Adventure

Hydrophobia Review (360, XBLA)

I’ve got that sinking feeling… If the past century as taught me anything, it’s don’t build any form of civilisation around or even remotely near to water. Rapture. P&O Cruise-ships. Bognor Regis. The chilling isolation of being completely surrounded by nothing else but an uncontrollable force can bring on fearful bouts of paranoia, and there’s …

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The Silver Lining Episode 1: What Is Decreed Must Be Review (PC)

A fan-made adventure fit for a king? I’ve generally had a pretty average experience with fan-made games. While I recognise that it takes a lot of time and effort to make a videogame, in most of the fan-made games I’ve played, the graphics are mediocre (understandable on a practically non-existent budget) and the plot often …

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Sam & Max Season 3 Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak. Review (PC)

Adventure gaming honestly doen’t get a lot better than this. The Tomb of Sammun’ Mak is the second instalment in the third series of Telltale’s Sam & Max episodic adventure games. This episode sees Sam & Max controlling their great, great uncles (or something along those lines) Samus & Maximus, who are almost exactly identical …

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Tales of Monkey Island Episode 03: Lair of the Leviathan Review (PC)

Murray? Following on from the previous episode Guybrush finds himself trapped inside a giant manatee. Without spoiling too much – this episode will see you in a quiz show type situation playing for your life, performing rites of passage for a secret brotherhood, encountering an old friend, possessing other characters using voodoo & trying to …

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Tales of Monkey Island Episode 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay Review (PC)

Arrrrr! Is that a new episode I be spyin’? With such a tense ending to the first episode of Telltale’s new Tales of Monkey Island game series, I was eagerly anticipating the release of the second episode. Thankfully I’ve finally managed to calm down a little and it’s actually sunk in that the monkey island …

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Review (DS)

Courtroom Adventure? No Objections Here On hearing the name Capcom, one immediately visualises a towering pile of Mega man sequels, or the out-stretched arms of rampant zombies- not an attorney at law with disturbingly spiky hair. However, on trying their hand at something new, they seem to have hit the jackpot. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney …

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