I picked this up over the steam sale and just finished it. The game plays like a regular point and click adventure. While some people may not like that it was not very difficult I thought it was just right and didn't push me to the point of frustration like other point and clicks have. Because of this the story line pacing was on point. The story was very interesting and provided two different...
I played both parts of this DLC a few weeks ago. I had fun playing the DLC and revisiting rapture. While the DLC plays almost exactly like the base game, it did add a few new powers and weapons to make it different. The main draw of the DLC is the storyline. Without spoiling too much it does find a way to connect the elements of Infinite's reveals with the first Bioshock which was great. It als...
I have always been a fan of the Assassin's Creed franchise and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag continues that. The game builds off of one of the best parts of Assassin's Creed III , the ships. There is a large chunk of the Caribbean in the game that you can sail around and be a pirate in. You play as Edward Kenway , the grandfather to AC3's main character, Connor. The story was fun to play thro...
I started playing Borderlands 2 a few months ago and mostly played when I didn't feel like playing something else. I enjoyed the game but never really felt compelled to keep playing. Part of the reason was I just wanted a certain type of gun but it is difficult to find a good version of what I want (they always had weird affects or something). The other is I played mostly solo and the few times...
I started playing this game last weekend and within a few days had finished it after spending many hours each day playing. I hadn't played a Zelda game since The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and I was ready for a new one. The gameplay is very similar to other 2D Zelda games but with the addition of being able to turn into a painting and walk along the wall. This creates some very interesting...
I have been a hug fan of the Arkham games and this game does not disappoint. The game plays pretty much the same as Batman: Arkham City with only a few gadgets changed around. It retains the same open world structure and you can even recognize a bunch of the same locations that are in City. The game is an origin story and you can see how people are scared of Batman at the beginning and slowly r...
I have always been a fan of the Pokémon series from when I was a kid (cards, tv show, games, etc.). I hadn't played one of the games in a while so I decided to pick up one of the new ones. I started the game back when it came out and got sidetracked after a while and just recently got sucked back in. It is still very much a Pokemon game with the same type of combat and skill system. The graphic...
I had tried playing Surgeon Simulator 2013 a few months ago and got frustrated by the controls and gave it up. Recently a friend of mine was talking about it so I decided to give it another shot. This time I took the time to figure out the controls and had a blast. I did pretty much every surgery (including the alien ones) in one sitting while getting a bunch of the achievements. I love the rid...
Hammerwatch is a fun top down dungeon crawler. The game consists of running around the floors of a castle, collecting gold, killing enemies, and looking for secret rooms. You can play as one of four different classes and can have up to three coop members playing at the same time which I would recommend. The game can be completed in a few hours if you don't search for many of the secrets. The gr...
Gunpoint is an interesting blend of puzzle and action genres. It uses a cool mechanic in which you wire different objects in the world to each other (such as a light switch to a door which opens the door when the switch is flipped). In each level you have to figure out the correct way to wire these objects together while avoiding or killing the guards found throughout the levels. Each level is...
I played Gone Home with my girlfriend over the weekend. We had a ton of fun rummaging through this mansion to find out why no one is home. There is a main narrative focused on the main character's sister's troubles over the years. Along the way you can also find out what has been going on in other family member's lives. You learn about these stories by looking around the house and picking up ob...
Having recently finished Far Cry 3 , I was in the mood for some more of that type of game. Luckily Ubisoft Entertainment made an offshoot game with the same engine. Blood Dragon features the same basic mechanics of Far Cry 3 set in a futuristic 80s action movie setting filled with a ton of jokes and cliche action movie plot elements. My only complaint is that some of the one liners for doing ce...
I had gotten the season pass for Assassin's Creed III and wanted to finish up all that DLC before moving onto the newest game so I went and installed the Tyranny of King Washington. The DLC is based on a "what if" scenario where George Washington obtains the apple and becomes a king after winning the revolution. I thought it was really interesting to see evil versions of many of the US's foundi...
I recently started playing Far Cry 3 and it sucked me instantly. The game is a solid FPS set on a tropical island with a ton of places to explore. Like most Ubisoft games there are a ton of collectibles which provide experience and flesh out the back story of the people on the island and some of them unlock new guns. There is a semi RPG element to the game that provides a nice variety of perks...
I finally got around to finishing a play through of Torchlight 2 the other night. The game is very similar to Diablo II as it was created by some of the same people. This is the my biggest issue with the game. I have never been a fan of having to allocate stat points and have tons of ranks of spells to invest points into. It leads to having to basically spend all your points in certain stats or...
I finally got around to playing this game. The game is a Metroidvania style game in that you need to acquire upgrades to be able to access all of the areas in the earlier zones. The game plays like a side scrolling action game where you have a melee weapon with a few combos and various magic abilities. I thought combat controlled well and my only issue was the difficulty of the final zone seeme...
Alan Wake is one of my favorite games because of the atmosphere within the game. American Nightmare provides a similar feeling though some of the tension is lost because of the abundance of ammo and batteries which makes the combat fairly easy. Overall the game plays the same as the first one which I thought controlled pretty well. The story takes place after the first game but is a fairly self...
Journey is a very unique experience. There is no dialogue in the game and the only real direction you have is that the camera and other character you meet look towards the top of this mountain so you head that way. Along the way you can increase the length of your cloth allowing you to fly farther and you meet up with other "alive" cloth that help you out. On your journey to the mountain you cr...
I started Assassin's Creed III: Liberation last year when I bought the Vita bundle with that game. I got distracted and didn't play much until recently when I decided to finish the game before the new one came out. The game definitely feels like an Assassin's Creed game though not as polished as console versions. The gameplay is mostly the same as consoles with a few problems. The combat is the...
Rogue Legacy is a game built around farming gold and getting incremental upgrades. I love to play these kind of games while I am listening to podcasts or something. There is not much story to focus on in the game (though there is some story told in the form of diary journals) which makes this easier to do. The interesting thing about the game is that when you die you lose the character you were...
The Grand Theft Auto (starting with 3) series have been some of my favorite games so Grand Theft Auto V was probably my most anticipated game this year. After finishing the game I have to say that anticipation was worth it. The world of Los Santos and Blaine County provide a great amount of detail and activities to do. I loved the way the three character story was set up and executed. It provid...
I always remember having fun playing Donkey Kong Country on the SNES so when I saw that Donkey Kong Country Returns was coming out to 3DS I decided to pick it up. It was a game I have been doing a few levels here and there over the past few months and I finally beat it (I did not go for the bonus temple levels). The game features 8 worlds that have around 7 levels + boss in them. Each world has...
I had played Terraria for a few hours a year or two ago and had seen most of the game (friend of mine kind of rushed me through it all). With the new patch, another friend got back into it and I decided to join him and got sucked into the game. The new patch added a ton of stuff to the game that was a blast to play through. There were three of us working together to farm materials, kill bosses,...
I have always enjoyed tower defense games since I was introduced to them in Warcraft 3. After hearing about Kingdom Rush Frontiers through a quick look, I decided to go check out the first one as Frontiers had not been released on Android yet. The game's visuals and mechanics instantly got me hooked. I love the idea of heroes and bonus powers that you can use throughout the levels. The upgrade...
The past few Splinter Cell games have not impressed many people it seems (myself included in some aspects). My biggest complaint was the lack of the Pandora Tomorrow or Chaos Theory spies vs mercs multiplayer mode. To date that has been my favorite multiplayer game so when I heard Blacklist was bringing it back I was really excited. In addition the campaign was supposed to be a blend of the fas...
Prototype 2 , like its predecessor Prototype is an open world game. The character you play is infected with the Mercer virus and gains different abilities and agility like the first one. Most of this is the same. I thought the combat and controls were pretty good and it was always fun to run around and destroy things. The main issue I had with this game was the poor story and the poor dialogue...
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a fairly simple adventure game. You control two brothers (one with each control stick and bumper for actions) who can only move around the environment and interact with objects. The Brothers are trying to find a way to heal their sick father. Throughout their journey you experience the emotions of two brothers who care for each other and see how they deal with ce...
I have been playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf off and on since it came out. I hadn't played much Animal Crossing since the first one on Gamecube and was pretty exciting to play a new version of the game. The game is largely the same but has more activities to do. I mainly play when I just want to relax by fishing or something in game. I love the sound track and feel of the game. It still has so...
Hotline Miami is a very interesting game. The gameplay revolves around going through floors and killing all of the enemies (with a good amount of gore). This isn't always easy and requires some skill, luck, and planning. Luckily the game reloads pretty much instantly when you die so you can get right back into the action. There are a variety of different handheld items (silent) and guns with wh...
The Last of Us lives up to the hype surrounding it. Naughty Dog, Inc. delivered one of the best games of the year (if not PS3) in most aspects with this game. The game features excellent graphics in terms of character models and the overall world. Each area is filled with a ton of little details that make the world feel real. The character models and animations are top notch and are hard to be...
I finally got around to play Bastion and I finally understand why it received so much praise. I don't think there was a single thing I disliked in the game. The gameplay is very solid with fun combat and variable difficulty based on "idols" you can activate to give buffs to the enemies. There are a wide variety of weapons (all of which have 5 tiers of upgrades) which provide a good diversity in...
I just finished playing the dlc for The Walking Dead which is supposed to bridge the gap between seasons 1 and 2. The DLC focuses on 5 different characters in short mini episodes (about 20 minutes long). In true Walking Dead fashion it makes you decide some pretty crazy things all which seem to tie into the epilogue provided. It was a fun although short adventure. My only complaint is that the...
I barely was able to play the first Luigi's Mansion but the setting and game play had always intrigued me. I was pretty excited when this game was announced and it helped me decide to purchase a Nintendo 3DS . The game maintains the same charm and aesthetic as the first game. One of the big differences is the inclusion of more than one location to explore (5 total) that are pretty different fro...
I played this game back when it came out and have been wanting to record my thoughts on the game for a while now. The game has a very interesting premise. It shows the history of rpgs and adventure games by presenting different styles of graphics, sound, movement, combat systems, etc. as unlocks in chests you find. You start off in a 2d plane with no color or sound and work your way up to more...
I recently went back to Darksiders 2 to finish up the last few achievements I had left to get. I was reminded of why I liked the game so much. The combat is my favorite part of the game. It features a good number of combos, weapons, and abilities to use while ripping through the many enemies in the game. There are a good number of different enemy types and the combat never got stale for me. The...
The Crysis series have always been known for their great visuals and Crysis 3 does not disappoint. While the graphics are very nice to look at, the best part upgrade over the previous Crysis are the environments. The game takes place in NYC again except it has been overrun by nature. This blends the island/forest environment from Crysis 1 with the city environment from Crysis 2 which provides a...
God of War: Ascension brings back Kratos in typical God of War fashion. The game is pretty much the same combat system as previous ones with a few tweaks to your equipment and minor combat additions (some "killing" mini-games) . The game retains the epic visuals that its predecessors are known for. Sometimes the set pieces are forced on you with major camera pullbacks which can lead to some dif...
I was listening to the GOTY 2012 Bombcasts this past weekend and after hearing about how much everyone on the podcast loved this game I decided to finally play it. I started Sunday morning and played for almost seven straight hours. I don't think a game's story has sucked me in this much in a long time. Sadly work didn't allow me to keep playing or else I think I would have and I finally was ab...
I was at Best Buy the other day and they had a 3DS on display that you could play with. I played for about 15 minutes and have to say I was way more impressed than I thought I would be. The 3d worked really well and the whole game world was a blast to look at. I definitely can't wait to see what games will look like once developers get more experience with the device.