Games reviewed… eventually
Well in fairness you can’t build a game set in Victorian London and not do something with the city’s most notorious serial killer now can you? Jack the Ripper (PC, PS4, Xbox One [reviewed]) Released Dec 2015 | Developed / Published: Ubisoft It is London, 1888 and 20 years after the events of Assassin’s Creed: … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper
For someone with a staggeringly huge backlog like me, replaying games can be a daunting proposition. There’s always that sense of failing to make progress looming over time spent replaying games, as daft as that sounds. But sometimes you simply cannot ignore that nagging voice in your head which compels you to play something again. … Continue reading Red Dead Redemption
When I first began this venture to review all of the Assassin’s Creed games, I really didn’t imagine it would take me the best part of two years! There’s very little left now - in terms of games I own, it’s this one and the Jack the Ripper DLC and then we’re into new and … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate
Kickstarter has a mixed reputation but sometimes it produces a darling. If there’s one thing that strikes my notice from successful Kickstarter games however, it’s that promising a product which tugs at nostalgia seems to be a sure-fire win. Shovel Knight (3DS, PC, PS3, PS4 [reviewed], PS Vita, Switch, Wii U, Xbox One) Released Jun … Continue reading Shovel Knight
The Assassin’s Creed series is proper weird. We’ve seen the Crusades, punched the Pope into submissions, signed the Declaration of Independence (well, stood around a bit while historical domain characters signed the Declaration of Independence) and even been a pirate but the one thing that all the games have had in common is heroes who … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Rogue
I can still remember getting Pokemon Platinum for the first time. In my mid-teens, I’d grown up with the franchise; it had felt inevitable to me that I would play it. I completely missed the first pair of games in this generation, Diamond and Pearl, so I’d been hankering to catch up to what my … Continue reading Pokemon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum
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
