Games reviewed… eventually
One thing I feel I’ve made pretty clear is that I love platformers. I might not always be very good at them, but growing up in the PS1 and N64 era left me inundated with fantastic platformers and a lasting love of the genre. It means that even to this day I’m always on the … Continue reading Knack
A while ago I reviewed God of War, a 2018 soft reboot of Santa Monica’s epic hack-and-slash series about the world’s angriest man. In it, said angry man learns to control his seething rage as he guides his young son through Nordic wastes, all the while trying to escape from the grip of his past. … Continue reading God of War III
Here’s something I’m sure you’ve experienced before: a game which has a great idea but where the devs forget to build an actual game around it, leaving you with a painful frustration made worse because of how great the initial experience was. Whoops, that’s my opinion of Gravity Rush given away. Gravity Rush (PS4 [reviewed], … Continue reading Gravity Rush
I have great memories of Ratchet and Clank. One of the titans of the PS2 era of platformers, the trilogy was definitely a set of games I returned to with some regularity over the years, particularly after it saw a remaster on the PS3. I fell off a little after the series continued, though not … Continue reading Ratchet and Clank (2016)
It seems I’ve been on a big JRPG kick recently; chalk it up to having too much spare time on my hands thanks to shielding indoors from this never-ending global health crisis. Next on my very lengthy JRPGs list then is Rogue Galaxy. Rogue Galaxy (PS2, PS4 [reviewed]) Released Dec 2005 | Developed: Level-5 | … Continue reading Rogue Galaxy
Where do we draw the line between game and art? The debate is one which seems to attract divided responses, and perhaps one area which doesn’t help that conversation comes in the form of “art games”. Typically these seem to be games where the “game” part plays second fiddle to the “art”, but Bound seems … Continue reading Bound
I have very vague memories of the original MediEvil. It occupies the same space as games like Terracon and Hogs of War, a slightly-obscure cult classic that I played but never truly invested my time into. I’d always meant to go back and give MediEvil a proper go but I’d never really gotten around to … Continue reading MediEvil (2019)
I am a real sucker for a classic platformer. 3D platformers were a fixture in my youth, with games like Spyro, Crash, Sly Raccoon, Jak and Daxter, and Ratchet and Clank all games that were major formational parts of my gaming growing up. Some less successful titles did also cross my path, such as Ty … Continue reading Ape Escape 2
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
