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Silly Polly Beast is a stylish, scrappy nightmare on wheels, just don’t expect it to play fair while you’re skateboarding through hell.
The Lacerator brings together all the elements you could want from a modern retro-style horror game: the setting, the characters, and the gameplay all come together in a glorious bloodbath of insanity which, while a little short, will keep you entertained.
For the pricetag of £2.49, The Cabin Factory does its job and provides an hour or two of enjoyable playtime. It’s a short but sweet experience for those who enjoy both horror and ‘spot the difference’ types of games. However, it could have included improved scares and more anomalies to make the overall objective that much harder to complete.
With easier-to-read dialogue, better traversal methods, and more traditional RPG elements to it, Dragon Quest 2 HD-2D Remake is the strongest of the duo on offer. It contains all of the hallmark features that made Dragon Quest 1 great and makes it better by offering more of the same.
Witty, weird, and wonderfully nostalgic, Simon’s still got it.
Ultimate Speed delivers on chaos and colour, but its repetitive backdrops and clunky controls keep it from crossing the finish line first.
Does Fading Serenades deliver a cosy experience, or will the music of the island fade like a half-remembered dream? Faded Serenades is a game that has a lot of potential to be something more; the ideas are there, but the island just isn’t big enough to take this game from a short burst of relaxation to a full relaxing retreat.
A confident return for the franchise, Ninja Gaiden 4 blends precision combat with atmospheric storytelling, though its length and repetition hold it back slightly.
Little Nightmares has never felt this small. I really can’t shake the feeling that I would have scored this much higher and had fewer complaints, if I didn’t play the first Little Nightmares before it. But it’s human nature to judge based on previous experiences, so that’s inevitably what everyone will do here. Fans have every right to be upset that this didn’t meet expectations.
I only expected Keeper to be a good and simple game, but it went well beyond my expectations, surprising me with its mechanics, visuals, and a Soundtrack that enhances the already prestigious reputation of Double Fine Productions. A very well-crafted journey through a mysterious world, with lots of wonderful surprises along the way.
With the base Just Dance now a free app and the focus shifting to paying for Just Dance +, I'm judging this one mostly on the included song-list and it just didn't manage to excite us this year, outside of the collaboration with Bluey. My recommendation remains the same as previous Just Dance releases: you're probably better off getting the cheapest physical version of a previous year you can find and pay for Just Dance +, over paying for what is essentially expensive DLC.
Yooka-Replaylee doesn’t reinvent the genre, but it refines it with confidence. Its open structure, responsive movement, and varied challenges come together to create a platformer that’s easy to sink into and satisfying to complete.
Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian is a fantastic brew of an RPG, with so many things to do, it almost boils over. And the many quality-of-life features make sure that every type of player can enjoy it.
A soulful journey marred by punishing peaks and shallow progress. Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree dazzles with painterly visuals, rich sound design, and heartfelt voice acting, but its roguelike loop wears thin fast. Combat starts strong but suffers from brutal difficulty spikes and clunky twin-stick controls. The emotional twist of losing a guardian after each run adds weight, yet limited progression and muddled combat feedback dull the impact. Gorgeous, soulful, but often frustrating.
Twins of the Sun swings for charm, but its Stone Hammer gets stuck in a gameplay rut.
With immersive audio, intense encounters, and a sprawling urban playground, Dying Light: The Beast delivers a relentless, adrenaline-fueled survival experience that walks the line on being the best entry in the series, but falls flat when it comes to character development and technical performance.
SOPA serves up a whimsical broth of hat-wearing frogs, stolen potatoes, and love for the adventure genre, but it feels just a little light on seasoning and should have stewed for a little while longer.
Hotel Barcelona is a blood-soaked fever dream where pop culture horror, time loops, and twisted minds check in, and sanity checks out.
Deadzone: Rogue delivers a tight, rewarding loop that’s easy to pick up and hard to put down. Deadzone: Rogue might not break the mould, but it sure knows how to fill it with bullets, scrap, and just enough chaos to keep you hooked. Between the crunchy gunplay, sneaky upgrades, and co-op nail-biters, it’s the kind of game that whispers “just one more run” until you realise it’s 2am and you’ve unlocked a perk called Double Dash. Worth it.
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