The survival horror genre has found itself in an awkward position over the past few years. While most big name developers have forgotten what makes the genre scary, many smaller developers have successfully brought the screams of gamers everywhere to the next generation. Developer Red Barrels has released the latest game in the horror genre title Outlast. While the game may not be perfect, it suc...
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“Tim Burton’s hellish collecting adventure” would be a phrase that accurately describes Don’t Starve. With the survival genre becoming larger due to the success of Minecraft; many games in the genre have focus on copying the former’s success with little change in execution. Don’t Starve however manages to find its own creative experience: The game is addictive, frustrating, stylish, and entirely a...
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Pixel Licker clearly has a love for classic NES action games, and Slayin represents that adoration in the best ways. Slayin is a simple action rpg that only focuses on two gameplay mechanics, running and jumping. Players must run and jump into enemies by moving their knight from the right to the left of the screen. These enemies are easy to kill, but are numerous and appear from every direction. I...
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Jetpack Joyride Community Page The overall concept of Jetpack Joyride is the same as many mobile games available nowadays. You basically fly through the level tapping and holding the screen to stay in the air whilst dodging obstacles and collecting coins. As far as game concepts go it's not exactly a huge innovation, however it is executed well. The controls are responsive and easy to use, it's al...
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With Hearthstone, Blizzard Entertainment merges the lore of the Warcraft universe to create a fun, fast-paced, strategy card game. The game shares an obvious similarity to the rest of Blizzard’s collection in the sense that is also extremely addicting. The accessibility of this game is the result of the simplified design, especially when compared to the overwhelming development of Magic the Gather...
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Disclaimer: I have never played a Sandbox Village Management game before, so this review is coming from the experience of a newbie. Due to the fact that I never played a sandbox village management game, Gnomoria quickly became one of the most intimidating games I have encountered. It wasn't that the game was necessarily hard, but the learning curve was ridiculous due to the lack of in game tutori...
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Temple Run 2 plays very much like the original game, with the basic premise being identical to the original Temple Run. You play as an explorer who was raiding a temple , until he was chased by a massive skeleton monkey. You need to control the explorer as he runs away from the massive monkey collecting coins along the way and dodging obstacles. You dodge obstacles by either tilting your device to...
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I think all people who played Just Cause 2 had fantasies of a multiplayer mode being made. The idea of surfing planes into the ocean with a friend was just an awesome thing to imagine. So everyone was delighted and surprised when it actually happened. All my fantasies of having extreme bus races with another person were realised, and more. The game play is practically identical to the original gam...
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Finally the long awaited standalone version of DayZ has come out in pre-alpha. Too be honest I was really excited when I saw DayZ had been released on Steam. The mod was and still is one of the best mods of all time and I was excited to see if the standalone game could fill the almighty boots left behind by the original mod. The gameplay is left mostly unchanged, the core gameplay remains intact....
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Injustice: Gods Among Us Community Page I'm glad Netherrealm returned to making a DC heroes fighting game. Their last attempt at a DC heroes fighting game was MK vs DC which was a crossover fighting game between the Mortal Kombat characters and DC heroes. MK vs DC was panned widely by critics and was definitely a subpar entry in Netherrealms fighting game roster. So one could be forgiven for think...
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