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Episode Two is better than the first, both because its featured level is a more varied, interesting location, and because it eases the uncertainty of the episodic release and sets a precedent for excellence going forward. The quality of future episodes isn’t a guarantee, but Square and Io Interactive have...
While the idea of a Telltale miniseries is a welcome and novel one The Walking Dead: Michonne suffers because there’s already too much Walking Dead in the world, and also the invulnerability of Michonne means you never worry about her the same way you did Lee or Clementine. Nevertheless the...
Banner Saga 2 may be just the next part of Stoic’s ongoing tale but basically everything has been improved. They’ve kept the lovely art, animations and design and continued the wonderful apocalyptic story for a gripping twelve hours filled with twists, turns and probably deaths, with hard choices that can...
Is Dark Souls III great? Yes. Is it better than its predecessors? That’s a debate that Souls fans are going to be having for years to come. Everything the previous games did well, this game does well, and the differentiator will be the game with the most varied character options...
Whether you feel you get your money’s worth or not from Fallout 4’s first DLC pack depends on whether you like combing buildings for pots, tin cans and other junk or not. If you do then you get to create an army of stupid looking robots! Hooray! And if you...
In a month full of high-quality adventure games from some of the most respected names in the genre, relatively unknown newcomer Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet could be my favourite of the lot. It’s incredibly funny and charming, with a lovely kid’s cartoon feel to it. The puzzles may not...
Sheltered
Sheltered is unquestionably inspired by Fallout Shelter but it’s much more challenging and complex. It’s too complex for its own good and a lot is left to chance. It could also use more action. Over time, I am confident Unicube will make Sheltered very good but a lot of factors...
Hitman’s episodic release plans and amount of content are going to be a source of controversy. It’s got all the fundamentals of a terrific Hitman game, and if the future levels live up to the scale of what’s in this intro pack, then they’ll be massive, densely detailed locations filled...
Shardlight
In many ways Shardlight is a typical WadjetEye adventure game - low-res graphics, common sense puzzle solutions, wildly imaginative, well written and hugely entertaining. The world is interesting and manages to stand out against the multitudes of post-apocalyptic landscapes in videogames. Amy Wellard is a sympathetic and interesting player character,...
Price and player expectations do matter, and that’s forcing me to temper my praise just a bit. Superhot is a game with truly excellent, original mechanics and a core experience that is constantly doing exciting things without wasting a second of your time. If price weren’t a factor it would...
Far Cry Primal has far more in common with previous Far Cry games than it seems on the surface, to both its gain and detriment. The caveman setting is novel and the total absence of guns, vehicles and people shouting in your ear every ten minutes is refreshing. Combat is...
The core mechanics of We Are The Dwarves - the actions you can take and the strategies you can employ - are wonderful, well-considered, and fully featured. There’s a depth to the lore and world-building that you rarely see at this scale. But the level design is so constrictive and...
