Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag has always been heralded as one of better entries into the commercially huge but critically mixed AC series. Touted as an open-world pirate simulator with some of the series’ tropes thrown in, it appealed to me, so I thought I’d play the current-gen remaster to see what I thought. You take control of Edward Kenway, […]
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Cuphead released in September 2017 to critical acclaim, boasting a unique 30’s style cartoon aesthetic and rock-hard run-and-gun gameplay. You take control of Cuphead (and his brother Mugman in 2-player co-op) who, after getting into gambling debt with the Devil, have to collect a series of contracts from across the 3 islands of Inkwell. To collect a contract you must […]
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Fable 2 released in 2008 for the Xbox 360 to critical acclaim. The long-awaited sequel to Lionhead’s ambitious, charming but ultimately disappointing Fable, the sequel promised to deliver on all the promises made of the first by the developers. The game sees the player grow up as the Hero of Albion, adventuring through a fairy-tale world of castle towns, forests, […]
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The Geometry Wars series is one dear to my heart, with the first standalone game in the series being the first game on Xbox Live to be truly worth a purchase, and arguably the most important game on the platform. The second game is, in my opinion, one of the best games on the Xbox 360, and an essential experience […]
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In my recent quest to obtain the hardest Xbox Achievement, I had the opportunity to replay Rare’s classic Banjo Kazooie.
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Shadow of Mordor is an open-world adventure set in Tolkien’s Middle Earth that sees you take control of exiled ranger Talion, who has his wife and child brutally murdered in front of him by Sauron’s troops. The twist is that Talion is also killed, but finds himself both reborn after the fact, and that he’s been semi-possessed by the […]
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As was the case for many people when it released, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time marked the first time a game truly managed to resonate with me in a way comparable with great works of other mediums. In the same way a great novel or a film leaves its mark on you, Ocarina of Time showed me what […]
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