NyleGlin
2016
Superb return to form! Shame I was so late getting to this, but now I have the sequels to look forward to.
Fun little shooter, wish there was a bit more meat on it though. Awesome duel system. Liked this more than the RDR games.
2020
Gorgeous, charming platformer as well as a surprisingly lovely tribute to the PlayStation platform. My girlfriend and I took turns playing and had a blast. A masterpiece of a tech demo!
Started playing as a midnight launch game and finally beat the final boss today after cleaning all the shrines and a huge amount of side content. Unbelievable experience, the final boss alone was such an incredible thing, putting the linear set-piece nature of other AAA games to shame with 100% interactivity. After the godawful RDR2 this makes open-worlds feel truly open and full of possibility. The tragedy of waiting for the next installment is the only real downside (and some fiddly as hell building controls).
Really fun, expands on the original to deliver a great Star Wars romp. Really unpolished though and the story goes on for a bit longer than it really needs to.
Cool next-gen showcase thing. Would love a full Matrix game with this level of production quality.
Love the first, first time playing the second. Way prefer 1 still, 2 is a bit of a mess honestly. Still enjoyable!
Finally finished all the story missions. Liked the Wind Waker additions but it's a shame more characters weren't integrated into them, nobody cares about Lana and Cia!
Great dungeons, wonky pacing. Loved this back in the day but I get why some didn't click with it now.
Short as hell but an interesting look at the possibility of a strictly linear AC game, free of a tedious huge open-world and a nightmarish amount of useless collectibles.
Deeply broken but fun Star Wars 90's fever dream. The soundtrack of randomly placed OT tracks is really weird though.
I love the Arkham series but Rocksteady consistently made terrible DLC for it. Pointless tiny slice of Arkham City gameplay with nothing unique to add.
Hugely disappointing sequel. A monstrously muddled and overlong story combined with minimal gameplay evolution from the first results in a mostly tepid experience.
More Shovel Knight excellence! King Knight is probably the best-controlling expansion character and his campaign is hilarious. Hate card games but luckily barely had to touch it.
2012
Adored this. Fun, mildly taxing puzzle game with so much personality. Was bizarrely moving.