Weekly Gaming: Sniper Elite 4 (PC)
Hi all, This week I take a look at Sniper Elite 4, a game which doesn’t deviate much from the tried and tested formula, but my god is it fun! You can read my full opinion on the game over at VGChartz.com using the link below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/267404/sniper-elite-4-pc/ I hope you enjoy the review, and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to me on Twitter or down below! Until next week, -Dan
Weekly Gaming: Halo Wars 2 (Xbox One)
Hey all! This week was going to be a review on Lego Jurassic World BUTTTTT I managed to get a review copy of Halo Wars 2, so proceeded to review it ASAP for VGChartz.com. Soooooooo you can read my thoughts on the latest console RTS at the link below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/267440/halo-wars-2-xone/ Hope you enjoy the review and it either tides you over into buying the game, or putting you off it. Regardless of how you feel, I hope it helps you make a good purchasing decision. Until next week! -Dan
Weekly Gaming: Mirrors Edge Catalyst (Xbox One)
Mirrors Edge was a strange old bird. Released at the height of EA’s attempt to get on gamers side, it received mediocre reviews but managed to spawn a cult following, given it’s uniqueness and style. critics across the world moaned about it’s linear story, and that the core mechanics got old fairly quick. Fast forward 8 years and here we have another Mirrors Edge, albeit this time we’re taking control of Faith in the past, before the events of the first game. Considering how the first game ends, it’s no surprise, but does a more advanced, mature Mirrors Edge fix the flaws of the first game? Unfortunately not. Now, I’m not saying Mirrors Edge: Catalyst is a bad game, not by any stretch of the imagination. As I’m going to explain, the game does a lot of things right, so much so that I ended up putting in over 15…
Weekly Gaming: Knee Deep (Xbox One)
Hi all! So, it’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a game for VGChartz.com. This hasn’t been intentional, there just hasn’t been many new games to review, and no publishers/developers willing to give me a review copy. Thankfully, that all changed this week when Wales Interactive reached out to me and asked if I wanted to review Knee Deep, an adventure game from Prologue Studios. Having seen the game at EGX in the past and being intrigued at the premise, I said hell yes and proceeded to play through the game. If you want to read my thoughts on it, by all means click the link below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/267270/knee-deep-xbox-one/ If you wanna shout at me for this review, or have any thoughts/feelings on my critique of the game, you can always reach me over on Twitter: @caesoose As always, thanks for visiting! -Dan
Weekly Gaming: Super Hot (PC)
I finally done it. After months of hearing fellow gamers and journalists talk about Superhot, I finally bit the bullet and bought the game to play through it in one night. And truth be told: I’m underwhelmed. Not to say Superhot is a bad game, not by any stretch of the imagination. Far from it in fact. I just believe that maybe gamers across the world have maybe shouted superheats praises a little too much, making my time with the game not feel as epic as someone playing it with no prior knowledge. But, I’m getting ahead of myself here, so lets start from the beginning. Superhot is a First Person Shooter whereby time doesn’t move until you move. From that one sentence you can already tell this isn’t like normal FPS’s, and as a consequence, you could also call super hot something of a strategy/puzzle game. The game starts…
Weekly Gaming: Gears of War 4 (Xbox One)
Whilst I believe that the Gears of War series was one of the defining experiences of the previous generation of consoles, I never 100% got into them. Yes, their “press Y to look at this thing we want you to look at” and cover mechanics defined an entire generation, but they just never felt right to me. Maybe it was the overwhelming odds that the group faced, as they consistently survived with no issues, or maybe it was the fact that the attempts at horror fell flat when the game was constantly making you feel like a hero, interjecting humour wherever it could. Regardless of the reason, I still continued to play every single one, and proceeded to enjoy my time with the series whilst playing co-op with my friends, enjoying, but never loving, the series. So here we are, with a new generation of consoles to play the game…
Weekly Gaming: The Order: 1886 (PS4)
Oh The Order: 1886. It’s been many years since your first trailer when Sony announced the PS4, and holy shit were gamers the world over blown away by your visuals. Then you finally got released after many delays, only to get shit on and end up in the bargain bin for £12. Was it gamers expectations that let you down, or was the criticisms against you valid? Well lets take a look as over the course of the last week I finally managed to play through this gorgeously astonishing game. One thing can be said about The Order from the offset: it’s aimed high in it’s setting. You play as sir Galahad, a knight of a secret order that protects Great Britain and all it’s domains from mythological creatures that see fit to kill innocent people. Set in 1886, the world is going through turbulent change, with the British empire…
Ratchet and Clank (PS4 Pro)
I have a confession to make fellow readers: I never played the original Ratchet and Clank’s that came out for the PS2 many many years ago. Whilst that’s not a massive confession, it does have its reasons. Growing up me and my family were never playstation fans. We had the consoles, but we also had the gamecube and xbox, and as such, never sided with just one console’s exclusive. Given the plethora of different titles we could choose from on all consoles, we missed out on some exclusives from each respective platform. Regardless of this, having played through Ratchet and Clank on the PS4, I can safely say I’m annoyed I didn’t play this series of games when they were first released. Being a reboot, most elements are stripped out of the original series and brought into modern sensibilities. The graphics, for example, is absolutely stunning, with the PS4 Pro…
GOTY 2016: My Favourite Games Played in 2016
It’s that time of the year again! Like previous years I’m going to list of my favourite games of 2016, which will also include games released in previous years. I do this so that I can get across what I’ve personally liked playing this year, as not everyone has the chance to play every 2016 release. Without further ado! 10. Black Ops 3 Surprisingly, despite most critics claiming the first black-ops was the best, I found that the third was my favourite. Don’t get me wrong, it was odd breaking away from the continuity of the previous two, but it was still an enjoyable game in it’s own right, and easily just as good (if not better) than advanced warfare. Should you be able to get the game on sale, do it. You don’t need to have played the previous black-ops games to play this one, so give it a…
Weekly Gaming: Dead Rising 4 (Xbox One)
Hi all! I hope you had a fantastic Christmas, and are looking forward to an amazing New Year! My GOTY articles will be published tomorrow, with my New Years Resolution article published New Years day. Regardless of that, time for review number 52/52! So to read my thoughts on Dead Rising 4, click the link below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/266706/dead-rising-4-xbox-one/ Overall it was an OK game, but not by any means is it a Dead Rising game. I think Brad Shoemaker said it best in Giant Bomb’s weekly podcast: “It’s a generic RPG”. Regardless of how good or bad Dead Rising 4 is, I thank you for visiting this blog to read my thoughts, and thank you for a weird, if not wonderful 2016. I look forward to seeing you again next week! -Dan
New Years Resolutions 2016: The Results
Hey all! Well, what a weird 2016 that was! Outside of the constant celebrity deaths and crazy political landscape we now find ourselves in (WW3 is looking more and more likely by the day), I had a productive year when it came to games. Whilst not all of my resolutions were successfully completed, I made headway in some and have learned from my mistakes in others, so can proceed with some experience on 2017’s resolutions. Watch out for those on January 1st, but for now, on with 2016’s results: Green = Completed Orange = In progress Red = Not started Complete and Review 52 Games On Caesoose.com – 63 Completed in total Well, if you check back, I’ve certainly been keeping to this resolution! I have to say, even when everything else in my life starts to fall apart, or time flies by, I will always make sure to keep…
Weekly Gaming: Titanfall 2 (PC)
Hi all! For this weeks Weekly Gaming, I take a look at EA/Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall 2. Whilst I don’t want to spoil the review too much, I should say that the game is absolutely sublime, and it’s a bloody shame that it hasn’t sold well at all. You can read my full review below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/266335/titanfall-2-pc/ If I don’t speak to you beforehand, have a bloody fantastic Christmas, and I’ll see you back here again same time next Friday. -Dan
Weekly Gaming: Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom (Xbox One)
Hi all, For this weeks Weekly Gaming I take a look at Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom, published by Koei Tecmo and developed by Omega Force. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the game, and whilst the lack of any new story was a bit of a downer, the game in it’s entirety felt like a refreshing take on the Attack on Titan universe. The combat was also great, which was surprising, especially since the simple mechanics (in previews) looked like it may have been the biggest flop. You can read my full review over at VGchartz.com below: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/265619/attack-on-titan-wings-of-freedom-xbox-one/ As always, thanks for visiting, and I’ll see you next week! -Dan
Weekly Gaming: Finn and Jake’s Epic Quest (PC)
Where oh where do I start with a game like Finn and Jake’s Epic Quest? OK, first off, why I own the game. I personally love the Adventure Time universe; I love that for a children’s show it has so many dark themes that it could just as easily have been made for adults. Characters work together so well, and everyone who ever watches the show is bound to have their favourite. I was gifted the game as it was on my Steam Wishlist back in 2014, but with life being so busy (and the Steam library increasing dramatically all the time) it hasn’t been on my list of things I must play. Fast forward to today, and I decided, you know what, the game’s only meant to take 6-7 hours to beat, may as well hammer it out in one night. Having completed the game, all I can say is:…
Weekly Gaming: Call of Duty Black Ops 3 (PC)
There was one question I just could not stop asking myself throughout my playthrough of Activisions latest Call of Duty shooter; why on gods green earth is this game branded with the moniker “Black Ops”? Obviously, this is the third in the series, but for some odd reason, Black Ops 3 has no connections to the previous two, and seems to never actually warrant the Black Ops title. Granted, some may say that this is a trivial matter, but I for one think that it perfectly encapsulates the differences (both bad and good) of this latest in a long line of Call of Duty games. Let us proceed to unravel why. First up the story, which, whilst being completely unrelated to the previous two games, is actually quite a departure from traditional COD games. The year is 2065. Augmentations and robotics are rife across the world, with many people now…