Meep! My name’s Daniel Mears, and back in September I spontaneously attended a meeting for the University of Sheffield’s Forge Press, following my impulsive streak I nabbed myself a game to review.
By the completion of my review something had changed within me, I felt as if my inner journalist had been tickled out of a coma. I am very susceptible to tickling after all. Of course it could simply be I was still submerged in bewilderment from obtaining a game without monetary consequences; but I thought perhaps I should trust this feeling.
So I did, and here is the result. My blog, ready to be filled with words about games, music and whatever else I consider myself proficient enough to write about. Hope you like it :)
Maybe it’s because as I write this review the student’s union has assumed it’s Halloween costume, or that recently I’ve been indulging in an unsafe amount of horror films… but wait, there is a reason why I believe horror ought to be better represented in gaming, and its because in a game you ought to not merely witness horror, but instead experience horror. Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first-person adventurer from the indie developers Frictional Games undoubtedly proves this theory and should be held as an exemplar to any daring enough to approach horror gaming. Continue reading →
The similarities are all too obvious: Lionheart owes a great deal to Creative Assembly’s popular Total War series; not only does this game visit a setting already depicted in Medieval: Total War, but the tutorial would have it seem that the game plays identically to it as well. This is a game where you play the role of a general, send tiny men to grisly deaths, and very occasionally, pause for thought and think “hmmm I could totally flank those Swordsmen with these badman Knights Templar”. Continue reading →
If there is something that cannot be denied about ‘Kings Bounty: Crossworlds Game of the Year Edition’, it is that it provides you with a good number of hours for your pennies. It contains both its recent predecessor ‘Kings Bounty: Armored Princess’ and a heap of new content in the shape of two new independent campaigns and extra stuff added onto Armored Princess’ original campaign. Continue reading →
