Category: Reviews
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Review: Tomb Raider (PC/Steam)
I picked up Tomb Raider recently, intrigued to see the modern take on the venerable puzzle-platform game from years ago. However, I very quickly found out that this game was, indeed, cursed. My first impressions were almost encouraging – a glossy opening cinematic that transitioned into a peculiar scene of the “new” Lara Croft hanging…
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Review: The Ultramarines Omnibus (Paperback)
I’d always been a little wary of the Warhammer franchise – to me, it always seemed to be focused around a pretty insular group of tabletop gaming nerds, and almost impenetrable, by the length and breadth of the lore, to the layman such as I. However, casting those stereotypes and preconceptions aside, I happily accepted…
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Review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC/Steam)
After taking about nine months to finish my first proper XCOM run-through, I finally feel ready to express how I felt about Firaxis’ re-interpretation of a storied PC gaming classic. But why did XCOM take me 9 months to complete, firstly? Fair to say, the original XCOM games hold a lot of nostalgia points, and…
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