Sometimes I’m more tempted to talk about how someone could possibly come up with such a really rubbish and uninspired game name than I am to review the game. Retrofit Overload certainly falls into that category. A name that’s not really inspiring and certainly not Ronseal enough to do wot it sez on the tin. [...]
A twin stick shooter? On XBLIG? Whatever next? Shocking stuff abounds, I’m sure. However, whilst JoyJoy isn’t quite the second coming of arena shooters on XBLIG, it’s a pretty solid affair with some quite progressive design and if there’s one thing I’m quite the fan of it’s progressive design in shooters. Oh yes. It also [...]
Ah, the 90′s. The decade of New Labour, Britpop and 3d gaming becoming the norm. And lots of inebriation. Or perhaps the latter was just me. It was also the time of re imagining early 80′s arcade games in 3d. Time generally hasn’t been kind to most of them. Whilst Tempest 2000 may have now [...]
I don’t think there’s been a time before Leave Home came along that I felt like I’d really managed to completely piss a game off. Oh, I haven’t nearly enough fingers for the amount of times a game has managed to piss me off, but y’know, never before have I felt like I’ve done something [...]
Well, blimey. You see, we at xnPlay don’t just sit on our arses all day long criticising games – oh no, sir. Sometimes we make games for others to criticise too*. Hence, no review here beyond xAD’s one line write up in the round up. Obviously, before I go any further I’m going to recommend [...]
[In case you hadn't noticed, Echoes+ is now out so here's a timely bump of our preview/review of the game. At 240 points, it's an absolute steal. Go grab it!] Readers, if I were to make a list of the most hateful phrases in games journalism it’d look something like this: 1. If you like [...]
This game instantly turned me away when it appeared for two reasons. One, the box art, while representative of the in-game graphics, is crap. Two, the headshot has completely destroyed the FPS genre for me. But that’s a rant for another place…and I’m probably looking for a different FPS experience than the masses are when [...]
A game that didn’t get a lot of notice when it arrived, Shield Defense is a bit like a yoghurt when eaten by a blonde. There’s a layer of uncomfortably sour stuff to get through before you reach the yummy fruit. (Does that joke even work any more? Hands up folks who remember that yoghurts [...]
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