Tag Archives: Game Review

Until Dawn (PS4), Game Review.

Game Review: Until Dawn (PS4)

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5 out of 10

Until Dawn is a horror game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store exclusively for the PS4. The game was originally announced at Gamescom 2012 as a PS3 exclusive which was to support the PlayStation Move motion controller in a first-person perspective; despite a 2013 release window the game remained unreleased and was feared to have been cancelled until developer Supermassive Games clarified that it was still actively in development which was proved true at Gamescom 2014 when Until Dawn was re-revealed as a PS4 exclusive.

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(3214 words, 3 images, estimated 12:51 mins reading time)

Mad Max (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5 out of 10

Mad Max is an open-world third-person action adventure game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. The legacy of Mad Max began in 1979 upon the release of the first Mad Max film followed in quick succession by two sequels, forming a trilogy created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy, launching Mel Gibson’s and directed by George Miller, while a further sequel titled Mad Max: Fury Road was released in 2015 with Tom Hardy taking over the lead role and George Miller reprising his directing duties.

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(4310 words, 4 images, estimated 17:14 mins reading time)

Ultratron (PS4/PS3/PS Vita), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9 out of 10

Ultratron is a retro arcade twin-stick shooter game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. The game is a spiritual successor to Robotron 2084 and is certainly inspired by the games from the era of the classic retro arcade shooters of the 1980s.

The story revolves around the last human in the universe being killed by evil killer robots with nothing but bad intentions and must be stopped, although the only thing standing in the way of their plans for universal domination is the last remaining humanoid droid.

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(1749 words, 3 images, estimated 7:0 mins reading time)

Broken Age (PS4/PS Vita), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5 out of 10

Broken Age is a story driven point-and-click third-person adventure puzzle game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4 and PS Vita. Broken Age is the first graphic adventure game from Tim Schafer in 16 years who is known for his work on such classic games within the genre as Day of the Tentacle and Psychonauts. He was the project lead on the original release of Grim Fandango which he stated cost around $3 million to develop and he also lead the project of remastering the game with Double Fine Productions. It has been quite a long time since Broken Age began as a Kickstarter campaign from February 9th 2012 looking for crowd funding which was so successful in how it was received by audiences that the campaign funded the initial figure of $400,000 in just over 8 hours; eventually greatly surpassing it to reach an astounding funding total of $3,336,371 by the middle of March 2012 from a total of 87,142 backers.

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(1988 words, 3 images, estimated 7:57 mins reading time)

Snark Busters: High Society (PS3), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9 out of 10

Snark Busters: High Society is a hidden object finding puzzle game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS3. The game initially launched for the P.C. in May 2012 with an iOS version arriving in November 2012 before making its way onto PS3 in November 2014.

The story revolves around the lead character Elizabeth Hughes, a world famous photographer, who announces her engagement to a gardener called Nicolas Fortright, but has her happiness cut short by Duchess Daffington who accuses Nicolas of having stolen a precious family heirloom; prompting Elizabeth to set out in an attempt to prove her fiancées’ innocence during her own investigation.

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(1449 words, 3 images, estimated 5:48 mins reading time)

Life is Strange: Episode 4 – Dark Room (PS4), Game Review.

Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10

Life is Strange: Episode 4 – Dark Room is a third-person episodic adventure game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. The episodic action of Life is Strange continues with the fourth episode developed by Dontnod Entertainment who are known for creating games with powerful and dependant female characters that grow and become stronger through the duration of the game having previously released Remember Me in 2013.

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(2292 words, 3 images, estimated 9:10 mins reading time)

Axiom Verge (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Axiom Verge is a side scrolling action adventure platform game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4 with a Vita version set to be released in the not too distant future. The game is inspired by not only the 8 bit, but also the 16 bit generation that actually began production 5 years prior to release as a side hobby project which is made all the more fascinating as it was developed from the ground up in every component of the game by an individual called Thomas Happ, rather than multiple team members.

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(1823 words, 3 images, estimated 7:18 mins reading time)

MotoGP 15 (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

MotoGP 15 is a motorbike simulation racing game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. Milestone has a great pedigree of not only developing great racing games, but priding themselves on the authenticity of the racing experience which is what has forged their history of exceptional sports games, although they have been especially prolific with multiple iterations throughout various forms of motorbike racing from SBK to MotoGP to Motocross, but how does Milestone’s latest offering in their MotoGP series stack up in comparison to what has went before?

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(4544 words, 4 images, estimated 18:11 mins reading time)

Riptide GP2 (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Riptide GP2 is a water based racing game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. Vector Unit was founded in December 2007 by Ralf Knoesel and Matt Small with a team comprising of just four members including themselves. Vector Unit’s focus is clearly on racing games as their first game released in July 2010 in the form of Hydro Thunder Hurricane which was followed by Riptide GP in 2011, Shine Runner and Beach Buggy Blitz in 2012, Riptide GP2 releasing initially in 2013 on iOS and Android platforms and Beach Buggy Racing in 2014 with Beach Buggy Racing and Riptide GP2 making their home console debuts on PS4 in June 2015.

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(2610 words, 3 images, estimated 10:26 mins reading time)