Broaden your horizons on a galaxy quest: PETER HOSKIN reviews Slipways and Ynglet By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 01:48 BST, 11 June 2021 | Updated: 01:48 BST, 11 June 2021 Slipways (PC, £13.99) Rating: Verdict: Star quality Ynglet (PC, £5.79) Rating: Verdict: Small but mighty In just a few weeks, the squillionaire … Read more
NieR Replicant ver. 1.22474487139… (Playstation, Xbox, PC, £49.99) Rating: Verdict: Sad, in happy ways NieR:Automata (Playstation, Xbox, PC, £29.99) Rating: Verdict: NieR perfect Just what we need: a game in which a plague has ravaged the world, sent people spluttering to their homes, and set humankind back by several hundred years. Sorry, that sounded sarcastic, but … Read more
A server crash scuppered my space ranger: PETER HOSKIN reviews Outriders and Disco Elysium – The Final Cut By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 01:46 BST, 9 April 2021 | Updated: 02:34 BST, 9 April 2021 Outriders (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £59.99) Verdict: Explosively charming Rating: A grenade lands at your feet. Without squandering … Read more
Double down for domestic bliss: PETER HOSKIN reviews It Takes Two By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 02:01 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 02:33 BST, 2 April 2021 It Takes Two Rating: A Way Out Rating: Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes Rating: Snipperclips Rating: Here’s the good news: with lockdown relaxing, you soon won’t … Read more
Marvel’s Avengers (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £59.99) Verdict: For ever? Never! Rating: Let’s start at the end — because that, in a way, is where Marvel’s Avengers wants us to begin. This is what the marketeers call a ‘game as a service’. The idea is that you bash away at a controller, mastering the combos and … Read more
One is the loneliest number, sang Harry Nilsson. So I can only assume that he was never dropped on to an island with 99 other people, forced to find weapons, and then scrap until emerging as the lone survivor. When that happens, one really is the most triumphant number. This is the premise for battle royale … Read more
Town where Lovecraft lurks round every corner: PETER HOSKIN reviews The Sinking City – Deluxe Edition and Persona 5 – Strikers By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 02:05 GMT, 26 February 2021 | Updated: 02:05 GMT, 26 February 2021 The Sinking City: Deluxe Edition (Playstation 5 – £53.99) Rating: Lovecraft? Then you’re going … Read more
Had it with this reality? Then try another: PETER HOSKIN road tests the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 02:04 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 02:44 GMT, 19 February 2021 Beat Saber (£22.99) Rating: The Climb (£22.99) Rating: Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge (£18.99) Rating: Real … Read more
Little Nightmares 2 (PlayStation, Xbox, SwitchPC, £24.99) Verdict: Big scares Rating: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Switch, £49.99) Verdict: A masterpiece, again Rating: For those who haven’t played the first Little Nightmares game, a warning about it and its new sequel. With their diminutive heroes, their animated style, even that name, you might assume … Read more
Spooky things that go bump in the night! PETER HOSKIN reviews The Medium and Cultist Simulator By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 02:08 GMT, 5 February 2021 | Updated: 02:38 GMT, 5 February 2021 The Medium (Xbox series X/S, PC, £39.99) Verdict: Trip down memory lane Rating: Cultist Simulator (Switch, £17.99) Verdict: A … Read more