Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is a game I’ve been wanting for a long time. Chloe Frazer has been the star of the series in my eyes ever since she was introduced in the Uncharted 2, so a Chloe-led game seemed obvious. Instead, Naughty Dog seemed to forget about her, pushing …
Although it’s almost certainly a coincidence, the timing of the release of Collar X Malice couldn’t be more apt. Particularly in America, but across the globe, there’s a growing distrust of law enforcement by the very people the law is meant to protect. We’re seeing fascist movements gaining prominence, civil …
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles is a breath of fresh air. In a world where every other game is an open-world busywork-a-thon for no reason other than because it’s the flavour of the decade, Yonder comes along to show what makes the genre actually work. It’s a game that gives …
Like a lot of people, I have fond childhood memories of playing Micro Machines. I used to play with the Micro Machines toys as a kid, building make-believe cities out of whatever I had at hand and then driving these little tiny cars around. Then Micro Machines came along, and …
Games often struggle with the apparent rift between “casual” and “hardcore” audiences, and there are few genres where this challenge is as apparent as in city management sims. At one extreme, you’ve got the intense micromanagement of competing priorities and complex systems that are interconnected but also fundamentally at odds …
RPG Maker Fes may not have the power or commercial possibilities of its PC bretheren, but it’s still a great, easy introduction to the world of game making. My first experience came with RPG Maker 95, back around the dawn of the 21st century. There was no official English release, …
Final Fantasy XII polarised fans when it came out a decade ago, but it’s undoubtedly one of the series’ best. The Zodiac Age gives it a new lease on life. When Final Fantasy XII first came out in 2006, I was one of the many people who really didn’t like …
The PlayStation Vita is a great console for fans of yuri (lesbian romance) games – at least, in Japan it is. In the West, yuri is flourishing on PC, but options for Vita owners have been limited, despite the success of heterosexual-oriented romance games like Hakuoki and Code: Realize. Fortunately …
Tiny Trax captures the simple joy of slot car racing, using virtual reality to push it to new levels of excitement and wonder. If there’s one thing that FuturLab is great at, it’s taking a fairly simple idea and delivering it to perfection. Just look at Coconut Dodge, a game …
Ghost Blade HD goes back to the roots of the bullet hell genre, and what it lacks in originality it makes up for in polish. There’s an impressive amount of innovation in the bullet hell shoot ‘em up space. It’s such a niche genre that developers are always looking for …
