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Completed 01/01/2015 Wolfenstein The New Order presented me with one of the most engaging and interesting FPS titles I've played in a long time. The action was hard as nails, brutal and satisfying, and stealth being such a viable option to choose on the fly was a refreshing way to play a FPS. The throwing knives alone were a great implementation into the games mechanics. 7/10
Completed 17/01/2015 The perspective change from being an adult to an 11 year old girl created an incredible narrative for the second season of the walking dead. From having Lee to protect her, Clementine is ultimately alone and against the odds at all times throughout the series. I really enjoyed the story and the characters that were introduced were all interesting and offered some tough moral dilemas and situations. I hope there will be a series 3 and I hope we see Clementine again - shes too much of an interesting character to let go of. 8/10
Completed 24/01/2015 It's hard to say when a game like WWE 2k15 is completed, but I'm calling it having gone through both stories of 'Showcase mode' cause I'm certainly not putting myself through 15 years of disappointing career mode. WWE 2K15 is almost a proof of concept - it has some great mechanics and the improvements to the matches is apparent. But the amount that was taken away from the current gen versions leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. The game is sorely lacking in many ways and the roster being out dated before the game even came out was a huge disappointment. I know there has to be a cut off point, but surely a patch or two cause fix some of the most pressing matters (The Shield, Stardust etc). It has to be a mediocre score which I hope isn't the case when 2k16 ships - it could be so much more. 5/10
Completed 25/01/2015 Having stepped away from the series a number of games ago, I was curious enough to want to see what Advanced Warfare had to offer and truth be told the content - though enjoyable - was all still very much the same as it ever was. The motorway sequence of jumping from bus to bus was probably the high point in an otherwise average game. 6/10
Completed 31/01/2015 At the end of the final mission of Unity I realised that I just don't care about the story of Assassin's Creed anymore. To be honest that's been the case for a while now, but Arno's adventure just feel stale when the narrator just goes 'So, uh, thanks'. Some techniques and skills being removed from the game entirely is a step backwards and ultimately everything just felt rather pointless. 4/10
Completed 01/02/2015 With a couple of mission left hanging since 2014, I decided to get BF4's single player campagin off my laundry list. It's hard not to compare Battlefield and Call of Duty, especially when completing them one week apart from one another. I think over all I prefer Battlefield as a franchise as they focus on a larger scale when it comes to level design. You are afforded a little more freedom to act and unlike Call of Duty, I feel Battlefield advances with each new entry. 7/10
Completed 15/02/2015 A replay in preparation for Hotline Miami 2 which I cannot wait for. Having originally played through HM on the PS Vita, I must say that the PS4 control scheme - though managable - is the inferior of the two versions. Hotline Miami actually worked by for me as a handheld, but either way with its trigger quick gameplay and killer soundtrack - the game itself still holds up fantastically well and makes me very hyped for HM2 in March. 8/10
Completed 21/03/2015 Far Cry 4 is very much like its predecessor but thankfully with a more likeable main character and dare I say a more entertaining villian than Vaas. The issue is however, that it is too much like the last outing, I'm glad I hadn't played Far Cry 3 recently or I think I would have been bored around the 10 hour mark. The gameplay itself is fun and keeps the intensity up during the meat a potatoes of the combat making you feel like John Rambo meets a flying squirrel. The main story is okay but by the end of it the 'decisions' ultimately just came down to 'would you like to shoot this person?' I didn't shoot anyone, Pagan left on his chopper and then things just...stopped. I may go back and clear out the 3 remaining outposts and get a couple more achievements but beyond that I kind of wish there was a bit more of a resolution then we're presented with. 7/10
Completed 21/03/2015 I hate Hotline Miami 2...and I love Hotline Miami 2. The game is brutally hard but when things finally go right there is an incredible sense of achievement for getting through countless bad guys unscathed. The quick fire gameplay really does keep you going back for 'one more try' and can create quite the addiction between wanting to hit the enemies where it hurts and hear a little bit more of that fantastic soundtrack. Its the perfect sequel to the original and ups the ante in all the right ways. The story is a little hard to follow, but when hasn't the series been that way? 9/10
Completed 12/04/2015 A desire to replay GTA IV and its accompanying DLC lead to this. Stream lining the story still clocked in at over 20 hours showing just how much there is in GTA IV even without going bowling with Roman! Surprisingly easier then I remembered, I still really enjoy the story of Niko Belic as he comes to Liberty City. There are newer open world games that don't even come close to touching the detail found here - and I get the feeling this will undoubtedly lead to a purchase of GTA V on PS4 which will undoubtedly shine even brighter then this reply. 8/10
