So we are now over a week into 2015 and the year is setting itself up, whether good or bad, to at least be interesting. In the past I have done musical predictions, which I will continue to do this year, but I have decided to mix them up with film and maybe even a couple of gaming ones.
Shadow of Mordor
Keeping up the Tolkien inspired posts, I have just finished Shadow of Mordor, a game by Monolith Productions, which takes place between the time of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It tells the story of Talion, a Ranger of Gondor, who is killed, along with his wife and son by the, Black Hand of Sauron. However, he is brought back to life when he is merged with the wraith like spirit of Celebrimbor, an Elven lord.
Bang Man!
I’ve never reviewed a mobile game before, however there is a first time for everything and I’m short on time today, so it seems an appropriate thing to review in short form. Bang Man! is the latest game from Bryonic Man, a studio which is essentially the brain child of Simon Byron, who some may know from his work on One Life Left, the video game radio show and podcast. Continue reading “Bang Man!”
South Park: The Stick of Truth
To switch to a completely different kind of game from yesterday’s Football Manager review, last night I finished South Park: The Stick of Truth. It’s another game that actually came out this year, so I am currently managing to stay very modern with my gaming choices. The game took quite a long time to come out, with its release date being delayed several times and its European release seeing some parts cut, due to their graphic nature. Of course, Trey Parker and Matt Stone responded to this in typical fashion, by instead inserting screens that apologised for the censorship, but go onto describe the scene anyway.
Football Manager 2015
I’ve written in the past about my love of Football Manager, so unsurprisingly it didn’t take long for me to pick up the newest version when it was released last Friday. Now there is no denying FM is a hard game to review. Something the size of Football Manager can’t be fully explored, without putting many an hour into it, so to reference Total Biscuit, lets say this is more of a first impressions piece, than an actual review. In saying all that, according to Steam I have already put 27 hours into the game. Now I am always very skeptical of Steam’s internal clock, but I spent most of the weekend playing it and I’m into my second season on my ‘testing out the game’ Chelsea save.
LUFTRAUSERS
After a short break from talking about games, we are back with LUFTRAUSERS which actually came out this year, possibly making it the newest game I have talked about. It was a game I picked up in a Humble Bundle and decided to have a go at this week while waiting for the new Football Manager to drop (more on that later). LUFTRAUSERS is an update of a free Flash game and was developed by Vlambeer. It’s one of the many indie games that takes on a rather retro art style and it is also incredibly good fun.
The Binding Of Isaac
Released in 2011, The Binding of Isaac is positively modern by the standards of this blog and with The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth due out in November, a remake of the game, it is actually relevant to talk about as well! Created by Edmund McMillen (one half of Team Meat, the creators of the excellent Super Meat Boy) and Florian Himsel, it’s a blend of dungeon adventure and roguelike.
Gone Home
Continuing the trend of talking about games I picked up from the Humble Bundle, today I shall look at Gone Home. An indie game from The Fullbright Company, which in many ways is more of an interactive story, than a traditional video game.
Gunpoint
In a nice change, today I am going to review a game that has come out in the last two years, Gunpoint. Created by indie developer Tom Francis, it was released last year, when I did actually hear about it through a video Videogamer did, which you may as well look at, as it’s probably a lot more informative than what I’m writing.
Fable
So to continue my streak of reviewing completely relevant video games, this last week I have been playing Fable. Not even the second or third one, but the first. This game came out in 2004, when I was 12. If it makes it any better, my copy is the extended Lost Chapters version, which came out a year later.
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