Breakout success tend have an unfortunate effect on the games industry for decades afterwards. Dark Souls, for instance, set us on the path we’re now on today where most action…
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Everyone has that game which defined, for them, the core of many games that came after it. DOOM for FPS, Warcraft for RTS and for this old reviewer anything that…
Man was I ever dreading a return to the DOOM series. My last memories of the series were riddled with feelings of exhaustion, being unable to enjoy the game because…
The say comparison is the thief of joy and boy, is it ever. Coming off such a high that was Clair Obscur I knew that whatever I played next was…
After many years of reviewing games I’d inadvertently set myself a long list of boundaries that, for whatever reason, I wouldn’t cross. It started with simple things, like I had…
First impressions can be a hard thing to shake. Certainly I fell trap to the idea that Atomfall was simply going to be a British version of Fallout, something that…
Most retro-revival shooters I’ve played over the years have, in my opinion, been pretty terrible. Certainly there’s worth in exploring the roots of a genre but the unfortunate reality is…
There’s an inertia for me, a palpable weight when it comes to diving into big RPGs. Part of this is born out of the desire, which I’m still trying to…
Indulge me for a moment will you. I have…a lot of thoughts and feelings about how I found myself playing Road 96 and what it means more generally to me….
Expectations are a dangerous thing. This is the thought that has rattled around in my head whenever I start thinking about Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Even before it came out…