Role playing games (RPG’s) generally come in two forms even though it’s quite easy to class all games as “role playing” as gamers jump into the shoes of (insert action hero name here). Well traditional role playing games, usually orientating from Japan normally feature turn based random battles, which means

It seems a long time ago when I first played Resident Evil on the Playstation and I can remember at the time it being true cutting edge stuff what with its pre-rendered hand drawn backgrounds and of course the first outing for those zombies in the series. Well fast forward

There have been few video games which have featured native American Indians as the leading characters and what springs to my mind is Turok who undoubtedly, for me at least is the most memorable of any that have appeared. Well Turok hasn’t featured in a game for quite some time

I think it is safe to say that mech games are an acquired taste and not for everyone. For the uninitiated, mech games usually feature huge hulking mechanised units which are normally bi-pedal although many other varieties are available. The mechs are normally heavily armed and the crux of why

Flying games have been staple diet for gamers for a long time and whilst PC flying games have come in all shapes and sizes, incorporating aircraft from a number of time periods in a number of fictitious and real scenarios there are definitely two distinct play styles on offer. For

I’ve always been a big fan of the Hitman games ever since I played Hitman 2 on Xbox several years ago. Whilst the game play featured similarities to games such as Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell, Hitman games have always had their own flavour of stealth. I think the

It’s remarkable how storytelling in video games have evolved over the years, but what started out as some tacky cliché lines of cheese has evolved into something so much bigger it almost defies belief. Whilst we can cast our minds back to classic dialogue in Resident Evil 1, and relish

Do we like Black Ops 2’s futuristic direction? When I think man versus machines I automatically think of the James Cameron Terminator movies rather than military escapades featuring futuristic special forces, but then again those iconic movies have a lot to answer for in today’s gaming – ignoring the rather

There have been a number of X-Men inspired games to appear on consoles and why not? Marvel Comics mutant creations are as worthy game material as the next character and with the likes of the vicious Wolverine or chilled out Iceman and teleporting Nightcrawler at the helm, X-Men characters offer

Well it’s been a while since Lara Croft; the enigmatic busty adventurer graced our consoles and even though many gamers felt her last outing was perhaps the worst in the series, her return for fans at least is a welcome one. Tomb Raider Legend on Xbox 360 brings the franchise