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The Cave
The Cave is a game full of familiar elements of the puzzle-platformer genre but which fails to come together in a way which supports the designers’ intent for it to be played three times over to...
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Though the saying goes that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, there could be an argument made for judging Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance from its title. Revengeance is a ridiculous word,...
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Zen Pinball 2: Star Wars Pinball
Reviewing new tables for Zen Studio’s Zen Pinball series is becoming quite a difficult task as there is only so much you can say about how authentic it feels and how lovingly it pays homage to whatever...
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Mass Effect 3: Citadel
Mass Effect 3 had a few troubles around its release, nothing compared to EA’s recent fun with Sim City and Dead Space 3, but at the time it made waves. The biggest issue was the ending, which people...
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Dead Space 3
Ever since its arrival in 2008, EA seems to be hell-bent on turning Dead Space into another fit-for-purpose media megastar to rival the likes of Capcom’s Resident Evil and as a result the series has...
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Guacamelee! enters the ring
Drinkbox Studio’s Tales From Space: About A Blob series charmed us here at D+PAD (just read the reviews here and here) so we have to admit the announcement that the studio’s next game was inbound...
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God of War: Ascension
I should say at the outset that I’m a huge fan of the God of War series, and in many ways, the difficulties with reviewing God of War: Ascension as a fan of the series are the same faced by the game...
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Bioshock Infinite
A lighthouse gleams in the murky distance, choppy seas accompanying your progress towards the dimming light. Clues to your identity are to be found in a wooden box offered with little explanation. Once...
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Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
After retiring from thievery and sitting out the better part of a console generation, Sly finally makes his return on the PS3 and Playstation Vita. With a well-received trilogy and subsequent HD...
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Guacamelee!
‘Guacamelee!’: it’s a bloody great title for a game isn’t it? It wrestles your attention (pun absolutely intended), captures in a single word the game’s Mexicana-theme and penchant for ass-kickery, and...
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Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
As a full game re-release with additional content, as opposed to a standalone piece of DLC, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is a tricky game to review. Those it will most likely appeal to will either be...
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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
There really isn’t a single subtle thing to Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, which revels in its own stupidity to almost absurd levels. Taking the mick out of everything we remember from all that cheesy 80’s...
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Mass Effect: Revisiting the Series
The first time I played through Mass Effect 2 I was nonplussed; it seemed to have less of the rough and experimental charm of the first game, which seemed to be a haphazard evolution of Knights of the...
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Persona 4 Arena
The most important feature of a fighting game, in contrast with many others, is how methodical and accessible its tutorial is. In the fighting genre, more so than any other, there is a mixture of...
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Metal Gear Rising: Blade Wolf
Raiden’s sword-wielding, ‘zan-datsu’ performing antics have certainly impressed, carving out a new mythology that runs alongside that of the Metal Gear Solid series. MGR is all about expanding rather...
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
What’s up with Techland? To say the least, the Polish developer has a tough time staying consistent. They recently put out Dead Island: Riptide, a slated sequel to the much more appealing original, and...
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Resident Evil: Revelations
The Resident Evil series has been on a downhill trajectory since Resident Evil 4. This generation’s entries to the series have eschewed most of the survival horror that the series is known for in...
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Diggs Nightcrawler
London Studios’ Diggs Nightcrawler isn’t designed for adults, forcing lofty old folk to physically get down to a child’s level and sit cross legged on the floor. This isn’t a point of criticism...
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Remember Me
The cyberpunk science-fiction genre is one frequently misunderstood; its visual trappings of cyborgs, robots and neon cities are a useful visual tool for game design but as a complete genre, much media...
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Journey: Collector’s Edition
Journey: Collector’s Edition is actually a somewhat misleading title for this selection of thatgamecompany games. In fact it functions more as a boxset of the studio’s work to this point, containing as...
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