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Whereas echochrome was about manipulating space, echoshift is about messing with time. But it’s not Braid. It’s not nearly as inventive with its time mechanics, for a start.
You don’t get to rewind time. You don’t actually get to do much with time at all, actually, which is a bit odd when considering that’s the main [...]

As clichéd as it sounds Phantasy Star 0 is a game of two halves. While the online side of things is well worth a play, providing you have friends to play alongside, there’s not much fun to be had with the single player half of the game. It’s all just a little too generic.
Starting out [...]

As the muskets flash and dense smoke swallows the battlefield, armies are marching to their victory or their death. As Napoleon, marches up and down the lines of young men, quivering on the spot as they look over the sodden land. Rally the troops and give them the strength to carry on, the tension building [...]

Independently made games are often known for their smart ideas, artistic execution and bucket-loads of charm. It’s probably also safe to say that they equally come with a lack longevity, the odd technical hitch and a general lack of overall polish. The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, however, is different. Don’t get me wrong it has [...]

“How many hours do I put in?” Is a question that many reviewers ask themselves when setting out to deliver a verdict on a game; this question rears its head with many titles but particularly RPGs and MMOs. Any game can be judged on any number of hours and every minute played counts. An MMO [...]

Pieces Interactive are banking on everyone having at least one plastic guitar in their house to play their rock based platformer, Fret Nice. I have 5. None of them, sadly, make Fret Nice enjoyable.
Designed to be played entirely with a guitar controller, you realise the game is irreparably broken at the end of the second [...]

QuanticDream have been attempting to turn games into involving and engaging interactive pieces of entertainment for the best part of thirteen years now. However, instead of a case of unlucky thirteen, it’s more like third time lucky because after two largely flawed, albeit compelling and well-realised attempts, they may have finally achieved their Holy Grail.
To [...]

It’s probably for the best if I’m honest in this review, that way it will convey my emotions and feelings in such a way as to be clear. This honesty allows me to report on this new iteration of the STALKER franchise in a more unique view. I’m reasonably new to PC gaming, I’ve played [...]

Making a video game based on a fourteenth century poem is no easy job, especially one as revered as the Divine Comedy. But what if you take the essence of the poem and skew it into some sort of strange bastardized form full of breasts and babies? Then you might have something.
The story centres around [...]

Everyone who played the first Bioshock still remembers their first encounter with a Big Daddy. So why is it that finally having the chance to play as one feels so underwhelming?