Orderoftheflame

So, now that I’m back from uni and have essentials unpacked (fridge, PC, consoles) I can finally get a chance to get my teeth stuck into some games.

There’s three titles that are at the peak of my interest currently; I’ve already finished one, have started the second, and will proceed to the third in good time. All three titles are quite different to each other, but they’re all genres that I love. I’m planning on doing one of my mini reviews for each of them in the near future hopefully.

First up, the game I have played, Machinarium. I picked it up cheap on Steam in one of the recent Mac indie packs and played it through during the last week I was up at uni. It’s pretty much just a standard point and click adventure at first glance,  however it’s one of the most superb and unique point and click games I’ve played in a while. I’ll save most of my thoughts for when I write the review of it, but I can recommend people to pick the demo up without hesitation.

I’m currently focusing most of my time playing Rockstar’s new title Red Dead Redemption. While it’s effectively just GTA: Wild West, I’m really enjoying it so far, it’s easily my favourite Rockstar developed game since Vice City (or maybe even Lemmings?), needless to say I love the setting, and it works really well with this style of gameplay.

Finally 3D Dot Game Heroes on the PS3. I started playing this with a mate before I left uni, but I’ll be starting it again once Red Dead is out of the way. It’s pretty much a tribute (or maybe a parody?) of old classic games as well as games in general. Gameplay is almost a perfect replica of the non 3D Zelda games with a flip-screen style. There’s some fantastic references that I’m pretty sure only very dedicated gamers will get, so maybe not everyone will get the most out of it. Really looking forward to exploring it fully though.