Recent content by Alhazred

I think Bravely Default was praised so highly because it has one of the best interpretations of the Final Fantasy job system, and a take on the turn-based battle system that really allows it to shine. I've been playing Final Fantasy Tactics A2 on the DS recently, and its staggering how many...

So this release, came out of nowhere suddenly and surprised a lot of people. Even the release is a jumpscare now! We're going into meta territory!

Picture the scene: Halo 3 multiplayer, Valhalla, Capture the flag. The score is two apiece, the next capture wins the game. I'm sitting at the wheel of a Warthog outside the enemy base while the team-mates I've ferried over here kick ass and grab the flag. The announcer informs the assembled...

Ok, lets give this a go... In this game, you play as the metrosexual son of Count Dracula instead of the far manlier vampire hunter you usually play as. The voice acting is unbelievably cheesy (the first spoken line is 'Die Monster! You don't belong in this world!', which should give you an...

Playing SNES games on the Wii almost makes me wish I'd started gaming in that era. I'll always think of the trio of Super Mario World, A Link to the Past and Super Metroid as the holy trinity of Nintendo games. And let's not forget about that other pillar of gaming, Square; the SNES is when...

Today I defeated the Four Kings of Dark Souls for the second time. I have to say, it was absolutely pants-wetting, even with Witch Beatrice at my side. Dropping into a pitch-black, featureless void, hearing the "oh shit" chorus music start up and watch this tattered grey spectre come charging...

Well, Discworld is probably the biggest comedy-fantasy book series out there, so that's probably a good place to start. The later books all kind of revolve around the concept of introducing modern stuff (technology, civil rights etc) to a fantasy world. But my favourite books are the first...

I'm currently replaying Dark Souls and running through Dark Souls 2 NGP for the DLC, and my opinion of which is better is going back and forth like a see-saw. The one thing that I'm 100% certain of is that DS1 is a far more coherent game than DK2, and note that coherent does not strictly mean...

Ok, I've got a few. 1. A boss who fights atop a steed. It could be a horse (perhaps taking inspiration from Ocarina of Time's Phantom Ganon) or a dragon. There are lots of ways a fight like this could be structured; the steed might fight alone at first only for it's master to show up later...

I love their videos, but the Yogscast are idiots. I'm not surprised they didn't have the expertise to make a game, they barely know how to play Minecraft sometimes.

Oh thank God, I thought this was a sequel to that God-awful live-action film. I don't really care about this film either, but even so, what a relief...

For me, its a tie between Fable 2's Albion and Fallout 3's Capital Wasteland, with FF12's Ivalice running close behind. Just wandering around the world and finding all the quirky stuff hidden in obscure corners is more fun than playing through their poorly-written storylines. Come to think of...

Well, I think that deserves a standing ovation. What a spectacular review of a spectacular mess of a game. Perhaps it's time to dust off the PS2 and finally finish this, what may well be the last good Final Fantasy game...

It seems to me, and forgive me if I am imbuing this with more dramatic grandeur than it deserves, that 4Chan and Tumblr were always destined to fight each other. Tumblr is a site concerned about social justice issues, and places trigger warnings on potentially upsetting posts; they're...

Social Justice, delivered in a delicious, cupcake-shaped form. What more could you ask for?