In my ongoing quest to review The Elder Scrolls games completely out of order, next we arrive at Oblivion. Released in 2006 Oblivion was a lot like many of Bethesda's games new and old; admirably ambitious and deeply flawed. But there was something else too. And that thing was amateur. Yeah, considering this is a... Continue Reading →
I first had access to Serious Sam 2 when I was a kid, watching the various adult figures in my life play it on their laptops. As time went on, I grew to enjoy watching them and would often ask to play it for myself. When I was finally allowed to play it for myself,... Continue Reading →
After trying to figure out how to best describe Fallout 2 to you, the one word that I kept returning to was 'bizarre'. The reason being that it's so strange that a sequel to very popular game can paradoxically be so similar to it, while also being a great departure from what made the original... Continue Reading →
In 1997, a now dead company called Interplay developed and released the game that spawned a franchise which would go on to cement itself as one of the kings of the RPG genre: Fallout. Initially brain-stormed as a time-travel story about ninja cults, electricity-conducting underpants and human zoo's run by dinosaurs, Fallout was eventually shaped... Continue Reading →
If you want a game that simultaneously has very little writing, but a lot of room for character growth, attachment to NPC's and room for potential bonds to be made between you and the characters you control then Darkest Dungeon is the game for you. It does all of those things and more, including making... Continue Reading →
Have you ever wanted to displace and entire civilisation? Have you ever wanted to declare those who have wronged you as "degenerates"? Has the urge to genetically modify your enemies to be objectively poor at everything they need to do to survive ever overcome you? And finally, have you ever considered the notion of melting... Continue Reading →
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