Category: Reviews
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Codename: Panzers Cold War Review
Codename: Panzers Cold War is not a benchmark real-time strategy game. With the massive amounts of RTS titles that have recently been released for the PC it seems like it will have a hard time reaching gaming audiences due to a somewhat overbearing obscurity. It also does not help that the game has not been…
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Thumpies Review
Some games bring unexpected amounts of lovable charm. You might not like Thumpies at first due to its creepy bouncing heads, but once you start playing, it’s nearly impossible to put it down. Varied, original music and plenty of unlockables have these thumpies bouncing their way right to the top. Since Thumpies is a rhythm-based…
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Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius Maxwell Review
Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius is borrowing one of iconic characters from Brave Frontier. Maxwell is the God of Creation. She has an extraordinary strength that you can have after you’ve finished the Trial of The Creator event happening tomorrow November 18, 00:00 PST until November 24, 23:59 PST. This is the second half of the…
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The Book of Unwritten Tales Review
Independent games always surprise me – not because they are always amazing, but because they always come up with something new. And that’s heartening, even if it’s just a new take on an old format. The Book of Unwritten Tales, by German Developer King Art, is based on a style that’s as old as they…
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Muffin Knight Review
It’s clear that developer Angry Mob had classic games like the original Mario Bros. in mind when they designed their latest, Muffin Knight. This is a game with a very retro vibe and solid production values, but a few nagging issues prevent it from being quite as good as it could be. On the other…
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Unit 13 Review
Portable systems are suitable for many game types and genres, the best of which have been designed with the features of their host platform in mind. Historically, cover based shooters would not have fallen under that umbrella, given the lack of a viable control scheme. The PlayStation Vita, with its dual analog stick setup, makes…
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Cogs Review
Cogs is a classy little game. It’s an indie steampunk puzzle game, that gives the same sort of pleasure as a well-oiled piece of machinery. From the opening splash screen, with its sounds of whirring brass cogs as the main menu rolls into view, to the mind-bendingly difficult puzzles themselves, Cogs is a real winner.…
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Kingdom Rush iPad Review
Kingdom Rush has all the brushstrokes of a typical tower defense game. You have to install archers, artillery, and long-range mages to pummel a road crawling with fast-moving and heavily-armored bad guys. What makes Kingdom Rush so much better than other tower defense games are its stunning art style, miniature swordsmen, and game-saving special abilities.…
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Earthworm Jim HD Review
One minute Jim was a simple earthworm, doing the things that simple earthworms do. He spent his days digging, eating dirt, staying moist, and most importantly not getting caught on a concrete surface during a hot summer day; Jim was merely minding his own business, just trying to get by like the rest of us…
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CitiesXL Review
It’s been a while now since we’ve had a good old-fashioned city building release, so it was a pleasant surprise to be able to play and review CitiesXL, from Monte Cristo, the French simulation games company. While CitiesXL will be familiar to gamers who have played any of the Sim City incarnations, it still comes…
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Ramps Review
The best puzzle games on the iPhone are both simplistic and original. Ramps has those bases covered, plus it adds a layer of polish that makes it nearly irresistible. The goal is to place and rotate platforms around the level so that a ball lands into a cup. Once things are in place you tap…
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Hook champ hands on preview
Many years ago, when we were young and playing more videogames than should be allowed by federal law, we made up our mind that the best games involved a “swinging” component. No, we don’t mean games that party with like-minded couples (although that sounds like it would be a great game too). We mean games…
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Zack Zero Review
There is no cliche in gaming more widely used than the ‘kidnapped girlfriend’. It’s one of the most archaic plot devices used in videogames, something the platforming genre has mostly grown out of. So it’s no surprise that Zack Zero uses this trope unabashedly to set up its razor-thin narrative, just one of the many…
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Chop Chop Ninja Review
Ninjas are known for their stealthy movement and ability to assassinate foes without getting caught. Iro-san, the hero in Chop Chop Ninja, doesn’t quite fit the bill with his clumsiness. Due to overlooked controls and level design, this platformer doesn’t stack up. While most platformers use buttons of some sort, Chop Chop Ninja attempts to…
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Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate Review
Waaay back in 2010, Conrad took a at Runaway: A Twist of Fate, a.k.a. the third instalment of Pendulo Studios’ Runaway series. I’m sure most of you know it: the adventure game trilogy about Brian Bosco, the nerdy physicist who accidentally saves a beautiful gal from some nasty mafia types, and the related hijinks that ensue?…
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Chaos Rings Review
Chaos Rings is the Square Enix RPG we’ve been waiting for. After months of second-rate iPhone games like Crystal Defenders, Vanguard Storm, and Sliding Heroes, the iPhone finally has its own triple-A Square Enix RPG that actually reaches the heights of a Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger. With an epic storyline and deep gameplay, Chaos…
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Chop Chop Kicker Review
Were dinosaurs warm-blooded or cold blooded? Was the Troodon capable of evolving a human level of intelligence? Was it a meteor or climate change that finally wiped out the former reptilian lords of the Earth? We may never have definitive answers to these questions. However, Chop Chop Kicker offers indisputable proof that our caveman ancestors…
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Aion Review
Launching an MMO in 2009 is easy enough. Getting people interested in it is challenging. Keeping those people you convinced to try it after their first month is up? That’s something few recent MMOs have had anything more than moderate success with. There’s a giant elephant in the room, and it seems appropriate to call…
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Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius Freya Review
Overview: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is currently celebrating 6 million downloads. Congrats to everyone at Square-Enix, Gumi, and Alim! All month we’ve seen various summon banners for new units from Final Fantasy IX. It is important to take advantage of special summon boost campaigns if a unit you want is in it. Today, we are…
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The Sims 2 Apartment Life Review
Just when we thought it was all over, along comes another expansion pack for The Sims 2! The latest (and last) expansion is called Apartment Life, and includes some awesome new features that really add a great deal to the game – but is this release coming to us too late? Apartments and communal living…