Tagged: Dark Souls II

Five Game Challenge Day 13: Looking Back to Last Year

I don’t remember this thing being so difficult last year. I really don’t. I’ve talked a little already about one element increasing difficulty this year: The release of new titles I’m *very* interested in....

Remnant vs. Dark Souls

Remnant: From the Ashes is commonly described as ‘Dark Souls with Guns’ which isn’t entirely unfair. It shares the bonfire mechanic (now Crystals) where if you rest all enemies in the area respawns, with...

Why Do I Play Games?

This question has been percolating about my brain a bit of late. At least since mid-July in fact. Because The Gaming Diaries covered it then and I’d already been trying to work out just...

When First Impressions Don’t Last

It doesn’t happen incredibly frequently, but it’s happened often enough that I’m absolutely convinced that it’s a ‘thing’. Over the last few days I’ve had it happen with two games in quick succession which...