Gareth Brading's Reviews
Industria is a short experience, but is an enjoyable and varied playthrough.
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is truly a unique game, and despite its bland gameplay, feels like a genuine cult classic.
Full of satisfying stealth and combat, huge sprawling levels and an interesting multilayered story, Deathloop is truly one of a kind.
If you enjoy turn-based combat and are looking for a fantasy game to whittle away the hours, King’s Bounty II delivers.
No Longer Home, like Gone Home before it, proves the adage “you can’t go home again” remains as true as ever.
Samurai Warriors 5 is a satisfying hack-and-slash with plenty of replayability.
Despite the brevity, Backbone has one of the most fascinating and rich settings for a video game I’ve visited in years, and it left me craving even more.
Although it covers fairly deep emotional subject matter, The Magnificent Trufflepigs is generally an extremely relaxing, easy-going game with no fail states; a “walk-‘em-up” where you wander across several fields, digging up old bits of rubbish while reminiscing with an old friend.
Operation Eagle doesn’t particularly change the Iron Harvest formula, but it does add another very enjoyable campaign, complete air units for all factions.
Biomutant sags under the weight of its various disparate elements, leading to a game which looks gorgeous, but is frustratingly mediocre.
It’s not a Royal Flush, but Grand Casino Tycoon does a good job of showing you the truth behind the saying “the house always wins”.
Hitchhiker can take you on a journey, but even it doesn’t seem too sure where it’s actually going.
Loop Hero is a satisfyingly rich experience, and you don’t have to be a Roguelike masochist to enjoy it.
If you’ve the patience of a saint to be at the whim of the gods, Gods Will Fall is your kind of game.
Cyberpunk 2077 is a classic example of feature creep, resulting in an interesting but extremely buggy experience.
Möbius Front ’83 is different from Zachtronics usual outings, but it doesn’t entirely create an experience that feels both strategic and rewarding.
Kosmokrats has a funny, well-written story and a great soundtrack, but the somewhat frustrating puzzle design and control can occasionally hamper your enjoyment.
Watch Dogs: Legion is another competent Ubisoft open-world adventure with plenty to do, and while it manages to communicate its message better than anticipated, it can’t manage to fully commit to it.
Iron Harvest is a decidedly old-school RTS with some modern trappings, with a bombastic main campaign with a surprisingly well written story.
Windbound is fine for a short pleasure cruise, but you're unlikely to want to complete the full voyage.