The Walking Dead Season One was my entry into the point and click adventure genre. Based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead in Telltale's The Walking Dead Season One the player controls Lee Everett a convicted criminal who comes across an orphaned girl and becomes her primary caretaker. The Walking Dead Season 1 is an incredibly well written game. It's emotional, and engaging. The voice acting is top notch and the art design is incredible. A must play game. This is the pinnacle of Telltale games.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is an expanded version of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. The follow up release to my favourite game of all time, Metal Gear Solid. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance expanded and built on what Metal Gear Solid did in every way. The graphics for its time were revolutionary, the gameplay was top notch and history has shown that Hideo Kojima is a visionary when it comes to story telling. While I prefer the story of Metal Gear Solid, it's hard to ignore the brilliance of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance. A game everyone should play!

My favourite game of all time. In Metal Gear Solid the player controls Solid Snake, a government agent on a top secret mission to regain control of stolen nuclear weapons. Metal Gear Solid in the 90s changed my perception on what video games could be from a storytelling and gameplay perspective. A stealth game at heart that can be played "guns blazing," in Metal Gear Solid the player is given a wide variety of weapons and gadgets to complete their mission. Keeping the game feeling fresh from start to finish. One of the best playstation games of all time and one of the best games of all time. People will say that it hasn't aged well and is impossible to play in 2022 but I disagree. This game is a must play game for all gamers.

A Deck Night game and the latest entry in the Life is Strange franchise, Life is Strange: True Colours is a decent game. In Life is Strange: True Colors the player control Alex Chen, a female that has the ability to sense, absorb and manipulate the emotions of another person. In typical Life is Strange fashion Alex early on in the story experiences a tragedy that sends her on a journey of confronting her "powers" and uncovering the "truth" of what happened. I enjoyed my time with True Colours and was grateful that unlike with previous Life is Strange games all of the episodes were released at the same time. I enjoyed Life is Strange: True Colors more than Life is Strange 2. If you're a fan of the franchise I'd pick this game up on a sale.

Psychonauts 2 is a GREAT 3D action adventure platformer that contains some of the most mature and self aware writing that I've ever witnessed. It's funny, it's sad, it's dark but also light. Psychonauts 2 will take you through a range of different emotions throughout your play-through. Psychonauts 2 is incredibly to fun to play. The gameplay feels tight, and the ability to swap in different "powers" keeps the game feeling fresh. The only criticism I have is that you can only have 4 powers mapped on your controller at once and it can get annoying having to go into the menus to re-map them from time to time.

Psychonauts 2 was my 2021 Game of the year. A must play!

A combination of great gameplay, level design and narrative, Prey is one of the best sci-fi games ever made. In Prey, you awaken on board Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in 2032. The player discovers early on that the Talos 1 is being overrun by a deadly and menacing alien species. Their origin, the Talos 1s role in their appearance alongside your characters reveals itself over time. "Bioshock in space" might seem like hyperbole when someone is describing Prey but it truly isn't. Prey tells its story via the environments, audio logs and emails. Unlike most AAA games this game doesn't have elaborate cutscenes. The gameplay and the player are the focus from the very beginning. I highly recommend Prey to anyone that has Xbox Gamepass and even to someone that doesn't. The biggest tragedy surrounding Prey is that it under performed in the sales chart and that we may never receive a follow up.

A tight first person shooter, Halo 3: ODST is fun to play but unlike previous Halo games struggles to tell an engaging story. In Halo 3: ODST you play as "Orbital Drop Shock Troopers" and not Master Chief. The player is trying to uncover what occurred during the Covenants attack of New Mombasa that laid waste to the city. Unlike previous Halo games the story isn't told in a linear fashion. The player has to travel around a map looking for checkpoints that will trigger story flashbacks where the player will play through multiple scenarios of ODST that were in New Mombasa during the Covenant attack.

People swear by the multiplayer mode but as a non competitive gamer I can't comment on it personally. Halo 3: ODST is a game fans of the franchise should play if they have Xbox Gamepass and the Halo Master Chief collection.

I replayed Halo 3:ODST last year via my Series X.

If you read my Halo CE or 2 review a lot of this will sound similar because it's taken directly from those reviews!

Halo 3 is a must play game. The conclusion to the Halo Master Chief story told by Bungie. 343 will continue Master Chiefs journey in Halo 3. A cultural phenomenon when it first released Halo 3 was the pinnacle of the franchise. Halo 3 is a joy to play. Everyone should play Halo 3 at least once.

I replayed Halo 3 via the Master Chief Collection on Series X last year.

If you read my Halo CE review a lot of this will sound similar because it's taken directly from that review!

Halo 2 is a must play game. A cultural phenomenon when it first released. In Halo you once again play as Master Chief, a super soldier. In Halo 2 the player will find themselves as the only thing standing between the Covenant and the destruction of mankind. A brilliant first person shooter in which each gun feels unique and the gameplay truly shines. Halo 2 is a joy to play. With new weapons, new vehicles, and new environments Halo 2 feels fresh and pushes the franchise forward in exciting new ways. Everyone should play Halo 2 at least once.

I replayed Halo 2 via the Master Chief Collection on Series X last year.