Recent reviews by Ctrlbadger

More EU! A broken buggy masterpiece. Complexity for the sake of it. Glorious.

An experience I'll remember and a game that lingers in my mind.

At first I was frustrated with the lack of direction with no set goal, I was wondering around aimlessly and every time I'd cross into a new valley the feeling that I'd left something behind would set in.
Much of the game is about exploring and bagging peaks where you find places matching different scraps of maps. But the overarching story is about getting to a lighthouse for Beltane which has a countdown attached. This game-play loop threw me into two different directions not knowing what I should focus on.

But there is some magic here, the landscapes are incredible, the climbing mechanics and the traversal are gratifying to finally master. With free flowing Trad-Folk rythm sections to pace out your exploration I love the vision of a rainy, sombre and melodramatic Scotland. With heart-felt vocal performances and a beautiful story that pieces itself together over time, there is a lot to love in A Highland Song.

Fall of the Samurai may be the best Total War game I've ever played and certainly my favourite turn based strategy game I've ever played.

Been a while since I've played a proper FPS game and so it was refreshing to actually enjoy a shooter campaign.

Titanfall 2 is about two things, massive ♥♥♥♥ off robots that you can use to squish people and insane wall running movement. For a six hour singleplayer campaign, man does it make good use of those two ideas. There's never a dull run through a corridor or a lazy turret section to plod out time. Every level comes with a new idea from running on moving walls to massive mech battles. With some exceptional level progression the knowledge and skills you build up never feel too difficult or come out of left field.

With a predictable story that works to serve the gameplay, the tutorial and first few levels serve to hype you up for when you finally get your own titan. Your Titan serves as a perfect companion with "BT" playing a deadpan but lovelable AI similar to Arnie in Terminator 2. The baddies are money hungry mercs who throughout each level are characterised through intercepted voice-overs each of which feel satisfying to defeat at the end of a level.

My only gripe is that it isn't longer really. Each mechanic never outstays its welcome but really there's not much overlap between all the elements. Titanfall 2 is a classic as it should be.

Play it! I love myself a story driven game, I love even more a game that doesn't tell you it's a story driven game

I've played 1000 bloody hours of this masterpiece need I say more

Another solid game in the Total War series. I love the return to the Historical Setting and am enjoying the game so far

I did have a very negative review for this game but I have changed my mind after the paid modding system closed down.

Buy this game!