Here you will find everything about the games (PS4) that I am playing.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst, which was published in 2016, is the first reboot I have played where I have also played the original, Mirror's Edge (2008). Now, while the reboot of TV-franchises and movies over in Hollywood may suggest otherwise, reboots are not a new phenomenon. Usually, reboots serve one specific purpose: to cater to an … Continue reading Are reboots a good thing? With Mirror’s Edge the answer is yes and no
I always wanted to play the original Thief-games, but back in the day I was a teenager and I had no money for PC games. Then I bought a PS4 and guess what? One of the very first games I played on my brand new console back in early 2015 was the Thief-reboot. Why this … Continue reading Favorite Mission Five – A Friend in Need
So, today I read on Variety.com that Netflix will be bringing The Witcher to the small screen. Not the game, of course, but the Witcher-saga by polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. I love the books and I really adore CD Projekt Red's The Witcher III-The Wild Hunt, but... Why the hell do you have to go … Continue reading Too much to ask for? (This is a rant)
I don't like shooters. That was, for a very long time, something I firmly believed. The main reason for that was not necessarily that I really suck at shooting, which I usually do, but had more to do with the fact that I find picking off targets arcade style incredibly boring. There are a very … Continue reading SNIPER ELITE – A Stealth-Survival-Shooter, I think. And pretty awesome.
As mentioned in my last Favorite Mission-post, this one brings us back to the Assassin's Creed-franchise, more specifically back to Assassin's Creed II and beautiful Venice. Why this game? Italy! Venice! Ezio! Need I say more? That's what I thought. Seriously, though, I still consider Assassin's Creed II the best to date (Let's face it, … Continue reading Favorite Mission Four – Assassin’s Creed II, Deja vú
I remember browsing through last year's E3-coverage and that there were a few games that caught my eye: Horizon: Zero Dawn was one of them, Vampyr another, but the one game I am really excited about right now is the upcoming sequel to the excellent Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, which is called Middle-earth: Shadow of … Continue reading Horizon Zero Dawn is out – And I don’t really care
I thought the first DLC Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, System Rift, was excellent, but A Criminal Past upped the ante (even without Faridah Malik, who I secretly had hoped to see again). It also leaves some interesting question marks. Now, you really shouldn't play this DLC whithout having finished the main game, but that's been … Continue reading Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – A Criminal Past or The Winner Takes It All
So, in case you were wondering what I've been up to these past few days, I actually did a lot last week and tried a few games I had wanted to try out for ages. Also, I played the For Honor Beta-version. Destiny First, I finally started playing Destiny on my PS3, only to find … Continue reading A very pleasant weekend in games
Dishonored leaves the player a lot of choices, the first and foremost being whether to play it stealthy and (mostly) non-lethal on Low Chaos or to go in guns blazing and with a lot of casualties on High Chaos. Since the level of Chaos affects the world itself, you better choose wisely. I absolutely adore … Continue reading Dishonored 2 – Three Ways to Play
First of all, I miss Aiden Pearce. Which is why, after having finished WATCH_DOGS 2, I promptly returned to Chicago, police chases and gangster shoot-outs. Don't get me wrong, WATCH_DOGS 2 is a highly entertaining open world game. It also does a lot of things better than its predecessor. But it still is one of … Continue reading WATCH_DOGS 2 – Worth the bucks?
Hey, folks, Welcome to 2017 and welcome to another of my favorite missions! For starters, Deus Ex: Human Revolution remains one of my most favorite games to date and just playing this mission again felt so awesome! Now, why this game? As previously mentioned it is one of my favorites. What I like most are … Continue reading Favorite Mission Three – The mother of infiltration missions in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Christmas is just around the corner and so I recently decided to prowl the aisles of my trusted electronics store to see which games to add to my wishlist. I found two, actually, The Ezio Collection and The Last Guardian, but what really caught my eye was the fact that prices for WATCH_DOGS 2 and … Continue reading Epic Fails or What’s up with sales for WATCH_DOGS 2, Dishonored 2 and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided?
There is something comforting in family as well as in familiarity, though more so in family. In Dishonored, Princess Emily Kaldwin's family is somewhat dysfuncional. Her mother, the Empress Jessamine and de facto ruler, is murdered when she is ten and her father, Jessamine's bodyguard and spymaster Corvo Attano, wanted for killing her. Of course, … Continue reading Dishonored 2: The Joys of High and Low Chaos
This is the second of my favorite missions, straight off Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. As I have already elaborated, this game was not quite what I expected. That is not, mind you, a bad thing per se. The story left the player adrift, forced them to find their own approach, their own inspiration and motivation, … Continue reading Favorite Mission Two – Claiming Jurisdiction
I swore to myself that I would be buying only one more game this year. Actually, I already preordered that game, Dishonored 2, which will be released in November. But then, while waiting for the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided DLC System Rift to come out, I bought WATCH_DOGS, an open world action RPG set in … Continue reading How I got hooked on WATCH_DOGS
Pritchard is back! But that is not the only good news about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's first DLC, System Rift. Hackers beware! I am not sure what it is exactly that Adam Jensen thinks of hackers, but, fact is, he and they don't get along. There's some bad vibes there. Baaad vibes. The very first … Continue reading Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – System Rift DLC
So I promised to publish my first favorite mission somewhere during the first week of October, but unfortunately there was lots to do at work and also, I got totally hooked on Watch Dogs (That story! The hacking! That soundtrack!) and didn't really play anything else these past days. Still, here it is, finally, one of … Continue reading Favorite Mission One – Hopeless Romantic
I've decided to do a series about my favorite missions and how I like to beat them. Favorite missions are those missions I like to play over and over again, for various reasons. Some for the thrill, or the possibilities, others for the romance, and some for both. These missions feel comfortable, somehow, like a … Continue reading New series: Favorite missions
The beginning and the ending of any story are pretty much the trickiest parts to write. While the beginning needs to draw viewers, readers, listeners or players deeply into the tale, the ending has to see them off with a sense of closure. A happy ending is never a must, I feel. And some stories … Continue reading About endings
On Twitter, someone recently mentioned that they bought a PS4 just to play Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and I found myself smiling in sympathy, because I bought a PS3 just to play Deus Ex: Human Revolution, one of my most favorite games ever. And while I swore to myself that I would wait until summer’s … Continue reading Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Some thoughts by yours truly
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