XCOM: Chimera Squad review - a generous and inventive spin on a tactical classic
Posted on February 6, 2023
| 10 minutes
| 1921 words
| Arica Deslauriers
The classic formula gets an energising remix in this standalone charmer. Breaching a room is one of those weird things that games turn out to be brilliant at. It's pure tactics - information with stimulating gaps in it. A bunch of bad guys are waiting behind closed doors. You know some things about them but you don't know everything. How are you going to open the doors?
XCOM: Chimera Squad review Developer: Firaxis Games Publisher: 2K Games Platform: Reviewed on PC Availability: Out now on PC It's a wonder, really, that it's taken a classic tactics series like XCOM so long to try a bit of breaching.
[Read More]Battlefield 4 review | Eurogamer.net
Posted on February 5, 2023
| 11 minutes
| 2132 words
| Fernande Dalal
"You don't want people to feel alienated by crazy features and crazy changes." So said Battlefield's executive producer, Patrick Bach, just over a week ago. Few will have been surprised by his words, what with the military shooter genre not being known for its radical reinventions, but it's interesting that he felt he had to address the issue at all.
Battlefield 4 is, of course, pretty much exactly the game you expect.
[Read More]Borderlands Legendary Collection - another excellent compilation for the Switch library
Posted on February 5, 2023
| 7 minutes
| 1296 words
| Mittie Cheatwood
The Borderlands Legendary Collection is one of the most fascinating Switch ports we've seen in a while - it's like a technical roadmap for the series, starting off from the last-gen Borderlands, encompassing its sequel and rounding off with the cross-generational Pre-Sequel. Unreal Engine 3 is the core technology in all cases, but its utilisation evolves from game to game with some fascinating results in the transition to Switch - not least that the more ambitious Pre-Sequel looks better and even runs better than Borderlands 2.
[Read More]Epic Games Store readying up for its first NFT foray with Wild-West battle royale Grit
Posted on February 5, 2023
| 3 minutes
| 439 words
| Patria Henriques
While Fortnite may be free from the woes of the cryptocurrency marketplace, the same can't be said for the rest of the Epic Games Store. In fact, a new NFT-riddled nightmare is on its way to Epic's shopfront imminently.
The game in question is called Grit and, well, it looks a lot like something that rhymes with grit but that I am too polite to write here. Gala Games reveals Grit.
[Read More]Final Fantasy 7 Remake on PS4 is now only £20 at Amazon
Posted on February 5, 2023
| 2 minutes
| 313 words
| Arica Deslauriers
Final Fantasy 7 Remake on PS4 is currently down to just £20 at Amazon. If you haven't played it yet or you're after a cheaper way to get the Intergrade upgrade and play Episode Intermission on PS5- this is the deal for you.
It's the lowest price we've seen it since back in June at Smyths. FF7 Remake on PS4 also includes a free PS5 upgrade so if you were to purchase the Yuffie DLC for £15 on the PlayStation Store- it brings it to a grand total of £35.
[Read More]Genshin Impact The Almighty Arataki Great and Glorious Drumalong Festival rewards and dates
Posted on February 5, 2023
| 4 minutes
| 811 words
| Arica Deslauriers
The Almighty Arataki Great and Glorious Drumalong Festival is a rhythm game challenge, and the second time-limited event added as part of the 2.7 Genshin Impact update.
Unlike the Perilous Trail Genshin Impact event which debuted the Fading Twilight bow, there is no weapon reward for taking part, but you can get other items, including Ascension materials and Primogems.
We've compiled all of the Drumalong Festival rewards and details below, including its unlock requirements and end date.
[Read More]Hitman 3 PC: the best settings - and how it stacks up against next-gen consoles
Posted on February 5, 2023
| 8 minutes
| 1509 words
| Arica Deslauriers
Hitman 3 arrived this week in what became the series' biggest digital launch of all-time - and rightly so. As a culmination of the existing trilogy, Hitman 3 caps off the generation with the most impressive iteration of the Glacier Engine to date, with all existing current-gen Hitman content retrofitted into the latest game, while being essentially 'remastered' for next-gen consoles. PC owners can rejoice too - the game does everything that PS5 and Series X can and more besides, thanks to some nice upgrades and further scalability.
[Read More]Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing
Posted on February 5, 2023
| 4 minutes
| 712 words
| Arica Deslauriers
Page 1 of 2 Next page Two Tanks at once! Two of them! I understand that a word like "overkill" could never have a place in a horror game that's always taken pleasure from pitting players against harrowing odds, but still. I'm surprised Valve didn't go the whole hog and layer both Tanks' signature horn music over one another, very slightly out of sync, to create a horrible, unlistenable cacophony.
[Read More]Lorn's Lure is Silent Hill for rock climbers
Posted on February 5, 2023
| 4 minutes
| 650 words
| Trudie Dory
Steam's catalogue is so varied now that it's inevitable, between the shovelware and chuff, you'll find something that feels like it was snipped from the centre of your brain. That's what the Lorn's Lure is to me. It's a psychological horror first-person parkour sci-fi extravaganza (perhaps 'extravaganza' is too strong of a word, but after all those descriptors 'game' would feel a little lame), available right now as a nice chunky demo.
[Read More]Metal Gear Solid 5 - Make Contact with Emmerich, Cloaked in Silence, Quiet boss fight
Posted on February 5, 2023
| 10 minutes
| 2000 words
| Mittie Cheatwood
Previous page Page 12 of 15 Next page Welcome to Metal Gear Solid 5 - Make Contact with Emmerich, the 11th main story mission of the game, following on from Angel with Broken Wings.
Mission checklist: Eliminated Quiet Determined what to do with Quiet Neutralised Quiet without hitting her with lethal weapons Neutralised Quiet with non-firearm attacks From this point on, you'll have DD as a constant companion. He's able to sniff out guards and other useful targets in the immediate vicinity, and he can detect mines and medicinal plants too.
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