Games reviewed… eventually
We're carrying on from where Black Flag left off, it's time for some more vaguely Assassin-themed piratical nonsense with Freedom Cry, a standalone expansion for Black Flag. Assassin’s Creed IV: Freedom Cry (PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One [reviewed]) Released Dec 2013 | Developed / Published: Ubisoft Set 20 years after Black Flag, Freedom … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed IV: Freedom Cry
Assassin’s Creed is an inherently silly series. It’s a sci-fi with pretensions of being a historical action-drama that produces, with poe-faced seriousness, a narrative which posits all of history has been a never-ending conspiratorial war between Assassins and Templars, who are fighting over relics of an ancient, omnipotent precursor race. It’s utterly daft, which makes … Continue reading The Tyranny of King Washington
From Ashes (Released Mar 2012) Mass Effect 3's first piece of DLC begins with a distress beacon on Eden Prime, back where the series started. Known for its extensive Prothean ruins; it is where Shepard first comes into contact with the precursor race through a hellish vision imparted by a beacon. This time around, the … Continue reading Mass Effect 3 DLC
Kasumi: Stolen Memory (Released Apr 2010) Kasumi: Stolen Memory is part of a pair of DLC that each add a new character to Shepard’s team as well as their respective loyalty missions. Kasumi Goto is a master thief recruited aboard the Citadel; she is mysterious, naturally, but bright and bubbly - carefree and often joking, … Continue reading Mass Effect 2 DLC
And so we come to the end of my time with Assassin's Creed: Origins. The Curse of the Pharaohs is the final major piece of DLC for Ubisoft's adventure through Ptolemaic Egypt about one angry man and his love for stabbing lots and lots of people. Like The Hidden Ones before, it serves as an … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs
When it comes to downloadable content, the Assassin's Creed franchise tends not to do too badly, in my opinion. There are certainly some entries that have embraced the plague of pathetic balance-breaking microtransactions - Black Flag immediately springs to mind with its option to purchase upgrading material rather than plunder it in-game like an honest … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Origins – The Hidden Ones
“You keep surprising me, Daud. Are you hoping it will change the way things will work out? Maybe; maybe not. The song’s almost over. And when the music stops, we all fall down.” Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches (PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One [reviewed]) Released Aug 2013 | Developed: Arkane | Published: Bethesda And … Continue reading Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches
Did you like Dishonored? Wish there were a few more missions? Wish Corvo had bothered to speak at all instead of remaining creepily silent as he murdered (or choked) his way through legions of guards, thugs, dogs and weepers? Well, luckily The Knife of Dunwall, the first of two story DLCs for Dishonored, has you … Continue reading Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall
