Last Epoch

Could have been great

This is a really difficult review to write, because LE is a good game that is let down by it's content.LE is a classic top down isometric ARPG. I bought the game in early access a week before the "finished" game went liv... Read Full Review

Tom Clancy's The Division 2

Good graphics don't make a great game

I played the 8 hour demo prior to deciding whether to purchase some 4 years after the game's release. On the face of it this initially appears to be a fantastic game but as you progress it's flaws become evident. The gra... Read Full Review

Baldur's Gate 3 (Deluxe Edition)

Terrible overhyped game

I honestly do not know why people are raving about this game and how it won GOTY 2023. Whilst the game is pretty to look at and has a lovely artsyle, it is terrible to play. It's very difficult to move your character, w... Read Full Review

Baldur's Gate 3 (Early Access)

Starfield

Overhyped disappointment

Starfield is one of the biggest releases of the year. Ten years in the making, the anticipation and hype was immense for the next big RPG from Bethesda, billed to be Skyrim in space.Man this game is bad. Ten years in the... Read Full Review

Diablo IV

Finally an ARPG I enjoy

I've never been a fan of ARPG "Top-down" games and I've played quite a few of them, however Div breaks the mould and it is a fantastic fun game.The hype leading upto the release of Div was insane, only for a couple of we... Read Full Review

Tropico 6

Fantastic game

RTS City building games are few and far between these days but then one comes along and you just love it. This game came out 4 years ago and I only just discovered it. Tropico 6 is a little tongue in cheek with some come... Read Full Review

The Last of Us Part I

Fantastic game with many minor niggles

The Last of Us was released 10 years ago on PS3 and has recently been remastered for PC. I've never been a fan of zombie games but this FPS/RPG is quite good. Developed by Naughty Dog this title really is like an interac... Read Full Review

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Another rehash but worth buying

Not a lot to say about this - another year another cod, they are all pretty much the same. This reboot has a number of old maps thrown in but reskinned such as Shipment etc.Graphics are really good. Sound is great. Guns... Read Full Review

Squad

Battlefield wannabe that fails

This game was on my watch list for a long time but I never bought it because despite it being 2 years old (7 years in steam early access) it is still a full price £40. Anyway Steam ran a free weekend and I was keen... Read Full Review

Iron Harvest

Very old school RTS

Lot of good reviews for this game but it really is nothing new. This 2020 game looks like it came from 15 years ago. The game is set in an alternate history in 1920 in eastern europe and centres on a young girl who forms... Read Full Review

Insurgency: Sandstorm

Good game if you like infantry hardcore shooters

I played this game during the free demo weekend on Steam - Also during this weekend the game was reduced to half price ( £12.99 instead of £26.99)As for the game itself, it is a modern shooter set in the midd... Read Full Review

Age of Empires IV

Brilliant old school RTS

AOE 4 takes you back in time to the 1990s when there were a plethora of RTS games available. This genre is few and far between these days but this game uses the same old rock paper scissors mechanics that we all love. T... Read Full Review

Far Cry 6

Great game that gets old fast

I've never been a fan of the Far Cry series but this iteration really is quite good. The story is set on the island of Yara in Cuba, where a dictator has taken over and is havesting a type of tobacco using the residents ... Read Full Review

Elden Ring

Terrible overhyped game

Elden Ring has been long awaited and massively hyped in the last year. All the reviews are giving it a 10 and many are saying it is the best game ever made. Don't believe it this game is terrible, not even worthy of the ... Read Full Review

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Really great and different game - a masterpiece !

First off I must say I have never been a fan of AC games - I have played them all and mostly given up within a couple of hours through frustartion or boredom. That said AC Valhalla is something completely new and unique.... Read Full Review

Gears 5

Typical Gears fare

It's many years since I last played a Gears game which does not deviate from the genre - Just a generic linear shooting range killing various bullet sponge monsters and it feels very much like Doom. That said it's ok for... Read Full Review

God of War

Great game but over hyped

God of War is an excellent game. The graphics are outstanding and the detail is incredible. This 4 year old PS4 game newly released on PC is very well optimised console port which runs buttery smooth. There has been so m... Read Full Review

Battlefield 2042

Battlefail

Despite tonnes of hype Battlefied 2042 is a huge fail. The devs have departed from the core Battlefield mechanic and essentially its a reskin of EA's Apex Legends with Rush and Conquest mode thrown in with 128 player ser... Read Full Review

Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition

A Must Play Game

In HZD you play as 10 year old Aloy, a girl abandoned by her mother at birth and is under the ward of Rost who have been outcast from their Nora tribe. After the first act Aloy grows to an 18 year old who is on a missio... Read Full Review

Metro Exodus

Ok but frustrating game

So I picked up the new enhanced edition which has very high system requirements. I have never played a previous metro game before and I was expecting something really graphically special but I wouldn't say this looks bet... Read Full Review

NieR: Automata - Game of the YoRHa Edition

Overrated game

This game has had lots of excellent reviews but I just don't dig it. In essence it looks like a typical Korean art-style game - early teenage protagonists with over sized weapons sort of stuff. The setting is a mechanica... Read Full Review

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

A 10 before and a 10 again

This review is of ME2: LE only because ME2 in my opinion is far better than Nos 1 & 3, so when the remaster came out I decided I had to play ME2 first.When I played the original in 2010 I gave this game a 10. I reins... Read Full Review

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Simply not fun

This title has top 10/10 reviews from all the critics - and it's hard to see why, as it does not feel like a game at all and it is simply not fun. The game is essentially a psycho horror drama set in a mythical viking ag... Read Full Review

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition

Flawed Masterpiece

I got this game at release in May 2015 but neglected to write a review. This is my second playthrough 6 years later in 2021 (the disaster of CDPROJEKT's latest release of Cyberpunk made me want to revisit the game) and I... Read Full Review

Cyberpunk 2077

Don't believe the hype ! Could have been so much better

I bought this title for £50 on the day of release November 2020 It was unplayable. 6 patches later in January 2021 it can now be played. This game has been so massively overhyped in the last 2 years it is unsurpris... Read Full Review

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Absolutely brilliant

Amazing campaign with brilliant graphics. COD has really upped their game in the last 2 years. Never had so much fun in COD with this years release and last years modern warfare. Must buy game as I got this on 10/12/20 o... Read Full Review

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

One of the best games I have ever played - Masterpiece

I have never been a TR fan but this version ticks all the boxes. It is sheer exhilarating fun and surprises slowed down by regular platforming puzzles (I am not a puzzle fan but this game does it well).The graphics are a... Read Full Review

Dark Souls III

Terrible unplayable console port

Title says it all. It is impossible to play this game on PC without a controller - you cant even get past the initial options screen to get into the game because the options screen requires a controller.Give it a missRe... Read Full Review

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Great game but could have been better

I bought this game on sale in November 2019 4 weeks after release. After swearing I would never buy a COD game again (as they are the same every year), this is the first installment I have purchased in 7 years.The campai... Read Full Review

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Nothing like its predecessors

Mass Effect Andromeda is nothing like its previous titles. The story is pretty weak and not at all involved like earlier games in the series. Whilst the Graphics are really good and the game is stable at high frame rate... Read Full Review

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Great game - something different from the COD franchise

This review is a year after release of the single player campaign only, simply because it comes bundled with COD4 remastered with new graphics to bring it up to 2016 10 years after that title's release and I wanted to pl... Read Full Review

Battlefield 1

Best FPS around but there are some annoying gameplay bugs

Well I'm one year late to the party after the game's release and picked up the Revolution pack for 20 pounds. I've owned all the Battlefield games to date.The latest reiteration comes with a shiny new game engine taken f... Read Full Review

Titanfall 2

Fantastic game but not as good as the first ruined by bad matchmaking

Well I'm late to the party having bought this game 1 year after release on discount for £12. I'm not surprised it is so heavily discounted as there is hardly anyone playing it. Multiplayer has the awful matchmaking... Read Full Review

Call of Duty: WWII

Guilty Pleasure

I've played every single COD game and really found most of them after COD4 to be pretty boring shooting galleries with the same game rehashed year after year in a different skin. Further I have never been a fan of histor... Read Full Review

Call of Duty: WWII

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

This ain't a game, it's a Pixar movie

All I can say about this game is that there are way too many long cut screens, most of which are in German with subtitles, and quite boring with no option to skip the cinematic along. It is not like playing a game at all... Read Full Review

Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Umissable Game of the Year

Well as a mature gamer who has played them all and been pretty bored with gaming for many years as everything now is generic and similar, I have to say it is a very long time since I have played a game with a large grin ... Read Full Review