Pentiment review – Only The penitent man will pass

I’m fairly late to this particular train (understatement of the year), but man, Obsidian Entertainment make some absolutely shit-hot narrative games. KOTOR2, Fallout New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny. These are games where the story is front and centre and because of it they’ve remained beloved games for decades after release (with many still […]

Beyond the Pale Sleeper – Citizen Sleeper and The Pale Beyond double review

I have in the last couple of months played a couple of new “point-and-click” (I use the phrase loosely) narrative-focused games which both use time elements and resource management to drive their central story. The games in question here being The Pale Beyond and Citizen Sleeper. The similarity of the mechanics of both games combined […]

Life is Strange: True Colours review – I refuse to spell it as “colors” and I will fight any Americans who say otherwise

For those of you keeping track, my opinion of the franchise of Life is Strange has been basically on a downhill trend ever since its inception. I quite liked the original by devs DontNod and then also kinda-sorta liked the prequel Before the Storm, but believe it was basically ruined by an absolutely garbage ending […]

Ghost of a Tale review – Sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie

At some point when the Earth was new and God was a boy, all the way back in late 2016 when the idea of a global pandemic was a subject for the history books as something that only happened after world wars and would never ever happen again, I did an Early Access video review […]

Life is Strange 2 review – This is why My Hero Academia would never work

I have something of an odd relationship with Life is Strange. I overall have pretty favourable memories about the first one, which is reflected in my review. I had my niggles, but I thought that the game largely did a lot right with its storytelling. Having said that, I’ve also repeatedly had discussions with Lamios about this and […]

Firewatch review – I’m a hipster and I’m okay!

Since Dear Esther I have to admit I can be partial to a well-done Walking Simulator. The Stanley Parable, for instance is a personal favourite and remains an incredibly smart and amusing game. However, these days far too many games which fall into this category rely too much on the same tricks Dear Esther did. Primarily relying on pretty graphics and a vague, “you-decide-what-it-all-means” story […]

Life is Strange: Before the Storm review – Angst me up motherfucker!

(Contains spoilers for the first Life is Strange) Looking back on the original Life is Strange by DontNod is an odd thing for me. I remember enjoying the game and I remember thinking there were a fair handful of effective moments from it, but also when tasked to actually recall some things about the game what I […]

The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine story critique – Another Witcher post? It’s only because I love it

*Contains main story spoilers for Blood and Wine* When it comes to games I love I enjoy critiquing them into the ground, discussing their various foibles and small imperfections with anyone who will listen. If I ever do actually begin properly going into an in-depth analysis of parts of a game’s story on here then […]

Telltale’s Batman review – I’m the gosh-darned Batman!

As always, I waited until the final episode of Telltale’s Batman was released before playing the series (more-or-less) straight through. It used to be the case that my intro when writing about a Telltale game would be a fairly boring affair (and indeed much of the review would be as well) as my praise for […]

Tyranny Review – It Feels Good To Be The Bad Guy (Spoiler Free)

I feel like I need to preface this review with my previous exposure to isometric RPGs. I’m too young to have fully appreciated “old school” RPGs such as Baldurs gate, Planescape: Torment and Wasteland. I did indeed play Baldurs gate and Baldurs gate 2. The first of which was my mothers purchase when I must […]