The revitalised “Doom” games from Id Software are one of those real touchstones of “how to revisit” an old I.P right.
Id proved in 2016 that they knew how bring gruesome life to a long past I.P, and make it a smash hit again. Doom (2016) and Doom: Eternal are some of the best shooters of the last 10 years and now we have got Doom: The Dark Ages to dig into!
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With the rerelease of Oblivion potentially happening as you read this, fans of The Elder Scrolls are going to have a full plate.
Lets face it. I am ready to drop another 100 hours into Oblivion. But The Elder Scrolls Online will endure. I still regularly return to Tamriel.
The beauty and vastness is just fantastic. And since the Series X/S update it has become even better.
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There’s a moment in Indiana Jones & the Great Circle when I suddenly realised that exploring tombs filled with mummified remains on your own with only a lighter for company must be a pretty terrifying thing to do.
I was already feeling uneasy as I inched my way through darkened corridors, brushing cobwebs away, and hearing a slightly unnerving unintelligible voice on the strange wind that seemed to rush through.
I carried on regardless, eager to see what lay at the end.
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Assassin’s Creed is a game franchise older than many gamers who are playing the games these days.
It has had many tweaks and changes over the years, much to the dismay of many. After Assassin’s Creed Mirage it seemed Ubisoft was returning to the good old days of the Creed with a larger focus on stealth.
So how does Assassin’s Creed Shadows, set in Feudal Japan, fare?
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I am narrative focused gamer 90% of the time. Monster Hunter: Wilds has a 9-10hr Campaign with a raft of characters all voiced and animated with extensive cut scenes…and when viewed solely as a narrative experience, it is exceptionally poor.
After the first 2hrs I even turned into KCs own Richards modus-operandi, of hammering the skip button on every cutscene!
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The last 10 years has generally seen a predictable or very “safe” approach to game design by the big studios. Ubisoft and EA are the prime examples of the “safe” design philosophy. Essentially just spitting out the same game in a new wrapper every year.
Eternal Strands is challenging that norm.
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Christmas was upon us, and so was the time to buy prezzies for loved ones, or more importantly, buy cool shit for yourself. Cool shit like something that allows you to play PS5 games, lying prone on the couch, while recovering from too much Ham and Potato Salad!
The Playstation Portal sits in the weird middle-ground of looking and feeling like a top-tier portable video game machine, but having no actual processing power and needing to be tethered to a PS5 to be of any use.
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Stellar Blade X NieR DLC got me to reinstall one of the best games around, and reminded me that it is a real 2024 GOTY contender for me.
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Lego Horizon, I suspect it is bit of a coup for Sony, getting Lego so on-board with their Horizon franchise.
Up until now Lego games have been reserved for the biggest of IPs, like Marvel, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. And with a couple of caveats, I can say Lego: Horizon Adventures is a worthy entrant into this storied sub-genre of games, especially with how next-level gooooorgeous it is.
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Starship Troopers: Extermination was in early access on PC in 2023 and was officially released to console and PC in Oct 2024. This 2024 release however resulted in it being sent into the wild with a fatal weakness.
That being, the very similar Helldivers 2 arrived 6mths earlier, and Helldivers is better than Starship Troopers in every single imaginable way.
So, a tough place to start from.
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Call of Duty season rolls around again, its almost Christmas and that means its time for new Black Ops.
After a couple of years with Infinity Ward helming the charge through Modern Warfare territory, and let’s be fair the 2023 instalment should have been DLC and a multiplayer update.
It is refreshing to be back in the hands of Treyarch, which as a die hard Infinity Ward fan caught me by surprise.
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