Stepping into ROUTINE feels less like launching a blockbuster survival horror, and more like unsealing a time capsule buried deep on the lunar surface – it’s a bit dusty, unsettling, and entirely bereft of comfort. From the opening moments, the game draws you into its retro-futuristic nightmare with such conviction that you almost hear the flick of a VHS tape. The decrepit lunar base, with its scratched metal bulkheads, bulky CRTs, and cold corridors bathed in sickly fluorescent light, isn’t just a backdrop – it’s almost like it’s the main character. Developers Lunar Software and publisher Raw Fury have embraced minimalism: no glowy objective markers, no intrusive HUD, no hand-holding. You navigate, you observe, you survive – and in that discipline and sense of immersion, ROUTINE finds its grim power. Continue reading “ROUTINE review (Xbox)”
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DLC roundup: Elden Ring Nightreign, Dungeons 4, Frostpunk 2 & theHunter: Call of the Wild
Across genres and platforms, this latest wave of DLC releases shows developers stretching their existing worlds in markedly different directions – some chasing high-stakes challenge, others leaning into narrative experimentation, mechanical variety, or pure environmental immersion. From the shadow-drenched labyrinths of Elden Ring Nightreign’s first major expansion to the tongue-in-cheek chaos of Dungeons 4’s newest campaign, the ideological city-building of Frostpunk 2, and the windswept realism of a fresh hunting reserve in Call of the Wild, each add-on tries to carve out its own identity while extending the appeal of its parent game. Continue reading “DLC roundup: Elden Ring Nightreign, Dungeons 4, Frostpunk 2 & theHunter: Call of the Wild”
Weapons review (4K)
From the opening moments, Weapons positions itself as a disturbing, breathless descent into horror and uncertainty. The disappearance of an entire classroom of children at 2:17 a.m. sets off a chain reaction of fear, suspicion and grief across a small town, told through interlocking perspectives: parents, teachers, law enforcement, and the traumatized lone child left behind. The ensemble cast – including strong turns from Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Alden Ehrenreich – sells these fractured lives convincingly: Garner’s turmoil, Brolin’s anguish, Ehrenreich’s quiet desperation all carry weight. That said, while the multiple-POV, chapter-based structure builds mounting dread effectively, it sometimes diffuses emotional impact: certain characters and subplots feel underexplored, and when the story pivots into its more symbolic or supernatural elements, the narrative’s grounding in real human horror loosens – leaving the conclusion somewhat ambiguous and potentially unsatisfying for those wanting full closure. Continue reading “Weapons review (4K)”
Milano’s Odd Job Collection review
There’s something quietly delightful about revisiting a strange, long-forgotten gem – and Milano’s Odd Job Collection feels exactly like that: a little oddball secret finally emerging from obscurity. The game casts you as 11-year-old Milano, stranded alone for the summer in her uncle’s empty house, and tasks you with transforming her lonely 40-day stay into something meaningful: part-time jobs, chores, decorating the house, caring for a cat and even milking flying cows. That premise alone could’ve veered into melancholy or overly whimsical, but the new version we’ve been playing lands squarely in the former’s cozy, slice-of-life territory: innocent, absurd, silly, but always endearingly earnest. Continue reading “Milano’s Odd Job Collection review”
A Game About Digging A Hole review (PS5)
When you boot up A Game About Digging A Hole on PS5, you get exactly what the title promises – you dig a hole. But what starts as a modest, almost meditative act of scraping away backyard dirt soon evolves into something faintly absurd and quietly compelling: a slowly deepening descent into mystery, grime, and hidden secrets. On the surface, it’s a humble simulator about digging. Underneath, it becomes surprisingly earnest, even a bit eerie at times. Continue reading “A Game About Digging A Hole review (PS5)”
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