Games reviewed… eventually
The Last of Us is a game that stayed with me for a long time. We’ve all got games like that, I think; ones that well after the credits have rolled still stick in the mind like a needle scraping away at the back of your brain. The first time I beat it I had … Continue reading The Last of Us
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
I feel like the openings of the two Uncharted sequels are all but written just for me. Uncharted 2 saw Drake bleeding out and hanging on for dear life as the wreck of the train he was in tumbles down the Himalayas, and Uncharted 3 leaves him shot and dead on the streets of London as some evil … Continue reading Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Sequels are tricky business. Often they seem to come with a delicate balance to strike; too much like the original or fail to address enough issues and it can feel like wasted time, but too different or too many changes at once can easily leave an audience baffled and lost. Walking that fine line and … Continue reading Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Here’s a handy question guide for deciding if you might like and/or should play Uncharted. Ask yourself the following: Do I like Tomb Raider / Indiana Jones / National Treasure? If the answer to any and all of those is “yes”, then you’ll probably find something to enjoy in Uncharted, Naughty Dog’s PlayStation-exclusive marquee release. … Continue reading Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
And so another trilogy of old-school PS1 platformers is done (well, in remake form at least). The N-Sane Trilogy comes to an end with Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, the 1998 entry to Naughty Dog’s platformer series starring the eponymous deranged marsupial. The original release was one of the most well-received and best-selling games on the … Continue reading Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (N-Sane Trilogy)
Unlike the first Crash Bandicoot, let’s look at a game I actually had some level of genuine nostalgia for! I never owned Crash 2: Cortex Strikes Back but do remember it very clearly from those halcyon days of late-night playthroughs at friends’ houses. The first game doesn’t exactly occupy a beloved space in my memory … Continue reading Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (N-Sane Trilogy)
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)
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