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As an 80s kid I was obsessed with gaming. But university, stress and life relegated my hobby to the backseat. After years in the wilderness, I'm back into video games. I don't just want to play games that remind of a happy youth though. I'm just as excited about games that take things forward, experiences that re-ignite that curiosity and fascination I had years ago.
Here the games I've reviewed as I've been getting back into gaming. Read more about me.
No More Heroes is clever, different and arty. But eventually I realised that its parody of bad game design is impossible to enjoy. As someone's who missed out on a lot of games, I can only spend so much time trying to like games like this.
Red Dead Redemption ambles along with character and charm. But for my returning gamer tastes, I was hoping for more irreverent bite from the stars of controversy. I would have preferred this to be the wild untamed stallion rather than the characterful pack horse it is in reality.
Crackdown 2, to eyes seasoned by classic sequels, was a huge letdown. It should have expanded on the first defining game, but in the end it was just 500 more orbs of the same - addictive, but familiar.
King of Fighters XII is beautiful but simply never clicked for me. Before coming back to gaming I used to think you had to persevere at games like this. But now if I don't get it, I'm happy to move on.
Need for Speed Shift's mix of simulation and arcade offers a simple old school approach to racers I can truly get behind. It avoids the complexity that often breaks my engagement with the realism of modern games.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is an addictive masterpiece which takes me back to a time when completion was not an option but a mandate.
Supreme Commander 2 has good RTS ideas, but having lost too much time to stressful university life, I have to be picky about which games I'm prepared to get sucked into. Real Time Strategies have to be really streamlined to fit the bill.
V8 Superstars is a serious racing game which doesn't do anything wrong, but the novelty and splendour of a genre that enraptured me years ago simply isn't there. Older, wiser and a bit more pragmatic, I now know that I prefer arcade racers more than simulations.
Alan Wake could have been all-important for the Xbox 360. But falling short of expectations, it's a game as waylaid as me, while still provided an old-fashioned thrill.
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