This post contains full spoilers for Elden Ring, as well as minor spoilers for Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro. Thanks for reading! I think any proper review of Elden Ring has to take into account, at least in some way, the writer’s relationship to the previous games of FromSoftware. This is because, as I will hopefully convince you …
toatali’s best games of 2021
I was finally in the position earlier this year to get my hands on a PS5, finally making me a true "next-gen" gamer. Only one game exclusive to that console actually ended up making my list though – mostly I used it to play old PS4 games or surf Netflix. Instead, the Switch made a …
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
This is the surprise twelfth post in a series of Ace Attorney reviews, and I recommend reading the others before this. This post contains spoilers for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles and all other Ace Attorney games. Thanks for reading! Table of Contents: IntroductionPart One: A History Class & The Adventure of the Great DeparturePart Two: Sir Arthur Conan …
toatali’s musings Vol 2.
Bloodborne, the brain-child of From Software and Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki, is well known and cited for its incredible labyrinthine story, detailed through NPC interactions, environmental storytelling and lots of encyclopaedic item descriptions. Following in the footsteps of Dark Souls and Demon Souls, which also told their stories in similarly obtuse ways, Bloodborne is …
Resident Evil Village
This post contains full spoilers for Resident Evil Village and its predecessor Resident Evil 7. I would recommend playing both games before this. I have tried to refrain from discussing other Resident Evil games in this review and judge this specific duology on their own terms. Thanks for reading. As many people have noted before, …
Cyberpunk 2077
This post contains full spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077, and I recommend playing before reading. A lot of “Triple A” games launch with controversy, but CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 launched with a litany of technical issues and even life-threatening features. Before I get to a proper look at the game, I’d like to address this …
toatali’s musings Vol 1.
This post contains spoilers for Magnetic Rose and mild spoilers for Colour out of Space and Cure. The segments in this post are mostly unrelated, so feel free to skip out any that don't interest you. Satoshi Kon’s films mostly have similar themes, but what’s interesting about them is how they play with those themes …
toatali’s best games of 2020
2020 saw the launch of a whole new console generation for gaming, albeit one that a lot of people, including myself, didn’t actually get to experience. I’ve been searching for a PS5 since they came out, but I think games like Demon’s Souls and Spider-Man Miles Morales will have to appear on next year’s list …
Turnabout Time Traveler
This is the eleventh and final post in a series of Ace Attorney reviews, and I recommend reading the others before this. Although this post is called Turnabout Time Traveler, I will not be talking about that case in detail. However, this post will contain spoilers for all Ace Attorney games discussed prior. Thanks for …
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice
This is the tenth in a series of Ace Attorney reviews and I recommend reading the others before this. This post will contain spoilers for Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice and all the games preceding it. Thanks for reading! As of writing, Spirit of Justice is the final game in the main series, and the last to be …
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