Genocide From The Other Side
HIGH The crazy cool aesthetic of dark demonic warfare.
LOW I swear I clicked on that correctly…
WTF Standard missions are “Impossible” difficulty.
Othercide Review
Tag: Focus Home Interactive
Hardspace: Shipbreaker Preview
Living as we are in the golden age of simulation games, there is seemingly no end to the blue-collar jobs that players can dabble in from the safety of their own couches. Whether they long to sample life as a medieval shopkeeper, a city bus driver, or even a mushroom prospector, there’s something out there to help them live their dreams.
Greedfall Review
An Engrossing Tale Of Derring-Do
HIGH A fascinating world to explore.
LOW Too much running around towards the end.
WTF An abusable enemy aggro radius.
The Surge 2 Review
Holding Back Nanogeddon
HIGH The Nanotech Cult’s power plant stronghold.
LOW The boss featured on the cover art is ludicrously annoying.
WTF Hey, is that the star of the first game?!
A Plague Tale: Innocence Preview
A new entry in the ‘dour and grave’ subgenre of action/adventure games, A Plague Tale: Innocence takes players back to medieval France, when everything was filthy, war was an ever-present threat (and perhaps not coincidentally) a horrific disease was killing people by the millions. Whatever else can be said about the game, it comes by its ominous tone honestly — the setting doesn’t really allow for anything else.
The Council Episode 5: Checkmate Review
Closing The Book
HIGH Well, thank heavens I picked the right one last time.
LOW One last set of major graphical glitches.
WTF I wasn’t expecting to run into you in this dream-state!
This Is Not A Review: Space Hulk Tactics
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Space Hulk: Tactics, developed by Cyanide and published by Focus Home Interactive.
The Council, Episode 4: Burning Bridges
Behind The Curtain!
HIGH The letter-writing puzzle and its setup.
LOW Traversing the hedge maze four times in one hour.
WTF It’s pretty late in the game to be dropping new mechanics, isn’t it?
Call Of Cthulhu Review
What Is Sunken May Rise
HIGH When the big C finally shows up.
LOW Is it even possible to max out medical skills?
WTF So, to get the ‘good’ ending I have to skip most of the game? Huh.
The Council, Episode 3: Ripples Review
Step Inside The Star Chamber
HIGH Pulling off a perfect one-shot confrontation.
LOW Wasting action points searching for items when my inventory was full.
WTF Can paintings really drive one to suicide?
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