I've just finished it. Nit picks and spoilers follow, so be aware before reading on. My thoughts:- The game is far, far better when it treads closely to the original. The redone story segments from the original and the reworked score a...

This has probably been done and if so I apologise, but I couldn't find anything in my search just there. Anyway, my top 3 would probably be: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow  Tetris Effect Hollow Knight I'd love to hear what other peo...

Let me start by saying I adored Ico and Shadow of the Colossus and that The Last Guardian has been a game that I have looked forward to for the longest time. I was that adamant that I wanted to play it that I went out and bought it fro...

I have waited years for a proper turn-based Final Fantasy in the vein of the old classics from the series. It came as a surprise to me when this title was announced to be in that style and as soon as the demo was released I downloaded ...

The 2013 reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise is one of the most successful of recent times and the quality of that earlier release got me very excited for the follow up titled Rise of the Tomb Raider. Sure, it was frustrating having to...

 Hatsune Miku is back for her third appearance on Sony's much maligned Vita handheld and for her first on PS4 with Project Diva X. Anyone who has played any of the previous iterations will find much of the same in this release, wi...

Odin Sphere is a 2D action adventure game that was originally released on PS2 in 2007. It follows the unique stories of five different playable characters and is hand drawn in the customary luscious style of its developer Vanillaware. ...

The much maligned Vita is somewhat of a hotbed for rhythm game enthusiasts. From the Hatsune Miku franchise and Japanese-only releases like Taiko no Tatsujin and IA/VT Colorful to Pentavision's masterful DJMAX Technika Tune, if you like you...

If you are here reading this then you probably already know all about the Hatsune Miku phenomenon. A VR songstress, she took off in a big way and sells out concerts and releases hundreds of tracks per year without actually existing. As a re...

IA/VT Colourful is another notable rhythm game to add to the growing number of similar titles available on the Vita system. Based around the vocaloid IA and produced by Marvelous! it utilises the usual rhythm game mechanics of requiring the...

I've played a lot of games. A lot. Over twenty-odd years I've lost count of the number of titles I've played through. Over that period of time, however, there have been a number of stages or moments in games that have stuck in my mind ...

To the best of my knowledge, Hatsune Miku Project Mirai 2 is set for release in the UK on May 29th on the 2/3DS. However, no matter where I look, I can't seem to find anywhere that is advertising the game for sale yet. Have I missed so...

I post this to get people's opinions after a recent discussion with a friend. Often Nintendo get typecast as a company that caters only for kids - we have the bright palettes of the Mario series, the cutesy Toad and Kirby models and th...

I first played Order 1886 at PAX Prime in Seattle last year. It had been a game that I had been greatly anticipating up until that point but the demo was so poor that it made me question how refined the finished product would be. I usually ...

Alien Isolation by Creative Assembly is an obvious labour of love. Every effort has been made to ensure they stick faithfully to the source material and as a result they have crafted a tense, nerve-racking and atmospheric experience. F...

I'll never forget the day I bought the original Project Diva f for my Vita. A lone foreigner wandering into a Japanese movie rental place, picking up a vocaloid game and taking it sheepishly to the counter. One of the most embarrassing...

Theatrhythm is back with Curtain Call, a bigger and better version of its previous release in 2012. This time, instead of a measly 60+ songs and a handful of characters, we have a whopping 220+ songs and a plethora of your favourite Sq...

In recent times we've seen a marked rise in the remaking and rebooting of some fondly remembered classics. Mega Drive title Castle of Illusion found itself on the end of a 21st century makeover as did NES/Game Boy game Duck Tales. Most rece...

I've been keeping my eye on the price of the Nintendo 2DS over recent months as I have been craving the opportunity to play Final Fantasy Theathrythm on something other than iOS. Yesterday I managed to pick up a brand new one for �69 which ...

Well, it was with a sigh of relief that I finally managed to make it to the end of Outlast on the PS4. Was it a sigh of relief after an intense and frightening experience? No, it was, unfortunately, one of relief at having finally completed...

I love Vanillaware. I have played and hugely enjoyed Odin's Sphere and Muramasa and was massively excited when I discovered news about Dragon's Crown. The game had been in development for an age and I was sure that given all that time to tw...

What are you getting when you purchase Deadly Premonition? You are getting sub-PS2 graphics, archaic controls, a sparsely populated open-world map and some of the most inappropriate background music of all time. You are also getting a game ...

I have had the pleasure over my 20+ years of gaming to have heard some very memorable video game music. In this blog I have pieced together 10 of my favourite video game tracks of all time. Nier - Song of the Ancients (Devola) Nier was...

Over the last few years I have found myself becoming more and more obsessed with rhythm games. Starting many moons ago playing the DDR games using the joypad I have steadily developed an all-consuming desire to play everything rhythm orient...