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- 3rd Jan - Hidden Folks (Android)
13th Jan - Bleed 2 (PC)
13th Jan - Bleed (Xbox One)
14th Jan - The Sexy Brutale (Xbox One)
16th Jan - Scanner Sombre (PC)
17th Jan - Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (PS4)
21st Jan - Dear Esther: Landmark Edition (Xbox One)
24th Feb - Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (RetroPie - PSX)
13th Mar - BioShock Infinite (Remastered) (Xbox One) [1999 Mode]
13th Mar - BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea - Part 1 (Remastered) (Xbox One)
15th Mar - Actual Sunlight (Android)
18th Mar - BioShock (Remastered) (Xbox One)
19th Mar - BioShock (Remastered) (Xbox One) [Survivor Mode]
21st Mar - BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea - Part 2 (Remastered) (Xbox One)
23rd Mar - BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea - Part 2 (Remastered) (Xbox One) [1998 Mode]
26th Mar - BioShock 2 (Remastered) (Xbox One)
10th Apr - Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign (Xbox One)
11th Apr - Blackwood Crossing (Xbox One)
24th Apr - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Xbox One)
27th Apr - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Xbox One)
3rd Jun - Dark Souls: Remastered (Xbox One)
9th Jun - Cuphead (Xbox One)
13th Jun - ABZU (Xbox One)
18th Jul - Hollow Knight (Switch)
6th Aug - Dark Souls II: Scholar Of The First Sin (Xbox One)
31st Aug - Hitman (Xbox One)
5th Sep - Hitman: Sniper Assassin (Xbox One)
11th Sep - Marvel's Spider-Man
Summer report card!
ABZU because I love the feeling of freedom that the swimming in that game has, and was delighted to play through again. Speaking of which...
Dark Souls and Hitman because that's just me in a nutshell. Hollow Knight and Hitman: Sniper Assassin because Dark Souls and Hitman. All great, of course, because I've either played them before, or they are Hollow Knight. It's wonderfully dark, and (despite uneven difficulty in spots) incredibly satisfying.
Spider-Man, then? I've had a generally bad time with Sony first party, and have become increasingly disillusioned with the standard open world structure (of Assassin's Creed, Arkham City/Knight, Shadow Of Mordor, etc), and yet...
I had a great time with Spider-Man. From the off, the combat and especially the traversal had me hooked. I was more than happy to immediately head for the comms masts to unlock the map, and then run about icon chasing on my way between each main mission. By the time I wrapped the main story this morning, I had already polished off almost all of the side content.
Just about every single aspect of the narrative and presentation was solid, and occasionally spectacular. From support characters being given time to develop beyond their relationship to Peter, to a story that felt familiar, yet distinct, I enjoyed the world Insomniac created within the frame that the established Marvel canon provides.
Although I feel like I
can explain why I liked Spider-Man much more than Arkham Knight or Shadow Of Mordor or even Assassin's Creed: Origins, I'm not sure my arguments would hold much water if put to the test. Notably, with those games, I left plenty of side content on my plate, and was still was ready to be done with them by the two-thirds mark. But I finished Spider-Man desperate for more, and have already grabbed the season pass to make sure I'm in on that as soon as it's available. That's not necessarily a tenable argument, just an observation of how I responded differently to Spider-Man.
I have a few crime events to finish up in order to fully complete the game to 100%, and I'm going straight back to do so as soon as I hit 'Submit'. Been a long time since I felt that way about a game. Even Breath Of The Wild didn't tempt me back for the DLC. Anyway, I've got criminals to punch. See ya!