A few more from me over the last few weeks: Rage 2 Rage 2 is a weird one. It's essentially a mediocre game in most aspects, however the combat loop is fantastic. The game is also about 70% combat loop and 30% driving. I went in expecting the game to have good combat and bad everything else, and with ...

Immortals of Aveum I did actually quite like it. It very much a 7/10 game and it's greatest gameplay crime is that it's not that memorable, though the encounters and bosses are fun while you're doing them, but when you step away from the game not a lot stands out. I did quite like the cast by the ...

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess I really loved this game. A throwback to the 6th generation in that it's the kind of smaller weird game we don't often see from bigger publishers/developers these days. The action combat is fluid and fun, and the strategy elements require thought and planning but ...

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess I really loved this game. A throwback to the 6th generation in that it's the kind of smaller weird game we don't often see from bigger publishers/developers these days. The action combat is fluid and fun, and the strategy elements require thought and planning but ...

I have their JRPG book, and it's great. I'd def like to get some of the others at some point

Two more for me: Shadow of the Tomb Raider Overall probably the weakest of the reboot trilogy, but still a decent time. It also still looks incredible. It's more of the same really, and ultimately a step back from Rise in most regards, though I do appreciate that you do for once spend the majority ...

Two more for me: Toem This was such a cute little game. I really like the art style and the choice to keep the game entirely in black and white. You spend the whole game just going around helping people out and taking pics for people. It's a really nice, cosy and relaxing time. The music is ...

Does Luigi's Mansion having a dedicated "call out to Mario button" count?

Also I'm not sure there are many other games they use the water jetpack from Super Mario Sunshine off the top of my head

I beat a few over the last week: Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (2024) I found the first few hours quite disappointing. It was cribbing too much in terms of plot from Suikoden II, and it does feel like a PS1 RPG in some really frustrating aspects. There is a lack of modern QoL features and ...

It's been a while since I've had time for an update, but in the last few weeks I've finished 4 games: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023) I really liked Fallen Order, but Jedi Survivor surpasses it in every way. It's a huge game, with massive areas and tons of places to explore. The story and characters ...

Far Cry 6 I do like the Far Cry games, but found 5 to have one of the worst stories I've ever played in a game. It also has the least interesting setting in the series (to me, anyway) so considering the tepid reaction to 6, I wasn't expecting much. So it was actually a nice surprise to find that 6 ...

Far Cry 6 I do like the Far Cry games, but found 5 to have one of the worst stories I've ever played in a game. It also has the least interesting setting in the series (to me, anyway) so considering the tepid reaction to 6, I wasn't expecting much. So it was actually a nice surprise to find that 6 ...

Two more for me: Persona 3 Reload I'd played FES back in 2018, and to be honest this felt extremely close to that experience. It even looks exactly as I'd remembered, however looking up how FES actually looked showed it was quite the leap. The spirt of the original is captured really well though ...

Diablo IV I'd not played a Diablo game before, though I do remember watching my parents play the first game back in the late 90s. I played IV co-op with my partner (she played a rogue, I played a barbarian) and we only did the campaign. Personally I'm mostly interested in story content, and less ...

Sin and Punishment First thing I wanna say is this game looks beautiful on a CRT. It's got to be one of the best looking N64 games too, and it actually manages to maintain a pretty solid framerate The controls are weird though. I only managed to get the grips with control type 3, which uses the ...

The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls (Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru) I finally got around to beating DK94 earlier in the year and so have continued my quest of playing through classic Game Boy games I've not yet played by jumping into Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru, or to use it's translated name "The ...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night I had a good time with this, though it feels like a Kickstarter game, if that makes sense. It's a really solid "Greatest Hits" of the Castlevania series. I don't think i's quite at the level of the best Castlevania games (SoTN, AoS) but it's a really solid ...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine This was my first ever Warhammer game. I picked up a cheap copy on PS3, and beat it over the space of a week. I thought this was going to be a standard 7th gen cover based shooter, but it doesn't use cover at all. If anything, it almost plays like a proto-Doom 2016 ...

Yakuza 5 This was a replay, as I'd originally played it for the first time in 2017. I think it's still up there with 0 as my favourite game in the series. The fact a game about gangsters punching people in the face can add in a 10 hour long (!) section in the middle where you play as a teenage girl ...

Assassin's Creed Valhalla I did enjoy Assassin's Creed Valhalla but feel like it's a step back from the two previous games in the series. I'm from the UK so personally while it was cool seeing so many familiar places, I found Greece and Egypt far more interesting and also visually varied. In terms ...