Alex Wilmot, Author at Big Boss Battle (B3)

Star Wars Villainous: Scum & Villainy – “Never a more wretched hive of …”

Alex Wilmot — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:00:53 +0000

Returning players will be glad to know you can mix and match Villainous Scum & Villainy with the original “Power of the Dark Side” and have Darth Vader match up against Boba Fett if you so choose.

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Sea of Thieves: Voyage of Legends – Finding treasure

Alex Wilmot — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:00:06 +0000

Given the large variation in events, voyages and fortune combinations; the replayability for those enjoying what Sea of Thieves has to offer is fairly high and subsequent games will keep players entertained

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Star Wars Villainous – The Power of the Dark Side

Alex Wilmot — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:00:27 +0000

Pain and tragedy shape the path of the hero until an eventual triumph but the bad guys get the ships, the weapons and the cool outfits — it’s just better (until the inevitable downfall). Disney’s Villainous series focuses not on the Hero but instead on the colourful, secretive and malevolent side of many of its franchises.

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Marvel Villainous – Infinite Power

Alex Wilmot — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 14:00:57 +0000

Here’s where Marvel Villainous breaks the mold. Rather than a fully isolated domain with individual Fate Cards per player, a centralised fate deck is introduced, Marvel’s Infinity Stones make an appearance and a new Event driven mechanic is mixed into the fate deck.

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SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters Clash – Nostalgia treated correctly

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:00:04 +0000

Mechanically it’s similar to more current iterations of card series like Hearthstone and Gwent but at the time was much closer to Magic: The Gathering.

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JBL Quantum 610 Wireless — Sound is Survival

Alex Wilmot — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 11:00:20 +0000

The JBL Quantum 610 is more than adequate enough for the discerning gamer with a simple setup, massive battery life, hours of comfort and most importantly punchy, clear audio.

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Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall fights deaths minions in VR Action Adventure

Alex Wilmot — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:00:39 +0000

Apart from the intricate, almost complicated lore associated with Warhammer and its various splinter stories; its known for legendary battles between its various factions. Tempestfall throws you in fairly quickly and its key to note that the mainstay of the title is combat, usually in the form of one vs many.

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After the Fall — Co-op Zombie Action in VR

Alex Wilmot — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:00:05 +0000

Starting out with a simple pistol, it’s not long before you can pick up more weapons. You can go akimbo at any time with nearly any weapon but you are likely sacrificing accuracy with rifles if you try wielding them in one hand.

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Captain Toonhead — Space Crazy Tower Defense

Alex Wilmot — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:00:33 +0000

The Captain’s gone a little space crazy. Firstly changing his name to Toonhead whilst converting a TV screen into a space helmet as part of his ensemble. Turning his weakness to strength, Toonhead creates his own weapons and contraptions to take into battle.

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Jurassic Park Aftermath Part Two — Dino Hide n Seek

Alex Wilmot — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:00:58 +0000

The creeping feeling of dread that washes over you as you hear the sharp toothed killing machines prowl around a loading bay, as you cower in a storage locker.

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Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a beautiful journey through grief and mourning

Alex Wilmot — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 12:00:08 +0000

The land you travel is fairly vast and 20 hours in, as a completionist, I was surprised at how vast it was in addition to the variety on offer between the various areas.

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The Song in the Smoke — Prehistoric Survival in VR

Alex Wilmot — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 14:00:40 +0000

The Song in the Smoke has an interesting art style that, at times, almost feels like a living canvas with thick oil paint used to bring to life the surroundings and inhabitants.

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I Expect you to Die 2: Die Another Day

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:00:01 +0000

Players shouldn’t expect to waltz through with some sharp wit. It’s hard, it’s meant to be, so enjoy the experience and experiment since the levels are a great sandbox of interactivity to have fun in.

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Forged in Shadow Torch (FIST) — Animal Farm

Alex Wilmot — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:00:43 +0000

A strong showing from TiGames, FIST is a great platformer with some unique mechanics, smooth platforming and interesting varied combat.

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Big Rumble Boxing Creed Champions — Champ or Chump

Alex Wilmot — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 11:00:38 +0000

If you go into it with the right level of expectation; players will find an arcade fighter, great use of a licence and some fun (if not long lasting) one on one competition.

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Quests & Cannons – Adventure Awaits !

Alex Wilmot — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:00:44 +0000

Quests and Cannons feels and looks great, has high replay value and some deep strategy mechanics hidden under some beautiful, unique artwork.

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Blightbound – An Action RPG that doesn’t pull its punches

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:00:45 +0000

New characters can be rescued from the blight if you can find them within a level and then escape successfully after completing your mission. You can find them back at the camp and fall into one of three camps — Warriors, Assassins and Mystics.

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Sam & Max: This Time it’s Virtual – Virtual Insanity

Alex Wilmot — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 11:00:51 +0000

Whilst the content may not be the strongest on offer the humour and writing is; and it’s what will keep fans of the dynamic duo playing to the bitter end.

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The Ascent — Cyberpunk Inspired Series X Showcase

Alex Wilmot — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:00:46 +0000

The Ascent looks and runs amazingly well on the Series X, it’s smooth and whilst the load times are few and far between they are pretty snappy.

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Synth Riders Caravan Palace DLC — King of the Swingers

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:00:06 +0000

The content drop includes a handful of songs across the band’s portfolio ranging from tracks taken from the bands 2015 album - <|°_°|>, one from the 2012 album “Panic” and up to 2019’s Chronologic

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Eternal Starlight — VR RTS Done Right

Alex Wilmot — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:00:25 +0000

Graphics are good but it’s the scaling that’s most interesting. Grabbing a ship and moving your hands apart — like stretching dough — zooms in. It can either get you in on the action or be used to investigate enemy ships and show where the weapon emplacements are

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Blue Fire — Precision or Punishment

Alex Wilmot — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 11:00:56 +0000

It’s as if The Legend of Zelda and Dark Souls shacked up and decided to create something with the exploration, wonder and scale of Hyrule but with the enemy difficulty and punishment factor of Lordran

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Ender Lilies – Symphony of the Blight

Alex Wilmot — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 11:00:46 +0000

First things first, this isn’t a “souls-like”. At first glance it looks like one; hopeless premise — check, mystical fantasy setting — check, massive punishing bosses — check.

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Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries – Cross-Play Mech Mayhem

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:00:42 +0000

Playing on the Xbox Series X or PC (MW5 is Cross-Buy), MW5 takes full advantage of the power on offer with full 4K Ultra High Resolution textures bringing to life the alien frontier worlds from the Inner Sphere.

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Four Kings Video Poker – Slot Machine Time Killer

Alex Wilmot — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:00:47 +0000

Four Kings Video Poker plays a variant of poker known as “Jacks or Better”. This means you need at least a pair of Jacks (or something of equal value) to win anything back from your bets.

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Chivalry 2 — Hints & tips to keep you alive on the battlefield

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:00:48 +0000

Even though your health only regenerates to around 60%, many of the player skills such as the Trumpet or the Banner deployed by the Knight class will heal those in the vicinity allowing you to dive right back in at full health

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Swarm — Alien Blasting VR Mayhem

Alex Wilmot — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 11:00:17 +0000

Swarm, although single player, will have players coming back consistently with a solid arcade-like challenge that is always fun to play and difficult to put down.

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King Of Seas — Avast me Hearties

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:00:19 +0000

King of Seas, a pirate simulator from the team over at 3DClouds and published by Team 17, returns players to a past littered with looting, dramatic sea battles, shanties and trading with a healthy measure of humour and its own unique take on the final days of piracy and voodoo

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Floor Plan 2 — Thumbs Up Puzzl People

Alex Wilmot — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:00:56 +0000

Puzzles are often interlinked but at all times there’s a handy intercom system players can use for help from the supervisor, it’s still present in the main stretch although you do need to navigate back to the main elevator to use it.

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Zombieland: Headshot Fever — Fast Frantic VR Arcade Fun

Alex Wilmot — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:00:30 +0000

Taking place within the cinematic universe of the Zombieland series, your character is taken under the wing of the film’s unlikely crew and tutored in the art of zombie slaying whilst working toward entry in a global tournament

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Tennis World Tour 2 — Grand Slam or Double Fault ?

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:00:06 +0000

Looking beautiful, sounding great and with an authentic feel to it, Tennis World Tour 2 is an excellent take on the Tennis circuit whilst the addition of the card mechanic offers further strategy to a mainly action based game.

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Star Wars Talisman — The Force is strong in this one.

Alex Wilmot — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:00:03 +0000

Beautifully illustrated with plenty of the lore that makes the license so interesting but lengthy at times depending on the deck shuffle, Star Wars Talisman is more of what Talisman players love wrapped in the high quality package we’ve come to associate Coiled Spring with.

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Flow Weaver — Sci-Fi Fantasy Escape Room

Alex Wilmot — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:00:48 +0000

Waking in a cell situated in what looks to be a castle tower, you are quickly introduced to the flows of magic in this dimension. Given your mystical training it’s possible to weave these flows to your advantage to solve a number of puzzles set out before you

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Breathedge — Space Survival Comedy

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:00:25 +0000

Recent survival simulators have explored forests, jungles and even the deepest oceans but Breathedge mixes things up in zero gravity from the beginning with a deep space setting.

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The We Were Here Series Bundle compiles the co-op escape room experience

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:00:30 +0000

Although three separate games, each game in the We Were Here series follows the same premise. You and your companion take on different roles and must cooperate together using whatever you can find to escape from your mysterious captors.

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Valheim — For Odin !

Alex Wilmot — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 19:00:34 +0000

Valheim tasks players with adventuring and proving their worth across massive randomly generated worlds whilst learning to survive through the collecting of resources and the crafting of new weapons, armour and a construction system to build complex buildings & villages.

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Days of Heroes: D-Day takes VR to the Normandy beaches

Alex Wilmot — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:30:11 +0000

Five years after the start of World War II, the Third Reich continued their occupation of Europe. Allied forces decide to open a so-called “second front” in Western Europe to turn the tides of war.

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Yupitergrad — Comrade Spider-Man

Alex Wilmot — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:00:34 +0000

Yupitergrad’s puzzles are mostly fairly basic but the action of solving them is very satisfying and getting a handle on the momentum physics suddenly becomes second nature after 20-30 minutes

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Eternal Hope — A Candle in the Wind

Alex Wilmot — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:00:09 +0000

Immediately drawing parallels with indie classics Inside and Limbo, Eternal Hope presents a somewhat more colourful premise than the gloomy grayscale approach taken by Limbo

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Phantom Brigade — Hindsight is a Wonderful Thing

Alex Wilmot — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:00:59 +0000

A new varied take on mech combat with deep customization and strategy mechanics, the timeline mechanic adds additional options to tweak, deploy and effect countermeasures at every turn and at each stage of an engagement.

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Synth Riders — Settling into its own Rhythm

Alex Wilmot — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:00:45 +0000

More recent tracks released by the developers; as either paid or free content; have become more complex and it’s clear the developers have taken a step back and looked at the progression of their player base

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Poker Club — All In or Bust

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:00:34 +0000

When Poker Club renders correctly it’s even more unfortunate that the poker is only “OK”. The basics are there. Dealing, blinds, bets etc. etc. but there’s no feeling in it.

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Hidden Deep — Deep sea mining, early impressions

Alex Wilmot — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:00:31 +0000

Hidden Deep takes place in a remote, submerged, deep sea mining rig with the title screen depicting a small submarine transiting your crew to the facility. The eerie silence of the rig is pretty apparent and visually the style reminds me of an eighties scanline monitor, in an almost voyeur-like manner.

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Talisman: Batman — When the Inmates run the Asylum

Alex Wilmot — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:00:43 +0000

The Batman mythos has evolved over the years since its inception and the strength of the characters; both good and evil; adds additional weight and focus to an already interesting premise.

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Chronos: Before the Ashes — Maze Runner

Alex Wilmot — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:00:05 +0000

Chronos: Before the Ashes is a solid foray into a more classic Souls formula that steps back from Gunfire’s differentiating gunplay mechanics and back into close quarter combat

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Bright Memory — Fast, Frantic and Unfinished

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:00:58 +0000

Releasing Bright Memory at this time, and in the method it has, provides FYQD some well needed exposure and gears up fans of the fast and frantic gameplay the full game promises to deliver

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Hocus Pocus is spooky cooperative card chaos

Alex Wilmot — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:00:01 +0000

A simple premise on paper, turns may only last 10-20 seconds but rounds can last anywhere from 5 minutes to 20 minutes depending on the deck shuffle and the spell types in play.

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The Falconeer — Like a leaf on the Wind

Alex Wilmot — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:00:36 +0000

Interestingly the campaign isn’t limited to any single perspective of the wider conflict at hand. Progression and experience allow you to switch to other viewpoints and allows you to see how events may have been interpreted from the alternative side of the dispute

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Observer: System Redux — Down the Rabbit Hole

Alex Wilmot — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 19:00:23 +0000

Lazarski himself is brought to life by acting legend Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) and although one of his final appearances on screen it’s hard to imagine a better fit for the character.

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Sketchy Tales: Disney Edition — Chinese Whispers

Alex Wilmot — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 14:00:27 +0000

Given the recognisable characters from the Disney back catalogue it’s easy to see why Big Potato included them in a customized edition of Sketchy Tales.

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