cold war

I missed the boat on the Destroy All Humans! series. I always wondered how much vocal support there was when Black Forest Games announced they were remaking the old games. I know the Playstation 2 era has a lot of undiscovered gems but the time has finally come for me […]

Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed – PS5 Review

August 28, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged aliens / anal probe / black forest games / cold war / destroy all humans! 2 reprobed / flying saucer / hippies / jack nicholson / kgb / russians / telekinesis / third-person shooter by Mike

South of the Circle is, as its name might suggest, a narrative-led adventure set on Antarctica for the most part. Originally developed for Apple’s heavily moderated Arcade service by State of Play and published by 11 Bit Studios on consoles, South of the Circle is very much the well-crafted thing […]

South of the Circle – PS5 Review

August 5, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged anotha day anotha baller / cel shading / cold war / nuclear wessels / south of the circle / state of play by Ian

Occasionally, adventure games catch my drift and The Song Out of Space seems right up my alley. Coming from Pixel Noire, the tale of extra-terrestrial interference, murders and Cold War tensions do tick a lot of my boxes. Unfortunately, it all seems rushed and doesn’t linger on the intrigue to […]

The Song Out of Space – PS5 Review

February 21, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged aliens / cold war / fbi / narratively-driven / pixel noire / point and click adventure / the song out of space / visual novel by Mike

From CreativeForge comes Phantom Doctrine on the PS4. To look at the pictures you may think it to be a game in the vein of the recent XCOM titles, but you’d only be partially right. There are similarities but also many differences that make it a unique game in its […]

Phantom Doctrine – PS4 Review

August 16, 2018 in PS4 tagged agents / cold war / intel / phantom doctrine / spies / stealth / strategy / xcom by Gareth