• Review: Stardew Valley

    Who would think that simulating farming would create such an enjoyable experience? Stardew Valley is a mix-up of the Harvest Moon games of old, Minecraft and Animal Crossing; the best parts of all three form into an excellent experience that can take forty hours away from anyone. The mechanics...
  • Review: Just Cause 3

    Just Cause 3 is the latest instalment in the infamous Just Cause series, which is famous for being the video game equivalent of a bull in a china shop. With heat-seeking grenades. And a parachute. Where the china explodes easily. So it’s quite a lot of fun. I’ve not...
  • Listen to your Conscience: FTL (Faster than Light)

    Whilst working on a review for the latest XCOM release, I was reminded of a game I fall back on when I just want something genuinely ‘nice’ to play. FTL is a game that I absolutely adore, and would be one of my go to recommendations of a game...
  • Impact Reviews: Fallout 4

    Everyone has been waiting for this game for years. Fallout 4 was likely the most hyped videogame of 2015, and now it is released Impact asked Aidan Collett to provide a review. He focuses especially on the new settlement mechanics and its hugely detailed world, showing that the new sequel isn’t...
  • Impact Reviews – Halo 5: Guardians

    The new Halo 5 story line is, in my opinion, refreshingly original. The campaign follows the exploits of the newly-introduced character Spartan Jameson Locke who commands the four-man squad of Fireteam Osiris. However the plot isn’t focused solely around Locke, in 3 missions the player takes control of the...
  • Impact Reviews – Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void

    Here we are, nearly three weeks after the launch of Blizzard’s closure to its epic saga, Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void. I’ll try to avoid spoilers, but there is very little which compares to freezing every enemy on the map and letting rip with every piece of firepower...
  • Impact Reviews: Mordheim, City of the Damned

    Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based squad game, a la XCOM, with a 3rd person over the shoulder perspective similar to the popular MOBA Smite. All the classics of turn based squad strategy are present: highly satisfying squad positioning, inexplicably terrible soldier aim, consumables you hoard out...