Games reviewed… eventually
When I began this big project to play through as much of the mainline Final Fantasy series as possible, there were certain games I had in mind as what I suppose were my “targets” - the games I’d played before but never beaten. Chief among them were the SNES trio of IV, V, and VI; … Continue reading Final Fantasy VI
Part of the point of working through a series like this is so I can, very self-indulgently, get to games I have already played before; I basically just made this blog to waffle about games that I love and needed some other stuff to fill it out! Dragon Quest VI, then, is the last one … Continue reading Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie
I’ve played some exceptional fighting games over the years. This is especially true of those formative years growing up, where it feels like my taste was at its broadest. As a child of the PS1, franchises that would go on to be titans of the genre were still in their own stumbling infancies; games like … Continue reading X-Men: Mutant Academy
Here’s a fun fact about Metroid II: this is one of the earliest games I can ever remember playing! I think I first played this before ever owning a game, although given it was a very long time ago now I can’t be certain of that. What I am certain of is the memory of … Continue reading Metroid 2: Return of Samus
I was in two minds as to whether I would even try Zelda II. I’ve been playing back through the Zelda franchise because it’s one I know I like, with plenty of games I think are wonderful and a set of games I had (and still have) yet to play. The thought of getting to … Continue reading Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
When it comes to discussion around the Metroidvania genre, two games stand supreme as perhaps the greatest examples of the entire thing. These are its progenitors: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Super Metroid. While the original Metroid undoubtedly laid the foundations for the franchise and its burgeoning genre to shine, it would take until … Continue reading Super Metroid
I don’t think I’ve ever made any secret of being a child of the PlayStation generation, and one thing that comes with that is being a great lover of colourful mascot platformers. The mascot platformer was once the great colossus of the gaming landscape, with titles like Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong, Spyro and Crash Bandicoot exerting … Continue reading Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
One of the great joys I’ve found with keeping this blog is in delving into gaming history and picking up classic titles that I’ve hitherto never played. To some I’ve spoken to, the fact I’d not experienced these games is equal to some sort of gaming heresy, but not growing up with any sort of … Continue reading Metroid
Shoot-em-ups, or shmups as they're called for short by people who abhor too many syllables, are another in the long list of genres that I have to confess I have no real experience of. I’ve attempted to play one or two - the original Gradius many years ago, Super Hydorah off the back of watching … Continue reading Paper Nebula
I’m not entirely sure that when I started this blog I’d keep things going for quite as long as I have. This article marks my 200th review, a staggering milestone as far as I’m concerned; since starting this blog nearly 5 full years ago, I’ve slowly seen it turn into a weekly project that I … Continue reading Persona 3 Portable
The Almighty Backlog 