Death Stranding (PS4) Review

I don’t like giving up in games. But there’s a mighty test of my hardened patience in Death Stranding where giving up felt so easy. Half way up some snow-capped mountain with a nuclear bomb strapped to your back, where any slip, slide or bump can end your excursion instantly. It’s the kind of instant-failure states that make people run for the hills. But this is Death Stranding. A Hideo Kojima game. With Kojima, hardship and difficulty isn’t always so clear cut.

The War Epilogue: Shagohad

The War Epilogue is a series focussing on the Metal Gear Solid Series, from 1, through to 4, in release date order. I’ll analyze where the series used to be, all the way up to where it went, and the themes that lay behind the games. Metal Gear Solid, much like it’s creator, is a […]

The War Epilogue: Too Much Social Media

The War Epilogue: Big Trouble in Big Shell

This weeks War Epilogue looks at how Sons of Liberty raised the bar for stealth and action gaming all the way back in 2001.

A small update on The War Epilogue

I’ve got my greasy hands on The Legacy Collection of Metal Gear Solid now, so expect some initial impressions of Sons of Liberty up sometime next week when I begin playing it. It’ll be a quick first impression before doing a deep dive into the core game and what it’s all about once I’m done […]

The War Epilogue: Naked Fist Fight

The War Epilogue: The long road to peace

In late 2015, I absolutely fell in love with Metal Gear Solid V, the epic, sprawling open world stealth game by legendary game designer Hideo Kojima. It’s the first Metal Gear game I’d ever played and with roughly 200 hours logged in it so far on both PC and PS4, I think it’s pretty safe […]