Mick Fraser's Reviews
Dead Rising 4 is a lot of fun, but the challenge and tension that made the first few games so unique are dead and buried.
The Dwarves is hard to recommend to any but the most diehard RPG fan, due to poor combat and terrible performance.
An arbitrary remaster collection that fails to do justice to the memory of the originals.
A masterful re-up with a great story, a beautifully grim world and exciting, fast-paced gameplay. And that price point makes it essential.
So much freedom leads to inevitable bugs and AI glitches, but this is still a tremendously fun and empowering stealth-em-up.
Quest, hunt, explore, get married, build a house, invest in property, slaughter entire villages – it’s up to you how you spend your time in the frozen north, and it’s absolutely worth a repeat visit.
Reus is a pleasant little God sim that starts off simple enough but soon becomes deeper and more complex.
This is an easy game to recommend to a certain type of gamer, one who hackers for retro stylings and borderline-unfair difficulty, but those who like a modern touch, it's unlikely to satisfy.
An authentic enough adaptation, Mordheim is deliberately hard and borderline impenetrable to the initiated. Approach with caution.
Vermintide is an under-appreciated gem with loads of replayability and heaps of atmosphere.
A huge, bright, and endlessly charming adventure filled with things to do and stuff to unlock.
There's simply no denying that this is an exceptional package, and although it may be a year overdue, it was absolutely worth the wait.
Gears of War returns with a bang. Consistently thrilling and relentlessly entertaining, Gears 4 is comfortably one of the best shooters of the generation so far.
One of last generation's best sci-fi games returns to consoles and continues apace, changing very little but adding a lot to the mix.
Combining such a wealth of things to do with the already excellent shooting produces a fantastic package for long-term fans and newcomers alike – it’s just a shame it’s taken 24 months to finally get to this point.
A bog-standard dungeon crawler with added boobies, Party Favors offers forgettable titillation but almost no actual substance.
The team has succeeded in creating something that feels truly different and unique, but it's over too quickly and far too simple as a game.
While they vary ever so slightly in quality, with the original, for my money, edging out the others and number 2 valiantly bringing up the rear, all 3 games are incredibly playable and deeply compelling.
A slick, compelling adventure only let down by a glut of technical issues that really should have been polished out.
A brave attempt at creating a more thoughtful shooter hindered by poor execution and messy technique.