Up until I played Fallout 3, I had never played a Bethesda title before. When Fallout 3 released I had never even considered playing it. Sometime in 2009, Braden has borrowed the game from a friend in the Air Force and really enjoyed it. While talking on the phone with me about the games he had been playing lately, he highly recommended it. At the time, Ken and I were using Gamefly to rent new titles, and I mentioned wanting to add it to the list. Ken told me he had downloaded a pirated PC version, and that he didn’t really think it was the kind of game I would like. Furthermore, he really didn’t think too much of it himself. By this point, Ken and my game tastes had fallen so far out of sync that I decided to try it anyways, and I am very glad that I did. Continue reading Fallout 3 Review →

Halo is a series I always seem to come back to. I bought the original game back in 2003 shortly after I purchased an Xbox. At the time I only had one controller, and my impressions of the game were less than stellar. Once I had additional controllers and got to play both co-op campaign and multiplayer with the friends, we all fell in love with it.  I followed the series ever since, and have purchased every title on the day it launched. However, ever since Bungue split from Microsoft to do their own thing, and the rights to Halo went to 343 studios, I’ve been sort of nervous. There first Halo title is actual a re-release of the original title for the Xbox 360 with updated graphics. I am usually pretty wary of remakes made by different studios, especially since the fiasco with Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes. They took a totally awesome game with the idea to add updated graphics. Seems like a pretty awesome no-brainer. The problem is when you get a completely new team working on a game they didn’t make with their own ideas on how it should have been made, and they start changing things. Twin Snakes didn’t even feel like Metal Gear Solid anymore. Continue reading Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Review →