Luke Mitchell
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Catherine: Full Body
When it originally released in 2011, I loved Catherine. A strange blend of visual novel, puzzler, romance and horror, it combined some very adult and strange themes, making it one of the more memorable titles I can think of in recent video game history. To my pleasant surprise, the mish-mash...
After the surprise success of campy teen horror Until Dawn in 2015, Supermassive Games have smartly, if not quite ambitiously, engaged in creating more horror stories with the same choice-based mechanics and concept of “anyone can die at any time”. Not only that, but they have planned an anthology series...
Warhammer: Chaosbane
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Warhammer: Chaosbane is giving Diablo quite the ego boost. Set in the Warhammer universe (the same one where you also kill giant rats and have gigantic battlefields of warfare, if you’re trying to keep up), Chaosbane is an isometric action RPG...
Days Gone
Days Gone has the weight of the world on its shoulders as a PlayStation first-party release. With God of War and Spider-Man just to name a couple and a strong E3 reveal a couple of years ago, it’s finally with us, but expectations from such high-quality games last year work...
My Time at Portia
My Time at Portia comes in after a surge in popularity in the “life simulation” genre of gaming, popularised specifically by the runaway success of Stardew Valley after foundations were laid in Harvest Moon decades ago. After being in Early Access on PC for a year and gaining all the...
Are you ready to feel old? Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney first released to western audiences on the Nintendo DS back in 2005. It’s well-known due to its high quality story-telling, unique spin on the visual novel genre and the large amount of spin-offs that it spawned, along with other series...
Yoshi's Crafted World
Yoshi may not have always been the go-to platforming icon for Nintendo, but his adventures have been becoming more commonplace in recent years, which I’m personally a big fan of considering he’s my favourite from Nintendo’s long list of memorable characters. While his world was previously made of wool in...
Tom Clancy’s The Division was a successful foray into the looter shooter genre when it first launched three years ago. It was not without its problems, presenting a strong campaign that was held back by its bullet-sponge enemies and an endgame that took some serious tweaking for it to be...
Trials Rising
The Trials series has always proven to be a lot of fun, particularly memorable for its zany courses and incredibly high difficulty for those who want to achieve high scores and perfect no-fault runs. Best described as a motorbike racing platformer, you must navigate over-the-top and unreal obstacles without crashing...
Crackdown 3
I’m sure you’ve heard this by now, but Crackdown 3 has had a pretty troubled development cycle over the last few years. Initially revealed almost five years ago, there were times when the game almost seemed like it might not happen at all, but a clever campaign with the charismatic...
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 is an interesting hybrid, combining the best ingredients of the series past, mixing them together and baking a delicious, violent, scary cake in 2019. It’s a remake, yes, but unlike any Resident Evil remake or remaster that has come before it. Resident Evil 2 combines the story...
Turn-based tactics is a genre that, if done right, rewards players for thinking ahead, executing strong strategic moves and analyzing the battlefield for the best outcomes possible. Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden might be a game you haven’t heard much about, but it takes the genre popularised by Final Fantasy...
