My Favourite And Not So Favourite Games

   Borderlands franchise

Are you the villain or are you the hero? This is a frequent question that I asked throughout the long trek of this game. Working for the biggest villain or ‘hero’ as he refers to himself as, you come across many exotic locations including Concordia, the biggest city on the planet of Elpis containing the one and only ‘Meriff’, a mixture between the Sheriff and the Mayor. It’s stupid. I know. Or perhaps take a journey to Pandora and explore the lands of Sanctuary, or just team up with the bosses up on the feared Hyperion. Your main mission in each of these games is to find a legendary and sacred place called the Vault, containing all the riches you could dream of, but obviously, it is guarded by a protector, a creature who wants to protect whatever the vault has in store. But this doesn’t stop the one and only Handsome Jack, the main villain OR the main hero, you can decide once you’ve seen how he acts, personally I believe that he is the hero of the story. This game is and probably will be for a very long time, my favourite game. A huge positive for this game is that it all of the games link together easily and you can have a clear understanding of what is going on. It’s packed with action AND comedy, what more could you want? What’s better than attacking people with spoons? Nothing. That’s what. You get attached to the characters very easily from their original personalities and the way they look, from small funny robots who love to dance to big diamond ponies called ButtStallion who poop out guns, nothing could beat this fantastic game. The style of this game is ‘cel-shaded’, this means that is has a comic book style to it, and it all looks hand drawn, this is my favourite kind of game style as it presents originality and it tends to provide an interesting adventure. It’s really difficult for me to find any fault with this game, I think it’s impossible. Borderlands is also great for friends and family, team up together in the world of Borderlands to conquer all the burdens out there, play as a Gladiator or play as the dorky Hyperion worker or even a robot whom everyone has come to love (and hate). The one and only, ClapTrap. And even though this game wasn’t designed to make you cry your eyes out, believe me, it made me. But perhaps you all aren’t as weak as me when it comes to video games.
My favorite character in this game is someone called Handsome Jack, he is the main "villain" of the story who works in a company called Hyperion. His main goal is to find the vault and collect all of its riches. And lets not forget that he has a diamond pony called ButtStallion... And he hates pretzels...

Last of Us 
                                          

 

From playing Last of Us I can say that it is my favorite photo-realistic game out there. Even if it made my emotions pour out within the first twenty minutes of the game. Photo-realistic games are games which have been made to have that realistic look, as if it were a movie or photo that has been taken. From looking at the differences between the PS3 version and the PS4 version there aren’t a lot of differences but you can see that the hair is more defined and the picture looks a bit clearer, but overall, it doesn’t matter what console you play this on as you will have the same experience either way. This game is perfect for you if you enjoy heavily driven story games and an adventure, there are only a few cut scenes so you will be able to actually have a lot of gameplay. If you are ‘normal’ gamer then it will take you around 12 – 15 hours to complete, but if you feel like playing on hard-core mode it tends to take people around 20 – 25 hours to finish, I’ve been playing on the hardest difficulty for a few days now and I STILL haven’t completed it. You all know the story, a man and a girl make their way through the apocalypse that has been cast down on them, where zombie-like creatures called runners, clickers and stalkers are trying to take over the human race. The main objective is to take the girl to a group called the Fireflies, who are potentially trying to find a cure to the disease which keeps on spreading, and they believe that this girl, Ellie, is the answer. The character development is one of the main points of the game, each character has a very specific personality. The main protagonist is Joel, a man who has suffered losses throughout the infection that has spread throughout the country, and let’s be honest, he doesn’t really take loss too well. You also end up playing a young 14 year old girl called Ellie, who is known as ‘the cure for man-kind’, which Joel doesn’t think is true. Ellie can be calm but also sinister at times, I mean, who wouldn’t be after growing up in a world like this? Ellie is actually one of my favorite video game characters of all time, she is a very original character who has been through so many negative times in her life, and I feel like she could be relatable for some people who play this game. I also like the way she acts and how she talks to the other characters in the game. The developers of this game clearly took a long time when it came to thinking of the character's personality, and I am glad that they took their time when they were in the production of this game.
A big positive that this game has received is that IGN gave it a 10/10, what more do you need in order to persuade you to play this game?!

Her Story

This game is perfect for those who don’t like FPS games or any kind of survival game, but it isn’t perfect for those who do. The aim of the game is to watch a series of clips and figure out what the story is about, personally I think that it is a very boring process from watching short clips to extremely long clips, especially when there is over 200 of them. This game isn’t a game at all, it is a movie where you every so often click on something just to move the story a long, if I wanted to do something like this I would’ve paid to go and see it in the cinema. There isn't much I can say about this game, I just wouldn't waste my money on it! I will probably watch it on YouTube in the future.

Infamous Second Son

Infamous Second Son is one of my favorite PS4 exclusives out there! You play as a character called Delsin Rowe who is a regular guy who spray paints the town, who then soon becomes somebody called a Conduit. A Conduit is someone who possesses a certain supernatural power, some have Neon Power, some have Smoke Power, some have Video Power and some have Concrete Power. Delsin is, metaphorically, a sponge so by the end of the game you will have absorbed all of these powers. The style of this game is photorealistic, it can also be seen as exaggerated as well because of the way the characters move. The other main character is called Abigail Walker, but she prefers to be called Fetch. She possesses the power of Neon so she can travel at light speed. The style of photorealism and Cel-shaded are my favorite, I love how it has an impact on the game itself and how it creates a certain atmosphere.
Even though IGN only gave this game 8.7 out of 10, I hope that this review can persuade you to buy this game. Honestly, I bought my own PlayStation just for this game! (Including Last of Us Remastered)


Until Dawn

I am in love with this game, the way it is designed is perfect and the way each character is portrayed is amazing. My favorite aspect of this game has to be the photorealistic features of the characters and the environment, there is a perfect character for everyone