Starfield, we’re past reviewing it.
Starfield, it’s been a long time coming and has caused some cosmic ripples.
Given the pedigree of Elder Scrolls, Oblivion, Fallout, how could Bethesda have anything but an exciting new IP?
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ESO : High Isle – Byte Size Review (XSX)
Welcome back to Tamriel adventurer.
Time to travel to the Islands of ESO: High Isle and Amenos to investigate the Legacy of the Bretons.
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Ghostwire Tokyo, preview
Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to watch an invite only Ghostwire Protocol preview, hosted by Bethesda Europe’s Kye Sutton.
Apart from the odd teaser Ghostwire Protocol was pretty much an unknown to me. I went in both cold and ready to be sold. What I came away with was a warm feeling of excitement and a new IP to look forward to.
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Deathloop retrospective
After guest writer Mark delivered a hefty Deathloop review previously. Dylan and myself thought it would be worth having a Deathloop retrospective to chew over some of the key elements.
We’ve chatted back and forth over an extended period. Rather than a review crammed into a short period we wanted to follow our own journey.
Thanks to Bethesda ANZ for the review codes.
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Deathloop, PS5 Review
Thanks to guest reviewer Mark Isaacson for his in depth Deathloop review.
Set on the mysterious island of Blackreef, you play as highly trained assassin Colt, who awakes to find himself stuck in the same day, every day.
He must slowly piece together clues in order to kill eight targets (Visionaries) before the day ends.
Each visit to the island provides new opportunities to explore, new paths to various objectives and plenty of weird ways to mess up the timeline before it resets.
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ESO: Blackwood, Byte Size Review (XSX)
Welcome to Blackwood.
For the first time since The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion you can return to the Imperial City of Leyawiin and again enter the realm of Mehrunes Dagon. That’s right Portals to Oblivion are back. And to make your adventure into Oblivion even better the release of Blackwood has coincided with an upgrade for latest gen console users.
Blackwood is the latest chapter in the grand Elder Scrolls Online universe following up Greymoor, Elsweyr, Summerset, and Morrowind.
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Doom: Eternal, PS4 Review
Back in 2016 when Doom was re-launched by ID Software, it became one of the modern darlings of gamer culture, but I will admit I didn’t get it. I tried, more than once, but I just didn’t see what others saw. But by Lucifer! I am now a convert to the satanic dark arts of Doom: Eternal. I now see the magic!
Doom: Eternal – is a faced paced, strategy shooter
As I type “fast paced, strategy shooter”, I can’t help but think how silly that sounds. But that’s what Doom: Eternal really is. It combines the idea of being liquid death and a thinking man’s shooter…… and it surprised the hell out of me.
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3dRudder for PSVR : Q/A with Stanislas Chesnais
We are no strangers to PSVR here at the site and its fair to say we are constantly surprised by the improvements being made in PSVR games. Something exciting on the horizon with future Australasian distribution is the 3dRudder.
As a feet-on experience it makes the difference and fills a gap. Anybody that has tried been challenged by movement in PSVR versions of Skyrim or DoomVFR (already on PC) would agree, if they were integrated 3dRudder would change the game.
Our thanks go to Stanislas Chesnais, CEO, for taking the time to answer our questions and hopefully pique some interest in the 3dRudder. Knowing The Wizards and wishing No Man’s Sky integration was on the horizon can’t wait to give it a spin. Literally.
Now, DoomVFR – time to lift your PSVR game.
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Wolfenstein: Youngblood, PS4 Review
I’ll be honest, this has been a tricky Review to work on. Wolfenstein: Youngblood, thanks to collaborative talents of Arkane Studios and Machine Games, is a weird mash-up of video game ideas that I could have loved.
However due to poor characters, bad gameplay mechanics and literally idiotic design choices around a reliance on Co-Op, I grew to seriously dislike this series off-shoot.
Even the franchises you love can have bad days…
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Rage 2, a late review, PS4
Bethesda seem to have their fair share of ups and downs, especially if you pay much attention the media, social or otherwise. Rage 2 was an interesting moment on that roller coaster given its lukewarm reception after a full-on and suitably anarchic promotional campaign.
Apart from the usual web, bus, media ads. It was interesting to see the local community team stacking their chips on more than a few expo appearances. Their Rage2 Tattoo drive certainly got people talking with mixed feelings, and being right on top of release without any sign of review code, obviously set a few reviewers off on the wrong foot.
I have been toying with these words for a while, and its fair to say Rage 2 got short changed in the review period after release.
Give it a go, because once you do – you realise that Rage 2 is the first person Crackdown you never knew you needed.
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Byte Size – ESO Elsweyr Review (Xbox One X)
OK, so firstly I must apologise for the delay in getting this review done. I have only just been able to consistently log in to the ESO servers in this last week. Now every time a new DLC is released for ESO there is a spike in users and some problems are expected but typically you get in within a few attempts. Not this time.
Welcome to the land of the Khajiiti, cat-like desert dwellers, famed for their prowess in the mercantile arts. Elsweyr is a diverse land of grasslands and canyons. Unfortunately the growing of Moon Sugar has been rudely interrupted by the return of dragons to the area.
Can you save the land from the dragons?
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