Richard Walker


Favorite Games:
  • Streets of Rage II
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Super Street Fighter II

503 games reviewed
75.6 average score
80 median score
56.3% of games recommended

Richard Walker's Reviews

A grizzled veteran of video games journalism, Rich is an ardent lover of all things video games-related. Since 2008, he's worked on a range of websites and magazines, from Playboy UK to X360, and a dozen other publications in between, before settling down at Xbox Achievements & PlayStation Trophies in 2009.
Jun 16, 2025

In Gex Trilogy, there is more than one reference to Austin Powers, which should give you some idea as to how much the series' humour has dated ...

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Jun 13, 2025

Someone has clearly been watching Game of Thrones. Its grimy influence is felt throughout much of Final Fantasy XVI, from its warring kingdoms and tow...

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If you've recently been exploring the verdant expanses of Cyrodiil, in the Oblivion remaster, you might consider giving Tainted Grail: The Fall...

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91% - F1 25
May 27, 2025

Hot on the heels of the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix, here comes EA Sports F1 25, the latest instalment in developer Codemasters' racing sim series, a...

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Am I getting older, or are old games getting harder? The answer is both. I fondly remember romping through Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny when it...

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In the window of my local CEX is a Dreamcast copy of Project Justice, marked for £180. It's been there for years, and, as it becomes increasing...

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May 9, 2025

Ever wondered about where the DOOM Slayer (aka DOOM Guy) came from and what his deal is? Me neither, but developer id Software is here to tell you all...

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In Journey to the Savage Planet, you played as a hapless employee of Kindred Aerospace, marooned on a hostile planet (savage, even) after your ship c...

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80% - MotoGP 25
May 5, 2025

Back when I was a young journo, wide-eyed and optimistic, I got to ride pillion on a bit of track at Silverstone, to celebrate the launch of MotoGP 0...

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How has it been almost twenty years since The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion first released? It feels like it was only yesterday my dark elf hero emerged...

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With the release of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2, developer Don't Nod's summertime saga has a lot of loose ends to tie up, as ...

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As a kid who grew up in the 1990s, coveting what was, at the time, a prohibitively expensive Neo Geo console on which to play conversions of SNK'...

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Apr 11, 2025

In Finding Frankie, you start out confined to a dark chamber, the only light emanating from a large TV screen welcoming you to a sadistic game show. ...

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Apr 7, 2025

Where to start with Promise Mascot Agency, a game in which you play as a disgraced yakuza expelled to the cursed town of Kaso-Michi, where he's ...

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Apr 7, 2025

Blue Prince is the video game equivalent of a mosquito bite. It's an itch that's fun to scratch, but you can feel a bit sore when you start ...

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Apr 3, 2025

South of Midnight is the work of Compulsion Games, a studio whose previous project, We Happy Few, literally tickled the fancy of only a happy few, th...

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Mar 12, 2025

Sometimes, a game's title tells you just about everything you need to know about it. In the case of Mullet Madjack, we can immediately see that ...

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84% - WWE 2K25
Mar 11, 2025

"Do you think you have what it takes?" legendary WWE manager Paul Heyman asks you upon firing up WWE 2K25 for the first time. It's a familiar...

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Mar 6, 2025

Sorry We're Closed is a wilfully strange game. You might describe it as eccentric. You may also say it's completely and brilliantly batshit....

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Mar 4, 2025

Director Josef Fares' studio Hazelight has carved itself out quite the niche. A Way Out and It Takes Two demonstrated how adept the developer i...

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