KISS Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child (PC)

Let's have a quick game of word association. Ready? Ex-Daikatana developers leave Ion Storm and start creating their own first-person shooter based around the exploits of sad supergroupers, Kiss. What's the first thing that comes into your mind? Now that's not very complimentary is it? Basing a game around rock dinosaurs like Kiss is a risky business. On the one hand it's going to sell to die-hard fans who must, simply must, own everything connected to their idols. Flip the coin over and you've got a title that's likely to be ignored by die-hard gamers who know that these sort of licenses are often a way of hiding utter trash masquerading as ...  Read the complete review

This is the ultimate game for fans of KISS. A shoot 'em up/puzzle solving game in which you take on the persona of one of 4 `avatars` who battle to defeat the Nightmare Child the offspring of pure evil. I admit I haven't got very far with the game itself, as a Kiss fan I have noticed some pretty corny jokes in the background (eg an advertisement for Cold Gin, a track from their first album! and a rock band called Wicked Jester, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons original band was called Wicked Lester!!) Should I manage to get any further with the game I shall write a more detailed review. ...  Read the complete review