On the topic of celebrity cameos, Steven Knight said: "The amount of people who have come to us wanting to be in it is quite astonishing, and really good people. There’s something slightly off about the conversations had between characters, though. The phrasing doesn’t quite ring true and the tone that the family members take towards each other isn’t entirely recognisable. Exchanges often resemble children’s storybook characters more than they do hardened criminals. The story is definitely not kid-friendly, however, as it revolves around a conspiracy that the Peaky Blinders are at the centre of as a web of violence, deceit, and revenge is uncovered. It’s by no means a riveting tale, but a serviceable one with comic book panel-like cutscenes that glues its puzzle box levels together. MANIPULATE TIME: Each character’s actions are automatically logged in a timeline which you can freely reset, fast-forward and rewind, until the plan is perfectly adjusted.

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It also needs to be said that if you’ve not watched the Peaky Blinders TV show, much of the fan service that’s paid during Mastermind will just pass you by. This feels like a game made for fans, by fans and while a newcomer to the life of the Shelby’s could certainly enjoy the game play, the context around why it’s inspired would be totally lost on you. At least watch the first season of the show before playing this game. You’ll thank me for it. The multi-award-winning TV show Peaky Blinders is phenomenal. I would go as far as to say it’s a modern masterpiece of recent TV history. As one could imagine, I was pretty stoked when I discovered a videogame adaptation of Peaky Blinders was heading our way. Who doesn’t want to play as part of the Shelby family criminal empire and shout at their screen: Laurence has won numerous awards in his journalism career, including the BSME Talent Award’s Best Deputy Editor, the PPA's 30 Under 30, and the New Editor and Editor of the Year at the AOP and BSMEs. He led Digital Spy to win PPA's Digital Content Team of the Year twice, along with the British Media Awards’ Brand of the Year in 2021.The plot is a prequel to the first season of Peaky Blinders. A Peaky Blinder by the name of Scout is accused of having involvement around a suspicious murder, in an elaborate plot to bring down the Shelby Clan. It is now down to Tommy and his fellow family members to organize a plan to defend the Peaky Blinders name, and show the people of Birmingham why they are not to be messed with. He’s interviewed a wide range of film icons, including directors such as David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Ridley Scott, Michael Bay and Sam Raimi, as well as actors such as Meryl Streep, Nic Cage, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Anne Hathaway, Margot Robbie, Natalie Portman, Kermit the Frog, all of the Avengers and many more. Your performance on each of Peaky Blinders: Mastermind’s levels is gauged by how long it takes to complete the level in spent time. While a level might take 20 minutes to complete a level, rewinding a refining your path and puzzle solving, the spent time might be only 3 minutes long. Judged at Gold, Silver or Bronze, you’ll need everything to be flawless for the highest rewards.

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TRUE TO THE TV SHOW: Take control of Tommy, Arthur, Polly, John, Ada and Finn as they navigate through familiar. The reversing-in-time mechanic is displayed at the bottom of the screen as a timeline. Where you can see how much time has passed, switch between characters and see symbols displayed on the timeline that represent each character’s actions. In a weird way, it reminded me of the old school program Windows Movie Maker with the way they displayed their timeline. It was bright and colourful and is reasonably easy to follow.

Yasmine Hubbard

The mechanics within Peaky Blinders: Mastermind are amazing, everyone has to work together whilst you plan their events independently. You’ll also often come across ‘puzzles’ which involves you using certain people to clear the way so others can progress further.