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Review by Joseph L.

I'm not exactly a generous gamer these days. After years of playing unexpectedly disappointing games and surprisingly good ones, I've given up caring about games that try to coast by while not offering much in return. 101 Penguin Pets 3D is a game that I knew from the start could only get worse. I quickly gave up on this one and started a petition for grass growing to be a sport.

Imagine a simulation game on limited hardware with limited imagination and inspiration in an unappealing setting with disorienting "characters". 101 Penguin Pets 3D is exactly that mess of an idea. After selecting one of the penguin pets to take care from beginning to end, the player is given the task of keeping the animal satisfied. This means you're practically its parent. Feeding it, bathing it, getting it to sleep at night, potty training, and making sure it receives medical attention when in need are your main priorities as a penguin parent.

Review by Matt S. 

Before Rollarcoaster Tycoon there was Transport Tycoon. And Transport Tycoon was a game made by the Gods (or, well, God of simulation games, Chris Sawyer). The fact that it is so playable even now, and still feels so modern compared to the likes of the rebooted Sim City is proof of just how good this game is.

Review by Clark A. 

Many will regard Rune Factory 4 as yet another release in the farming meets fighting franchise. While that is indeed an accurate assessment, this particular entry perfects the balance of said components and expands on them with variety that outweighs other major players in the genre. It’s also the most addictive game I’ve played this year besides Animal Crossing and for many of the same reasons. If you’re remotely intrigued by the concept Neverland has been pumping out for several years, there’s no better starting point than the cream of the crop.

Before Verdict Day, I had never played an Armored Core game. So picture, if you will, someone whose first experience of a game is a bunch of prompts to import a character from Armored Core 5, then set up a character because I selected 'no.'

Then I had to wade through all kinds of news from the Armored Core 5 world (all of which assumed some kind of knowledge of the previous game and failed to make much sense to me), and I needed to explore each and every menu to try and figure out what each meant because there were no tutorials of any kind to explain what is going on. I customised my mech without really knowing what I was doing to it, and then, being unwilling to get into the multiplayer for fear of my last 20 minutes of customisation embarrassing me, I went to what seemed like the least important part of the menu - the single player game, to play my first mission.

It's often quite disheartening when two games turn out to be incredibly similar affairs. Game Dev Tycoon, the first entry from Aussie startup, Greenheart Games, plays much like its inspiration: Kairosoft's mobile hit Game Dev Story. But the last thing I'd want is for this review to serve as a blow by blow comparison of the two, since each title has something new to bring to the table. Game Dev Tycoon promises to be a more realistic experience by dwelling upon the business and management end of running a game studio, although the end result is a bit of a mixed bag.

It starts with darkness and confusion.

I'm a big fan of farming games. I devour every Harvest Moon game that gets released on any platform, and I've even had fun with the serious Farming Simulator series. There's something cathartic about sitting down to one of these games knowing that all you're going to be doing is dropping water of virtual plants and feeding polygonal ducks and cows.