As a Gamer, I can…sometimes find myself a bit too engrossed in my work. We’ve all been there; a quick play turns into a couple of hours and then more and more and more. You don’t want to leave the gaming zone you’ve created for yourself. There’s always an excuse: “Just to the next save point” “I just have to finish this quest” “Just a few more levels, then I can face the boss”. And if you’re particularly unlucky, the [...]
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We live in a wonderful world. A world where technology is bringing people closer together than at any other time in our history. Gamers from the US can play against those in Japan and China, and even Welsh players can be heard. However, all is not well in this 21st century world. Apart from economic stagnation, the cold war in Korea warming up, Russia as a mafia state and the possibility of Sarah Palin being president, there is the trouble [...]
It’s been over 10 years since I played the original Fallout on my old Windows 95 computer. It kept me up for hours with its interesting story, identifiable characters and cheeky combat system. I was happy to see the series revitalised in 2008, but while Fallout 3 was fun, I found it lacking in substance. The sudden ending and lack of coverage for the side quests left me feeling frustrated. I was excited about New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment along with [...]
Hexes. It was all about Hexes. Without them, you had nothing. He who controlled the hexes controlled the world. It was true in Resonance of Fate, but more important here. Connecting cities and cutting off your foe from vital resources, marching your army forward in such a manner so you will not be surrounded or outflanked. Hexes… Few games out there are as recognisable in their genre as the Civilisation series. Sid Meier’s creation sprung from humble beginnings into a [...]
I was in the developer session for the Witcher 2. Now, I never completed the first one because it went on for so bloody long, but I felt confident in my guess that Geralt didn’t either die or go to a nice retirement home with a honey of his choosing. The demo started with our white-haired hero strung up half-naked in a dungeon for a crime he didn’t commit. The dialogue hadn’t improved greatly on that of the first as [...]
I got the play a 30 minute demo that encapsulated the warrior and rogue starting to DA2. The first thing that was made apparent was that this was neither a sequel nor prequel, it was taking place pretty much alongside the main plot of the original Dragon Age. I was a little edgy at playing on the 360, since I’d got pretty used to playing DA on the PC. But the demo put my fear to rest quick sharpish as [...]
New Vegas has had its share of image problems. Mainly that it looks like a simple mod of Fallout 3, as many loud and annoying fans were happy to declare ad infinitum behind me while I was trying to enjoy that damn thing. Yes, New Vegas looks and plays very much like Fallout 3 because Obsidian is using a modded version of the engine of F3. But! Because they had the engine pretty much all set up and easy for [...]
Fallout New Vegas Preview Ah my beloved Fallout, finally back where it belong; back East in Nevada and Mojave Desert, but not, of course in its original isometric style. But that’s the old school fan in me talking. So what do we have to look forward in this latest standalone incarnation in this post-apocalyptic series? In this incarnation you don’t start playing as a Vault Dweller, but are instead identified as ‘The Courier’ carrying important information to the New California [...]
Ludo ergo sum: I play therefore I am Throughout history, we have sought ways to entertain ourselves, mostly varying from storytelling and song, to that of games. Perhaps the oldest games are variations on chess and dice, but while one taxed the mind, the other was a combination of luck a perhaps a little dexterity. In time, these evolved and became more complex, or, in other cases, more simple. But games weren’t just for recreation, they as tested skill, intelligence [...]
Shogun 2 Preview Together with Sid Meier, The Creative assembly are responsible for the iron grip that strategy games have had on me for the past 11 years. I first played Shogun in 2003 and haven’t looked back since. The seamless mix of turn based and real time strategy with beautiful 3D environments and weather effects had me chomping at the bit for more. I devoured every single game in the series and now, with Shogun 2 announced I can [...]
