Author: Gary Behan

I was never a fan of Dead Island. While the idea of an island infested with Zombies mixed with first person melee gameplay mechanics sounded like something that I would definitely be a fan of, the end result was a mixed bag of unfulfilled potential. Riptide fixed some of the issues, but created some new ones. So I was hopeful that Techland’s new game; Dying Light could learn from it’s mistakes and improve on the existing formula. The result is, unfortunately, another mixed bag. The first 5 or so hours of Dying Light are a great time. Running, kicking, hacking,…

I wanted to like Assassin’s Creed Unity, I really did. It had a lot going for it; next gen visuals, co-op in an assassin sandbox and a lot of positive press leading up to its release. I was always a little skeptical about Unity after they announced that the series would return to a city based sandbox, removing the ships entirely. This felt like a scaling back in terms of the scope the series had become accustomed to, which has become a symptom of high fidelity graphics in this new generation of consoles. I managed to get Unity on launch…

I’ve been waiting for The Evil Within for a year and a half since it was first announced. Survival horror, as a genre, had suffered some serious missteps with the likes of Resident Evil 5, Silent Hill: Homecoming and Clive Barkers Jericho. Not even the awesomeness that was Dead Space could save it. Especially when you consider the 2 lacklustre sequels that followed, effectively killing the initial momentum of the series. Since then, we haven’t seen a mainstream survival horror game come out that feels like it might give the genre a much needed shot in the arm. Until now.…

Microsoft have released the gameplay launch trailer for Sunset Overdrive ahead of the games release next Friday. Microsoft says about Sunset Overdrive: Microsoft says: “The awesomepocalypse is here. Experience the open world, hyper-agility, over-the-top weaponry, enemies and factions of Sunset Overdrive – the game that rewrites the rules of traditional shooters and delivers an explosive, irreverent, stylish, and totally unique adventure.” Look out for a full and comprehensive review of the game after its release on October 31st. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5ddpEO1CK4

Ubisoft have today detailed the contents of the season pass for the upcoming Far Cry 4. The season pass, which will be priced at £23.99 / €29.99 / $29.99 will include a number of single player and co-op missions along with a number of multiplayer modes. The single player missions include an exclusive mission released on day 1 for people who purchase the season pass. While the season pass can be purchased seperately, it is also included in the “gold edition” of the game and as part of the Ultimate Kyrat edition which  includes among other things, a pretty nifty…

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. A longing for the days gone by, allowing us to revisit things we’ve seen a hundred times before. To this day, I can watch Batman: The Animated Series and still enjoy it. It’s timeless. Similarly, the new Alien game, Alien: Isolation, manages to tap into the tense, gritty atmosphere that places the movie series it’s based on in the  top 3 horror movies ever on IMDB. The game stars Amanda Ripley, an engineer and daughter of the heroine of the Alien movies, Ellen Ripley. She boards a space station called the Sevastopol in order to retrieve…

I leapt from an invisible tower and immediately observed a group of Uruks slave driving some people on top of a cliff. This followed an extremely well done tutorial sequence that had enough emotional weight behind to make me invested in the characters early on and said emotional weight meant I was in no mood to be trifled with. I dispatched of the Uruks with relative ease and within 5 minutes I was in the middle of a camp engaging 4 captains (the “mini-bosses” of the game) who had come together to talk about the weather, complain about their respective bosses, trade human slaves…