Games reviewed… eventually
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
Mass Effect is a story about a hero and a chase, an exciting power-fantasy as Shepard tracks a traitorous villain across the galaxy. Mass Effect 2 takes on a far darker edge, overshadowed by the unavoidable sense of resignation that the mission to defeat the Collectors is suicidal. The move into more grim and serious territory is … Continue reading Mass Effect 3
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer is one of my absolute favourite games of all time. It’s one of those games that truly defined my childhood and some of my earliest and most vivid gaming memories are of it. The music, the visuals, even entire levels are burned into my brain; every now and again something … Continue reading Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (Spyro Reignited)
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
Mass Effect's defining moment for me came late in the second act, on Virmire, with Commander Shepard forced to make a tough decision upon which lives were balanced. It was an especially dark point in a story that had been, up to that point, finely balanced between epic sci-fi action and sinister undertones. Mass Effect … Continue reading Mass Effect 2
This isn’t particularly patient, and in buying it I’ve essentially willingly extended my backlog from “crushingly and terrifyingly insurmountable” to “that again but plus 3”. Oh well, I don’t care. I’ve been waiting for flash new remakes of the Spyro the Dragon PS1 games for years. The trilogy all but defines my earliest memories of … Continue reading Spyro the Dragon (Spyro Reignited)
The moment I was sold on Mass Effect came on Virmire. It was there, on what should have been a paradise world of tropical sun and gently lapping streams, that Shepard makes a choice. It’s not a nice choice; it’s a hard, cruel choice, one that promises ramifications that will echo through future events and … Continue reading Mass Effect
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
Isn’t it funny, the things we’re nostalgic for? Some look back with fondness for the days of simple pixels; others for the bright and shining Nintendo dominance of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Personally, my childhood was defined by those first tentative steps into the realm of 3D platforming, and especially so by Sony’s … Continue reading Crash Bandicoot (N-Sane Trilogy)
