A Tale of Synapse: The Chaos Theories review | Miscommunication
by Jon Bailes | Oct 11, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Less than the sum of its parts?
Posts by: Jon Bailes
Cris Tales review | Time crisis
by Jon Bailes | Oct 06, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Time management skills required
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights review
by Jon Bailes | Sep 30, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A shy, reluctant game eventually blossoms
Minute of Islands review | Desert island risks
by Jon Bailes | Sep 09, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Part walking sim, part platform-puzzler, entirely gorgeous-looking
Necromunda: Hired Gun review | Mindless chaos
by Jon Bailes | Aug 16, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A rusted development
World Splitter review | Neat but lacking
by Jon Bailes | Jul 26, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Dimension-hopping in a world divided
Returnal review | Re-record, not fade away
by Jon Bailes | Jul 12, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Endless runner and gunner
Woodsalt review - ambling without momentum
by Jon Bailes | Mar 29, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
How much wood would a Woodsalt salt if a Woodsalt could salt wood?
Carto review: mapping all over the world
by Jon Bailes | Jan 12, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A marvellously mellow map-manipulating puzzle-adventure
Foregone review - pleasing rhythm, plain design
by Jon Bailes | Jan 06, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Refusing to go Rogue
Spelunky 2 review - live, die, repeat
by Jon Bailes | Nov 09, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
Get rich or die tryin’ (you’ll die tryin’)
Those Who Remain review - the horror
by Jon Bailes | Oct 21, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
Fumbling around in the dark
No Straight Roads review - dischord
by Jon Bailes | Oct 14, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
Playing the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order
Jet Lancer review: more of a Goose than a Maverick
by Jon Bailes | Aug 21, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
Our verdict on a sleek yet unwieldy shoot-‘em-up
One Step From Eden review - mind-merging
by Jon Bailes | Jul 31, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
Deck-building for adrenaline junkies
Streets of Rage 4 review - batter up!
by Jon Bailes | Jul 08, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
The right to bare knuckles
Resident Evil 3 review: STARS in his eyes
by Jon Bailes | May 14, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
Remaking as respectful betrayal?
Murder by Numbers review: a visual novel/puzzler hybrid with heart
by Jon Bailes | Apr 30, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
Not quite a killer app, but well worth a shot
Journey to the Savage Planet review | Metroid Primary Colours
by Jon Bailes | Feb 28, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
An homage to Metroid Prime that's truly otherworldly. Here's our review of Journey to the Savage Planet...
Sparklite review: | Feature-lite
by Jon Bailes | Feb 25, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
A pleasant Secret of Mana-like that lacks a certain… something
Arise: A Simple Story review | Risen
by Jon Bailes | Feb 05, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
A tale as old as time travel
Concrete Genie review | Steps on the cracks
by Jon Bailes | Jan 15, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews
Where there’s a wall, there’s a way
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening review | Curiously contemporary
by Jon Bailes | Nov 08, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
A remake that’s not just another link to the past
Astral Chain review | A Platinum effort
by Jon Bailes | Sep 27, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Police armed with angry, invisible monsters. What could go wrong?
The Church in the Darkness review | A cult offering
by Jon Bailes | Sep 05, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
The first cult is the deepest in Paranoid Productions' roguelike
Sea of Solitude review
by Jon Bailes | Aug 19, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
You’re never alone when you’ve got your inner demons
A Plague Tale: Innocence review | Ratty
by Jon Bailes | May 24, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
The walls are alive with the sound of rodents
Baba Is You review: a boundary-pushing puzzler
by Jon Bailes | Apr 02, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
A block-pushing puzzler that brilliantly reverses genre conventions
Desert Child review: chilled-out racing on Mars
by Jon Bailes | Jan 25, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Keep calm and race hoverbikes on Mars
