I had actually gotten Homefront: The Revolution for free, and I didn't have any expectations with it.

This game for me is in the 'I didn't hate it but I didn't love it' category. I still thought it was an alright game with a fairly ok story to get through. It was still decent enough to play, and I thought there were a few ideas here and there that could of been expanded on. I also ended up playing Time Splitters II for a bit which is cool because I had never had the chance to play it. Cool little playable Easter egg.

Overall for me personally it'll likely remain in that category of just 'Yeah, it was alright. Didn't hate it, didn't love it but still played it start to finish'

I played Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures on PlayStation 2 originally, until the game was on Xbox GWG, so I thought it would be fun to jump back into this game. From memory the first time I played it on PS2 was 2008-ish?

This game was just fun and one of those games for me where it's just there almost as a 'Relaxation' game. I don't normally play a heap of Lego games as it is, but I'm glad I played it again.

Snakes. Why did it have to be Snakes

Battlefield Hardline delivers yet another first person shooter, but rather than being in a war setting this time around, it's in a police setting in Miami. With a focus of narcotics and crime, the story is presented in an episodic structure with 10 episodes playing as Detective Nick Mendoza.

With a decent story and ensemble of characters, it was very surface level characterisation and plot, with predictable twists. This isn't to say it wasn't enjoyable, because I still did have fun guns blazing every chance I got, and I did like playing in a different setting.

For me it wasn't until episode 5 where things started to ramp up and I started to enjoy it a lot more. I do like how they tried to shake up the formula in the franchise with this setting and structure, but it just needed a bit more time in the oven to flesh out characters a bit more.

i liked the environmental storytelling elements and finding clues for cases with the scanner. The soundtrack didn't stand out too much to me personally but it was still good and fit in well with the tone of the game.

Overall, I thought it was a pretty decent game that could have had a lot more going for it, but I also do appreciate shaking up the formula and breaking up the structure to experiment with something a little bit different.

Life is Strange 2 once again provides another gripping emotional narrative in the series, and this mainline sequel follows brothers, Sean and Daniel, and their journey to reach Mexico after an incident takes place in their home town. With yet another powerful ability that they must learn to control throughout their journey.

Gameplay was pretty solid with lots of environmental storytelling of course. Lots of areas to explore and interesting people to interact with, as well as a branch of options and choices to pick from that impacts the narrative in your story.

The soundtrack as always presents a very Life is Strange style with the use of indie and post rock songs.

Overall an interesting story that develops the bond between two brothers trying to escape a traumatic time in their life. While I wish it had a bit more time with before the incident, still a solid game that I'm glad I got around to playing.

Moving Out is an enjoyable indie strategy game about, well, moving out! You play as a mover, in either solo or co-op mode, and your task is to move a variety of objects from places to the moving truck within a certain time limit.

With fun exaggerated physics alongside humorous dialogue and a snappy 80's inspired soundtrack, this is a game is worth playing. Whether you're looking for something fun to jump into or if you want to boost up your achievements/trophies score, this is the next game for you.

I was lucky enough to get this through xbox games with gold, and I honestly wasn't even expecting to enjoy this as much as I did.

Happy moving, throwing and breaking! Slap some ghosts n' mailboxes.

A fun rhythm action rail game that does a spectacular job with lobbing obstacles at you while you grind the railing to the music blasting at you. Aaero throws you in each level with a short time to see what's ahead.

I managed to get through a few songs and I enjoyed my time with it, but this is a game you really have to put all your time and energy into if you want to hear every song in the game. Kudos to you achievement hunters!

Overall Aaero is a creative, innovative rhythm game with pulsating songs, and clever unique ways to deliver the songs in a visual form that works well.

Gets jumped scared once....Well that's one way to get the heart racing bloody hell!

Welcome to the Game is a puzzle game where you navigate the deep web using an anonymous browser to search websites you couldn't find with a regular search. So, you can probably imagine what kind of disturbing things pop up when you click each link. Your goal is to find a code to find and access the disturbing red room.

Going into this game I kind of knew what to expect (but waaay more disturbing than I thought). It was on sale on steam a few weeks ago for $2.70 or something like that? So I figured eh, why not! What's the worst that could happen?

That first jump scare alone got me good. If only I was recording myself with a mic and camera, that legit would have been hilarious to post.

The entire time I was playing it was of course already intense, but the slow build up of anticipation of being snuck up on - and I cannot stress this enough - was so damn creepy I wanted to stop playing. I pushed though, and usually I'm good with horror games, but this game was just another level of being freaked out. With most games I play I like to play through the entire campaign, even if I'm not enjoying it as much. However, in this rare instance ... I think... I've seen enough. I've experienced it, I can add it to my list but yeah.. not sure if I will come back to it right away.

Considering I haven't completed the entire game, for now I am just going to give my impression rating based on 89 minutes of play time (though i'm sure it counts when you pause the game because I did that a bit lol)

Sports games for the most part are usually an enjoyable, fun experience alongside having a popping memorable soundtrack. I’ve played a few different sport games including various Basketball games, but this was my first time playing an actual 2K NBA game. As it was free with my newly fresh Xbox Series X, I was happy to get a free game even if it’s not one I would usually play. The NBA series has been around for a few console generations now, releasing year after year so it usually gets a mention, especially with the last few years with controversies such as the battle of microtransactions and glitchy games just to name a few. So, despite all this how many hoops did I shoot?

A few. I shot quite a few hoops;
There is a variation of game modes to play; including MyCareer which is essentially a main campaign, Park which is a casual street match, MyLeague, MyTeam, PlayNow Online, Blacktop and a quick play mode. You can also create your own NBA character and choose from Men and Women’s leagues which is cool to see.
I stuck to playing a few quick play matches, and logged a few hours in MyCareer which I thought was fine, nothing groundbreaking you just play matches and use social media to see fan feedback, things you can post to share to your social media which can boost your team’s popularity and text your team.

The gameplay itself felt fine to me, however it was sometimes a bit overwhelming with remembering what button does what; so I stuck to the basics (run n shoot). It took me a while to train myself to not use the a or b button to take a shot.

As mentioned before, sports games, at least to me, usually have a kick-ass soundtrack with a variation of genre and artists and NBA 2K21 was no exception, ranging from Hip-Hop, R&B and Rap just to name a few.

Pros: The Soundtrack and freedom to customise your character’s backstory/position on the court.
Cons: I believe this may have just been my TV as well, and I’m normally not one to nit pick with graphics but this game didn’t feel up to what the graphics should be in contemporary time.

I wouldn’t go out of my way to play the campaign again, maybe on the occasion I’ll boot it back up for a few quick game matches but other than that I don’t see any replay value.

I was a bit unimpressed with how it looked for an Xbox Series X game; although I feel my TV may have contributed to that as well.

I only stuck to MyCareer and quick game matches, so I can't speak on behalf of any other game mode.

I managed to get a few achievements but I wont go out of my way to get more or invest time. With some of these achievements or trophies, it requires a bit of time and effort.

Overall the game was fine, I had some fun, shot some hoops and found a few songs from the soundtrack to add to my spotify playlist.

2.5/5