Games reviewed… eventually
Ok, so I’m not that wild about the Infamous series - it’s been a ride of mostly fine, not exceptional, action games. So, why bother to play First Light? Well, if there’s one thing that the franchise gets right in my eyes, it’s the standalone expansions. Infamous 2 gave us the slightly zany and definitely … Continue reading Infamous: First Light
I admit to not being a great fan of the original Infamous. I found it relatively stodgy to play, with restrictive and sludgy movement and lifeless combat. On top of that, the narrative and character writing were both clunky and didn’t do much to create an emotional investment for the player. It’s a very average … Continue reading Infamous: Second Son
One of the first sights you come across in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is a slaughtered wolfhound on a makeshift altar and a diary detailing a former Bigmore witch despairing at the loss of her magic. It’s weirdly poignant, and along with the gritty and grey hues of the opening of it paints a … Continue reading Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
There’s one thing with long-running series: you always get remakes eventually. This is especially true as franchises start to spread across consoles; it ought to come as no surprise that Pokemon started to remake titles on later consoles and handhelds, given the series’ core concept of community gaming, trading, and battling. Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen … Continue reading Pokemon FireRed / LeafGreen
I admit it. I’m a huge fan of dirty, worn-out sci-fi. Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, Mos Eisley in Star Wars, the grimiest, seediest underbellies of Omega and the Citadel in Mass Effect; they all push my buttons in a massive way. The Outer Worlds really looked to channel that and that absolutely drew me in, even … Continue reading The Outer Worlds
I have an exceptionally vivid memory of Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald. In the first city you visit, early on in the game, there’s a little pond on he western side of the town. As I strolled on by, bee-lining for the exit, something gave me reason to pause. It was something terribly simple, something … Continue reading Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald
We all know what LEGO is, yeah? Of course we do; the tiny plastic blocks you can slap together and build anything you want are ubiquitous and it’s no surprise at all that they’ve made their way into the land of video games. In fact, it’s almost certainly cheaper to play the LEGO games than … Continue reading LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
So basically, this game has robot animals and you hunt them with a bow. I mean, that was enough for me to try it - it’s too rule-of-cool not to, right? Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4) Released Feb 2017 | Developed: Guerilla Games | Published: Sony There are 2 stories going on in Horizon Zero Dawn, … Continue reading Horizon Zero Dawn
There’s something beautiful about a game that you can play and beat in an afternoon. It’s so very refreshing in this era of huge, expansive 100-hour experiences. Furi lasted me a scant few hours one quiet afternoon but in that short time I played a tightly-constructed and fantastically intense game that was an instant hit … Continue reading Furi
I feel like the openings of the two Uncharted sequels are all but written just for me. Uncharted 2 saw Drake bleeding out and hanging on for dear life as the wreck of the train he was in tumbles down the Himalayas, and Uncharted 3 leaves him shot and dead on the streets of London as some evil … Continue reading Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
