Games reviewed… eventually
One thing which I’ve maintained throughout this lovely little sojourn through the Ace Attorney games has been that the series has never needed to indulge in any huge amount of innovation. Indeed, the franchise really hasn’t been that interested in it either, with each game retaining the same excellent core gameplay loop with, at best, … Continue reading Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
The word iconic is thrown about a lot when it comes to video games. Indeed, every game or franchise has something iconic about it, whether it really is or isn’t, but I think it would be fair to label Phoenix Wright in the camp of genuinely iconic video game characters. He might not have the … Continue reading Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
If you know me, you’ll know there’s five words you can say that will make me the happiest person in the world. Just five little words, ideally spoken in a thick, Nordic drawl, greeting me as I open weary eyes after a fitful sleep. Hey, you. You’re finally awake. Oh, Skyrim. It may be a … Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The true beauty of Ghost of Tsushima is in the details. It’s in the faint crunch of sand beneath your feet as you gaze out at the imposing shadow of the Mongol blockade, in the sigh of a blade being drawn from a scabbard, in the frozen moment of time laden with tension before sword … Continue reading Ghost of Tsushima
Of all the Final Fantasy games I’ve beaten, IX remains the one I think about the most. It’s my pick for the most poignant, most touching, most unbelievably human of the franchise. If you want nothing more than a quick point towards what I think of this game, in short, it’s a phenomenal piece of … Continue reading Final Fantasy IX
It’s time for another round of my early teen nostalgia as we take a dive into where I started with Fire Emblem, Nintendo’s venerable series of tactical anime warfare simulators! Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA) Released Oct 2004 | Developed: Intelligent Systems | Published: Nintendo Genre: JRPG, Strategy Let’s begin with a brief comment … Continue reading Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
If the second Ace Attorney taught me anything, it was as a stark reminder of the perils of over-excitement. It was certainly a good reminder that visual novels live or die on their writing, and Justice for All definitely floundered. Still, there was of course a lingering hope that, on going into this third entry … Continue reading Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations
Like many Game Boy Advance games I can talk about, WarioWare holds a lot of nostalgia for me. I’ve got very strong memories of playing it for endless hours on car trips, playing the hardest stages over and over again, constantly trying to beat my records. It’s absolutely one of the games I played the … Continue reading WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$
It’s safe to say I went into the second Ace Attorney with high expectations from the first game. However, I’m not entirely sure what I wanted from it though. The strengths of the first game were I suppose partly in the surprise of it being a visual novel I genuinely enjoyed, and partly because the … Continue reading Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All
I’ve been waiting for this for quite a long time. I’m not sure why I kept putting it off, given it’s been cheap for ages and it’s a part of a series of pretty reliable games, but there we go. Let’s roll on towards the (current) end of the Uncharted franchise with A Thief’s End. … Continue reading Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
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