Rating of
3.5/5
F1 2017
Solid F1 sim with plenty of modes with varying levels of depth and customisibilty that should suit most tastes.
Rating of
2/5
Iron Harvest
Rusted Out and Ready to Recycle
“Iron Harvest, which released in the Plague Year 2020, is the most recent endeavor from King Art Games and Eurojank publisher, Deep Silver. King Art’s initial efforts were the ‘Book of Unwritten Tales’ series of Adventure games, with a couple of other more obscure titles from other genres thrown in there for fun. While I, personally, can’t stand the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) genre – specifically because of the ‘Real-Time’ part – I do enjoy alternate history and mechs, both of which feature prominently in “Iron Harvest.” What finally pushed me over the edge and convinced me to take a chance with this particular game was the fact that it does, indeed, have a story campaign, and this story campaign has, indeed, been …
Rating of
4.5/5
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
A Game That Lives Up to Its Title
I fully admit that I have never played an Assassin's Creed game before Odyssey. But when Ubisoft pivoted from stealth and action to more open-world sandbox style, I knew it was only a matter of time before I jumped in. Given that two Melted Joystick friends highly-rated this, I just had to pick a time when I wanted to play what I figured was going to be a long journey. This was the year and I certainly got my money's worth out of this one - in fact, according to Steam this is my fourth longest-played game (and would have probably moved into 3rd if not for an issue - more on that below) and I truly enjoyed (almost) every aspect of it.
Looks and Stuff: For a game that came out back in 2018, this game is a visual treat. It even ran pretty …
Rating of
3/5
Dark Souls
Death Comes Easy, Victory Comes Hard
You play the role of the Chosen Undead, a cursed undead human who escapes the undead asylum in the kingdom of Lordran, who embarks on a perilous journey battling powerful foes, and must decide whether to rekindle the flame and prolong the age of fire or embrace the coming age of darkness.
Presentation
Dark Souls presents a dark atmospheric world, with intricate level design, and countless areas to explore. The game came out in 2011 on console, and in 2012 on PC, so the graphics are quite dated. I installed a graphics update known as DSFix, that improved the graphics dramatically. Definitely a must to enjoy the game fully.
Gameplay
The gameplay in Dark Souls is challenging, rewarding, and unforgiving. Simple as that. I chose a …
Rating of
3.5/5
Demon's Souls Remastered
Difficult, Frustrating, and also Rewarding
Demon's Souls is a remake of a game with the same name on PS3. It's a beautiful, difficult, and rewarding game that lacks when it comes to controls and explaining things.
I had never played a game in the "Souls" series before starting this so when I began I only knew a couple things. First, the series is pretty popular and second, that it's viewed as extremely difficult. By the time I finished I understood both of these things very well.
The story of this game isn't that intriguing. In a land called Boltearia an evil presence is taking over. A fog is enveloping the area and there are evil creatures and demons strung about. Once you're in there is no escape and it appears there's a evil being making people like you kill …
