The molotov cocktails and pixel fires of Riot – Civil Unrest have lit up on early access. It’s an RTS of street tactics where you control either rioters or the police, seeking to control the plazas and highways of Egypt, Spain and other nations grazed by [...]
This week’s Premature Evaluation sees Fraser swap a regular Scottish winter for an eternal, supernatural winter that has destroyed humanity in survival sandbox Fade to Silence. Festive! I really should be playing games about sunshine and whimsy with warm [...]
The Good:Thoughtful, moving story that delves into universal human questions and experiences; powerful soundtrack bolsters the game’s emotional themes; excellent writing that balances drama with humor. The Bad:Story has less of an emotional impact than To [...]
In 2013, the Kickstarter campaign for the strategy-RPG game Project Phoenix launched. Proposing to bring together talent that previously worked at Square-Enix and Blizzard, including Final Fantasy music composer Nobuo Uematsu, the ambitious project built [...]
Now that Mary has dealt with Marguerite, it’s time to move on to Lucas, possibly the jerkiest jerk of any video game jerk. Ever. In the episode above, Mary Kish finds the Snake Key and makes her way into the attic, in search of Oliver and his [...]
In 2016, a mobile shoot ‘em up called Sky Force Anniversary made its way to consoles. Despite the humble origins, it proved to be a surprisingly robust and addictive game. Now Infinite Dreams has released the sequel Sky Force Reloaded on Xbox One, [...]
Gorogoa feels like a sort of magic that might fall apart in the understanding. It’s a beautiful story in which you solve puzzles more by instinct than deduction, and their solutions feel as magical as the process. Its impossibly overlapping world weaves a [...]
Describing a game as a mash-up of two other well-known titles is lazy, but you know what? It’s fun and sometimes useful, as in the case of SpellForce. ‘Baldur’s Gate meets Age of Mythology’ is the sell, and third time out for this [...]
