Weekly Gaming: Tales from the Borderlands Episode 2 (Xbox One) Review
“Yeah yeah we know, it’s been a while” episode 2 starts by saying. And it has really has been ages. I bought the season pass at Christmas, well after the first episode had already been released, so it really has been at least 5 months since the series started. What was supposed to take a few months between episodes has weirdly taken a lot longer in Tales from the Borderlands, Especially compared to the Game of Thrones series and Life is Strange, which have been pushing out new episodes every few months. So was the wait worth it? Well, for the most part yes, with the vast majority of the episode being extremely enjoyable to progress through, with so much happening that it feels like its own game in its own right. There’s plenty of action, plenty of humour, and enough character progression that you really feel like you’re getting…
Weekly Gaming: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare (PS4) Review
It’s been years since I’ve played a call of Duty game. That’s not to say I don’t like them, far from it in fact, I spent hundreds of hours playing Call of Duty 4 and World at War with friends whilst at uni. The problem is, in subsequent years since I fell in love with the series, not much has really changed in the way it’s played out. I found my time in COD Modern Warfare 2 mediocre at best and only entertaining because me and a work colleague brought it at midnight on release day and managed to finish it within a day. COD Modern Warfare 3 didn’t fare much better, as I only played it purely to finish the story, and purely to see how to game turned out considering all the controversy that happened around infinity ward’s directors. I picked up Advanced Warfare as it’s genuinely one…
Weekly Gaming: Tachyon Project (Xbone) Review
Hey all, Hope everyone’s well! Last week I was at Develop conference, so please by all means check out my articles over at VGChartz.com! Regardless, this week I look at Tachyon Project, a game by Eclipse Studios. I enjoyed it, and found it a love letter to Geometry Wars: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/259958/tachyon-project-xbox-one/ As always, thanks for visiting, and thanks for all your support 🙂 -Dan
Game of Thrones: Episode 3 (PS4) Review
Telltales Game of Thrones Series has been very weird since it’s inception many months ago. In the first episode, the character you get to know and think is the main one is killed within a few hours, jarring you from the games pretence instantly. The second episode then goes about causing you more and more grievances without any of it being your fault and all of it being out of your control. The series just keeps on getting shittier for the remaining family of the Forresters, and in Episode 3, that doesn’t look to change at all. First things first, you start the game out as the long lost brother of the Forresters, Asher, whilst he’s still out in the desert. It’s here that you find him outrunning guards (like he was in the previous episode), only to happen across a dead end. Finding a cave, you come across one…
Weekly Gaming: Battlefield 4 (PC)
Given that the game come out back in 2013, I’ve been meaning to get my hands on EA’s latest and greatest for a while now, but given the amount of negative press the game received upon it’s release I decided to postpone it’s purchase until things quietened down. Given that the game was 35 on disk at Amazon recently, I decided to take the plunge, after my initial impressions of the game when it was free were timid, £5 seemed like the perfect price. I wasn’t too impressed with the original Battlefield 3 many years ago, so how has time aged this product? Well for starters, graphically, not a whole bunch. The game looks absolutely stunning at times, with the main characters detailed to such a degree that you can see the individual fibres in their hats and clothing. But this is all trickery, because for the vast majority of…
Weekly Gaming: Monument Valley DLC Forgotten Shores (Android)
Having loved the original monument valley when I played it a year ago on this very blog and with my new android phone, I had been wanting to buy the DLC for ages, but had never gotten around to actually downloading it due to time constraints. So, with my blog backlogged with content until August (yep, I’m that ahead of time in regards to weekly gaming), I decided to take the plunge and buy the £1.49 Haddon to the game I loved so much this time last year. So what’s been brought back to the fray, and what’s new in this £1.49 expansion? One of the first things that will be apparent the second you start up the DLC is the increased difficulty of the game, something many won’t be accustomed to considering the relative ease many were able to complete the original with. For starters, one of the first…
2015 New Years Resolution: Half Year Progress
So, with half the year officially over and done, I wanted to take a look at my new years resolutions and see how far I’ve come towards accomplishing them so far. Without further ado, the list below will be crossed out or numbered depending on how close I am to completing it: Get a new job – Success! Success! I managed to get a new job (Product Specialist & Project Coordinator) with a nice pay rise 🙂 Hard work certainly pays off eventually. Put Twixel on iOS & Android After importing the game into Unity 5, I encountered many problems with it, with animations no longer working and a lot of the scripts I used refusing to work after updating. This will take a lot of work, but I’m more focused on the second game now than this. I plan to come back to porting the game once I’ve messed…
Weekly Gaming: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PC)
Dear readers of caesoose.com, I have a confession to make. I have only ever completed 1 Metal Gear game in my life. I know this may sound insane considering there are many of you that know how much I love games/franchises that have a rich and deep backstory, I’ve just never gotten around to actually playing the games. Growing up, I was beholden to my parents to buy new games for the family, so if something wasn’t bought, something wasn’t played. Even when Metal Gear Solid HD collection became available for free on PS+ for my vita, I still didn’t play the games, as these days, I just don’t have the time (that, and I still have bad memories of not knowing what the original game meant when it told me to look at the back of the CD case, meaning I spent an hour pressing up once on the…
Weekly Gaming: The Silent Age (PC)
Hi all! So this week I introduce to you The Silent Age, a point and click adventure game that concentrates on time travel as an extension to the puzzles, with a fantastic story that’s sure to captivate. If you’d like to give the review a read, please by all means click the link below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/259456/the-silent-age-pc/ As always, thanks for reading and supporting me! -Dan
Weekly Gaming: Project CARS (PS4)
Hi all! Welcome back for another weekly gaming feature! I’m glad I’ve kept this going for 30 months now, mental long time but is great for improving my writing and keeping me going. Anyway! This week I take a look at Slightly Mad Studio’ latest Simulator, Project CARS. Here’s a hint on how I felt: I genuinely loved the game, a far cry from how I usually feel about racing simulators. http://www.vgchartz.com/article/259221/project-cars-ps4/ Anyway, please by all means let me know your thoughts on the piece if you have any, my ears (and eyes!) are always open. Thanks as always, -Dan
Weekly Gaming: Sunset (PC)
Hey all! So this week I managed to snag a review copy of Tales of Tales first exploratory game; Sunset. It was nifty, and certainly interesting that I got interested in characters I had never met, so head on over to the following link if you want to give my review a read: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/259185/sunset-pc/ As always thanks for your support! I’ll be writing a few articles and you’ll hopefully be seeing more games development related content soon enough. Exciting things are unfolding!
Weekly Gaming: Life is Strange Episode 3: Chaos Theory (PC) Review
Hi all! Thanks for checking back and coming to caesoose.com! This week, I reviewed Life is Strange Episode 3: Chaos Theory for VGChartz.com. As always, my editor (Craig Snow) done a fantastic job of cleaning up my review, albeit with deleting many parts I had already spent time writing. Alas the end result is amazing, so I’m not too concerned. If you want to give it a read, click the link below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/259177/life-is-strange-episode-3-chaos-theory-pc/ As always, thank you for coming back! -Dan
Weekly Gaming: Not a Hero (PC) Review
Hi all, This week I’d like to show you the game I recently reviewed for VGChartz.com, called Not a Hero, a game about a purple Bunnylord that wishes to become Londons next mayor (crazy premise I know, but seriously, it’s awesome). You can read the review below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/259030/not-a-hero-pc/ The game’s fantastic, and it’s seriously on my top 10 games of 2015 list. Hope you enjoy! -Dan
Weekly Gaming: Ittle Dew (PC)
I recall seeing Ittle Dew years ago whilst I was in America, having just bought a Ouya on release day and browsing it’s store, I happened across Ittle Dew and decided to download it (since the Ouya had a try before you buy model). It looked interesting, and definitely unique, but I just wasn’t ready to splash $14.99 on an indie title which, from the sounds of things, “only lasted 3 hours”. I gave it a pass, and lo and behold, I haven’t really touched my Ouya since. Ittle Dew went forgotten for a year then, until that is, I happened to get a copy from Steam for a few pounds. That was a lot better for my wallet, and for the supposedly short playtime of the game. So, given that I bought the game 8 months ago, what made me finally get round to playing it? Well, this blog…
Weekly Gaming: Life is Strange Episode 2 (PC)
Hi all! So this week I take a look at Square Enix and Dontnod Studios’ latest in their new episodic adventure game series, Life is Strange: Episode 2; Out of Time. I thoroughly enjoyed this instalment, with massive plot twists and decisions to be made, it was always going to be a good one. If you want to read my full review on it, click the VGChartz.com link below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258781/life-is-strange-episode-2-out-of-time-pc/ As always, I hope you’re all well, and until next week, I’m over and out! -Dan