Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Hypersloth Composer/Sound Design: Norman Legies Voice Actor: Jonathan Keith Reviewed on: PC (Steam) Dream is an exploration based game that follows the character Howard Philips as he seeks to unravel mysteries behind his dreams and discover the meaning within. He finds his day to day life dull and monotonous, however he
Author: Alyx Jones
As Head Writer for The Sound Architect, Alyx is responsible for game audio reviews and event coverage. She is also founder of Silver Script Games, as well as having an extensive background in game audio, having worked on titles such as Elden Ring, Final Fantasy VII and Borderlands 3. You can always spot her flash of pink hair!
PS+ Game of the Month: Dragon Fin Soup
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Grimm Bros Composer: Jade Leamcharaskul Sound Design: Randis Albion Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Dragon Fin Soup is a turn based RPG Game that takes inspiration from fairy tales such as Robin Hood and Little Red Riding Hood but doesn't retell the stories. It is the first game from indie studio Grimm Bros
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Ubisoft Composer: Austin Wintory Audio Director: Lydia Andrew Voice Actors: Paul Amos, Victoria Atkin, Danny Wallace, Eliza Schneider & more Reviewed on: Playstation 4 So, it's no secret I'm a big fan of the Assassin's Creed series, but the last few titles have been a bit of a let down for me as a fan in
Toby: The Secret Mine Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Lukas Navratil Composer: Matthew Steed Reviewed on: Mac (Steam) Alyx Jones audio reviews the puzzle-platformer, Toby: The Secret Mine. Read below to find out what she thinks of the game audio! Toby: The Secret Mine is a puzzle-platformer game with mild horror elements. It draws heavy inspiration from the game
Gravity Ghost Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Ivy Games Composer/Sound Designer: Ben Prunty Reviewed On: Mac (Steam) Gravity Ghost is a beautiful indie game from Ivy Games, about a girl and her fox and their journey into the afterlife. It features some interesting game mechanics, the main one being the gravity force of the nearest/largest planet pulling you in.
EGX 2015
Alyx Jones recounts her trip to this years EGX 2015! Read more below: From the 24-27 September, thousands descended upon the Birmingham NEC for EGX, the UK's biggest ever video games event. Lots of the most anticipated new AAA games were available to play on hundreds of screens such as: Assassin's Creed:
PS+ Game of the Month – Super Meat Boy
Review by Alyx Jones Developer: Team Meat Original Composer: Danny Baranowsky Re-release Composers: Ridiculon,David "Scattle" Scatliffe, Laura Shigihara Sound Designer: Jordan Fehr So, lucky PS+ members get some fantastic games to choose from this month, including Broken Age and Unmechanical. However, the PS4 release of Super Meat Boy was particularly interesting on the audio front,due to a whole new soundtrack
Nibblers Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Developer Rovio Entertainment Ltd. AUDIO TEAM Music composed by Salla Hakkola Musicians Lauri Wuolio - Cupola Kirsi Ojala - Recorders, Flutes Sami Kurppa - Clarinets Kukka Lehto - Violin Juho Kanervo - Cello Tuomo Huhdanpää - Percussion Salla Hakkola – Harp Henri Sorvali - Bass, Guitar Produced by Henri Sorvali & Salla Hakkola Recorded at Finnvox Studio Sound engineer Mikko Oinonen Lead Sound Designer Pasi Pitkänen Voice
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: The Astronauts Composers: Mikolai Stroinski, Marcin Przybyłowicz Sound designer: Marcin Przybyłowicz Reviewed on: Playstation 4 We also have our Interview with Mikolai Stroinski to listen to at your leisure :). The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an open exploration, horror game set in 1973 in the fictional hometown
Volume Game Audio Review
Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Mike Bithell Composer: David Housden Voice Actors: Charlie McDonnell, Danny Wallace, Andy Serkis Reviewed On: Steam (Mac) Volume is a stealth based indie game developed by Mike Bithell (Thomas Was Alone). The game approaches the classic Robin Hood story from a futuristic approach. It takes a minimalist