Games reviewed… eventually
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
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
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
A trend I’ve noticed over the years I’ve been playing games and writing reviews for them (nearly 5 full years now at time of writing!) is that I’ve very much become more enamored with games that get to the point quickly. The fact that I’m currently 112 hours into an Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey playthough should … Continue reading Xeodrifter
Over the years I've been writing this blog I’ve reviewed a few of these games which use a deliberately old-fashioned style as a throwback to games of yore. I like to think I can approach things with at least a vague sense of awareness of what I think makes a good game and not just … Continue reading Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
If my previous reviews of Knights of the Old Republic and Jedi Academy have told you anything, it’s that I love a good Star Wars game. However, the thing that those games have in common is that they’re part of the old Star Wars canon known as the Expanded Universe. That’s the Star Wars I … Continue reading Jedi: Fallen Order
It might be a longstanding classic franchise but I have to confess I’ve not really played that much Metroid. Besides an abiding childhood memory of peering at a Game Boy screen trying to decipher what on earth was happening in Metroid II: Return of Samus, spending a vacation beating Zero Mission and whiling away long … Continue reading Axiom Verge
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