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I’m finding it hard to focus on and enjoy games at the moment. I’m terrified every day I wake up that the Government will take away more rights from myself, my friends, my family and my loved ones. I see headlines from overseas that workplaces are partaking in a snitch...
3D action adventure games are notoriously difficult to develop in the modern indie scene – even though more accessible creation tools and more powerful game engines are available, the sheer cost and scale of game development in this genre doesn’t tend to favour a typically smaller independent budget. Despite this,...
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter is Odd Bug Studio’s sequel to its 2021 dark fantasy action game, Tails of Iron. This follow-up fleshes out its spellbinding world filled with anthropomorphic animals with new locations, characters and foes while polishing up the gameplay and adding elemental magical abilities for...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms can be a thrilling story. While it is tragic, there’s a lot of frontline action and unique characters to meet. Dynasty Warriors: Origins puts you in the front seat of this epic saga, letting you experience the tale for yourself. It’s a bigger responsibility than...
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, STAR WARS: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles first launched as an arcade-style action game that let players swing lightsabers and smash droids in the chaos of The Phantom Menace. Originally released on PlayStation in 2000 and later spruced up for Dreamcast, it quickly became a favourite...
There is something that just keeps me coming back to Metroidvanias. It’s the satisfaction, I think, that you feel when making progress. The feeling of starting out at the weakest you’ll ever be, and being able to go from zero to hero as you get drip-fed tools to chisel your...
Could you imagine that after almost 15 years of being locked behind the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation 3, the 12th mainline title in the historic Tales of series, Tales of Graces, would one day be legitimately playable on modern gaming hardware? I sure didn’t. But Tales of Graces f...
You could call Donkey Kong Country Returns HD a sort of definitive edition. It brings with it the levels and features that were added to the 3DS version as well as the graphical upgrades you’d expect, though the main purpose of this release is obviously just to bring Donkey Kong’s...
I’ve always had a soft spot for earnest ‘B’ games. Games that clearly had aims of being a top-tier product that just couldn’t quite get there. Typically they fall short for reasons of time and budget, but often also for being burdened with an overly ambitious vision to begin with....
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! I guarantee you that pretty much everyone who grew up in the 1990s knows the name and likely tried some martial arts on their friends at school. Given the franchise has also spawned 22 different TV series, three feature-length movies and 27 video games to its...
The Spirit of the Samurai is a samurai action game developed by Digital Mind Games which nails its particularly eye-catching animation style while not being all that fun as a game. Designed to emulate jerky practical stop-motion animation used in many classic films such as Jason and the Argonauts, Robocop...
The Legacy of Kain games are some of the most quintessential late 90s and early 2000s gaming. In the Soul Reaver pair of games, now remastered in HD glory thanks to Aspyr’s Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered, you control a vampire-turned-wraith known as Raziel who must...
