Ben Lyons
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Still, as far as a round-based tower-defence action game goes, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap nails the task at hand well. It's entertaining, highly replayable, fine as a solo experience and better as a cooperative one, and it has stunning visuals too. After a bunch of hours it can feel a...
If Savage Level can improve how this game feels to play, reducing some of the irritable frustrations, then I do believe that Flint: Treasure of Oblivion can entertain for its short duration. But as it stands, especially for players on console or intending to use a controller on PC, there's...
All in all, Completely Stretchy leaves me with mixed feelings. On one hand, the short and tight nature of the experience, the eccentricity, and the fun movement keeps you entertained and consistently surprised. But at the same time, it comes across as a bit of a one-trick pony, a game...
With all of these points combined, the main thing to note is that while there are a lot of similarities between Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise and Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer, this game also feels like a significant step forward in almost every conceivable metric. It's tighter,...
So, the key thing to take away from my experience with 30 Birds is that this game is a colourful and rich puzzle game that excels thanks to its unusual narrative and beautiful art direction. The puzzles can be some of the game's greatest elements and strengths but at the...
It's all of these compounding elements that leave me a little unsure with Lego Horizon Adventures. On one hand, it's so simple and easy to pick up and play, with such a wonderful presentation, great cooperative support, and a great degree of charm that it becomes very, very easy to...
Treyarch has righted the ship with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. This is the Call of Duty game that Microsoft and Activision needed for a day one Game Pass launch, as it has a strong and thrilling Campaign, a tight and streamlined Multiplayer, and a fun and nostalgic Zombies...
Yet despite a few elements that rubbed me the wrong way, there's not much else you can say about The Smurfs: Dreams other than the fact that this game is a pleasant, sweet, easy, and good cooperative platforming experience. It won't eat up much of your time, it generally will...
Kong: Survivor Instinct is not a great video game, but it also isn't a disaster. There are elements and moments where you become quite embroiled in the story and fall into the rhythm of the platforming, and this is bolstered by the fact that it's quite a tight and streamlined...
Considering the console MMORPG sector has been quite lacking in comparison to PC over the years, New World: Aeternum is definitely a strong candidate for interested controller players to look at. It's crammed to the brim - overflowing even - with content, works quite well with a gamepad, has serviceable...
So with that in mind it's hard to knock this delightful, simple, easy to love adventure, one where the famed humour of SpongeBob never misses a beat (including by offering thematically on-point loading screens), where Bikini Bottom feels more authentic than we have ever seen before in a video game,...
It's with these points in mind that Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports leaves me wanting more. There are moments and parts of the game that impress and excel, but there are also plenty of areas, mechanics, and features that frustrate or disappoint. It feels limited on content and mechanically...
