Tag: video games

Replayability in Games

Replayability is one concern for gamers, mainly because not many people like to shell out sixty dollars for the next triple-A title. Most people tend to like movies they can watch several times and still feel excited. This is what I was thinking about as I started replaying The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild about … Continue reading Replayability in Games →

Oh My God Another Three Year Wait

Bioware has, for the most part, been fairly alright with consistently putting out games. In some cases, that has worked against them - see Mass Effect: Andromeda which could've used another year or two in development - but announcing the fourth installment of the Dragon Age series and that it won't be out for maybe … Continue reading Oh My God Another Three Year Wait →

Dark Souls and “Git Gud” Culture

Get good or, as it then soon became, "git gud" is a mentality that if a game is too hard to play, one should simply "get good" at it. It arose in popularity as Dark Souls hit the scene and players that were struggling with Dark Soul's style/type of combat mechanics were told to get … Continue reading Dark Souls and “Git Gud” Culture →

Spec Ops: The Line, and Unreliable Narrators

Unreliable narrators in books is a catch all term for characters that are unable to accurately look at and description their environments, situations, and the other characters they interact with. Most characters could be described as this as, unless the piece is written in a third person omnipresent point of voice, you can't get an … Continue reading Spec Ops: The Line, and Unreliable Narrators →

Armor: Practicality v. Aesthetic

In most games, but especially my latest obsession of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, I'm constantly at odds with the aesthetic of armor. But when a game gives me the option to play dress up with the main character, you best believe me when I say I'm not running around in ugly armor. I will play an objectively "harder" … Continue reading Armor: Practicality v. Aesthetic →

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Making the Most of your World

The game, for the most part, gives you pieces of myth talked about as if they had happened recently or at least in the recent past. These feats of heroism, of divine intervention are talked about with a firm belief. Now, the Greek pantheon is largely considered myth and fun stories to retell rather than … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Making the Most of your World →

Skyrim: Favoring Chaos

In the ideal open sandbox RPG, you can do anything, go anywhere. Depending on the developers, the result of the game can favor lawfulness or chaos. For instance, in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you aren't given any missions that include stealing from others; you're not even given the option of killing NPCs. For … Continue reading Skyrim: Favoring Chaos →