🔫 Review: Phantom Doctrine “XCOM Meets The Cold War??” 🔫 @gazchap #GameDev #IndieGame

Phantom Doctrine

Developer: Creative Forge

Platform: PC - Steam

Review by: Gareth ‘GazChap’ Griffiths

As I’m sure many people reading this can relate to, I’ve always had a fascination with spy thrillers, no doubt started by watching one too many Bond movies as a kid and marvelling at how 007 manages to save the world time and again while wisecracking, raising eyebrows and bedding every woman that walks within 15 metres of him.

🌼🌻 Review: The Gardens Between "A Time-Bending Tale of Two Filled with Heart" 🌻🌼 #GameDev #IndieGame @TheVoxelAgents

Game Title: The Gardens Between

Developer: The Voxel Agents

Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)

Rating: Ice Cool

I must admit that I was subtly blown away by The Gardens Between, its genius crept upon me over the couple of hours that I spent in the world of Arina and Frendt, the two protagonists in this wonderful wordless puzzle adventure from The Voxel Agents.

💣 Review: 99Floors "A $5000 prize is up for grabs…but is it worth it?" 💣 #GameDev #IndieGame

Game Title: 99Floors

Developer: Luke Powell

Platform Reviewed: PC (Download)

Procedurally generated games all have the same question hanging over them, ‘is the procedural generation there to cover up the fact that there was no time to design levels individually?’ 

It’s something that doesn’t really gel with me, I’ve had some good times with games that utilised procedural-generation as a main feature such as Nongunz and Last Encounter but for the most part my experience has been pretty negative and sadly, 99Floors suffers from the usual pitfalls of this particular design quirk.

🌊 Narcosis - Ten Minute Taster - "Under The Sea!" 🌊 #GameDev #IndieGame

🌊 "Deep beneath the sea amongst the killer king crabs,

no one can hear you scream!" 🌊

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🚀👽 Review: Destination Primus Vita - Episode 1: Austin "In space, no one can hear you search" 🚀👽 #IndieGame #GameDev

Developer: Epsilon Games

Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)

Epsilon Games’ first title, Destination Primus Vita, is set primarily in a virtual simulation. As each crew member ‘sleeps’ on their lengthy voyage, the on-board AI, Nim, creates a custom-made simulation for each crew member in order to keep them stimulated during their stasis and generate situations which not only aid their mission against a malevolent alien race called ‘Shatters’ but also work through specific neuroses and personal politics that the AI feels may affect their overall mission. 

🎞️ Marimo - A Beautiful Magazine About Animation & Beyond 🎨 @MarimoMag #Animation #Kickstarter

We love beautiful looking things and Marimo is beautiful...

You need this magazine in your life immediately...

marimomag.com 

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🧙‍♀️ Review: Azure Reflections for Nintendo Switch "pleasingly tough yet slightly limited pixie blasting bullet hell" 🧙‍♀️ #IndieGame #GameDev

A pleasingly tough yet slightly limited pixie blasting bullet hell title finds its way to Nintendo’s hybrid console

🏎️💨 Pang Man Part 35: Review: Mario Kart VR 🏎️💨 #MarioKart

Pang Man Part 35: Review: Mario Kart VR  

Sometimes you read about a game released in Japan and you wish you could jump on a plane right then and there, just to go play it. For me that game was Mario Kart VR.  I love Mario Kart and the chance to experience it in the Virtual World was something unmissable.

🕵️‍♀️Review: Lamplight City "Welcome to New Bretagne" 🕵️‍♂️ @GrundislavGames #IndieGame #GameDev @BrittRecluseuk

Developer: Grundislav Games

System Reviewed: PC (Steam)

Rating: Ice Cool

Following on from my earlier preview of Lamplight City a month ago, whilst I was completely ensconced in its steamy, conversation-driven detective ways, I was concerned if the depth and immersion could be kept up for the full length of the game and it turns out yes, it can. Good.

⛳️ Golf Has Never Been So Much Fun - Episode 2: Jack Nicklaus Golf - 1992 - ACCOLADE - SNES ⛳️ #Retrogaming #Golf

 ⛳️"Golf has never been so much fun tees off again this week with a dose of Jack Nicklaus Golf on the SNES" ⛳️

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🔫 Review: Star Traders: Frontiers "One of the deepest, most complex experiences I’ve had since AD&D 2nd edition" 🛸 @TreseBrothers @DarkBlueMonkey #GameDev #IndieGame

Star Traders: Frontiers 

Review By DarkBlueMonkey

Like many, I’ve recently found myself turning away from the high-price Triple-A games towards the indie scene for my fix of truly novel gaming. As a long-time fan of the space trading and 4X genre, I’m always on the lookout for really innovative takes on a traditional formula. 

If I’m to get into a game, it needs to have a certain amount of depth in which to immerse my imagination, and it has to be said that few studios do depth like the two-man team of Cory and Andrew Trese.

🏐 Road To Ballhalla - Ten Minute Taster - PS4 - "Ballhalla invites you to grab your balls and get down some holes" 🏐 #GameDev #IndieGame

🎮"Ballhalla invites you to grab your balls and get down some holes" 🎮

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🧙‍♂️ Ten Minute Taster: Mooseman - PS4 "Come Walk With The Mooseman" 🧙‍♂️ #IndieGame #GameDev

🎮 "Come Take A Walk With The Mooseman Through An Alternate Reality. 

There are weird things afoot in the forest..." 🎮

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🚙🚗 Review: Chiki Chiki Boxy Racers "A budget racer fun for large groups in small doses" 🚗🚙 #GameDev #IndieGame

Developer: Pocket

Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch

Top-down arcade racers have always been a great genre for parties, most gamers in their thirties and forties will have memories of booting open the arcade doors and strutting  straight over to the triple steering-wheel sporting ‘Iron Man’ Ivan Stewart’s Super Off Road or huddling around a CRT TV hooked up to a Mega Drive, listening to the booming midi drum beats that heralded the arrival of Codemasters’ Micro Machines and there’s probably not an Amiga owner in the world without a copy of Acid Software’s Super Skidmarks in their game stack. 

⛳️ Golf Has Never Been So Much Fun - Episode 1: Hole In One Golf - 1991 - HAL - SNES ⛳️ #Retrogaming #SNES

⛳️"Golf has never been so much fun tees off with a classic SNES Golf Game - Hole In One Golf." ⛳️
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🎴New Game Trailer: Collective "players create and vote on all the cards which get into the final version of the game"🎴

Collective is the Community Created Card Game.

Collective is the first card game to open up its development process to the game’s players. Players can create any card they want with the Card Editor and submit it to the Subreddit, /r/collectivecg. Each week, the top 10 posts are added to the game.

🎤 Wordburglar is Back with another Retro Rhyming Laid Back Rap Groove! 🎤 @Wordburglar

Wordburglar is back with another retro rhyming laid back rap groove!

We covered his NARC HI-SCORE video in August 2017 and now Wordburglar has just released his 6th album of retro, old-school rap entitled "Rhyme Your Business" 

🐢🐢 Pang Man Part 34: Cool Collectibles, The Pokémon Terrarium 🐢🐢 #Pokemon

Last month I went to a retro gaming exhibition in London called Play Expo.

It was a pretty cool event, there were loads of pinball machines, retro consoles, retro arcades (Afterburner, Time Crisis 2, Daytona etc) and even a DeLorean from Back the Future (which you could have a photo with!)

Apart from getting a chance to relive old memories, I was excited to purchase a few gaming collectibles.  

As usual I ended up spending more than my budget but nethertheless I was extremely happy with what I ended up with.

🎧 The LS25 eSports Stereo Gaming Headset is defintely a good looker! 🎧 @LucidSoundAudio

LucidSound^® announced today that they'll be shipping their LS25 eSports Stereo Gaming Headset within Europe. 

Originally Developed to appeal to the eSports community and competitive PC gamers, the LS25 focuses on the features that provide superior performance during tournament play.

The LS25 is compatible with Xbox One, PS4^™, Nintendo^® Switch^™, Mobile and PSVR^™

🌻🔥🌻 Pang Man Part 33: Cool Collectibles, Super Mario Fire Flower 🌻🔥🌻 #Retrogaming #SuperMarioBros

I am rubbish at swimming. If you ask me to go for a run, I can happily keep going for a solid 30 minutes at a reasonable pace. My swimming however sucks. After one length I am exhausted and I stretch in desperation when I get towards the end of the pool. Pretty embarrassing all round.

But anyhow on the odd occasion that I do go to the pool, I console myself knowing that the reception area has a decent selection of free magazines to read.

One of the free magazines that caught my eye is called Shortlist and one particular issue had a photo of a Mario fire flower in a plant pot!

🚜🚛 Preview: TerraTech 🚜🚛 #GameDev #IndieGame

Terratech is an open-world vehicular construction and combat game from Payload Studios, a colourful and surprisingly accessible game that plays out as a mix of Hard truck Apocalypse and digital Meccano.

🧠 Struggling To Perform In Front Of A Crowd - "My video games performance anxiety…" 🧠

Okay so I struggle to play video games in front of others. An activity that is pretty much second nature to me becomes an anxious experience when I’m in a public place with people I don’t necessarily know.

If I’m playing a game with someone in a local co-op scenario then I’m fine e.g. Pro Evo Soccer Co-Op is one of my fave things to do ever (you gotta love a 4 player co op game on PES!)

If I turn the tables slightly and then go head to head, I invariably crumble…

Why is this the case?

⚽️ Episode 28: Dino Dini's Soccer - 1993- Dino Dini - SNES Football Games Were Shite ⚽️ #Retrogaming #SNES #GamersUnite

🎮 "Dino Dini's awesome GOAL! gets the console treatment with a rename and a bit of a polish up. This can't be a tu*rd right?" 🎮

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🕵️‍♂️ Fransisco Gonzalez of Grundislav Games Talks Lamplight City & Cholmondeley 🕵️‍♂️ #GameDev @GrundislavGames @BrittRecluseuk

We were lucky enough to have some time with Fransisco Gonzalez of Grundislav Games whose newest title, Lamplight City, is about to be released on September 13th. 

See the preview here:
http://www.gamesfreezer.eu/2018/08/preview-lamplight-city-unique-adventure.html

A detective game set in an alternate history in which players take control of Miles Fordham, a quite literally haunted private investigator who must struggle through his own personal demons whilst not only solving the murder of his partner but also other cases along his way.

🚴‍♀️🔥🚴‍♂️ Ten Minute Taster: Guts and Glory - PS4 - "There's Lots Of Guts But Minimal Glory!" 🚴‍♀️🔥🚴‍ #IndieGame #GameDev @HakJakGames

🎮 "Take your bike, strap a loved one to the back of it and ride through arrow and blade infested fields in the pursuit of glory (and guts)!" 🎮
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🎮 Review: Freedom Planet "A love letter to 16-bit platforming action" 🎮 #IndieGame #GameDev

Game Title: Freedom Planet

Developer:  Galaxy Trail

Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch

Rating: Ice Cool

Initially starting off life as a Sonic fan game, Freedom Planet never really shifts too far away from its idol’s core game play and mechanics (Which arguably is a good thing) but is so well designed in and of itself that it remains a worthy addition to any platform lover’s collection.

💃 Retro Review: The Guy Game - "So this is how you spruce up a trivia game…" 💃 #RetroGaming

I didn’t learn about The Guy Game until it was no longer sold in stores, and then it became less of a goal to play it and more of a funny story or joke. Something told me though I’d eventually get around to reviewing it—for science! 

⚽️ Episode 27: Megaman's Soccer - 1994 - Capcom - SNES Football Games Were Shite! ⚽️ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

🎮 "The Mega Man 8 a side football team take on the Skull Man 8....who will reign supreme? Who cares?"🎮

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🚅 Review: Mini Metro “Totally Tubular” 🚅 #GameDev #IndieGame @GazChap

Developer: Dinosaur Polo Club

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Rating: Ice Cool

Review by: Gareth ‘GazChap’ Griffiths (@GazChap)

⚔️💀 Review: Victor Vran - Overkill Edition (Switch) "A crunchy, satisfying hack and slash action RPG" 💀⚔️ #GameDev #IndieGame #RPG

"A crunchy, satisfying hack and slash action RPG with enough personality to sate a group of friends looking for some fantasy tomfoolery ahead of Diablo 3’s upcoming launch.  Definitely one for fans of the genre."

🤖 Review: Robbotto “Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto” 🤖 #IndieGame #GameDev

Developer: JMJ Interactive

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Review by: Gareth ‘GazChap’ Griffiths @GazChap

The first thing that crossed my head when I was asked to review this cute little puzzle-platformer from JMJ Interactive was “Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto” – I’m reasonably sure that this was intentional on the part of the developers, but if it wasn’t then I can only ask “and why not?”

✍️🕹️ Ritin wurds abowt gamez or ‘A Few Words on Writing Some Words’ 🎮✍️

I am by no means an expert on reviewing video games, having only begun ‘full-time’ daily review writing just over eighteen months ago, however after recently seeing a vote on Twitter whereby 50% of people are of the mind that a reviewer should complete a game entirely before reviewing it, I thought I’d just throw in my thoughts on the matter. 

This article could also sort of double up as a basic guide for people who want some guidance or a simple framework on how to initially plan out and structure their own reviews, should they wish to get started and feel a bit lost.

⚽️ Episode 26: Zico Soccer - 1994 - EA - SNES Football Games were Shite ⚽️ #Retrogaming #SNES

 🎮"Zico Soccer is an oddity of the 90's football video game world, you gotta see it to believe it as I give the 1st half a whirl"🎮

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⬛️⬜️ Review: Flat Heroes "N++, But You’re A Square" ⬜️⬛️ #GameDev #IndieGame

Developer: Parallel Circles

Platform: PC – Steam

Rating: Ice Cool

Review by: Gareth ‘GazChap’ Griffiths @GazChap

The tagline to Parallel Circles’ Flat Heroes promises “an epic minimalist adventure” – and, you know what? 

They’re not wrong.

🛩️ Airheart - PS4 - "A Twin Stick Air Fishing Shooter With A Grappling Hook!" - Ten Minute Taster 🛩️ #GameDev #IndieGame

🎮 "Rich takes a look at Airheart and learns how to do air fishing, use a harpoon and what a Sky Whale is..."🎮

⚔️🏰 Review: La Mulana 2 "Tough as old whips" 🏰⚔️ #indiegame #gamedev @LaMulana

Game Title: La Mulana 2

Developer:  Nigoro

Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)

Having never played the original game or any of the remakes, I was thrust into the world of La Mulana pretty fiercely. 

Whilst tough by design, it also feels the closest game to capturing the same magic of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night that I’ve played in quite some time and obviously that’s a very good thing.