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Is it Crap? - Batman vs Superman Special Edition 2016 Review







Keith phones in his review of the Batman vs Superman Special Edition. 
So is it crap, you'll have to watch to find out
Batman Vs Superman Ultimate Edition

Fallout 4 Automatron Review (Spoiler Warning)






I love Fallout and Fallout 4 and here are my thoughts on Fallout's Automatron DLC

Fallout 3 Robobrain footage from:
Super BowserJr.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmXTttkHBCKDKzxDN1EhfQ

Original Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o849fem8MI0&feature=youtu.be

Fallout 3 Derek Footage:
JV2017gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WoPalcYf7d_x4DC2BXAfw

Original Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Xjkm3FHak&feature=youtu.be
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Plug and Play Review (or Seriously What the Fuck?)



Seriously what is this game? What is it trying to say? Where is the game?
Okay, I first saw this when it was doing the rounds on Youtube and kind of skipped over it. Then when it appeared on a Humble Bundle, and being a bit of a Humble Bundle addict I bought it without thinking. Hey, these YouTubers were playing it so there must be something about it?
Alright, at the time of writing this Plug and Play is going for £1.99 on Steam remember this as it's important for later.


The game consists of some very simple black and white graphics and some even more simple game mechanics. The imagery, Jesus Christ what's with the imagery? It starts off nice and simple with you popping a plug into a socket, followed by some mad Da Vinci God and Adam finger touching with some massively long fingers. Which is funny don't get me wrong. Then convert to a surreal image of a person with a plug for a head running back and fourth. With quiet a predominant arse. This surreal character at a third through the game stops swats and shits out one of his plug pins, straining.


Now this is where I start looking at this game as a weird Salvador Dali painting with something deep and meaningful to it, or as the work of some kind of pothead who managed to keep it together long enough to either make the game, or explain it to someone so they could make the game. Is the whole drop and squat something about gender dynamics. Saying the people can change their genders or sexual preferences at the drop of a hat?

Along with a section reminiscent of a cartoon I saw in the 80's about communism and individuality. In this cartoon, a long line if grey dull characters were shoving in a queue until someone fell off a cliff and then they'd shuffle up and repeat the process, but in the middle of all of this I a bright colourful character who seems stupid and non-conformist would go against the grain and push back in the other direction.


The game seems to have had two clear plug head types, male and female. In the game, you have to converse with the female plug heads. Declaring your love or not. Trying to form some kind of connection with the other one. Which gave me the feeling it was emphasising the human condition and the need for love and understanding.
And at the point I thought the game was trying to be deep and meaningful, along came the human centipede. A ring of plug head characters, with their heads buried firmly up one another’s arses.
This game is so strange, as I stated above it's either deep and meaningful or just mental. Now the whole experience lasted about 15 minutes, and had no real deep or fun gameplay, but saying that they may be a deeper meaning to it. Then again I could just be over analysing this whole thing.

It retails at £1.99 on steam and is pretty much the same as a flash game you can find of Game-jolt or IndieDB. I don't believe it's worth it. My best advice is to find a play-through on Youtube and give it a watch. I give this a Gaming Face Punch 1 out of 5
Tagged: Plug and Play, Review, Weird
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Race the Sun Review


Race The Sun Title Screen

Race the Sun is an endless racer where you have to navigate a fast moving solar powered craft through a cluttered landscape filled with obstacles. Such as falling blocks, meteorites and other basic geometric shapes.
It features an ever changing landscape that rotates every 30 minutes to provide variety. It has a rather basic 3d look to it. Starting with a simple grey and silver colour scheme.
Race The Sun 1st Level Screen Shot
When the game goes well it feels like threading a needle at 100 mph as you narrowly avoid crashes, and it has a pretty cool soundtrack which can range from chilled vibes to pleasantly frantic. In other words it doesn't break out in to a cacophony
Race The Sun Bonus Level
But! The game is too punishing and doesn't generate enough satisfaction to justify the stress it puts you through. Also it pulls some cheap tricks. I was progressing quite well when I died suddenly as I had not added the battery upgrade to my craft. This prevented me from getting to the next level where I subsequently called bullshit and stopped playing.
Race The Sun - Sun Going Down


I can't really recommend this game for anyone. There maybe some die hard gamers who need another rage game, other than that I can't think of anyone I would recommend this game too.

Nothing I hate more than a game that cheats you out of progress under the guise of being challenging and for that this game receives a 1 out of five.
Endless Racer
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