Tag Archives: Jason Bonnar

Futuridium EP Deluxe (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Futuridium EP Deluxe is a retro space shooting game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4 and PS Vita. Futuridium EP Deluxe is a faithful homage to a retro classic by the name of Uridium which was originally released on the Commodore 64 in 1986 before being ported to the ZX Spectrum.

The story revolves around a spaceship pilot who becomes lost in a dimensional loop prior to a large scale space battle, so the spaceship pilot is now trying to find his way out of the dimensional loop in a bid to find his way back home.

Futuridium EP Deluxe (PS4), Game Review. full post

(2156 words, 3 images, estimated 8:37 mins reading time)

Run Like Hell! (PS Vita), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating: 9 out of 10

Run Like Hell! is an action platform variant of the endless runner genre; available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS Vita. The game is from the same developer that brought the excellent Draw Slasher to the PlayStation Vita in April 2013.

Run Like Hell! (PS Vita), Game Review. full post

(2676 words, 3 images, estimated 10:42 mins reading time)

Switch Galaxy Ultra (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Switch Galaxy Ultra is a reflex based racing game available as a download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4 and PS Vita. Switch Galaxy Ultra originated as an iOS game called Switch in 2011 which was improved before releasing it as a PlayStation Mobile game under the name Switch Galaxy in 2013 ahead of the most enhanced and refined version of Switch in the form of Switch Galaxy Ultra on PS4 and PS Vita. Atomicom has PlayStation history running through its veins as their managing director is Gary Nichols who began his career in the videogame industry at the legendary Psygnosis who developed such amazing PS1 classics such as Colony Wars, Destruction Derby and WipEout. The Liverpool based indie developer Atomicom is active in their charitable work as the game has downloadable content called the Charity Pack which supports Caudwell Children with the full proceeds of that particular pack being donated to support poor, sick and disabled children which is certainly a nice way of giving back to the community and those less fortunate.

Switch Galaxy Ultra (PS4), Game Review. full post

(2737 words, 3 images, estimated 10:57 mins reading time)

Little Big Planet 3 (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Little Big Planet 3 is a creative platform adventure game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4.

The critical acclaim and popularity of the Little Big Planet series is unquestionable as the franchise has sold millions of units and downloadable content since it began with its original release on PS3 in 2008 before a PSP version followed in 2009 and with a sequel to the PS3 game released in January 2011 in the form of Little Big Planet 2. The series returned to portable gaming with Little Big Planet PS Vita in September 2012 ahead of the release of Little Big Planet 3 on PS4.

Little Big Planet 3 (PS4), Game Review. full post

(3750 words, 3 images, estimated 15:00 mins reading time)

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions (PS4), Game Review

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is a twin-stick shooting game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. Geometry Wars started out life as a mini-game upon the release of Project Gotham Racing 2 on November 17th 2003 and was accessible via the in-game garage, which due to the positive reception it received from players was spun off into its own game called Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved and has since continued as its own successful series of games. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions was developed by Lucid Games who rose from the ashes of the unfortunately disbanded Bizarre Creations that had developed the Project Gotham Racing series and began the Geometry Wars series as well as some excellent titles through the years such as Formula One, Formula 1 ’97, Metropolis Street Racer, Fur Fighters, The Club, Blur and James Bond 007: Blood Stone, therefore proving Bizarre Creation’s and Lucid Games’ pedigree as excellent games developers and one of the best Liverpool based developers of all-time in the videogames industry.

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(2463 words, 3 images, estimated 9:51 mins reading time)

Don’t Die, Mr. Robot (PS Vita), Game Review:

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Don’t Die, Mr. Robot is an arcade game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS Vita. Infinite State Games tend to develop fun games such as 2012’s Shepherd: Mars Needs Sheep and 2013’s Frutorious that both have concepts just as unique as Don’t Die, Mr. Robot.

Don’t Die, Mr. Robot (PS Vita), Game Review: full post

(1391 words, 3 images, estimated 5:34 mins reading time)

Styx: Master Of Shadows (PS4), Game Review:

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5 out of 10

Styx: Master of Shadows is a third-person stealth based action adventure game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4.  The game is a spin-off of the RPG game Of Orcs and Men which was released in 2012 having also been developed by Cyanide Studio as well as another fantasy inspired game in the form of Blood Bowl which pits a variety of species from humans to orcs, elves, dwarves and more in a no-holds barred game of American Football in huge stadiums.

Styx: Master Of Shadows (PS4), Game Review: full post

(2410 words, 3 images, estimated 9:38 mins reading time)

The Last Tinker: City of Colors (PS4), Game Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9 out of 10

The Last Tinker: City of Colors is a platform game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. The game has an ambition to rekindle the classic and much loved 3D platforming genre that was synonymous, but can it fully realize what it sets out to achieve?

The Last Tinker: City of Colors (PS4), Game Review. full post

(2175 words, 3 images, estimated 8:42 mins reading time)

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season (PS4), Game Review.

Game Review: The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season (PS4)

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9 out of 10

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season is a third-person episodic adventure game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. The Walking Dead began life in 2003 as a comic book series by Robert Kirkman and has since saw that success transcend to television with a series based upon the story of the comics that sees Rick Grimes, his family, friends and group of survivors attempt to come to terms with an apocalyptic breakout of zombies, referred to as walkers. The success of the television series has also transcended to the videogame adaptation that saw The Walking Dead win over ninety Game of the Year awards with mass critical acclaim from the gaming media across the world.

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season (PS4), Game Review. full post

(3229 words, 3 images, estimated 12:55 mins reading time)

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

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5 /10

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is a first-person shooter game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. The Call of Duty series originated on October 29th 2003 with the release of the very first version of the game on Windows in which the Call of Duty brand has since spanned numerous consoles and become one of the most successful and highest grossing entertainment franchises of all time as proved by the close to 200,000,000 units sold across all eleven major entries into the Call of Duty series between the original in 2003 through the story arcs of Modern Warfare trilogy and Black Ops games to Call of Duty: Ghosts in 2013 and Advanced Warfare having already sold millions itself with many spin-offs along the way too, alongside the billions of hours of online multiplayer gameplay logged throughout the series. The major question entering Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare must be if the new iteration brings anything new to the table to genuinely reinvent the series.

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

(4375 words, 4 images, estimated 17:30 mins reading time)