10 years ago
In Space We Brawl review: Captive audience
With a clear aim of recreating Bomberman-like gameplay In Space We Brawl is primarily a local multiplayer experience built upon the concept of an arena-based, twin-stick shooter, and although it …
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10 years ago
Q*bert REBOOTED: The XBOX One @!#?@! Edition review: @!#?@! indeed
Q*bert REBOOTED: The XBOX One @!#?@! Edition is Q*bert. They say it’s “rebooted,” and the description includes such hype-quotes as “reimagined” and “state of the art 3D gameplay,” but really, it’s just Q*bert.
That doesn’t mean it’s bad. If you like Q*bert and don’t feel like booting up your Atari 2600, it will certainly give you your fix. If you don’t know about Q*bert — or you’re like me and played it as a kid but had no clue what you were doing — you basically just have to jump on 3D cubes to change their color, all while avoiding myriad obstacles. It doesn’t really get more complicated than that, although the difficulty does get pretty hard, pretty quick.
10 years ago
Dad Beat Dads review: Don’t tell mom
I am not a father, so maybe I’m not the most qualified person to write a review for Dad Beat Dads. I always knew raising a child was hard work, but …
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10 years ago
Factotum 90 review: Two screens are better than one
In the midst of deep space, an unknown object collides with your ship, and the main power goes offline. You must control two walker robots — each on their own …
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10 years ago
Cobalt review: Tuck & roll
Platformers are a tried and true format in gaming since its inception. The challenge is always what special twist you can bring that will differentiate your product from all its …
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10 years ago
Fortified review: Invaders Must Die
Despite remaining a popular staple genre on PC and mobile devices, tower-defense games on Xbox One are seemingly on the decline, perhaps making way for more popular shooters. Clapfoot Inc., …
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10 years ago
AIPD review: That’s it?
Sometimes, there are questions that just don’t have an answer. Why are we here on Earth? What came first, the chicken or the egg? Why is this game called Artificial …
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10 years ago
Gone Home review: Alone in the dark
When it was released in 2013, Gone Home was praised not only for its deep narrative appeal and style, but also because it cast aside traditional video game trappings, favouring …
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10 years ago
This War of Mine: The Little Ones Review: It’s time to rethink war
Games that have featured war as a key component have proliferated both retail and digital game shelves practically since the beginning of gaming, but never before has a game focused on the lives …
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10 years ago
Albedo: Eyes from Outer Space review: Robots and eyeballs and zombies, oh my
The year is 2063; you are John T. Longy, an employee of a secret space and time research facility in the middle of nowhere. As you sit around reading a …
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