Reviews

Sift through the scraps of ideas and mechanics in God Damn the Garden and you might find the odd tiny nugget of gold. But it’s just about the loosest, most aimless game of Doom we’ve ever played.

With more polished combat, a better world and story threads, a few more original ideas, and fewer sloppy inconsistencies, The Bounty Huntress could at least be a passable little game. As it is, though, it barely feels finished. 

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was already one of the best games of all-time, but now the Complete Edition has cemented that legacy.

Getting Keel the Barbarian to the end of Roar of Revenge is as dynamic and exciting as pushing a boulder up a hill. Unless you have a deep, craving love for old-school hack-and-slash platformers, you are best leaving this anachronism in its box.

Foolish Mortals Games delivers with Kaiju Wars, creating a simple but improbably deep turn-based RPG that captures the thrill of a Godzilla attack.

Christmas games are in short supply, which is surprising because it’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. In reality, very few developers really embrace it. Dionous Games are one of the few however, with their most recent title being a Christmas themed point-and-click adventure. It’s called Watch Over Christmas and you’re going to have to perform a Christmas miracle, but is it an adventure that’s worth embarking upon this festive season?

Panda Punch is fine, we suppose. If you have a fiver in your pocket, and a love of (red) pandas in your heart, then it will tickle you for the hour it takes to gain its Gamerscore.

Jitsu Squad is an absolute riot to play, alone or with friends.

Megalan 11 just isn’t fun. There is no sense of jeopardy, no sense of danger, no sense of impending doom if you don’t escape...

Alphadia Neo is a pretty good fishing game with some light dungeon exploring tacked on.

Blacktail is not an easy game, with some tricky combat situations and big boss battles, but it’s a game that allows Focus Entertainment to end their great year on a high.

Until the Last Plane takes a concept that should be fun and challenging, but turns it into a recipe for boredom. And that is pretty unforgivable. 

On PC and mobile, we suspect that Broken Universe - Tower Defense is bordering on a must-buy. On Xbox, we’d suggest it’s one to bypass.

Everyone has football fever whenever a world cup comes around, so you can understand why developers PanicBarn tried to capitalise on this by releasing Soccer Story. Unlike most football - or ‘soccer’ - games though, it’s not a sports simulation, nor is it really an arcade-like sports offering. No, Soccer Story is in fact a physics-driven, open-world adventure RPG interpretation of the beautiful game.

You may struggle to get into As Far As The Eye as much as you want.