Does anyone remember King of the Monsters? The old SNK game in which you choose to be one of a number of giants creatures as you engage in one-on-one combat within the confines of a small, enclosed city? Well, Modus Games and The Balance Inc. certainly…
Atelier Meruru ~The Apprentice of Arland~ DX was the third, and final, entry into the Arland series of Atelier games which we received in the new Atelier Arland Series Deluxe Pack. Once again, don’t expect anything major if you’ve already experienced it before on the…
Atelier Totori ~The Adventurer of Arland~ DX is the second game in the Arland collection. This is yet another rather minimalistic port of the PS3 and PS Vita ‘Plus’ version which debuted in Japan in 2012. As this game actually came out before the ‘Plus’ version of…
Atelier Rorona ~The Alchemist of Arland~ DX is an enhanced port of Atelier Rorona Plus ~The Alchemist of Arland~, which in itself was an advanced version of the original game which was re-released on the PS3 and PS Vita back in 2014 here in the UK.…
“Pipe Push Paradise is a difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing.” That’s the first thing you see when you go to the Pipe Push Paradise website. Let me digress though, “Pipe Push Paradise is a difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing” “Pipe Push…
Do you like to Tango? No? Well, that’s ok who does… actually, it feels like Tango was the main inspiration for this game but that isn’t really what it’s about. Tango: The Adventure Game follows the story of Carlos Gardel, one of the greatest Tango…
I’ve played a lot of genres through my PSVR headset, from your common wave-based FPS to the top-down third-person games. However, I never thought I’d actually play a full-on Visual Novel in Virtual Reality! The Midnight Sanctuary is a rather mysterious and haunting story from Cavyhouse and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
The original Super Seducer was released earlier this year to less than popular critic reviews, to put it nicely. Releasing shortly after the #MeToo stance on social media and around the time Harvey Weinstein was being called out left, right and centre, the media were…
I’ve been interested in STAY for quite a while now. I obtained a PC code many months ago but since I heard there was a PS4 and PS Vita version coming shortly, I held back from playing it past the two-hour mark. It turns out…
*Reviewer to the study room, please…* Two Point Hospital is Two Point Studios’ spiritual sequel to Bullfrogs Theme Hospital, a game which is most likely bigger now than it was upon release many years ago. It’s a game I feel needs no introduction as I,…
Little robots, lost memories and an abandoned home set the stage for Tyler: Model 005. You play as an intelligent mini robot, named Tyler, who’s been resurrected from over a decade of power down by proxy of a lightning strike in a small crawl space…
What would you get if you crossed an endless runner with River City Ransom and bunnies? You’d get Ninjin: Clash of Carrots, a surprisingly addictive and extremely fun game. From developer Pocket Trap and publisher Modus Games, this mashup of various games and genres have combined into…
Have you ever thought to yourself what it would be like if Sir Arthur, from Ghouls ‘n Goblins, became overweight and rather flatulent before setting out on a mission of love? If you have, then Sigi – A Fart for Melusina is for you! This pixel-art retro-throwback title,…
I’ve recently reviewed Jurassic Park Evolution on the PS4 over on http://demonvideogame.com/. Instead of double posting (and clearly getting caught out for plagiarising my own piece of work), I would very much appreciate it if you could click the image below in order to read…
Shikhondo – Soul Eater is a bullet hell game with an Asian theme. You play as one of two girls which shoot down ‘Yokai’ who have escaped from Limbo and along the way, they must collect souls in order to return them to the Underworld.…
428: Shibuya Scramble is the best visual novel game you’ll ever play in your entire life. Designed by Kōichi Nakamura (or so we’re led to believe?) which was developed by his company, Chunsoft, and published by Sega back in 2008 on the Wii, the PSP…
When I was much younger, I used to love getting out the Play-Doh and becoming lost in my own imagination as I created multi-coloured figures and items which could devour each other as you slammed them together and squeezed them tight. Back then it was…
I’m a sucker for old-style point-and-click adventure games. Telltale used to do them before they ventured into the storybook narrative path leaving most modern games in the genre to derive from indie developers instead. One such game is The Dreamlands: Aisling’s Quest from solo-developer The Domaginarium.…
PQube are well known for localising and publishing rather obscure Japanese games, from the titillating Gal*Gun 2 to the enthralling Root Letter. But, what would get you if you crossed the sexual mischief of Gal*Gun with the engaging visual novel style of Root Letter, then blended…
I love simulation games, this may mean my proceeding review may appear slightly biased or opinionated in certain areas but I’ll try and keep it as balanced as I can. Airport Simulator from Toplitz Productions came as a surprise outing on the PS4 as I’ve…
I had no idea what to expect when I received Strange Brigade from Rebellion late last week. I’d seen the trailer last year and then purposely went radio silent on all the subsequent footage and info thrown around the internet. I was hooked the moment I…
I have a lot of mixed feelings about We Happy Few, from my initial impression of the game when it first hit Early Access, to spending over 30 hours in the final build on my PS4 Pro – my emotions went up and down more than my character’s…
State of Mind is a new story-driven adventure game from the amazing team at Daedalic Entertainment. Set in Belin, 2048 – The world is on the brink of destruction with the lack of resources, people constantly becoming ill over the pollution, local crime is at…
Back in February 2017, a small indie puzzle platformer from Chinese developer Spotlightor Interactive was released on the Xbox One. In January of 2018, the game was ported across to the PS4 but only in Asia, shortly followed by Steam worldwide and then mobile devices. Finally, as of…
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is a very common and infamous saying which can relate to many things, including Video Games. Why change something that’s perfect? If it looks great and its controls are solid then why remake a game? Give it a…
Persian Nights: Sands of Wonder is the latest console port from Artifex Mundi and this time, developer So Digital. Unlike recent Hidden Object Games (HoGs) we have received from the team, Persian Nights: Sands of Wonder appears to be a stand-alone game that isn’t part of…
