Tag: Review
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Crow Country review: Thrill rides and flayed flesh
The DNA of 90’s survival horror is survived through the burgeoning indie space. Renditions in the AAA sphere of gaming often stray from the hallmarks of the 90’s – a la fixed camera angles, wrestling with obtuse controls and the low poly art style. These core tenements are not only preserved in SFB games’ 2024… Read more
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Dredge Review: Shapes beneath the surface
The ocean’s crystalline body is equal in both serenity and caustic omniscience. Whose fathomless depths and unshifting surface on a wind-starved day depict the latent duality between the calm and the chaos of the natural world. Dredge, a 2023 indie title developed by Black Salt studios encapsulates this feeling wholly. Blending inventory management, exploration, time… Read more
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Paratopic: A kaleidoscopic, neurotic dreamscape.
‘You have an enemy friendo’, so I do. Awoken, and without prior context I was exhumed like a corpse from his hovel and thrust into a tense exchange with a stranger reprimanding our character, what the f**k is going on? Well, welcome to Paratopic, friendo. Swathed in an art style akin to the bleak atmosphere… Read more
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Alisa: A potent injection of retro horror.
The 90’s have long since passed, though the remnants of the survival horror’s threads linger on. Alisa is a game developed by Caspar Croes, who has faithfully interwoven a ps1 art-style, labyrinthian environments and puzzles along with ammo and resource scarcity together to form a stunning rendition of the 90’s survival horror style. Set against… Read more
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Silent Hill: The short Message – a shrouded world of flawed beauty.
Silent Hill returns, with the latest entry in over 12 years of silence and the first Japanese devloped game in over 20 years the franchise promises a fresh start. Ah Silent Hill, freed from the infernal annals of the pachinko’s clutch, I see you now. It’s been a long and unignorable road of tribulations and… Read more
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Lies of P: A new Souls-like classic.
Whaddya get when you cross Pinocchio with a hefty measure of Bloodborne and a dash of Sekiro? A bloody great Souls-like apparently. Having swiftly become one of the most talked about and critically successful releases of last year in an already strong year for gaming, which has seen seen the likes of Breath of the… Read more
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Habesha – The hidden gem of Manchester’s Gay village.
My time in Habesha. Part of the broke-eater’s guide to Manchester’s finest independent eateries. Nestled atop the summit of a wrought iron staircase in a seemingly abandoned takeaway, resides Habesha. The vibrancy it exudes is perceptible at once via the scents of the perfumed curries which snake their way through the open door rooted at… Read more