From the creators of Danganronpa and Zero Escape, World’s End Club arrived on Apple Arcade in 2020. Now that it is on Switch Michael Beckwith is here to tell us if the game lives up to its spiritual predecessors.
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Review | Mayhem in Single Valley
Zombies, monsters and umbrella gliders, OH MY! Mayhem in Single Valley is a striking new indie game from a small team and Marley Hannan is here to let us know if the game lives up to its good looks.
Review | Touhou Hyouibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers
Anime fighters can be hard to follow, so it is a good thing that Touhou Hyouibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers is simplifying things by… making it a bullet hell game too? Jessica Reyes joins us for the first time to let us know if this genre mash-up succeeds.
Review | Ashwalkers: A Survival Journey
So 2020 was pretty bad, but things could be worse. You could be trapped in a monochrome wasteland like the survivors in Ashwalkers: A Survival Journey. We welcome Joshua Jarrett to the site to review it.
Review | Resident Evil Village
Head empty. Lady tall.
But is the game surrounding everyone’s favourite vampire any good? Matthew John McCormick is here to let us know.
First Impressions | Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space
Having come to mobile devices in 2017, Andreas Theodorou is here to let us know if there is enough game here to sustain a PC port.
Review | Gnosia
Gnosia is a staggeringly difficult game to explain in a few sentences without being super reductive. So we asked Michael Beckwith to fill us in on all the details and review it for us.
Review | Eximius: Seize the Frontline
Eximius: Seize the Frontline has gone through a lot to finally be released. Tyler Denyer fills us in as to if it was worth the wait.
Review | Boomerang Fu
Couch Co-op is a risky genre to release a game in during a pandemic. Andreas Theodorou is here to tell us if Boomerang Fu can overcome social distancing to still be a compelling game.
Review | Døm Rusalok
You ever wanted to hang out with some friends and investigate supernatural happenings while the last of the Soviet Union collapses around you? With Døm Rusalok you finally can and Tyler Denyer is here to let us know if it is any good.
Review | Persona 5 Strikers
The Phantom Thieves are back and this time they’re all about that Musou action. Najib Hassan investigates if they have pulled off the transition and what it is like to return to these characters and this world.
Early Access Review | 30XX
There is an almost uncountable number of Early Access games coming out on Steam, so it is genuinely surprising when one arrives feeling polished at launch. Natalie Raine investigates how 30XX holds up on closer inspection.
Review | Sarawak
Sarawak follows the story of college student Mia trying to clear her mother’s name of murder. Tyler Denyer is here to let us know if it is a compelling tale.
Review | YesterMorrow
For Tyler Denyer’s first piece on startmenu, they take a look at the time-hopping platformer YesterMorrow.
Review | Assassin's Creed: Valhalla | Winter Spectacular 2020
Ubisoft’s premiere franchise returns after a year off with the release of Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla but has it been worth the wait? Matthew John McCormick thinks so.
Two Weeks With the Xbox Series S
Next-gen gaming is like boxes of chocolate. Sometimes the contents are great sometimes it pretty dubious (with a suspiciously short shelflife) and whoever makes them keeps making the packaging weirder and weirder. Anyway Alex Green has been playing the Xbox Series S.
Review | Paper Beast: Folded Edition
Paper Beast’s world is not what it seems and Ollie wants to know if it’s still just as surprising outside of VR.
Review | Lair of the Clockwork God
It’s the end of the world as we know it, but Kate Robinson feels fine thanks to the witty writing and surprising gameplay of Lair of the Clockwork God.
Review | Double Kick Heroes
Despite some great ideas and a cool style, Kate Robinson found that Double Kick Heroes wasn’t quite her tempo.
Review | The Gardens Between (IOS/Android)
After its release on PC and console in 2018, The Gardens Between has made its way to mobile. Santi Leguiza took a look at this new version of this game to see if it holds up.