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Elden Ring – one of 2022’s biggest success stories (pic: Bandai Namco) 2022 is almost over but what do you make of a year in which Microsoft and Sony went radio silent and yet the games were better than ever? We’re now in year three of the current generation of consoles and yet it still…
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Chained Echoes – old school with a dash of new (pic: Deck13) The best Japanese role-player ever made in Germany is a clever homage to Chrono Trigger, with the best of retro and modern features. And so we come to our last review of 2022, which is another indie game, like Rogue Legacy 2 and…
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The Case Of The Golden Idol – that doesn’t seem a natural death (pic: Playstack) If you enjoyed Return Of The Obra Dinn you’ll love this new indie whodunit and its Amiga style graphics. While reviewing other indie games we missed earlier in the year, such as Norco and Drainus, we made the point that…
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Tinykin – little help (pic: tinyBuild) It may be influenced by Pikmin but this unusual indie game has its own very unique approach to the concept of comfort games. One of the many problems with reviewing indie games is that because there’s so many – we get half a dozen emails about new ones every…
AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative – originally a supporting character in the first game, Mizuki’s been promoted to playable protagonist for the sequel (pic: Spike Chunsoft) GameCentral catches up on the sequel to 2019’s AI: The Somnium Files and finds an intriguingly offbeat murder mystery. While he’s not as famous as the likes…
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Drainus – shoot the core (pic: Team Ladybug) GameCentral reviews one of the year’s best indie games, with a 2D shooter that’s the closest thing to a new Gradius there’s ever likely to be. As we skip back through the year, to cover games we never reviewed when they first came out, it’s certainly not…
Swordship – a (short) life on the ocean waves (pic: Thunderful) It might look like WipEout but this indie gem is more than it seems, with an interesting mix of influences and some stylish visuals. As we attempt to tie up loose ends, by reviewing interesting games that we skipped earlier in the year, we…
The Callisto Protocol – survival horror in space (pic: Krafton) GameCentral reviews the spiritual successor to Dead Space, by the original creator, but is too similar to the original or not enough? It won’t be so obvious to more casual gamers, but every survival horror fan already knows that The Callisto Protocol is Dead Space…
Marvel’s Midnight Suns – a superheroic strategy (pic: 2K) The creators of XCOM are given the keys to the Marvel universe, in a supernatural themed strategy epic that has something for everyone. Since XCOM 2 is one of the few games we’ve ever given a 10/10 score to, it’s safe to say that we have…
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Evil West – old west school vampire hunting (pic: Focus Entertainment) The latest in a surprisingly long line of supernatural horror games set in the Old West is a homage to Xbox 360 era shooters like Gears Of War. As peculiar as the mash-up may seem, pitting cowboys against the supernatural is not a new…
