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The Walking Dead: Season Two, Episode Two – The Verdict

The Walking Dead: Season Two, Episode Two – The Verdict

Having created a (largely) well received opener for its difficult second album, The Walking Dead strides with confidence into an exciting second episode that is packed with memorable moments and tantalising hints of the action still to come. Major spoilers for Season Two have been avoided, but details from Season One may be touched on. You have been warned.

Gran Turismo 6 – The Verdict

Gran Turismo 6 – The Verdict

I was a massive fan of Gran Turismo during the PlayStation One and Two eras, came into the series with the second game and found myself playing it for countless hours along with the later versions. Come Gran Turismo 5 on the PlayStation 3 and I was put off, the menus were unwieldy and I tired of a progression system which started you off in duff cars for race after race.

How does the latest title from Polyphony fare then? Read my thoughts after the break.

The Walking Dead: Season Two, Episode One – The Verdict

The Walking Dead: Season Two, Episode One – The Verdict

By virtue of the number two following the number one, the following review of season two of Telltale’s The Walking Dead will feature spoilers for the first season. As with any other review, spoilers for this first episode have been kept to a minimum – major narrative points will not be discussed, though minor details about the tone, setting and gameplay of this instalment will be dealt with. You have been warned.

Redshirt – The Verdict

Redshirt – The Verdict

I had high hopes for this game. There was something in the way it was covered that made me think that this high-concept game would be something special, a singularity almost on the indie scene. On paper, the concept is an intriguing one: a virtual social media game, set in a faux Star Treks sci-fi universe where your destiny is largely out of your hands. There was a commentary there on modern life and social media that I found pleasing, plus it had Star Trek jokes, what’s not to love.

Super Mario 3D World – The Verdict

Super Mario 3D World – The Verdict

Mario Mario Mario, ahh Mario. How long has the plumber with the moustache been plying his trade now? It is many a moon, but personally I have made very few trips into his world with Super Mario 3D World on the Wii U my first visit since Super Mario Galaxy. What have I made of his latest adventure I hear you ask, well hit the jump and you can find out.

Democracy 3 – The verdict

Democracy 3 – The verdict

You sit there, watching Prime Minister’s Question time and you think, why the Dickens did he say that? I mean you know he’s opposed to that sort of policy and he’s strongly connected to this other group, so why throw a bone towards this marginal seat on a marginal issue?

Play Positech’s Democracy 3 for even ten minutes, and you’ll start to appreciate why. Politics. Politics is why, and it’s even more of a moral and intellectual quagmire than you ever feared…

Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Part 1 – The Verdict

Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Part 1 – The Verdict

I am odd. A rare flower in the game-journo garden of cynicism and critique – I actually liked Bioshock Infinite. Oh, I’m fully aware of the myriad of reasons people had issues with the game, but none of that stopped me enjoying its quirky, broken and in some places utterly bonkers plot, its enjoyable combat system and the beautiful flying city of Columbia. Burial at Sea is Infinite’s latest DLC, set in the far more popular underwater locale of Rapture. It’s fun, confusing and criminally short.

The slightly puzzled verdict that follows is slightly spoilery of Bioshock Infinite, you have been warned…

Enslaved Premium Edition – The Verdict

Enslaved Premium Edition – The Verdict

You don’t see many games get ported back to the PC these days, most titles are released on PC at the same time as the console version and are developed together our outsourced to a reliable team. It seemed to be something of an anomaly then when the Xbox 360 underground hit, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West got a Premium Edition release on Steam a few weeks ago. This is most certainly a bad old fashioned port of a game.

Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag – The Verdict

Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag – The Verdict

Some people might wonder why I am delivering my Verdict of Black Flag when I haven’t even finished the game yet. If someone asked me that question I would reply by saying something along the lines of “I have played enough of if to pass judgement on whether it is a good game, and if I would be happy to buy it.” Without further ado, why not hit the break and find out what I have made of the game after around 12 hours or so with it.