Posts By Ben Lombardo
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4.3KReviewsA clumsy, chaotic mess – The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos review
When you think of tactical role-playing games with the slow and methodical turn-based system that accompanies them, you probably think of titles...
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2.3KReviewsAn immersive VR bedtime story – Maskmaker review
Usually, at the start of my reviews, I like to open up with something about the game and how it’s affected me...
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2.5KReviewsSpider-Man meets Sonic – SWARM review
I’ll be totally honest- I hate bullet hells. Sometimes they can be cheaply made so it feels like a cash grab, other...
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2.0KReviewsA prettied PS4 re-release – Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 review
I don’t think it’s possible to have not played a Tony Hawk’s game yet. There’s been a lot, and I’m not talking...
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3.0KReviewsAn interesting idea, marred with piles of issues – Flow Weaver review
There’s something amazing about using magic in VR. Maybe it’s because I love the idea of spellcasting, or maybe because, if done...
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4.6KReviewsAAA platformer developers, take note – Pumpkin Jack review
Long are the days gone where 3D platformers dominated the gaming space. They were the first real genre that got me into...
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4.7KReviewsA revolving door of restarts – Curse of the Dead Gods review
Begin your adventure, progress until you die, repeat until bored — that’s how I treated roguelites in the past. For some reason,...
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2.9KReviewsA D&D adventure at its very best – Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption review
I don’t tend to play a lot of isometric games, but the ones I do I have fallen in love with. I’m...
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3.9KReviewsWhy own any other bag? – Peak Design Everyday Messenger 13L V2 Bag review
If you’ve read my review for the Everyday Sling 3L V2 Bag, then you’ll know I’m a huge fan of satchels, messenger...
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2.8KNewsMove over Tobii! Eyeware Beam turns your iPhone into an eye and head tracker
Swiss company, Eyeware, will showcase the Eyeware Beam at CES 2021, an app that turns your iPhone into an eye tracker, a...
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2.8KNewsbHaptics’ consumer-ready haptic suit to showcase at CES 2021
The days of Ready Player One are nearly upon us. As VR and AR content has been firmly established, and cheaper headsets...
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3.0KReviewsA fantastic ode to Lovecraft – Call of the Sea review
There’s something about the Lovecraftian genre that’s mysterious but intriguing, scary yet engrossing. Maybe it’s the man vs cosmos trope? Or maybe...
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4.1KReviewsA near perfect bag for your Nintendo Switch – Peak Design Everyday Sling 3L V2 Bag review
I’m a sucker for satchels and sling bags. I’ve used a satchel since I started at university in 2016, and haven’t looked...
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6.9KReviewsA hollow game with no spirit – Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition review
Walking simulators can be hit or miss. Games like The Stanley Parable are perfect walking simulators, as it focuses on telling a...
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3.9KReviewsThe same game, but in VR – Thief Simulator VR review
I’ve always seen Thief Simulator (2018) as being a strange game. It was unique enough to stand out, but it didn’t have...
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3.3KReviewsA wallpaper engine with walking mechanics – Cloudpunk review
It seems like the cyberpunk genre is the talk of the town recently. There’s such a huge influx of games that it...
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5.5KReviewsThe definitive, gory, and violent fighting experience – Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate review
For me, the Mortal Kombat series has always been the definitive fighting experience. It’s the series to jump into if you want...
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3.3KReviewsPure, childlike happiness – Sackboy: A Big Adventure review
For many, the LittleBigPlanet series was what a lot of players grew up on. For me, that’s quite the opposite. You see,...
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1.7KReviewsA shoddy shooter X-perience – PositronX review
PositronX is easily Scorpius Games’ most ambitious title yet. From publishing TankYou! — a twin-stick arena shooting game — to developing I...
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4.2KReviewsWho knew VR battle royale could be so fun? – Population: One review
To make a successful and (most importantly) fun game, it needs to be unique in its own way or the first of...
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2.5KReviewsA speedrunner’s dream – Ghostrunner review
This has got to be the year of the Cyberpunk genre. Not only is Cyberpunk 2077 coming out “soon” (hope I don’t...
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4.2KReviewsLots of icing, not enough cake – Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition review
The first real-time strategy game I played was Age of Empires 2, and that was because it came as a free game...
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2.2KReviewsBecome the Avatar – Spellbreak review
With a market so flooded, getting into a battle royale nowadays can be a challenging task in itself. There’s a large range...
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4.5KReviewsSeriously fun, seriously… silly – Serious Sam 4 review
It’s crazy to think the last time we had a new main series Serious Sam game was almost 10 years ago. Serious...
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4.1KReviewsIf Rube Goldberg made a puzzle game, it’d be a repetitive mess like this one – Relicta review
You know what I miss? A solid puzzler, the likes of which you’d find in The Talos Principle, Portal, even Human Fall...
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3.8KReviewsBob, please forgive me for what I’m about to do – Surgeon Simulator 2 review
When the series first began under the title Surgeon Simulator, it centered around using terrible controls to do crazy things. For that...
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2.7KReviewsA platformer to charm its way to your heart – Skully review
Remember when platformers dominated the industry, the same way FPS games and open-world titles have done? Skully, developed by Finish Line Games...
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2.7KReviewsAn unoptimized tribute to a dead era of games- Hellbound Review
The 1990s were a decade that popularized the genre we know and love today as first-person shooters, fueled by creations such as...
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5.9KReviewsUndo the future – Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time review
It’s hard to imagine the last time a Samurai Jack game released it was by way of the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo...
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6.0KImpressionsFrame rate or graphical quality? – Marvel’s Avengers PC impressions
Good superhero games are so rare to find nowadays. We had a huge period of these titles way back on the PS2/Xbox...
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5.3KReviewsAnyone ask for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. VR? – Into the Radius VR review
VR survival games are few and far between to come across. So, when CM Games reached out to us and said their...
