The Binding of Isaac

Victor / August 2, 2015 /
Ah roguelikes. It is a genre of game that I never fully understood, or never quite fell in love with like the rest of the world. These are games where death tends to be permanent; you might unlock a couple of things here and there along the way that add to your efforts the next time around, but these are often exercises in frustration for gamers and I am no different. People have a limited amount of time to do anything in life, and gaming, for many, is a luxury hobby that takes up a decent amount of time. As such, they’d rather not be wasting it dying repeatedly and...

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Category: Games Consoles /

Fallout 4: The Start of E3

Victor / June 17, 2015 /
I love E3. The surprises, the meltdowns and sheer hype behind the marketing machine is fully on show; but I can’t help myself. This year Bethesda had the honour of kicking off the show with a presentation that happened at 3 a.m UK time. I didn’t watch it, even I have limits, but the star of the show was undoubtedly the latest entry in the Fallout series; Fallout 4. The game is set to take place in Boston and is already being talked up by the press as a possible game of the year contender.   The game is beautiful; using the latest edition of Bethesda’s multi purpose open world...

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Category: Games /

Dirty Bomb: From the Ashes of Brink

Victor / May 29, 2015 /
Brink is a dirty word around the Splash Damage offices. The game, a mash up of Enemy Territory, Team Fortress 2 and Mirror’s Edge, was pushed out by publishing house Bethesda with a slew of misleading marketing materials and then, when the release came, the publisher was suddenly silent, knowing the game they had focus tested wasn’t as good as they were billing, and they left both the game and the studio on their own.   It’s unsurprising, then, that the Dirty Bomb trailer mentions every other game from Splash Damage in its credits. The game is a throwback to those early Enemy Territory memories, while still having a little...

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Category: Games /

Bloodborne: Souls for a New Generation

Victor / April 11, 2015 /
The one break out sensation from the previous generations of games was the Souls series. Starting with the Playstation 3 exclusive Demon’s Souls the game wasn’t initially published in the west, with Sony seeing the franchise as “too eastern” and thought it wouldn’t appeal to western gamers. People got curious and began to import the Chinese version (which featured English audio.) The game’s cult grew and Sony eventually buckled, allowing Namco Bandai to publish the game on our shores. That also meant Sony gave up the publishing rights. Then came Dark Souls; the first multiplatform Souls game. The game was a phenomenal success; drawing in massive sales and garnering great...

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Category: Games /

Football Manager 2015: One More Turn

Victor / March 12, 2015 /
There is an expression in gaming that we typically call “one more turn.” It applies to a select few games, typically ones that are much slower paced, that have a tantalising “next turn” button, or a “continue” after making whatever decisions you wanted. Civilisation is one such series; a game that sees you conquering, or failing to conquer, the world as your chosen race. The other game series that often sees that label applied to it is Football Manager, previously Championship Manager, exclusive, for the most part, to PC space. Football Manager places you in the boots of, you guessed it, a Football Manager at any club across world football....

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Category: Online Gaming /
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