
Platform: Switch Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft I spent the first third of Assassin’s Creed: Rogue feeling like it was merely Black Flag DLC. Yet, as Shay Cormac’s story escalated the more its own identity came to the fore, and the…
Platform: Switch Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft I spent the first third of Assassin’s Creed: Rogue feeling like it was merely Black Flag DLC. Yet, as Shay Cormac’s story escalated the more its own identity came to the fore, and the…
Platform: Switch Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft I stopped playing the Assassin’s Creed series after hitting the mandatory tower defence section in the early stages of Revelations. At the time that felt a huge shame as its precursor, Brotherhood, was easily…
Platform: Switch Developer: Douze Dixiemes Publisher: Focus Home Interactive A dark, thoughtful but always enjoyable puzzle-platformer. I’ll talk about it more in depth on a future episode of the N-Focus Podcast.
Platform: PS5 Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Codemasters With the exception of Sprint Car races, DiRT 5 is a beautiful, enjoyable racer that’s elevated massively by the DualSense’s haptics. Unfortunately, it’s also a little buggy, including regular software crashes and trophies that…
Platform: PS5 Developer: Insomniac Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment More of the same but prettier, smoother and shorter (not a complaint). Miles is a great Spidey, and I loved that this was set at Christmas. ‘Tis the season and all that.
Platform: PS5 Developer: Treyarch and Raven Software Publisher: Activision Decided to give this a go for two reasons. Firstly, the Modern Warfare reboot was pretty decent and did interesting things in regards to its subject matter, especially on the idea…
Platform: PS5 Developer: SIE Japan Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Low key one of the of the best games of the year and a delightful run through the history of Sony’s PlayStation.
Platform: Switch Developer: Omega Force Publisher: Nintendo Improves on the original Hyrule Warriors in almost all areas, but especially in its expanded combat systems and tone. Some… less than ideal story elements prevent it from being the true Breath of…