Games reviewed… eventually
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
If you grew up on the Internet during the early-to-mid aughts, you almost certainly remember escape-the-room games. These were an absolute staple of early Flash gaming, with titles like The Mystery of Time and Space, Don’t Escape, and (perhaps the one most deeply resonant for me, with its screens well and truly burned into my … Continue reading Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Like the rest of the known universe, I love Batman. It doesn’t seem to matter what he’s in, or how often DC shows me another rehash of his tragic origin story, I still find myself consuming pretty much any and every piece of Batman media I can find. There’s something endearing about his earnest gloominess … Continue reading LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
I’ve mentioned Final Fantasy X before on this blog. Back in my very first review, I queried whether the then-latest title in the series, XV, could live up to its bittersweet journey. That journey is one I’ve held in very high regard; my first Final Fantasy, X has stuck with me over the years and … Continue reading Final Fantasy X
A year or so ago, I reviewed Injustice 2. While I loved its core gameplay and the concept at the heart of it, I had some serious reservations about the needlessly malignant and dark story and the hideous profligacy of microtransactions; now that the original game was released for free for a brief period of … Continue reading Injustice: Gods Among Us
Look, some days you’ve just got to play a really mad indie game about octopodes and fatherhood, right? Octodad: Dadliest Catch (Android, iOS, PC, PS4 (reviewed), PS Vita, Switch, Xbox One, Wii U) Released Jan 2014 | Developed / Published: Young Horses Genre: Adventure | HLTB: 3 hours Meet Octodad. He’s an octopus who, for … Continue reading Octodad: Dadliest Catch
You know what having all this time on lockdown means? That’s right, it’s time to play a lengthy JRPG! The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (PC, PS3, PS4 [reviewed], PS Vita) Released Sep 2013 | Developed: Nihon Falcom | Published: NIS/Marvelous Genre: JRPG | HLTB: 60 hours I’d like to preface this review … Continue reading The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
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
Proper story’s supposed to start at the beginning. Ain’t so simple with this one. Now here’s a Kid whose whole world got twisted, leaving him stranded on a rock in the sky... Bastion (Switch, PC, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One [reviewed]) Released Jul 2011 | Developed: Supergiant Games | Published: Warner Bros. Genre: … Continue reading Bastion
No, we’re not at the pirate game yet. Soon... Assassin’s Creed: Liberation (PC, PS3, PS4 [reviewed], PS Vita, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One) Released Oct 2012 | Developed / Published: Ubisoft Genre: Action-Adventure | HLTB: 8 hours The second game in Ubisoft’s dalliance with 18th-century America, Assassin’s Creed: Liberation was a simultaneous release alongside Assassin’s … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Liberation
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