Recent reviews by MrTeaAndCrumpets

Not a bad little game. Cheap pickup price and solo developed. Can tell a decent amount of thought has gone in to its creation. Simple and easy to pick up gameplay, you get a quick little tutorial which is nice. I did find it quite hard though, might be a bit of a hurdle for some. I like the different types of enemies and how they come with their own pattern. There's different skins that you can earn and you can grind out earning ink on your runs to purchase new pages with new upgrades for your book. This gives the game a replayability value and i just find the book being your weapon as a whole interesting, especially how it can behave differently depending on what pages are active. There's a glossary page in the pause menu explaining all the different upgrades you can get, the odd chest pops up in game as well which you can use your ink on to get more pages. I found holding the shift key on my runs useful, it zooms out so you can find your way to the next area a bit easier. Don't know if there's a button for it on the controller because i haven't used one but yeah thumbs up from me.

A masterpiece remastered and a sequel given similar treatment to keep you riding that high that X's story offered.

I remember being quite surprised when they announced this and it happened just as i was thinking about another playthrough. Final Fantasy X acted as my first true introduction to JRPG's back in the day, borrowed from a friend i didn't expect to take to it like i did. The pre rendered cutscenes were amazing and i knew video games had taken the next step.

Square Enix have done quite well in updating the textures here and making it look fresh for returning/new players. I must say that Tidus' face looks off to me though, it's almost as if i can't relate to him as much as compared to the original. Some sort of disconnect there, doesn't visually convey emotion as well IMO. I hear you can mod the game to make the faces look much better though.

The gameplay is untouched in its fun brilliance, doesn't grow stale for me. Grinding is actually quite enjoyable, love making my characters stronger and better equipped. There's some challenging bosses in X/X-2 that require some strategy but grinding goes a long way. Can't beat a bit of turn based classical gameplay.

X has a sweet progression/levelling system called the Sphere Grid. It's unique in the sense that you have more freedom in how you wanna progress your characters, the different types of spheres that you collect are for increasing their accompanying stats such as Health and Strength. Each character is initially geared towards a certain path such as being predominantly a magic user but you can make them quite well rounded eventually. I prefer this system to the conventional way of levelling, that will see you getting grouped stat increases instead. More thought can go in to how you wanna build your character.

X-2 has the Dressphere System that has you changing outfits in and out of battle to give you different weapons and stats,
this brings a level of strategy and is really fun.

X's story will stay with you after you finish the game. It has touches of emotion and romance in the game, something i wasn't really exposed to at the time i first played it. You'll find yourself sucked in and start to care about the characters and overall have an amazing experience.

X's soundtrack is top tier and really gets you immersed in the world of Spira, still listen to the soundtrack every now and again.

X-2's story isn't as strong as X's but still has some great moments, the soundtrack is amazing and can still offer a really enjoyable experience.

Overall this is a great package, you get a crazy amount of content for your money. Atleast 40-50hrs of playtime each and that's just the main story. You can easily double that if you do the secret bosses and get the celestial weapons etc. It is good to see the Americans get the previously missing content and now there's achievements :)

Definitely worth the purchase in my eyes.

I've never been so immersed in a Video Game since playing Bioshock Infinite. The story is so excellently paced and gripping that i found it extremely hard to stop playing. As a linear FPS i feel that Machine Games did a good job in not making you feel claustrophobic while playing. There's a number of paths you can take and playstyles you can play to reach your objective.

Do you want to avoid confrontation and stealthily kill your enemies? Or do you want to go Rambo mode and decimate everything? It's entirely up to you.

There's a whole arsenal of weaponry that you can use including dual wield and a simple but effective perk system that revolves around your playstyle.

With a whole bunch of collectibles to get and game modes to unlock, there's definitely some replayability value here.

So what are you waiting for?

Morrowind in my opinion is the best installment in the Elder Scrolls series so far. The amount of content and freedom the game offers you is insane. It's the type of game that doesn't tend to hold your hand, but give it a chance and the game will open itself up to you and you'll soon find yourself sucked in to it's world.

The graphics and battle system may be a little too outdated for some, but because of the games awesome modding community, there's a variety of mods you can choose from to improve your experience (i recommend Morrowind Overhaul).

The best thing about this game is that YOU choose how you want to play. Boasting a huge open world, hundreds of quests, a variety of races and classes to choose from, you'll never run out of things to do.

I invite you to give this game a try, for the amount of content you get in game, it's definitely worth the asking price.