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Sonic is one of gaming’s most recognisable mascots. He’s grown so big that he probably can’t even just be referred to as a gaming icon anymore, given the amount of various merchandise, animated series’ and Hollywood movies he’s now appeared in. But still more than any other, he’s featured in many games over the years, the quality of which, as … Read More

Whether you’ve played any of the series’ entries, if you’re a fan of games even on a surface level, it’s highly likely you’ve heard of the Metal Gear series. A series that is still highly regarded all these years after it’s debut, primarily due to the way it helped define the stealth-action genre and how it showed that games could … Read More

Very few franchises have the success and the ability to have their games span over multiple decades. It’s surprising of those that do, quite a few are from the fighting genre. But growing up, my go-to fighter was always Mortal Kombat. Sure, I was playing the game at a younger age than I probably should have been, but it’s made … Read More

The Final Fantasy series is one of gaming’s most long running series and up to this point has already spanned numerous generations and is undoubtedly a bigger franchise right now than its ever been. Amongst the franchises many entries, it’s widely accepted that Final Fantasy 7 is one of the most popular and is definitely the deepest explored, with that … Read More

When I originally previewed Immortals of Aveum, it was a game that really grabbed my interest primarily due to the calibre of the developers bringing it to life, but also because of its very apparent and deep world building and it’s incredibly flashy visuals. I was very curious at the time about how the game would actually play and if … Read More

The Final Fantasy series has long been, and likely will be one of my all time favourite series of video games. There’s something so magical about jumping into a new world, meeting a new party of characters and battling through hordes of the series’ most iconic creatures. Final Fantasy 16 has brought the fantasy part of the series back to … Read More

When it launched in 2019, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order became not only one of my favourite games of that year, but also one of my favourite pieces of Star Wars media. I’ve been a lifelong fan of Star Wars, and while not everything that comes from the franchise these days is quality, the gaming experience Fallen Order provided was. … Read More

It’ no secret that video games these days take longer and longer to make, as technology advances it allows for more and more features to become standard across the industry and typically results in better quality games but also more resources and time to create them. It’s also no secret that Dead Island 2 has had quite the troubled development … Read More

Video game remakes are continuing to become more and more frequent in the current landscape and for the most part I’m all for them. They are often earned, especially if the original game was iconic and/or critically acclaimed, and typically allow a new generation of gamers to experience something that they may not have had the chance to originally play, … Read More

When the original Octopath Traveler launched back in 2018 it instantly became one of my favourite games to release in that year. The game honoured the things I loved from JRPGS of the past, while also implementing modern mechanics and visual techniques to create something that many fans of JRPGs really connected with. Now the sequel has taken on the … Read More