DARK SOULS III

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PC version .

Dark Souls III is a RPG published by Bandai Namco and developed by FromSoftware for the Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC.

GAMEPLAY
Best bosses of the trilogy

Takes elements from the first game and Bloodborne, far more than Dark Souls II.

Still a lack of interconnected world like the original and Bloodborne.

STORY


GRAPHICS

SOUND
Best soundtrack of the trilogy

VALUE FOR MONEY

OVERALL

ASHES OF ARIANDEL EXPANSION


THE RINGED CITY EXPANSION
Possibly the best DLC in the Dark Souls series. The final two bosses are excellent.

AWARDS SEASON: BEST GAME OF THE YEAR 2015

Overall winner

Bloodborne

Honourable mentions

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Fallout 4

Rocket League

MONSTER HUNTER GENERATIONS

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Switch version .

Monster Hunter Generations is a game published and developed by Capcom for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch.

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FALLOUT 4

The best gameplay the series has to offer.

PC version reviewed.

Fallout 4 is an RPG published and developed by Bethesda Softworks for the Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC.

GAMEPLAY
Certainly worth mentioning that the character creator is the best I've ever seen in a video game.

Combat is the best the series has had to offer

There is little doubt the new settlement building mechanic could have been better but it's still possible to create some pretty cool things with the tools provided. It certainly does bring something new to the game such as giving more reason to pick up junk and simply providing players with a fun new opportunity to build and manage towns.

STORY
The main story is pretty mediocre. To some extent I didn't like the way all the factions seemed to merge into the main story, instead of like in Skyrim where, aside from the civil war story line, the other factions were separate and each had their own story. At the same time though it did make some of choices more meaningful and meant you couldn't become the leader of everything like in previous Bethesda games.

The game does seem to build around some elements of hope and progress which made it a bit easier to play for me as New Vegas seemed so sombre.

GRAPHICS

The lighting it really nice and makes exploring the world even better

While still buggy in places there have probably been games worse than it at launch, especially in the Fallout series and it doesn't have nearly as many problems with crashing as New Vegas did.

SOUND
Whilst I didn't think the soundtrack was anything brilliant, not that it's bad, I thought it was better than New Vegas'.

VALUE FOR MONEY

As per usual for Bethesda games there are hundreds of hours on content packed in

OVERALL

AUTOMATRON


WASTELAND WORKSHOP


FAR HARBOUR


CONTRAPTIONS WORKSHOP


VAULT-TEC WORKSHOP


NUKA-WORLD

DARKSIDERS II: DEATHINITIVE EDITION REVIEW

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PC version reviewed.

Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition is an action adventure game published and developed by Nordic Games for the Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC.

Reviewed here: https://theunorthodoxnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/darksiders-ii.html

DIFFERENCES FROM ORIGINAL

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DINO RUN DX

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PC version reviewed.

Dino Run DX is a side scroller published and developed by Pixeljam for the PC.

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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN (2015) REVIEW

Incredible gameplay, but a story that leaves a phantom pain.

PC version reviewed.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an open-world first person shooter published by Konami and developed by Kojima Productions for the Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC.

I was astounded to see how many perfect scores this game got, and I can't help but feel that most of those scores came from reviewers who only played the first act of the game, because once that first act finishes the game becomes heavily disappointing and is basically unfinished, which by definition should really mean it can't achieve any perfect scores.

GAMEPLAY
Core gameplay is fantastic, variety of ways to approach missions

Mother Base management and upgrades are nice, although why are the platforms so long?

Missions start repeating

Side ops are really boring

Open world seems a bit dead

STORY
Strong opening and first act

Second act falls apart

Third act is non-existent, able to find what it would have been via collectors edition

GRAPHICS
Looks pretty great

Great optimisation for PC

SOUND
Solid soundtrack

VALUE FOR MONEY
Around 30+ hours for main story

OVERALL
There is no doubt that this game offers numerous hours of fun and if it had reached its full potential it could have even possibly been on its way to earning full marks. However what happened in the second act of the game is inexcusable and completely derails the experience.