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by HMSPolio
February 19th, 2021, 3:06 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: DOOM Eternal
Replies: 14
Views: 8804

Re: 460 - DOOM Eternal

There's a wonderfully infectious exuberance on display throughout Doom Eternal ; a breathlessly childlike "and then and then and then" to it all. From the satisfyingly chunky and plasticky heft of everything, like heavy metal action figures being smashed together, to the thud and crunch of...
by HMSPolio
May 23rd, 2020, 5:19 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Batman: Arkham Knight
Replies: 13
Views: 15048

Re: 423: Batman: Arkham Knight

I recently finished Arkham Knight , returning to it after dropping off for at least a year after purchase about a third of the way into the game. There is a gobsmacking level of craft on display here. The people who worked on this game clearly put everything they had into it, with a considerable bud...
by HMSPolio
October 19th, 2019, 1:36 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The Evil Within 2
Replies: 8
Views: 7902

Re: 396: The Evil Within 2

Foregoing a review, I would like to point out three things that I hope don't go unremarked upon in this episode: Firstly, the silliness of Sebastian's reactions at the end of the mini-games made me want much more of that from an otherwise fairly stock character. 'DIS-A-POINT-ED!' Really playful and ...
by HMSPolio
May 17th, 2019, 5:52 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Prey (2017)
Replies: 12
Views: 8675

Re: 385: Prey (2017)

I think I downloaded and played the demo a couple of times, but, due to the combination of an incredibly tense atmosphere and unwieldy controls, didn't last long. On a whim I bought the full game, overcame my reservations and really enjoyed my time with it. Arkane's level and environment design is s...
by HMSPolio
March 12th, 2019, 4:18 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: All things Wolfenstein
Replies: 55
Views: 44047

Re: 362: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

After the pleasant surprises of MachineGames' Wolfenstein: TNO and TOB, 'Colossus' was a day one purchase for me. I loved the story and presentation, but the gameplay was a drag. The cutscenes manage to be glorious and absurd, poignant and funny, but the actual game part is a drab, frustrating affai...
by HMSPolio
March 11th, 2019, 7:35 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Dark Souls III
Replies: 13
Views: 9313

Re: Our next podcast recording (16.3.19) - 361: Dark Souls III

Dark Souls 3 was the game that proved to me that From were making the right decision in putting the series to bed. DS3 is a wonderful game in so many ways, with the art design and animation being a particular highlight (and the skyboxes! Oh the skyboxes!) But whilst I'd never charge From with lazine...
by HMSPolio
April 7th, 2016, 1:54 pm
Forum: Play Together
Topic: Community Gamertags and other online ids
Replies: 189
Views: 285484

Re: Cane and Rinse: Gamertags

A listener of about a year here, but recently to the PS, and gaming generally, network. I've commented on a few articles (under my real name Lewis), but have not posted much at all here. Would anyone be able to help me with a few points of etiquette? I don't know many folks "real world" wh...
by HMSPolio
April 6th, 2016, 1:28 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Bloodborne
Replies: 235
Views: 152524

Re: Bloodborne

Bloodborne is responsible for getting me back into videogames after a hiatus of at least a decade. Having been a great fan of videogames in my youth I still followed what was happening in the field, and had taken to watching "Let's Plays" as a way of vicariously enjoying some of the more p...