It’s competent remaster, giving a decade-old game a suitable level of spit-and-polish. While Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s campaign has been given a significant graphical overhaul, but its corridor-shooter structure and worn animation give its age away. Nostalgic fans of the series might get a kick, but the barebones remaster isn’t a fantastic value proposition for anybody else.
The Marauder is an absolute fiend, a natural obstacle to the Slayer's ability to push forward through hordes of the damned in DOOM Eternal and I hate him so damn much.
Look at your desktop. Look at it! Amidst all the clutter of random icons for games you’ll never play, images that need to be added to a dedicated folder and a Recycle Bin screaming to be emptied, there is a wallpaper that is older than your dad jokes. Heck, I bet it’s not even optimised for a proper 1920 x 1080 display, is it? Fret not, because the Critical Hit Extreme Desktop Makeover team is here to save the day!
Could Splinter Cell work as an open-world sandbox wherein Sam Fisher can ply his deadly trade? Absolutely, epsecially if Ubisoft looks at one other game that mastered the art of stealth, options and massive open areas to explore.
Resident Evil 3 Remake continues to the raise the bar of what it means to be a remake. It can feel rushed in places, but the sheer terror of Nemesis and the return to form of Jill Valentine makes it an experience you don’t want to miss. Just be sure to bring extra clean underwear along for the ride.
As long as there have been comic books, there have always been animated adaptations that have hit the small screen. You probably grew up on a few of them back in the day: If you’re old as sin, you may remember classic Jack Kirby art being reused in a weird way for various Marvel cartoons or that ancient Spider-Man series …
A personal and contemplative experience, Paper Beast could only be better if it were narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
What begins with a disaster ends with love, sandwiching in a meaty filling of guns, conspiracies and Wendigo testicles along the way in Borderlands 3: Guns, Love and Tentacles. Not a bad way to spend a weekend, when you’re officiating the union between beast and melee attack. I now pronounce you man and knife.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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