Owain Thresher, Author at SquareXO

Hello Neighbour: Hide and Seek – PS4 | Review

By Owain Thresher
| 16th December 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

The idea behind the Hello Neighbour series of games is ingenious. A stealth horror game that actually learns from you, making each attempt progressively harder? It’s a game concept that is so blindingly obvious, and yet few had attempted it prior Dynamic Pixels; 2017 hit ‘Hello Neighbour’ – fast forward…read more >

Nairi: The Tower of Shiri – Nintendo Switch | Review

By Owain Thresher
| 29th November 2018
| Review, Switch
| 0

I’m going to hold my hands up and say: Point-and-click adventure puzzle games have never really been my thing. I’ve owned games like Day Of The Tentacle and Grim Fandango but honestly found those games hard to truly get into – I found them slow and was just generally uninterested…read more >

The Long Journey Home – PS4 | Review

By Owain Thresher
| 18th November 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

Space: The final frontier. In The Long Journey Home, it’s your mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations, to go boldly where no one has gone before…or at least attempt to, in-between some questionable minigames and an eclectic mix of alien species. The…read more >

Transistor – Nintendo Switch | Review

By Owain Thresher
| 8th November 2018
| Review, Switch
| 0

At this point, I own Transistor on at least three different platforms – I’d pick it up on sale, part of a bundle or just on a whim, but never got around to playing it. But now that I have played it, I truly understand what I’ve missed out on…read more >

Overload – PS4 | Review

By Owain Thresher
| 4th November 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

As gamers we’ve been treated to some downright incredible revival in recent years – Doom (2016), A Hat In Time and Timespinner are all games that have taken a genre and reinvented it for 2018, giving us updated and streamlined gameplay and providing a new spin on genres that had…read more >

Timespinner – PS4 | Review

By Owain Thresher
| 29th September 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

Timespinner has been a bit of a slow burner for me. I’d first heard about the game a couple years ago when its Kickstarter campaign was launched and instantly fell in love with the idea of it – but time passed, and I soon completely forgot about the game… that…read more >

Neonwall – PS4 | Review

By Owain Thresher
| 23rd September 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

If there’s one thing I love in a game, it’s 80s inspired, neon art styles – and what do you know? The word ‘Neon’ is literally in the title of the game! Before I go further, it’s worth pointing out that this game can be played in two formats: in…read more >

Anodyne – PS4 | Review

By Owain Thresher
| 21st September 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

Anodyne is very much a homage to the past – but rather than coming across as dated, it feels more like a treasure, lost to the ages. The Zelda-inspired RPG game sees you take the role of ‘Young’, a boy exploring a mysterious and dream-like world on his quest to…read more >

Fullblast – PS4 | Review

By Owain Thresher
| 14th September 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

I’ll be honest, the ‘bullet hell’, shoot-em-up genre isn’t exactly my cup of tea – but I was looking forward to getting into UFO Games’ Fullblast. Fullblast aims to replicate the retro classics of the past, but with a more modern twist – updated graphics, improved graphics and smoother controls…read more >