Tag Archives: Game Review

LEGO Jurassic World (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

LEGO Jurassic World is an action adventure platform game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita.

Jurassic Park originated as a novel by Michael Crichton in 1990 about how genetic research was not an urgent matter and was therefore utilised for the purpose of entertainment by preserving extinct animals in a wildlife park. Steven Spielberg adapted the book into the popular film Jurassic Park in 1993 followed by an adaptation of the novel’s sequel The Lost World in 1997, while Joe Johnston directed a third film in 2001 with Colin Trevorrow directing a fourth film in the series 14 years later called Jurassic World which shares the name of the 1997 re-publishing of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park and The Lost World novels into a single book.

LEGO Jurassic World (PS4), Game Review. full post

(2429 words, 3 images, estimated 9:43 mins reading time)

Beach Buggy Racing (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Beach Buggy Racing is a kart racing car combat 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. Vector Unit’s focus is clearly on racing games as their first game released on July 28th 2010 in the form of Hydro Thunder Hurricane which was followed by Riptide GP in 2011, Shine Runner and the prequel to Beach Buggy Racing titled Beach Buggy Blitz in 2012, Riptide GP 2 in 2013 and Beach Buggy Racing releasing initially in 2014 on iOS and Android platforms.

Beach Buggy Racing (PS4), Game Review. full post

(2371 words, 3 images, estimated 9:29 mins reading time)

Shovel Knight (PS4/PS3/PS Vita), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Shovel Knight is a side scrolling action adventure platform game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. It has been a long journey for Shovel Knight from March 15th 2013 when the game hit Kickstarter looking for crowd funding. This was so successful in how it was received by audiences that it did not just fund the game, but also all of the accompanying stretch goals for more platforms and features to be supported as the initial figure of $75,000 was by far surpassed with a funding total of $311,502 from a total of 14,749 backers. This level of crowd funding success certainly speaks volumes about just how much of a place there still is for retro experiences in the videogame industry considering that the games entire premise revolves around being an 8 bit throwback to a classic generation of games, but is Shovel Knight as classic and authentic as the games of yesteryear from the 8 bit generation?

Shovel Knight (PS4/PS3/PS Vita), Game Review. full post

(2395 words, 3 images, estimated 9:35 mins reading time)

Sparkle Unleashed (PS4/PS3/PS Vita), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9 out of 10

Sparkle Unleashed is a puzzle game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. The game had previously been released on many platforms such as iOS, Android and Windows since 2014 and is the latest sequel to the critically acclaimed Sparkle series with this latest version also earning such acclaim too, but how does the PS4, PS3 and Vita versions compare to what has went before them?

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(2652 words, 3 images, estimated 10:36 mins reading time)

Ride (PS3), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5 out of 10

Ride is a motorbike arcade racing game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS3 and PS4. Milestone has a 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 effort stack up in comparison to what has went before?

Ride (PS3), Game Review. full post

(3961 words, 3 images, estimated 15:51 mins reading time)

Life Is Strange: Episode 3 – Chaos Theory (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10

Life is Strange: Episode 3 – Chaos Theory is a third-person episodic adventure game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. The episodic action of the game continues with the third 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.

Life Is Strange: Episode 3 – Chaos Theory (PS4), Game Review. full post

(2245 words, 3 images, estimated 8:59 mins reading time)

Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5 out of 10

Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones is a side scrolling stealth platform puzzle game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. This new game is a sequel to 2013’s PlayStation Vita and PS3 versions of Stealth Inc: A Clone in the Dark and just as the first game did; it throws players into a world in which a single false move will see the character suffer instant death, while mixing danger with the requirement of speed and strategy.

Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones (PS4), Game Review. full post

(2404 words, 3 images, estimated 9:37 mins reading time)

Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Havoc DLC (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating: 9.5 out of 10

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Havoc is downloadable content for the first-person shooter game available from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. Havoc provides downloadable content for the multi-million selling Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare with the addition of the much requested Exo Zombies game mode and expanding the roster of multiplayer maps.

Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Havoc DLC (PS4), Game Review. full post

(2108 words, 3 images, estimated 8:26 mins reading time)

LEGO Ninjago: Shadow Of Ronin (PS Vita), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9 out of 10

LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin is an action adventure platform game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS Vita. The game originated in 2011 with a pilot film and a range of LEGO sets which became so successful that it launched its own large scale LEGO brand with over 100 LEGO sets, multiple games including the prequel to Shadow of Ronin in the form of Summer 2014’s Nindroids on Vita, while there are numerous graphic novels, a LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu television series and films taking the franchise considerably further into the future to even greater success.

LEGO Ninjago: Shadow Of Ronin (PS Vita), Game Review. full post

(1665 words, 3 images, estimated 6:40 mins reading time)