Category: Features
Foul Play – Review
Foul Play tries to entertain with a good story, presented in a modernized style of old beat-em-ups. Gather ‘round to find out if it’s style over substance, or a good all-rounder that can win you over with its charm.
How Titanfall changed my mind and earned me $5 at Gamescom
I don’t hold much faith in first person shooters these days. The last FPS I played that I truly enjoyed would have been Bad Company 2 and I can split that enjoyment 50/50 between it being a good game and the people I was playing with. That opinion however, changed whilst I was in Germany.
Opinion: On an Hour of Beatbuddy
This time around, Minion gets his hands on an early copy of Beatbuddy, a music-based puzzle adventure game with super pretty visuals and sweet electroswing tunes. Naturally, he then proceeds to brag about how he got to play it before you, and then gushes about his time with it.
Opinion: On Rogue Legacy and Coprolalia
Roguelikes have always been a thing of niche appeal, as their difficulty and unforgiving nature had a way of making people run away in terror. Rogue Legacy aims to capture some of the best aspects of the roguelike recipe, such as the difficulty and random nature of the game, and combine them with enough humor and fun platforming to give rise to the age of the roguelite!
Opinion: On Magrunner and Fhtagn
You had one job Magrunner, one job! And you couldn’t even get magnets right! Well, technically they’re not actually magnets, they’re some sort of proprietary
Camelot Unchained – Carving Out a Niche in Your Oldschool Heart
With most MMOs turning to action oriented combat as the next big thing to help convince people to part with their money, it’s interesting to see a developer doing very much the opposite. City State Entertainement are thus looking to take their upcoming medieval fantasy MMORPG Camelot Unchained back to the days when games were hard and PvP was something that happened to you, and not something you just queue for.
Star Trek – So Bad it Doesn’t Deserve a Title
Star Trek, the latest addition to the grand history of gaming, courtesy of Digital Extremes and Paramount, epitomizes everything that we’ve come to know of movie tie-in games.
Gamescom: A story of German love.
I’d heard rumours beforehand that Gamescom was going to be very big, very loud and a lot more “business” based than other expo’s. I prepared myself in every way I could, and it was still not enough.