Summer

Over the summer I started a new blog where I reviewed and analysed various films that had caught my interest over the summer. Even though this isn't game related the skills of critically analysing these films  can be transferred over to doing the same with any games I come across. As well as this I'm trying to get some experience at a The Uk Film school. My brother recently did some work experience there and said it gave him some valuable insights into the industry

Over the summer I've been keeping an eye on few games that have interested me. Dishonoured.
I don't know much about this game but the trailer suggests its set in a weird steampunk world and reminds me of a cross between Assassins Creed/Bioshock in terms of gameplay and general layout.

Even though the phrase 'be who you want to be' is a little old nowadays in games this seems to fulfil a certain part of that by offering many different avenues in which to complete missions. Such as turning into a rat and crawling through the sewer systems to approach your target. Or jumping over rooftops silently immobilising guards etc. The approaches to each level and objective appear to be vary varied so players will miss secret passages or weapons or vantage points, in one play through, but another might find you going all guns blazing to deal with the situation


Ive also been looking forward to BioShock Infinite the 3rd in a series which has impressed through both of the previous games. The weird world of Rapture (in the first two) made the games terrifying as well as exciting to play and the 3rd instalment doesn't look to change that. The new game is set in the flying city of Columbia which, just like rapture, is disintegrating due to a civil war.

The great thing about the BioShock series is excellent for throwing all reasonable thought out of the window and replacing normal people with an entourage of nutters known as splicers. These will be familiar to players of the previous two games as they are the cause of most scares which occur in the game. Bioshocks weapons are also really well designed and in keeping with the steampunk genre which makes a nice refereshing change from the standard weapons you find on Call of Duty.