Bushmonkey
2023
One of my new favourite Visual Novels. The story is great, the characters endearing and the music, voices, art and animation are incredible.
I played this game for hundreds of hours and I’ve never closed the oblivion gates.
2016
First time playing through the original Yakuza. It's fun to see how much was already present from the get go. Great time spent with Kiryu as always.
2019
I truly loved this game but I wish there was less action scenes and that I didn’t have to replay them all with every partner to get the platinum. Otherwise I wish this franchise was more popular so we would get official translations and remakes of the earlier ones.
2021
So so bad. I just had to try it out of sheer morbidity because it was on PSPlus. I’d heard the jokes and seen the reviews but I never thought it would be this awful. Mighty No.9 is a better game than this, at least that one is playable.
1983
The game and watch version of this was the first video game I ever owned. I loved the simple loop and that combined with the speed increase as you beat levels turns it into a hypnotic rhythm game. I completed the G&W version by getting the score to reset to 0 when I went over the max possible score.
2019
Great atmosphere but I wish there were more sections in space or on the moon surface. Too many Sci-fi corridors and simple key puzzles.
This DLC was a lot meatier than I expected and the main story was really interesting and the new characters well written. It was fun to play as Kaito with his more brutal style of combat.
2022
I didn’t expect much from this game and I was pleasantly surprised. The far-distance 3rd person shooting felt really satisfying and the stealth was the best feeling one since dishonoured. The 5 entertained stories you go through were ly well written and I loved being able to go back and add my previous avatars into my posse as I went. The ending was great as well with a recap of everything I did and the consequences it had in the world. There are so many ways the game can go and you really affect the world around you based on your decisions. My only criticisms is that the special skills and abilities were underwhelming. Buying better guns was more effective than trying to use the unique abilities of each character in the end.
2023
In a year packed with amazing games, Alan Wake 2 has climbed to the top to become my Game of the year. The game is bonkers, full of creative ideas and absolute gorgeous to boot. It swings for the fences and delivers. It's creepy, atmospheric, scary, goofy, laugh out loud funny at times but mostly totally far too pretentious and up its own arse and I'm here for it all.
2023
Amazing VR roguelite with gorgeous graphics and brilliant gameplay mechanics. You have telekinetic powers you can use to fling objects and enemies around as well as guns. The variety of levels is pretty slim and there are only a handful of different enemy types but it didn’t really bother me as throwing bad guys around and exploding barrels with my mind never stopped being fun.
2022
It took me a long time to finish Ragnarok, I kept switching to other games and having to force myself to complete it and that in itself is telling. I love the graphics, the combat and the characters but the game can be quite a slog at times, the pacing is all over the place.
2020
I really like the tracks and the mechanics but the single player campaign is over very quickly and there is no-one left online playing it. It’s a shame as it feels like it would be great with other players and there are a fair few different modes on offer.
2022
Well it’s been a massive gap between completing my 5th and 6th game in 2022, I did play Cyberpunk in between but didn’t complete it before Elden Ring arrived and I dropped everything to start that game… and what a game. Elden Ring has consumed my life since it came out. It’s easily one of my favourite experiences ever and after 190hrs for my first playthrough, I’m already itching for a second playthrough so I can try different builds. Amazing game.
2018
When I started, I thought this was a Stardew Valley killer. There were so many different quests and things to do, i was in heaven. Unfortunately, it turns into the biggest grind fest I’ve ever experienced by mid-game. It starts to require so much work and different type of resources and money to advance any stories, you’ll spend hours grinding with very little to show for it. It’s a shame, a little bit more tweaking and it could have been perfect.