🤖 Terminator: Resistance Enhanced | PS5 | Review | 7/10 | "Saviour of humanity or just another game to be terminated?" 🤖 @Reef_Games #GameDev #IndieGames

I really love the Terminator franchise and by that I mean I really love the first two films, the rest of the franchise consists of a lot of lows but those first two films are such highs. This game sums up the franchise well, as it has great highs and low lows.

⚔️ Interplay Rereleases Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance On Consoles - "Play the original classic on your favourite current-gen systems" ⚔️

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🐺 Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood | PC | Review | 7/10 | "All This Began To Add Up Into A Good Time"🐺 @DevespressoG @PixelHunted #IndieGames #GameDev

When I get to hell they’re going to be playing electro-swing. If you haven’t had the pleasure, this is a music genre that dropped right out of the devil’s arsehole: an unholy jazz-era pastiche of big beats and brass primarily enjoyed by twats with overly groomed moustaches, waistcoats and top hats. I would rather have needles jammed into my spine.

Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood opens with electro-swing. Its heroine is the lead singer in a band called *sigh* Foxtrot Bop (they all have terrible names like this) and we meet them on their way to their make or break gig. This is, to say the least, not a promising beginning. My tolerance levels for this garbage are measured in seconds rather than hours and I strongly considered tapping out right then and there.

Then a tornado whisks Scarlet Hood off to an Oz-like fantasy land and, save for a few unpleasant tootly moments on the repetitive soundtrack, the awful electro-swing band plot is abandoned. 

📘 Bitmap Books – Game Boy: The Box Art Collection | Book Review By Britt | "an extremely tasty tome" 📘 @bitmap_books #RetroGaming #GameBoy

I’ve heard nothing but good things about Bitmap Books’ prior releases and so was keen to get hips deep in this, their most recent project. The book definitely lived up to the weighty expectations and really feels of a high quality throughout its almost 400-page heft.

🐗 Cryofall | 29.04.21 | 1.0 Release| PC | Ten Minute Taster | "Beware The MIGHTY Boar!" 🐗 @AtomicTorch #GameDev #IndieGames

 

From the Stone Age to the Future: Build your Sci-Fi-Colony with hundreds of players in CryoFall.

🪔 The Official Release Date for Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is May 28th 2021 🪔 #IndieGames #GameDev

The official release for Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World for the Western retail release for both physical and digital Nintendo Switch and PS4 versions will be on May 28th 2021 for North America, Europe and Australia!

The retail editions for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 will be available for €39.99 / $39.99 / £34.99 and include the original Monster World IV exclusively.

🖌️ Tools Up | Nintendo Switch | Ten Minute Taster | "Don't Cry Over Spilt Paint" 🖌️ @AllinGamesPub #IndieGames #GameDev

In Tools Up home renovation has never been so much fun! It is hard, messy work. But you don’t have to work alone in this crazy couch co-op! Join up to three friends, sit down (or not) and start a wild renovation party!

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Tools-Up--1689878.html#Overview

🔎 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark | Nintendo Switch | Review | 8/10 | "More Top-Notch, Spooky, Point n Click Shenanigans" 🔎 @spookydoorway #GameDev #IndieGames

I reviewed the original Darkside Detective back in 2017 (https://www.gamesfreezer.co.uk/2017/10/review-darkside-detective-welcome-to.html) and found it a really fun and funny experience. 

This sequel continues in very much the same vein, if you were a fan of the original, this is a smooth and high-quality continuation but the way in which the story begins and progresses, you’d need to be aware of the events of the first game to really understand what’s going on and get full enjoyment out of the experience.

🚀 Doc Cosmos : The Saga Begins | Ten Minute Taster | "The Doc Rocks!" 🚀 @BitmapSoft #IndieGames #GameDev #GameBoy

 

Doc Cosmos for your #gameboy Colour is available to preorder now!

https://doccosmos.com

🥋 Samurai Shodown | 7.5/10 | Xbox Series X | "A Solid, if Familiar Bout" 🥋 #BrittsBriefBulletinPart3

Originally released in 2019 on PS4 and Xbox One, the newest incarnation of the long-running Samurai Shodown series (known as Samurai Spirits in Japan) continues the 2D one-on-one weapon-based fighting style that it’s known for.

All the usual and expected modes are here - story, versus, arcade and the like as well as sixteen characters to initially choose from with others featured as paid DLC.
Whilst the game plays well and loading times are swift, it doesn’t offer anything new and feels like a bit of a stepping stone in the series as opposed to a milestone. One that will please its fan base without winning many newcomers over, I’d imagine.

Samurai Shodown is a solid fighter with satisfying combat, responsive controls and rewarding wins but it feels too familiar to really stand out, Haohmaru’s journey for perfection continues.

❄ Protocol | Review | Xbox Series X | 6.5/10 | "A Test of Patience That I Failed" ❄ #BrittsBriefBulletinPart2

Protocol on XBOX Series X is a first-person comedic adventure that casts you in the role of a recently divorced special operative that has been assigned by no one less than the President to complete a gauntlet known as ‘The Protocol’ in the Arctic Circle.

🔥 Sturmfront: The Mutant War | Review | Nintendo Switch | 7/10 | "Metal, Mutants and Many Bullets" 🔥 #BrittsBriefBulletinPart1

If you are a fan of metal music and twin-stick shooters then look no further as Sturmfront: The Mutant War has you covered!

🗻 Mundaun | Xbox Series X | 9.5/10 | "Black and White, Yet Solid Gold" 🗻 @MundaunGame #IndieGames #GameDev

I make no excuses for how much I enjoyed this game. 

An eerily beautiful, slow-burning folkloric horror set in the Swiss Alps, the town of the title is brought to stark life through monochromatic pencilwork, presenting a well-told tale that doesn’t let the gameplay slide, a rarity in this genre that will remain with me for a long time. 

It’s a good game, it is.

⚽️📓 Championship Manager 2 - Nottingham Forest vs Blacburn Rovers - Episode 39: "Mckinlay Masterclass" ⚽️📓 #RetroGaming #ChampionshipManager #NottinghamForest #BlackburnRovers

Championship Manager 2 has been on my list of games to play on YouTube for years now and finally, I have pulled my finger out and taken the job of Nottingham Forest Manager.

Come see how my season unfolds in these short sharp Champ Manager vids. 

🪐 Deiland Pocket Planet | Nintendo Switch | Ten Minute Taster | "Animal Crossing Meets Super Mario Galaxy!" 🪐 #GameDev #IndieGames

Deiland: Pocket Planet Edition is a relaxing farming adventure where you will have to take care of your tiny planet. Farm, craft and fight monsters to make your home a special place and help others with their quest. Discover the story of Arco in this single-player experience, a tale about growing up, helping others and revealing the secrets that lie on the heart of your planet. We’ve crafted a relaxing game, with a strong narrative and a cast of diverse characters for you to meet. - Customize your planet with trees, plants, crops, flowers or structures, and take care of your farm animals. - Discover how the whole planet changes through Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each crop will only be available in the right seasons. - Over 12 characters to meet and befriend. - Day and night cycle that has an effect on the world with natural elements like meteor showers, storms, shooting stars, aurora borealis or hurricane winds. - More than 100 quests to uncover the secrets that the heart of your planet holds.  

- Play and relax. Smooth and cute graphics as well as a relaxing soundtrack to ease up the bustling everyday routine. 

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Deiland-Pocket-Planet-Edition-1946498.html

👀 Before Your Eyes | Part 2 | "A Midnight Rendezvous!" 👀 #IndieGames #GameDev

 

Join Rich in Part 2 of the Before your Eyes Gameplay Walkthrough.

🤖 Star Renegades Limited Edition Available for Pre-Order (PS4/Switch) 🤖

Join the Rebellion! Prepare for an Outstanding, Interplanetary Strategy RPG!

ININ Games together with Raw Fury proudly present a really unique game that calls for players who are not afraid of any challenge! 

💀 Lust From Beyond | PC | Review | 8/10 | "There’s No Shortage of Games About Sex" 💀 @PixelHunted @MGLunarium #GameDev #IndieGames

There’s no shortage of games about sex. The thing is, the vast majority of them are developed and played by people who obviously aren’t getting any. 

A quick glance at Steam’s ‘Sexual Content’ category indicates that the majority are there to let nerds molest anime schoolgirls - a strong indicator that sex is likely to forever remain a theoretical concept for the average consumer of erotic games.

🌽 Stitchy on Tooki Trouble | Nintendo Switch | Review | 7/10 | " A Fun, if Familiar Adventure" 🌽 @polygoatstudio #IndieGames #GameDev

A 2D platformer in which a cartoon scarecrow called Stitchy embarks on a journey to regain his stolen corn from a group of fiendish Tooki, Stitchy in Tooki Trouble plays out as a smooth and fun adventure but does feel a touch samey in gameplay as you enter the latter sections and brings nothing new to the table in terms of features or gameplay. 

That said, if you are a fan of titles such as Donkey Kong Country and early Crash Bandicoot, you’ll definitely get along well with this funky scarecrow.

⚔️🏹 Siege Of Avalon | Anthology | PC | Ten Minutete Taster | "Find Captain Avarous!" ⚔️🏹 #IndieGames #GameDev

Siege of Avalon is an isometric story-driven fantasy RPG. The Citadel of Avalon is all that remains of the once-mighty seven kingdoms. 

The invaders have surrounded Avalon and the depleted garrison is bracing for the final assault. 

Now is the time for the birth of a legend.