1 Up Box - January 2016
I recently got subscriptions to 1 Up Box, Loot Crate and Arcade Block, which are all boxes that get delivered to your door each month and are filled with nerdy and gaming related items. I will be posting unboxing articles each month of each service to give our viewers an idea of the items that each service gives out.
Poncho Review (PS4)
Poncho is a two-dimensional, semi open-world, scrolling platformer with puzzle-solving elements that takes place in a world where all humans have been eliminated, leaving only animals and a bunch of robot servants. You, the player, control one of these servant robots named Poncho. Your goal is to discover who your maker is and why humanity was wiped off the face of the world.
Blood Bowl 2 Review (PS4)
Blood Bowl 2 is a clever mixture of Warhammer’s board game fantasy universe and the basic structure of American football that features violence and humour. Instead of being a live-action type of football game, it’s a turn-based strategy type game. Like traditional American football, an offense consisting of 11 players uses coordinated plays (and some trickery) to move a ball into the opposition’s goal, while the opposition does everything it can to stop their progress and gain control of the ball.
Giana Sisters: Dream Runners Review (PS4)
Giana Sisters: Dream Runners is a fast-paced, head-to-head platformer for up to four players developed by Black Forest Games. The game pits up to four players (or AI opponents) against each other in a looping stage, in local and online competition, speed-running for the finish in an effort to push each other off the screen with the help of boosters and power-ups.
Airscape: The Fall of Gravity Review (PC)
Airscape: The Fall of Gravity is a fast-paced, gravity-shifting action platformer about a deep-sea octopus who has been kidnapped by a mechanical alien race. Players control an Octopus on an adventure to save its family from the clutches of the motorized menace.
Anna's Quest Review (PC)
Anna’s Quest is a point-and click adventure game by Daedalic Entertainment. In Anna’s Quest, Anna, the main character in the story, goes on a quest to find a cure for her grandfather’s illness. What makes this quest special is that Anna has led a very sheltered life with her grandfather and barely knows what creatures linger outside her home. Anna’s love for her grandfather drives her to leave the safety of her home and venture out to find the needed cure for him.
Poly Bridge Review (Early Access PC)
Poly Bridge by Dry Cactus is a bridge building simulation Early Access PC game available on Steam in which the player’s objective is to build a bridge stable enough to support multiple types of vehicles while staying under budget and suiting the needs for different factors, such as ships that may need to pass under the bridge.
Nihilumbra Review (Wii U)
Nihilumbra is an atmospheric puzzler/platformer developed by Beautifun Games. In Nihilumbra, you control a strange creature that was created in and escaped from the “Void” to adventure through our world while running from the Void.
Dirt Rally Review (Early Access PC)
Dirt Rally, from Codemasters, is an early-access Steam game that returns to an authentic and dangerous off-road racing experience. Currently, the game has four massive environments and 38 challenging stages.
Nevermind Review (Early Access PC)
Nevermind is a very unique and strange horror early access game that takes you into the minds of psychological trauma victims, with the goal of solving the puzzles inside the creepy worlds to figure out what the victims have gone through and help them reach clarity and peace.
Game Loading: Rise of the Indies (Movie) Review
The huge increase in digital downloading in recent years has made it very easy for indie game developers to get their games onto the consoles, PCs and mobile devices of the masses. With so many new indie games being released every day, how much really goes into creating these games? Game Loading: Rise of the Indies follows the lives of several game developers and their ups and downs throughout the process of creating games.
Funk of Titans (Xbox One) Review
Funk of Titans is a fast-paced, side-scrolling platformer developed and published by the indie group A Crowd of Monsters. In Funk of Titans, you take control of Perseus, son of Zeus, and try to protect the Funk. You will venture through 3 different "worlds", Pop, Rap and Rock, each with its own unique level style and Titans (bosses).
Funk of Titans is a very fun and simple game, but can be very addicting. Here is my complete review, along with gameplay video.
The Witcher: Adventure Game (PC) Review
The Witcher Adventure Game for PC is a digital adaptation of the tabletop board game of the same name. Here is my review and first impressions of the game.