Lee Abrahams
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It was just over a year ago that Dark Souls II emerged and we were tasked with “preparing to die” all over again. Despite repeated claims to the contrary it seems as if developer From Software finally caved to peer pressure and has rustled up a brand spanking new version for the latest generation of consoles, throwing in all of the DLC elements, mixing up enemy placements and giving the visuals a fresh lick of paint. So is it worth the trip back to Drangleic?
I awaken, face down, on a stone slab. My clothes are tattered and encrusted with blood, my memory is hazy. Small creatures scatter in my wake as I stumble towards the only source of light up ahead. An ominous set of footprints lead up to a hulking, one-eyed creature but I resist the urge to rush over and lay into him with my fists. After all, life is precious right? I wander into the nearby cottage for a discussion with a group of crones and my memories slowly return. As does a swish new outf...
The short version of this Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII review is this: If you haven’t played FFXIII or FFXIII-2 then don’t bother with this. Frankly the storyline is likely to be a perplexing quagmire even for those who are au fait with the series, so newcomers would be best to steer clear. With that in mind you can also expect brief spoilers here for the aforementioned games. It’s kind of unavoidable, such is the nature of the beast. With all that being said we can now welcome...
My name is Duchess Gummybuns, and this here is the slamacow review of Adventure Time Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW! Truly the grand vizier of all video game names, but does it have the mathematical skills to deliver an experience that can match the hilarious, surreal and weird nature of the show? Mixing a blend of pop culture references, quick fire humour, sarcasm and, obviously, fart jokes means Adventure Time has quickly built up something of a cult following. So here is the chan...
Diablo III is a maths game. It’s also an RPG but, somehow, that feels much less important to the never ending quest for statistical perfection. Diablo itself is much heralded as the greatest of all dungeon crawling games, a peculiar genre that focuses less on story and more on exploration and treasure snagging. It is basically designed to appeal to anyone with even the slightest hint of OCD and does so very well and, for a game that came out on PC a year ago, it has finally made the progres...
Some co-op games focus on helping each other out and relying on a variety of skills and abilities in order to progress and succeed. Then again, some just want you to blow shit up. Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel fits firmly into the latter camp and has actually toned down some of the in-game co-op shenanigans from the earlier titles in favour of shooting everything in sight – then shooting it some more just to be sure. The game wears its heart firmly on its sleeve, presumably so you can sho...
When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar! DO HO HO! It’s an old (lame) joke but one that is perfectly apt here. So when is Forza not Forza? When it’s Forza Horizon. Playground Games has taken the tried and tested formula of Forza Motorsport and shaken off the cobwebs, letting it loose on the mean streets and mountain roads of Colorado in a game that has faint whiffs of the Need for Speed series while still maintaining its own personality.
Zombies seem to be the one horror staple that cannot be depicted in truly horrific circumstances, instead usually having an element of comedy about our brain eating chums with the odd exception. Nothing before now has quite taken that sense of humour to the level that Suda 51 has though – with the high camp of Lollipop Chainsaw sure to divide gamers. Whether or not you take the subject matter seriously or not is really neither here nor there, as you are basically strapping yourself in for t...
It seems that certain gaming buzzwords are almost a guarantee for success when it comes to sales and, without a doubt, 'sniper' is right up there. In fact it's only a matter of time before Call of Duty: Ninja Sniper Assassin is released and sends the global economy into total meltdown, though as long as they remember who came up with that idea first and reimburse them appropriately, then all will be well. Thankfully Sniper Elite V2 sticks purely with the sniper premise, rather than all the ot...
Giant, stompy robots are just awesome. It doesn’t really matter what they actually do, as you just know that whatever it is will be epic regardless, and everyone involved in said hijinks will be having a hell of time. Top examples obviously include Optimus Prime, Voltron and Robbie (DANGER! DANGER!), but Japan has a whole roster of epic examples and treasured series. Armored Core is certainly one that holds a special niche in Japan while never quite exploding onto the radar of western audie...