It’s hard to engage with Forspoken without considering what came before. And that was Final Fantasy 15: a large, beautiful, open world game, where the main character used aggressive magic to fight against a range of beasts, enemies and bosses. And that genetic code is felt here. With much of the same team and the … Continue reading Forspoken Review
THE LAST OF US: PART 1 review
Returning to the world of The Last of Us is always an exercise in masochism. It is a playground of pain, a circus of self-inflicted damnation, a carnival of blood and horror. The first game introduced us to a lost world, showing us the lives of Ellie, the potential salvation of humanity, and Joel, humanity’s … Continue reading THE LAST OF US: PART 1 review
Ghostwire: Tokyo review
Tango Gameworks made what I consider to be the best recent survival horror game, The Evil Within 2. Its solid gameplay loop, medium-sized open-world design, engaging characters, creep villains and monster design haunted me for some time. Their latest game, Ghostwire, is the start of entirely new franchise, where the Japanese team has diverted themselves … Continue reading Ghostwire: Tokyo review
Life is Strange: True Colors review
The Life is Strange franchise is a curious piece of work. It specifically engages with fascinating concepts, often ones confronting difficult themes that largely affects marginalised communities. From racism to child abuse, trauma to immigration, it is a franchise unafraid to deal with these themes as part of the games’ plot. Life is Strange games … Continue reading Life is Strange: True Colors review
Far Cry 6 Review
Ubisoft is a toxic as hell corporation because of its leadership, which these days is akin to saying Covid sucks. Corporations, which are designed to prioritize profits over people, foster environments of tyrannical control and the undermining of subordinates. Despite widespread calls and attention being drawn to Ubisoft, the process of reform seems slow. Some … Continue reading Far Cry 6 Review
Hades (PS5 review)
Hades was the critical darling when it came out on the Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately, not being an owner of that platform, I had no opportunity to experience it. It is now on PS5, with some minor and adorable features. Hades is a beautiful, top-down, roguelike action game that shuns the punishing parts of roguelike mechanics, … Continue reading Hades (PS5 review)
Watch Dogs: Legion – Bloodline DLC review
A peculiar element of Watch Dogs: Legion was it allowing for both a revolutionary mechanic – Play As Anyone – inserted into an otherwise standard open-world affair. While, yes, it is fun to be able to start a hacker army comprised entirely or partially of grannies, foreign spies, DJs and goth computer wizards, the unique … Continue reading Watch Dogs: Legion – Bloodline DLC review
Returnal Review: A gorgeous, incredible game you should not buy
Do not buy Returnal. This beautifully-crafted, bullet-hell, third-person sci-fi, action-horror adventure game from the masters at Housemarque is carefully crafted. You play Selene, a scout who crashes on a mysterious, hostile alien planet. Selene is seeking the source of a mysterious signal called “White Shadow”. The game begins where Selene’s ship has crashed and she … Continue reading Returnal Review: A gorgeous, incredible game you should not buy
Disco Elysium impressions: Weirdness as benefit
Studio ZA/UM’s (sic) award-winning game, Disco Elysium, is one of the strangest games I’ve ever encountered. I don’t just mean in terms of story but specifically in terms of both mechanics and categorisation. If you had to ask me what type of game Disco Elysium is I’d have to take a minute to answer. But … Continue reading Disco Elysium impressions: Weirdness as benefit
Watch Dogs: Legion – About everyone and no one
Watch Dogs: Legion is a strange game. It’s a third-person, open-world game without a central individual character, but rather a single conglomerate – hence the name “Legion”. You take on the roll of the hacker collective known as Ded-Sec, which has been long established since the first Watch Dogs game My plucky all-female Ded-Sec collective … Continue reading Watch Dogs: Legion – About everyone and no one
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