Gang Beasts

It's hard to write about Gang Beasts over the festive season. Because if I start writing about Gang Beasts, it means I’m not playing Gang Beasts, and with time off and friends and family abound, there is always someone to play with. Gang Beasts is great.

It’s tough to be down on Gang Beasts. At heart, it’s just very silly entertainment for you and your pals, like the multiplayer games of yesteryear. It’s kind of bad, broken even, and it’s certainly not going to become a mainstay of anyone’s regular gaming catalogue. But it does guarantee some laughs with your buddies. Isn’t that what gaming was designed to do?

At its core, Gang Beasts is a lot of fun. Between its wacky physics, creative level design, and copious amounts of character customization options, there's a lot here for groups of friends to enjoy. If the online element pulls itself together, there's enough reason to keep coming back for a few occasional matches and some new laughs. It's worth a try, because the laughs I did have while playing th...

For those who have been following the game since long before it’s PlayStation 4 announcement, Gang Beasts really does come as a poisoned chalice. Its meathead multiplayer melees will light up your living room for hours on end, yet when there’s only one person in the hot seat, it loses that charm almost completely.

In recent years games have become less and less reliant on sticking to a single genre, but instead taking two or in some cases even three genres and blending them into something completely new and unique. What we end up with is often times something groundbreaking that we never thought could work, yet a studio has carefully crafted it into a perfect balance of gameplay. Sometimes a combination sou...

Put every friendship you've ever had on the line with this beat 'em up classic from Boneloaf. Take on the persona of a boneless creature, put on your best animal onesie and get down to it. Fight on skyscrapers, cranes, lighthouses, you name it - you can brawl there. Bring all your friends together for the survival of the fittest, and just pray you will be the last one standing.