Be Excellent To Each Other

14) Super Mario 3D World (Switch)

Hated it. Too easy for too long then suddenly really hard. Mario is too fucking slippery and for some reason I reckon he’s placed somewhere weird in the screen where I keep misjudging where he’s going to land. Every. Fucking. Time.

Couldn’t be bothered with all the green stars

15) Bower’s Fury (Switch)

OMG I fucking loved this though. Open world Mario? Yes fucking please. I got all 100 cat shines and clocked it good and proper. I thought it was a couple of hours long but I seemed to be on it for ages just enjoying the world. I wanted even more.

But much less of the respawning Bowser interrupting my game every 5 fucking minutes.

1) Doom Eternal (PC)
2) Meteor 60 seconds (PC)
3) Vampire survivors (PC)
4) Titanfall 2 (PC)
5) Dead Rising 3 (PC)
6) Overboard (PC)
7) Shadow Warrior (2013) (PC)
Subnautica (PC)
9) Subnautica Below Zero (PC)

I still have yet to start the new Zelda...

1) Doom Eternal (PC)
2) Meteor 60 seconds (PC)
3) Vampire survivors (PC)
4) Titanfall 2 (PC)
5) Dead Rising 3 (PC)
6) Overboard (PC)
7) Shadow Warrior (2013) (PC)
Subnautica (PC)
9) Subnautica Below Zero (PC)
10) Return To Monkey Island (PC)

Fun, but shorter than expected, and never really in a place that the way forward wasn't clear.

And I still have yet to start the new Zelda...

16) The Legend of Zelda; Tears of the Kingdom (Switch)

Obviously it’s brilliant. The inclusion of the Depths was genius and I must have spent most of my time down there just mapping the place out. The new building mechanics really help traversal over what can be a fairly empty map at times. Again. The lack of variety of the enemies is disappointing an’ all especially the colour swaps.

But it doesn’t distract too much from what’s a wonderful game. The story is stronger, the temples are better, the combat is slightly better I guess, the weapon combining stuff is decent, the depths are great, the sky is great fun, the bosses are fun challenges (the first time around)… etc. The last mission is very memorable.

17) Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War (PS)

Well, at least it’s brief. I can’t remember how many missions it has but it’s fuck all and some don’t last 5 minutes from start to finish. I swear I spent more time figuring out how to unlock the two extra missions than in the actual campaign. And the campaign is significantly “all right” but when the shooting starts it’s strictly old CoD as you shoot armies of bad uns until they stop. Some all right set pieces don’t stop this feeling like a third of a game. From the most wealthy gaming company there is. I’m glad I didn’t spend money on this.

18) Gunfire Reborn (Xbox)

I’m struggling to think of a more forgettable (obviously), generic name for a game. But underneath that absolutely shit title is a cool little online coop rogue-like FPS where you play as a variety of animals that shoot things with guns and powers and grenades and skills and ting. It’s fun and surprisingly difficult. Also, I’d have never in a million years played it if it wasn’t on game pass!

19) Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (Xbox)

Same old Serious Sam. In Siberia. The only mayhem is the frame rate which is shit on XSX but it’s reasonable fun for a muck about with friends. There’s only 5 levels so it’s over and done swiftly. I tell you what though, Serious Sam so desperately wants to be funny but it has never been funny and never will. Annoying, yes. Funny, no.

20) Broforce Forever (Xbox)

It’s Broforce! With more content. Couldn’t honestly tell you what that content was cause I couldn’t remember the areas or levels to save my life. I clocked it solo years ago so it was fun to do it coop this time. Anyway, it’s still good although a little repetitive after a while.

21) Switchback VR (PSVR2)

It’s the sequel to Rush of Blood on the PSVR and is basically a on-rails shooter. Again. Frankly, I loved it. I think VR would be amazing for a resurgence of old light-gun shooters at an affordable cost. Time Crisis in VR? I’d be on that in a minute. Virtua Cop? Fuck yeah. House of the Dead? WHY AREN'T PEOPLE MAKING THESE THINGS.

Switchback? Oh yeah, it’s got a shit name. The shooting is great though, with a couple of good jump scares and some decent set pieces. It uses the PSVR2’s eye tracking to good effect too. There’s some really fun “Don’t Blink” sequences that go great with the horror vibes. Super fun, not too long, great in small bite sized chunks too, especially cause I don’t like staying in VR for long periods of time. So yeah, ace!

22) Crossfire VR (PSVR2)

Utterly mindless CoD style coop shooter. In VR. Loads of guns and customisation of guns and selection of guns and shooting guns and waving your guns in your friends faces as you point guns at enemies while they shoot guns back at you and one of you stops shooting guns.

Frankly, it was fucking brilliant.

There’s no story to speak of and not even an ending screen. It just ends. And that made me very upset…because I was loving it. I couldn’t give a toss about a story when there’s four guys with sledgehammers trying to squash me as I unload barrels of justice in their Helgast looking ass faces.