward two…
Boundless is an open world MMO that you will swear is the love child of Minecraft and No Man’s Sky. It is developed and published on PS4 by Wonderstruck, with the PC version being published by Square Enix. We would first see it under its…
I love simulation games, I’ve recently been playing Train Sim World, Fishing Sim World, Airport Simulator 2019 and a few others on my PSNow subscription. Construction Simulator 2 US – Console Edition reminds me a lot of Airport Simulator 2019 in that you must take…
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk is the latest dungeon crawler to hit Western shores from developer, and publisher, Nippon Ichi Software (NIS). NIS has created and published a lot of games over the years, games which span genres such as JRPG, Dungeon Crawlers, Tactical…
PitterPot is a delightful, yet frustrating, 3D platformer in the vein of old-school titles such as Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie. Initially presented as a campaign on Indigogo, Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight, we’ve seen it push for a Wii U, then PC and finally a…
This is the Police 2 is the sequel to the rather addictive Tactical RPG game ‘This is the Police’ (obviously). I’ve already written, in detail, a full review of the game when it came out on PC in August – which you can read here: https://www.gamepitt.co.uk/this-is-the-police-2-pc-review/ However,…
With the very recent demise of Telltale Games, the most well known and popular narrative adventure game developers, I feel other studios will begin to step up and become more well-known to fans of the genre. One such company is Big Bad Wolf, the developers behind…
Another day and another onslaught of aliens and heretics for the Imperium of Man. The new addition to the Warhammer 40,000 series has arrived with a different genre to the most recent games in the franchise. Get ready, Inquisitor, and suit up. Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor…
Detective Gallo is a charming point and click adventure game in the vein of old-school Lucas Arts adventure games with its emphasis on inventory puzzles and lots of informative dialogue. If I was to compare it to just one title, I would most likely say…
Capcom are well known for their classic arcade titles. The most infamous of these would clearly be the Street Fighter series. However, Capcom has already delivered a collection of all these titled: Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. Sticking to the theme of bringing back nostalgic arcade titles,…
Virtual Reality is perfect for those of us who want to experience things we could never dream of doing. Such as venturing through magical lands, taking down hordes of zombies, and even watching on as a loveable mouse goes on an adventure. However, what if…
When you wake up in a foreign land to an amnesiactic talking skull who tells you you’re now the new graveyard keeper, what do you do? You start getting paid to carve up bodies, that’s what! Graveyard Keeper opens with a tragic beginning, one that…
Artifex Mundi are well known for their publishing and development of Hidden Object Games (HOGs) on pretty much every platform under the sun from mobiles to consoles. My Brother Rabbit is a side step from the usual as they present us with an absolutely stunning and…
Lara’s back with a vengeance in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the latest game in the franchise from Eidos Montreal and Square Enix. Releasing a week after Spider-Man on the PS4, Shadow of the Tomb Raider didn’t have enough impact to dethrone our ‘friendly neighbourhood…
The Gardens Between was one of the few indie titles shown off at Paris Games Week 2017 which really stood out for me. It looked simply stunning with it’s bold and beautiful graphics, its interesting take on time manipulation and it’s ability to tell a story…
PLANET ALPHA is Team17’s 100th released game, which is an incredible achievement for the publisher. The tiny team of three Danish developers behind the game have created a title truly worthy of this accolade. PLANET ALPHA plays incredibly similar to Playdead’s rather excellent titles Limbo and…
