Games reviewed… eventually
One thing I remarked on back when I reviewed LEGO Marvel Super Heroes was how impressed I was that it managed to both utilise the imagery and ideas of the Marvel Cinematic Universe while still retaining a clear sense of unique identity. Largely that was helped along by the game taking a wonderfully healthy attitude … Continue reading LEGO Marvel’s Avengers
If there’s two things that is probably abundantly clear by now that I adore (if not, they ought to be, after 6 years of this waffling), it’s LEGO and Star Wars. Like many kids I played extensively with Denmark’s greatest gift to the world, endlessly building humongous mish-mashed creations from whatever sets I had lying … Continue reading LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
How on earth are you supposed to follow up a game like Portal? I can only imagine that question had to be at the forefront of the minds of the developers over at Valve as they worked away at this game; it certainly was on the mind of everyone who watched with bemusement and curiosity … Continue reading Portal 2
So there’s this little film series that exists right? You might have heard of it once or twice at some point: the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Did you know that once upon a time it was even a franchise of comic books as well? And for some reason the fine folk over at Traveller’s Tales decided … Continue reading LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
I have a bit of a history when it comes to playing Shadow of Mordor. I can remember being maddeningly excited for it back in 2014; I still had glorious memories of playing the old The Return of the King game, not to mention the fun RPG The Third Age, but both of those were … Continue reading Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
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
The fact that Metal Gear Rising exists baffles me. If you know anything at all about the Metal Gear franchise, you’ll know it’s a series known for helping to popularize stealth games, for bringing movie-style production and sensibilities to gaming, typically in the form of lengthy cutscenes and the occasional big action set-piece, and for … Continue reading Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Given my less than stellar reaction to the first The Force Unleashed, you might question why on earth I opted to play the sequel. There’s having an open mind, of course, but The Force Unleashed II has a worse reputation than the first game, so what can be gained from playing it? Well, while The … Continue reading The Force Unleashed II
Sometimes the sentiment attached to certain games truly baffles me. Obviously we all have our own individual opinions and that’s ok, and there’s very little one can say objectively about games when we recount and review our experiences with a given game. And yet, occasionally you get a game in front of you that you … Continue reading The Force Unleashed
I thought my Skyrim review took me a long time to write - this one took me even longer! Portal (PC, PS3, Xbox 360 [reviewed]) Released Oct 2007 | Developed / Published: Valve Genre: Puzzle | HLTB: 3 hours Wow, where do I even start with Portal?. It is, without a shadow of a doubt … Continue reading Portal
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