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SanctuaryRPG – A Vengeful Brotato

SanctuaryRPG – A Vengeful Brotato

Zork. TerraFirmA. Nethack. The kind of games that conjure up memories of squinting at “@” symbols convincing yourself it was a rat, or possibly an ogre. I spent a fair amount of time within their strangely compelling grasp in my younger days, and more recently thanks to the madness of Dwarf Fortress. SanctuaryRPG is not like these games. It is an RPG, and its visuals are all ASCII code, smooshed together to look like mountains and monsters and silver keys….

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Blackguards – The Verdict

Blackguards – The Verdict

I would normally start the introduction to a review of a game like this by writing about how I don’t normally get along with turn-based RPGs. This time though, I will say that Blackguards is from an RPG system we’ve had issues with in the past. You see, Blackguards comes from the same lineage as Drakensang which Steve Peacock played in 2009. Both are based on The Dark Eye, a German challenger to the Dungeons and Dragons series.

Thief – The Verdict

Thief – The Verdict

Ok, you may want a cup of tea before you start reading this one; it’s going to be long, but I think this title deserves an in-depth analysis.

Thief is… well I don’t know exactly. I know what it thinks it is; a stealth game about thievery and intrigue, but I’m not entirely convinced. It’s most certainly not a bad game, but it is one that struggles with its own (self inflicted) problems that do their damnedest to spoil the experience.

The Walking Dead: Season Two, Episode Two – The Verdict

The Walking Dead: Season Two, Episode Two – The Verdict

Having created a (largely) well received opener for its difficult second album, The Walking Dead strides with confidence into an exciting second episode that is packed with memorable moments and tantalising hints of the action still to come. Major spoilers for Season Two have been avoided, but details from Season One may be touched on. You have been warned.

Strider – The Verdict

Strider – The Verdict

I was never meant to be playing Strider, that was a job that had initially be given to Steph, our resident retro-gaming expert. However, it turns out that Strider is one of an increasing number of games that requires a DirectX 11 capable graphics card, and sadly Steph was unable to get the game working. Unaware of what I was getting myself into, I stepped up to fill the breach as any good Editor would.

2013 Mod Of The Year – Liberty City Police Department: First Response

2013 Mod Of The Year – Liberty City Police Department: First Response

Liberty City – You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Amidst the high-rise buildings and cramped alleyways that smother the surface of a this once beautiful set of islands, a criminal element skulks. Of course, I should know, I used to be one of them.

But now things are different. Over the past few months I’ve been back on the streets of GTA-IV, but this time I’ve been wearing the uniform of Liberty City’s finest – I’ve joined the LCPD, and I’m going to do my best to make Liberty City a better place.

Gran Turismo 6 – The Verdict

Gran Turismo 6 – The Verdict

I was a massive fan of Gran Turismo during the PlayStation One and Two eras, came into the series with the second game and found myself playing it for countless hours along with the later versions. Come Gran Turismo 5 on the PlayStation 3 and I was put off, the menus were unwieldy and I tired of a progression system which started you off in duff cars for race after race.

How does the latest title from Polyphony fare then? Read my thoughts after the break.

Retro Reticule – Daze Before Christmas

Retro Reticule – Daze Before Christmas

The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting darker and the streets are getting busier, which can only mean one thing. It’s that most wonderful time of year again, it’s Christmas. While we’re starting to get festive though it’s easy to overlook that our favourite pastime is the grinch of the media world. During this time of year both music and film pump out hundreds of themed albums and movies, but while many games make a token effort (with DLC and such) fully-fledged Christmas games are few and far between. There are some though, like Funcom’s 1994 Mega Drive game Daze Before Christmas.

The Walking Dead: Season Two, Episode One – The Verdict

The Walking Dead: Season Two, Episode One – The Verdict

By virtue of the number two following the number one, the following review of season two of Telltale’s The Walking Dead will feature spoilers for the first season. As with any other review, spoilers for this first episode have been kept to a minimum – major narrative points will not be discussed, though minor details about the tone, setting and gameplay of this instalment will be dealt with. You have been warned.