The original dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure is probably the best game in the series, I cannot imagine any other entry with as much charm and style as this. Truly a time capsule of a game, it is the earnestness in which it goes through its genuinely insane storyline that makes it so entertaining. Funny fast hedgehog saves the city from an ancient wrathful water god all while every character’s mouth movements look painful. If you can play this over the travesty of Sonic Adventure DX, please do.

It’s the only good 3D Fallout game and that’s not saying much, but it’s actually good outside of that too! Great even! The game is definitely overhyped, and the performance issues are pretty bad and require third party patches, not exactly the developers’ fault, more Bethesda’s but it still is a pretty egregious problem, other than that Fallout New Vegas is one of the best RPGs ever made, there is so much to see and so many unique ways to engage, player freedom is so rewarded, you can be so many different types of people.

I cannot fully articulate how much I adore this game, it is absolutely impossible to give a fair review but I’ll try my best anyway.

Resident Evil 4 remake is one of the most fun video games ever made, pure mechanical and aesthetic bliss. Initially I was extremely worried, the trailers made it seem more like the previous remakes with cheap horror, dark hallways and flashlights, but no, this game is not a horror game, it doesn’t even try, and that’s okay. Every character is a huge improvement over their original, both in design and writing. Characters are given way more time to breathe, the combat is given new depth, it truly is a new game, it is not a remake. It is a second attempt at an old idea, a new take on an old story and characters and that’s the best thing it could be. I love Ashley Graham she’s the absolute best and a major improvement over the original.

Please play this game as just a game, the idea that it’s a remake does it a disservice.

Half-Life 2 really should be better than the original, yet to me at least, it isn’t. Half-Life 2 is clearly trying to do something new and different, but feels like it lost something as a result. As a physics tech demo it is fantastic, no matter how many years go by flinging objects and bolting combine to the walls is still just as fun. However it is let down by a lack of weapon variety, overall weaker presentation on said weapons and a more generic shooter feel in comparison to the 90s sci-fi halls of Black Mesa and the feeling of a grand disaster happening around you.

Resident Evil Village is a personal favourite, more of a guilty pleasure as even someone as biased as me can recognise the faults. Village’s aesthetic is by far its strongest part. The game’s dark fantasy feel almost makes me think of Twilight Princess every time I play.

Resident Evil 4 in first person sure is a fun game, the action nonsense is unfortunately worsened slightly by being built on its predecessor, Resident Evil 7, using a lot of the same controls and mechanics from a much more horror focused game. Regardless, Village is one of the most earnestly camp games in recent memory, and it stands as a personal favourite as a result.