Keeping up with my trend of coming late to the big games (and thereby getting a good deal), I picked up Cyberpunk 2077 for about $30 from the Playstation Store. I did so with not a small amount of trepidation: while hardly a die-hard gamer, I had seen plenty of bad press about the early…
Category: Game Reviews
Game Review: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Game Review: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey I guess I’m a relatively late comer to the Assassin’s Creed franchise; I’m sure they’re close to ten games in the series by now, but Odyssey is the first one that I’ve ever played. Of course, I haven’t been living under a rock – I’m aware of the ideas behind the games,…
Game Review: Age of Wonders: Planetfall
I feel like I cut my adolescent gaming teeth on the classic 4X games – and there were plenty of them throughout the 90s. The whole RTS or turn-based strategy genre exploded, and games like Starcraft, Command and Conquer and many others filled many hours of my childhood (and yes, I am showing my age)….
Game Review: Don’t Starve
This review is based on the iOS version of Don’t Starve, which has some differences to the PC version. Following on from The Survivalists and my current interest in all things survival and crafting based, I downloaded Don’t Starve, from Apple Arcade. It’s got a very similar premise as The Survivalists (although, it should be…
Game Review: The Survivalists
A new trend in computer game – and one that I am very much here for – is the kind fo crafting/ survival combo game. I’m sure you’ve seen them – there are plenty of examples, such as the very well put together Subnautica, but also some derivatives like Raft. Sometimes these games get mixed…
Game Review: The Outer Limits
While I don’t have as much time for gaming these days, I have been making a little bit of time for the PlayStation, and taking advantages of some special deals that are currently available. While this means that I sometimes play games that are not exactly current, it does mean that I get the chance…
Game Review: Neverwinter Nights
This review is a bit of a blast from the past. I’ve been playing Neverwinter Nights again, after it was on special on Steam. I think I got the extended edition for about $15 which was a pretty good deal – even if it is for a game that first came about in 2002. Interestingly…
Game Review: The Return of the Obra Dinn
This game has been a bit of a sleeper hit, and attracted a lot of critical acclaim. I must admit, I’m generally wary of such games – I know what I like, and this didn’t sound like it – but when I picked upThe Return of the Obra Dinn as part of a bundle, I…
Game Review: Firewatch
It’s not often that I get to compare a computer game to Shakespeare, but I think that’s probably warranted in this case. I’m not suggesting that Firewatch is on the level of Hamlet or Macbeth (although there are definitely tragic elements to the story); rather, I think that it bears something in common with A…
Game Review: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
I’m increasingly (and perhaps, concerningly) becoming a creature of my habits when it comes to the game that I play. I know what I like: isometric, rpg games, deep stories, complex plots, turn-based combat, ideally with a bit of crafting or stronghold-building thrown in. Fortunately, there are a great many games like this out there,…