Adrian Burrows
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Despite providing an iconic grimdark setting, one that ought to be perfect video game fodder, the Warhammer 40,000 license has often been something of a poisoned chalice for developers. It’s really only in the last decade, with the likes of Space Marine 2, the significantly patched Darktide and Rogue Trader arriving...
Sci-fi movies have taught us a few things over the years: in space, everyone can hear your explosions, people wearing red always die first, and, if you’re visiting a planet to discover if its inhabitable, you will definitely crash land upon arrival. It’s the latter rule that applies to Aphelion....
Even though it began in 1999 with the release of Disciples: The Sacred Lands, I’ve somehow never even heard of the Disciples series, let alone managed to play any of the numerous entries over the many years of the franchise’s existence. So, as my mindfulness teacher likes to tell me,...
I really wanted to love God of War: Sons of Sparta. As someone who is fascinated by Ancient Greek mythology, adores a 2D Metroidvania or two, and has played and almost finished every God of War game going – curse you Ragnarök for being so long! – the shadow drop...
I loved the original Scott Pilgrim graphic novels by comic book author and artist Bryan Lee O’Malley. Quirky, charming, funny, and surprisingly insightful on the human condition, I think I devoured the entire series on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Clearly a love-letter to video game culture, the fisticuff-filled (mis)adventures of...
The core concept of Aerial Knight’s Dropshot is utterly bonkers. You and your opponents leap from a plane, circling hundreds of miles above the ground. None of you have parachutes though, and instead you willingly freefall to your doom. As you plummet, you must shoot your fellow plummeters with your...
The giant inflatable multi-coloured spider demon looms towards us. My co-op partner and I unleash a barrage of bubbles towards the beast, each bubble affixing to the ball-like structure of the creature, distorting it into a misshapen nightmare version of Bertie Bassett. Once three coloured bubble balls meet, in a...
Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a nostalgia-soaked love letter to nine-year-old you. A side-scrolling beat ‘em up that looks like it just stepped out of a 90’s arcade, Cosmic Invasion features the character design of Marvel’s comic heyday, pixel-art visuals that ape Capcom’s Super Hero fighting series, and a tag team...
Lynked: Banner of the Spark is perhaps the cosiest video game I can think of. It’s like a digital snoodie. One of the one’s that’s so soft it envelopes you entirely in a cloud of comfort. But don’t let Lynked’s 3D cartoon styled visuals fool you, this game is no...
Isn’t it nice when a game comes out of nowhere and totally blows you away with its brilliance? GigaSword is one such game, a completely gorgeous nostalgia-soaked love-letter to the NES gaming era and metroidvanias.
Oh, sequels, what a tribulation you are for both gamers and developers alike. Sometimes a follow-up captures everything you loved about the original game and then manages to expand, develop and refine it. Other times a sequel seems to, with unerring accuracy, cherry pick everything that irked you about its...
If you’ve never even heard of the 1970s manga ‘Cobra’ and the anime movie – ‘Space Adventure Cobra’ – and TV show that spawned from it, then don’t worry; me either. What I came to learn is that Cobra is absolutely brilliant, it’s self-indulgent, silly sci-fi at its finest. An...
