Games reviewed… eventually
Between being a console kid and never having anything approaching good laptops or PCs, Thief is one of those old-school PC franchises I’ve never had the fortune to play. I’ve certainly come across it on my jaunts across the web however; it seems to be a pretty well-loved game. The reviews for this 2014 reboot … Continue reading Thief (2014)
I am a huge fan of Metal Gear Solid. I’d like to say I love all things Metal Gear, but in truth other than a dalliance with the wild hack-and-slash mayhem of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, I’ve not played much outside of the Solid games. When it comes to those games though, oh my word … Continue reading Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Well in fairness you can’t build a game set in Victorian London and not do something with the city’s most notorious serial killer now can you? Jack the Ripper (PC, PS4, Xbox One [reviewed]) Base Game: Assassin's Creed: Syndicate Released Dec 2015 | Developed / Published: Ubisoft Genre: Action-Adventure, Stealth It is London, 1888 and … Continue reading Jack the Ripper
The Assassin’s Creed series is proper weird. We’ve seen the Crusades, punched the Pope into submission, signed the Declaration of Independence (well, stood around a bit while historical domain characters signed the Declaration of Independence) and even been a pirate but the one thing that all the games have had in common is heroes who … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Rogue
One of the first sights you come across in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is a slaughtered wolfhound on a makeshift altar and a diary detailing a former Bigmore witch despairing at the loss of her magic. It’s weirdly poignant, and along with the gritty and grey hues of the opening of it paints a … Continue reading Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
So basically, this game has robot animals and you hunt them with a bow. I mean, that was enough for me to try it - it’s too rule-of-cool not to, right? Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4) Released Feb 2017 | Developed: Guerilla Games | Published: Sony Genre: Action-Adventure, Stealth There are 2 stories going on in … Continue reading Horizon Zero Dawn
We're carrying on from where Black Flag left off, it's time for some more vaguely Assassin-themed piratical nonsense with Freedom Cry, a standalone expansion for Black Flag. Assassin’s Creed IV: Freedom Cry (PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One [reviewed]) Base Game: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Released Dec 2013 | Developed / Published: Ubisoft … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed IV: Freedom Cry
It’s finally time to take a look at the sequel to one of my all-time favourite games, Dishonored! Whereas the first game took me entirely by surprise with how brilliant it was, I was obviously more prepared for the quality on display in Dishonored 2. It had a hell of a legacy to live up … Continue reading Dishonored 2
Now we’re finally at the pirate game, woo! When Black Flag first released I remember being dead excited for it; the ship sections were by far the star of the show in Assassin’s Creed III, so the prospect of more of it was definitely a point in its favour. The question here though, as ever, … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
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, Stealth The second game in Ubisoft’s dalliance with 18th-century America, Assassin’s Creed: Liberation was a simultaneous release alongside Assassin’s Creed III. Originally … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Liberation
