Category: PC
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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist Review
There seems to be a trend in game development lately to make everything more action oriented and cinematic. We’ve seen it with Resident Evil, we’ve seen it with MMORPGs like Tera and Neverwinter, we’ve even seen it with rhythm games like Harmoknight (ok, maybe not the cinematic part, but still). Understandably, long time fans of…
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PES 2017 Review
It’s that time of year again, when the two biggest franchises, in the world’s biggest sport, face off for the ultimate prize. The title of Best Football Sim. So, after decades of kicking gamely at the shins of FIFA, is 2017 the year Konami delivers a better football sim than EASports? If you were judging…
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review
You’re a convict in a strange freezing land, nabbed for something you didn’t do, and subsequently sentenced to death. There’s snow on the ground, and blood still pools on the block from the person beheaded only moments before you. The headsman gestures to you, and people in furs with strange accents watch coldly on as…
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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Review
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel marks the first time this dungeon crawler series has landed on a console, but has it made the jump successfully? Let’s go on a quest to find out! You start off Sacred 2: Fallen Angel just like any other WRPG: by choosing your character’s class – either Seraphim, Dryad, Shadow Warrior,…
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Ghostbusters Review
25 years ago, almost to the day, the movie “Ghostbusters” was released in the US. It was pretty seriously successful, as you no doubt know, and has spawned more than a few videogames in the intervening years. Computers and consoles of the day, however, were hardly equipped to bring home the real ghost busting experience…
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Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Review
Assassin’s Creed. Yes, it’s a huge big fat hairy deal. Both previous games have been massive titles, and from the looks of the opening credits, Ubisoft have thrown enormous resources from what seems like every studio they own globally at putting Assassin’s Creed: Revelations together. A long time coming, Revelations was a massive press-hype dealio…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review
Harry Potter fans have been kept waiting after the theatrical release of The Half-Blood Prince was delayed by over six months. Which meant that the game based on this sixth title in the franchise was also pushed back to suit. Technically this should mean that the developers had some extra time up the sleeves of…
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Bejeweled 3 Review
There’s something enormously satisfying about lining up and knocking things down in the name of entertainment: dominoes, tenpins, pedestrians… Well, maybe not the pedestrians [i beg to differ – Ed.], but you get the idea. Nearly a decade ago, PopCap must have realised they were onto a winner with Bejeweled. It wasn’t the first Match…
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Bionic Commando Review
Bionic Commando is the long awaited follow up to NES title of the same name. Once again players jump into the bionic boots of Nathan “Rad” Spencer to swing around via his bionic arm, play with guns and throw cars at a giant mechanical worm… The story wrapping up the action goes that following the…
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Review
The Wolfenstein franchise has a long and bloody history or killing Nazis. The later games have also been rife with social commentary, moral dilemmas, and much more heartstring tugging than a game about killing Nazis should have. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is no exception. The game follows five months after the New Order, after…
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Left 4 Dead 2 (PC) Review
It seems that as every year goes by, the console market encroaches even further into the sacred realm of the Personal Computer. However, there is one area where the console infection will never reign as king, and that’s first person shooters. Especially if they involve killing lots, and lots of Zombies. Unsurprisingly, both versions have…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Review
The Call of Duty franchise has continued to be enormously popular, and for good reason – it has always delivered a good solo experience (albeit a short one), and a very well crafted and thought out multiplayer option. It is a tried and true formula that has been refined over its numerous releases. Call of…
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Virtua Tennis 2009 Review
If you’re going to make a Tennis game for consoles, now is as good a time as ever to release it, squeezed in between the two mid-year grand slams. Sega have certainly realised this by producing another iteration of their ever popular tennis franchise, Virtua Tennis 2009. One of the great things about the franchise…
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Review
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is an open-world, first-person tactical shooter. It’s the third entry in the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series (the “3” is the clue) and the first I’ve played. It’s the first I’ve played because I don’t snipe. Slow-motion bullet cams and exploding heads are not really my cup of tea, which you will…
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Nuclear Dawn Review
Nuclear dawn does something other games have tried before; blend a first-person-shooter (FPS) with a real-time Strategy (RTS) game. Unfortunately, like many of them, it has failed to form a successful merger of the genres. Nuclear Dawn is an online multiplayer game, available on Steam, where most players are soldiers on the ground fighting it…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Review
Riding a tidal wave of controversy, Modern Warfare 2 has been tipped to be the fastest selling video game in history. It has already claimed higher pre-order sales than Grand Theft Auto 4 and it is predicted to sell over ten million copies before this Christmas worldwide. Small wonder considering its predecessor, Call of Duty…
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Call of Duty: WW2 Review
Advanced Warfare dropped in 2014, it took Call of Duty in a new direction. Snappy lateral dashes, and an emphasis on verticality remapped the series’ DNA for years to come. But – as with anything – fatigue set in. Players longed for simpler gameplay, and a return to more traditional movement. The popularity of last…
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Assassin’s Creed III Review
Arguably only the imminent release of Halo 4 has had more attention and anticipation than AC3 has. So there was pretty much a Hunger Games-esque death match at the Gameskeys.net highrise offices to win the right to review this game. It wasn’t pretty, but I won. I’m not proud of what I had to do…
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Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel Review
FromSoftware have had a good track record with their downloadable offerings. Dark Souls 1, 2, and Bloodborne had extra content that expanded on the story of their respective universes, while offering a stiff challenge that only the most devout followers could truly appreciate. Their first batch of extra content for Dark Souls III however, may…
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Just Cause 2 Review
For those not familiar with Just Cause, the original was a slightly above average game which took clear inspiration from Grand Theft Auto. Just Cause offered up a slightly bland island setting and the ability to use a grappling hook on certain items. Can Just Cause 2 take the ideas of the original and execute…