Greg Hicks

2 months ago | fingerguns.net | Greg Hicks

In real life, I am not a petrolhead. I own an old Audi that somehow miraculously goes, but that’s it. Don’t ask me how the current season of Formula One is going. But when it comes to gaming, I had a fancy for two things: rally games, and diddy little racers. So when #Drive Rally, a follow on of sorts from #DRIVE (that I reviewed here), the interest was certainly piqued. Ditching the endless runner (endless driver?) style for a fully-controlled rally title, #DRIVE Rally is as it says on the tin.

2 months ago | fingerguns.net | Greg Hicks

If you’ve kept up with Finger Guns over the years: firstly thank you, and secondly, you’ll know of my love for Street Fighter and Tekken. But whilst those two are the mainstays in my game, I do like to dabble with other fighters too. Yet through all the Bloody Roar’s and Rival Schools over the years (yes that’s irony as they’re dead franchises), Fatal Fury has never been on my radar. But now, twenty six years after the last main entry, one of SNK’s beloved series’ is back.

2 months ago | fingerguns.net | Greg Hicks

Most people, when they think of anime in the late 80’s/early 90’s, will often recall Akira. If not, it’ll be that really cool trailer that the Manga label used to put out: the one with all the wild, adult-content ones we weren’t allowed to watch: Wicked City, Project A-Ko, and the cat girls from Dominion Tank Police. What does Mullet MadJack have to do with this, you might be thinking? Well, everything, and we’ll get to that.

Mar 26, 2025 | fingerguns.net | Miles Thompson |Joshua Thompson |Toby Andersen |Greg Hicks

The First Berserker: Khazan plays like an amalgamation of all the spin offs of the Souls genre. The level structure and loot of Nioh, the dark fantasy roots of Berserk and Bloodborne, anime visuals akin to Code Vein. If you can name a motif that’s been inspired from Miyazaki’s seminal series, chances are you’ll find it here too. However, to call The First Berserker: Khazan a mere imitation of other titles would be to do it a massive disservice, a mistake I’d implore people not to make.

Mar 26, 2025 | fingerguns.net | Joshua Thompson |Toby Andersen |Greg Hicks |Ross Keniston

Much of what gets labelled the trendy moniker of cosy game are titles that do a decent job of checking the familiar boxes, more so than feeling like a refreshing cup of tea. The buzzword has felt a little diluted in recent years. And whilst there isn’t anything inherently wrong with X game having X setting but “make it cosy” as a premise, I now have a bit of trepidation before going into anything labelled as such.