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Resident Evil 4 Remake (PS5) Review

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In my original look at Resident Evil 4 (viewable HERE!) I said that while it was undeniably a great game me at the time didn’t like the weird un-Resi story and all the QTE cutscenes, but either way it was still fun to play. So when RE4 Remake was confirmed I was confused and a little annoyed as Code: Veronica is actually in need of an update unlike 4, but I will say that this Remake is right up there with the RE2 remake as like that it keeps most things the same but updates it (like removing the outdated QTEs!) and looks gorgeous to boot. So let’s take a deeper look!

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Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line (PS4) Review

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I never saw this review coming at the start of the year but I really need to get this up now because it’s oddly become something of an obsession of mine in the last two-ish months, despite the fact I’ve never really played rhythm games before, and I have no doubt it’ll end up on my Top 10 2023 Games list somewhere. It’s all thanks to the YouTube channel Good Vibes Gaming for covering the build up to its release so favourably combined with a demo release allowing me to think “well, why not? It’s free, I’ll give it a try.” Famous last words…

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Hades (PS5) Review

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I’m afraid it’s time for another classic example of me finally getting around to something long after all the hype has died down as it’s time to look at what many people classed as their Game of the Year in, um, 2020: Hades. Now I loved Bastion and Transistor, two previous works by Supergiant Games, so I’m not sure why the most highly regarded of them all has taken me so long but at least I can confirm it lived up to the hype and then some! Let’s take a look…

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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) / Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII – Reunion (PS5) Review

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Crisis Core is a prequel to Final Fantasy VII that was released alongside the movie “Advent Children” (a sequel to FFVII) in a celebration of the influential game, and I was dead excited. I’m not much of a portable gamer but my PSP got some serious action with this one, but in the end I got stuck on a boss near the end and couldn’t be bothered to grind. Fast forward a decade or two and a remaster arrives on modern consoles, so it was finally time to right a wrong, especially as I’m much more inclined to grind sitting in front of a TV than with a handheld (which is really the wrong way round, but hey-ho…) So let’s take a look at both games, which are actually quite different in the end… Also this is my first PS5 review on this blog, and it’s a remaster of a PSP game… Oh well!

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Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition (PS4) Review

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Last year I completed the original Mass Effect’s PS4 remaster and really enjoyed the experience, remarking how I skipped on them originally because a friend had played them in front of me a lot back then. Well, Mass Effect 2 he only played the first half or so and then stopped so this not only had the actual fun of finally playing it but I got to see where the story is actually going (or I guess where it goes given the original Trilogy’s storyline has been complete for sometime now…) Happy to report improvements in both gameplay and story made this a very fun experience, so let’s take a look!

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WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth (PS2) Review

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The next entry into the Smackdown! series of WWE games is the rather stupid sounding “Shut Your Mouth”, I guess they’d already used “Know Your Role” on SD!2 and “Just Bring It!” in the last game so ran out of Rock catchphrases? (Well, baring in mind “Smackdown! If You Smell” sounds weird) Subtitle aside SYM and its sequel are the high point of PS2 WWE games and frankly among the best in the whole Yukes SD/SvR/2K run that only recently came to an end. So let’s take a look!

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Earth Defence Force 5 (PS4) Review

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Me and my friend have been playing EDF games since … well, we played two on the XBOX 360 anyway, and so it was a nice treat when he turned up with Earth Defence Force 5 in his bag over the summer. With 110 missions and us only managing to get together for a few hours a week it took a while but as per usual it was an absolute blast. It may not be much to look at or listen to but it’s hard to find a more fun example of “couch co-op”. Let’s take a look!

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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (PS4) Review

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While I finally do have a plan in place to cover the many Dragon Ball games in my collection on this blog including this game would mean reviewing it a good few years from now so I’d rather review it now after I’ve just played it, especially since there is still more than enough DB games to cover for that eventual plan as it is. So yeah, I finally played DBZ Kakarot at the start of the year after the complete collection was on sale for roughly £10 digitally. The combat didn’t look inspiring and the story was just the same-old so I didn’t get it at launch, despite free-roaming the Dragon Ball world sounding very fun. Were my instincts correct? Let’s find out!

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2) / Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Definitive Edition (PS4) Review

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Continuing my nostalgic tour through my late teens with the PS2 era GTA games as well as playing through the recently released “Definitive Editions”, it’s time for Vice City! Steeped in 80s culture and films (especially Scarface…) Vice City also saw several firsts for the franchise, including a fully voiced main protagonist! Let’s take a look at both versions and see how they either stand up today, or if they’re actually any good to begin with…

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The King of Fighters XV (PS4) Review

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Sometimes I don’t bother reviewing new fighting games for fear of people thinking I’m some sort of expert instead of the casual player I’ve been for the past… few decades, but given King of Fighters as a franchise has appeared so frequently on this blog (and in many different forms!) I thought throwing up a review of the latest entry wouldn’t go amiss… so let’s get to it!

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