Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
The game industry has had a pretty interesting year in terms of gameplay trends. From single-player games dominating sales charts to the continuing dominance of Fortnite and the Battle Royale genre, there are games catering to every type of player. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 comes into the fold by not only ditching its single-player campaign but going all-in on multiplayer content. I was a little t...[Read More]
NBA Live 19
The journey EA has taken with its NBA Live series has been an interesting tale to follow. Not only does EA have to compete with the monolith that is 2K, but they have to meet the expectations they’ve set themselves with the Madden series. It does seem as though excitement for Live picks up right up until release, and then falls sharply a few weeks after. For the most part, I feel as though E...[Read More]
Monster Hunter: World Review PC
For reference, check out DigitalChumps’ review of Monster Hunter: World when we reviewed it on PS4! Back in February, I claimed that Monster Hunter: World was the best jumping-in point for the series. With its release on PC, players can finally jump into MH: World with the best possible experience. While I won’t completely rehash my review from February (which you can find here), there are a...[Read More]
Extinction
I really, really wanted to like Extinction and for the first hour or so I genuinely did. However, the longer I played the more frustrated I got. Frustrated with the gameplay itself (which I’ll get to) but also frustrated with a game that has so much potential but fails to deliver. In Extinction you play as Avil, the world’s last Sentinel who are essentially very specialised soldiers. T...[Read More]
Far Cry 5 Review
Nestled between the hills, mountains and valleys of Montana lies Hope County; a place that bodes familiarity, yet trickles with evil and chaos in its darkest corners. While certainly not as exotic a locale as past Far Cry titles, Hope County offers much more to do; even if it’s citizens are only partially believable. See, one of the strongest suits Far Cry has always been able to offer is how thei...[Read More]
Monster Hunter: World Review
Let’s get one thing straight: Monster Hunter: World is one of the deepest, most complex titles I have played in a very long time. From it’s strong ability to make repetitious gameplay enjoyable, to its seemingly endless amount of content, Monster Hunter: World is the most engaging triple-A game of 2018. Players embark upon a journey of not only slowly improving their armor and weapons, but after n...[Read More]
Dragon Ball FighterZ Review
The most astounding aspect of the Dragon Ball franchise in terms of gaming is how fresh and relevant each new game has felt, even after rehashing many of the same plot tropes the series has seen over the past 30+ years. Sure, some entries have been better than others, and some have even become cult classics (looking at you Budokai 3); but the biggest judgement facing any entry is the quality of it...[Read More]
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Review
The only quick review I can give Battlefront 2 is that it is close, but not quite close enough to what players have been asking for from DICE/EA’s reboot of the franchise. There aren’t many games that have had the amount of controversy Battlefront 2 has garnered all the way up until launch; and for the most part those controversies are sound. However, it’s the job of the reviewer/critic to look at...[Read More]
Need for Speed: Payback Review
One of the things that has always enticed me about the Need for Speed series is their focus on street racing, especially 2015’s soft reboot of the series. Being an avid street car lover myself (and just like the game advocates for itself, don’t run from the Police, please), the whole “stick to a track” simulation racers never were my style. 2015’s soft reboot of Need for Speed reintroduced somethi...[Read More]
Call of Duty: WW2 Review
I’ll just jump right in and say it: Activision and Sledgehammer games weren’t lying in saying that Call of Duty is back.* After an iffy year for the Call of Duty franchise with Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: WW2 brings the series back to where many felt like it needed to be, and is it good to be back. From the action-packed yet grounded story, to the “classic” style multiplayer, Call of Duty: WW2...[Read More]
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Review
Say what you will about Tolkien’s sprawling Middle-Earth opus as, whether you’re captivated by it or not, there’s plenty of written history to explore and discover outside of the known Hobbit and Lord of the Rings stories. Tolkien’s legendarium mapped out plenty of Middle-Earth’s history and while it has plenty of gaps of its own (Tolkien died before any of the histor...[Read More]
Project Cars 2 Review
If you were a gamepad racer it was hard to like Project Cars. The handling was painful and it required a bit of tweaking if you wanted to get it anywhere near playable. However, in my opinion, just like an Alfa Romeo, on a good day when everything was dialled in, it was glorious. The changing weather was the best you’d find and the constantly changing community events were a great way to kee...[Read More]