Jess Clayton-Berry

Reviews Editor at Game Luster

PR Account Executive at Rock Kitchen Harris

Articles

Blue Prince Review - Prince and Repeat

1 week ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

The credits have just rolled on Blue Prince, a goal that felt akin to attempting to exploring an open world RPG; you have a main objective, but every time you try to get there you just get carried away with exploring points of interest, and then you discover more side quests – soon, you’ve forgotten that you’re supposed to be looking for your kidnapped son. In Dogubomb’s Blue Prince, a unique strategy puzzle game, we play as Simon, the heir to Mt. Holly.
Blue Prince - 10 Starting Tips

2 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

Dogubomb’s Blue Prince is a unique strategy puzzle adventure game that uses RNG (Random Number Generator) mechanics to create a gameplay loop unlike any other. We play as the heir of Mr. Holly, a mysterious manor with interchanging rooms. As the heir, we are tasked with locating Room 46 by drafting new rooms from our blueprints, which reset at the end of each day. We start Blue Prince in the entrance hall which has three doors leading straight ahead, left and right.
Atomfall Review - Have A Blast

3 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

Rebellion’s survival-action game, Atomfall, is set in an alternative 1960s Lake District, five years after the real-life Windscale fire incident in 1957. Whereas the real story was a nuclear facility fire that is currently the UK’s worst nuclear accident to date, nearly causing a Chernobyl-scale event, Atomfall’s situation is much more dire. We awaken in a bunker with no recollection of who we are or what we’re doing there.
YOUR HOUSE Review - IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR STREET

1 month ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

A house gifted to you, filled with clothes your size and has a key with your name on it. But you feel more like the house owns you than you own it, and you’re quite certain that you’re being watched…On her 18th birthday, no one wishes Debbie a ‘happy birthday’, not even her abusive father. One person has remembered though, and that is the stranger who sends her a mysterious postcard with an address written on it, accompanied by a key with her name on it.
Centum Review - I Must Scream

1 month ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

You are locked in a prison cell. You have no idea who you are and each night, an enigmatic figure appears to remind you that you await your “judgement”, but what are you being judged for? Hack The Publisher’s Centum is a narrative-driven psychological horror game about a rogue AI.
Wanderstop Review - Finding Value In Boredom

1 month ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

Davey Wreden (The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide) would often daydream of visiting a tea shop in the woods and sitting on a bench by the water. After struggling with burnout following his previous two games, he wanted his next game to be a cozy game; a genre often renowned for its relaxation effects, hoping that this would help soothe his mind and recover from stress.
Ten This Is “Gameplay” Moments

1 month ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

Definition: A gameplay moment which just shouldn’t be considered gameplay – it’s boring, it’s pointless and these things could have either just been a cutscene or the game would have benefitted without them. Here’s a list of ten common “gameplay” moments where it feels pointless to give the player control at all or are just downright not fun. We are comfortably watching a cutscene, enthralled as the story unravels before us and eagerly waiting for the next reveal.
BrokenLore: LOW Review - Fleeting Fame

1 month ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

BrokenLore: LOW is the first of a series of psychological horror games by Serafini Productions. With four games currently in development, I was concerned that this indie developer had potentially taken too much on their plate at once. However, these are very short games, with LOW being just an hour long. Which then raised the question of whether an hour was too short and if a full story with a satisfying conclusion could be told in this time.
The Detective Box Review - What’s In The Box?

2 months ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

I love detective games, my favorite kind being the ones that offer a more sandbox experience, allowing you free will over how you conduct your investigation and what you do with the evidence provided. The closest I’ve come to this is The Painscreek Killings by EQ Studios and their more recent game, Scene Investigators.
Dead Letter Dept. Review - I Am Not A Robot

2 months ago | gameluster.com | Jess Clayton-Berry

A surprising subgenre in games are ‘admin simulators’; games such as Papers, Please and CorpoNation: The Sorting Process that consist mostly of carrying out admin tasks, usually carrying political or societal messaging in the process. Indie horror game Dead Letter Dept. by Belief Engine (Mike Monroe) is the latest of these. We have just moved to the city to start a new life and have picked up a night shift job as a Data Conversion Operator to get by until we find something better.