I am very much aware that I’m playing through the Shantae games in an intermittent manner and in an incorrect order. This is because of reasons I don’t have to explain to you. After completing Yoku’s Island Express I was concerned I’d do my usual thing of failing to decide which game to play next, and spend so long flicking through games I own but haven’t played that I ran out of time to play them. Instead, I forced myself …
I used to play Echo Bazaar, an online web-based story RPG thing from Failbetter games, ages ago. Before it was renamed as Fallen London, which is also the setting of the game. It was good, although you really needed to pay for extra moves and features to get the most out of it. I’m against IAPs as a rule so kind of fell off it. I did love the Lovecraft/Pratchett crossover vibe of the world though, and so Sunless Sea …
As I got closer to the end of this game, I realised that I’d almost certainly never completed it. I recognised every level up until the 7th one (in the cave), and then have vague memories of a castle, but I think the castle memory may even have come from the Mega Drive Alex Kidd game. I also realised why I don’t think I’ve completed it. There are a few tricky sections (the one near the end with the spikes …
Splatoon 2(Switch 01/01/2018) Stardew Valley(Switch 01/01/2018) Blaster Master Zero(Switch 06/01/2018) Passpartout: The Starving Artist(Mac 07/01/2018) What Remains of Edith Finch(PS4 07/01/2018) Undertale(Vita 11/01/2018) Fire Emblem Warriors(Switch 14/01/2018) Golf Story(Switch 29/01/2018) Wolfenstein: The New Order(PS4 03/02/2018) Wolfenstein: The Old Blood(PS4 09/02/2018) The Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game(Switch 12/02/2018) Grand Theft Auto V(PS4 24/02/2018) Super Bomberman R(Switch 28/02/2018) SNK Gals’ Fighters(NGPC 04/03/2018) Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Bonus Episode: Farewell(PS4 06/03/2018) North(Switch 11/03/2018) Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China(PS4 14/03/2018) Vostok Inc(Switch 18/03/2018) …
It’s been a while, partly due to holidays and partly due to my damn fingers still hurting. Which means I’ve three weeks of stuff to post about. Which mainly means one game. Play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) Over 100 hours on Breath of the Wild now. I think, possibly, I may have done all I want to. I found all the memories, all the shrines, completed (and fully upgraded) some armour sets, and fought Ganon …
See, its a crazy world we’re living in, and I just can’t see that half of us immersed in sin.
Alright, alright, calm down. I know what I said. I know I was trying to work through my already-started-games backlog before making a start on my bought-but-unplayed backlog. I’m sorry. I have no excuses. But… what a game to break these plans with. From start to finish, Shovel Knight was a proper joy to play. The fantastically drawn pixel art, the outlandish characters (top of which is the half-trout, half-apple Troupple and his amazing dance routine), the comedy dialogue, a …
A lot of things, it seems. I’ve had a glut of new games over the last month and I’ve been playing each for a short time. I’ve yet to settle down and just work on one or two, so I’ve not made much progress in each. So here’s a list, in no particular order: Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition (Vita) My subscription to PS+ was autorenewed before I could cancel it (the whole service got DDOS’d and I couldn’t log …
Once more the time has come to update my seemingly rather popular guide to upgrading your Nintendo 3DS SD card (previously here). This time, I’m going to cover several scenarios – upgrading your SD (or SDHC) card to another SD (or SDHC) card, upgrading your SD/SDHC card to a 64GB or larger SDXC card, and upgrading your 3DS to a New 3DS, transferring everything to a MicroSD/SDXC. EDITED 11/02/15 to clarify some points in Section 3 Firstly, some information: Nintendo’s …
Euro Truck Simulator 2 (PC) My first ever Steam Sale purchase! Sadly, it isn’t as great as I thought it was going to be. The graphics are flatter and drabber than videos had led me to believe, the roads are samey and short, and you’ve little choice in the routes you have to take. Still, driving all the cars off the road on the way to Belgium, then running down all the Belgians when you get there, never gets old. …
Well, this is it. Not only is the final game in the trilogy complete, but officially, it’s all over for Professor Layton now. Sure, there’s the Layton vs Wright game out in just a few weeks, but that’s not really a Professor Layton game, so doesn’t count. I’d be amazed if Level 5 didn’t come up with another game though. Even if it’s just a continuation of the series but without Layton in it. Anyway. Here be spoilers. Read ahead …
A year ago I dropped the bar on The £25 Game Challenge – prohibiting myself from buying any game that was more than £20. It was called (amazingly) The £20 Game Challenge. Now, the bar drops lower – to £18! Why? Two reasons. Firstly, I broke the £20 Rule once last year, by buying the Collectors’ Edition of Fallout: New Vegas. The lovely, lovely Collectors’ Edition of Fallout: New Vegas. For this impudence I must atone! Secondly, I think it’s …
Just over two years ago, I came up with the £25 Game Challenge. In summary, it was a rule preventing me from paying over £25 for any game. And, in that time I only broke the rule once, except that somehow, I hadn’t. So the time has come to update the challenge. Looking at every game I’ve bought in the last year or so, not a single one has cost me more than £20. Why not, then, drop the limit …
