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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #19: Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix/Square Enix (2010) For a blog dedicated to narrative through gameplay, it seems contrary to place a game almost universally condemned for a lack of interactivity on a...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #18: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, 2K Games/Bethesda Game Studios (2006)For me, the last console generation began in a dank prison cell not far outside the walls of Cyrodiil's Imperial City.Never having...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #17: Lara Croft and the Guardian of...
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Square Enix/Eidos Interactive/Crystal Dynamics (2010)This game's clever co-operative puzzle-platforming is unmatched by anything else this generation. The plot, in...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #16: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog (2009)Spoiler alertThere are two things I really love about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The first is its spectacular rendering of an...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #15: BioShock
BioShock, 2K Games/Irrational Games (2007)Despite its RPG-lite elements and the supernatural plasmids that fly from the player's fingertips, BioShock is a plain old shooter, and a pretty pedestrian one...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #14: Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider, Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics (2013)Although I am enormous fan of the Tomb Raider series, I enjoyed this year's reboot for reasons that have nothing to do with Tomb Raider.For a start, the...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #13: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, 2K Games/Firaxis Games (2012) Here's why I don't like strategy games:They don't end.They don't have stories.They make me feel stupid.I find their reward loops too compelling.In...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #12: Gears of War
Gears of War, Microsoft Studios/Epic Games (2006)The first I, like most people, heard about the Xbox 360's first big shooter, it was in a cinema as a preposterously burly man ran through a darkened...
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks (2011)I reviewed Skyrim for GodisaGeek back in 2011. Here's what I had to say:Fans of fantasy often cite mythology, symbology or...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #10: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Square Enix/Eidos Montreal (2011)In most media, science fiction stories often suffer from placing concept ahead of character. Because the genre - which also goes by the name...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #9: The Walking Dead: Season One
The Walking Dead: Season One Telltale Games/Telltale Games (2012)The zombie apocalypse is probably the most over-used of video game settings because it provides an excuse for players to gun down...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #8: Bayonetta
Bayonetta, SEGA/Platinum Games (2010)Before the last generation began, I had a lot of time on my hands. Time to cover every inch of my bedroom walls with postage-stamp sized images of my heroes and...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #7: Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego (2010)I'll start this post with a massive oversimplification: when it comes to the driving force behind their art, Europe has history, America has...
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We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast for the following announcement:Image taken from thenovellife.com.I have started a tumblr. As a person who uses the internet, I see cool stuff all the...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #6: Portal
Portal, Valve Corporation (2007) Spoiler alertPortal, as I have said many times before, is a brilliant metafictional twist on the entire puzzle genre in which the lab rat gets the better of the...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #5: Fallout 3
Fallout 3, Bethesda Game Sutdios/Bethesda Softworks (2008)I know I sound like a broken record, but the one thing a video game can do that no other narrative medium can is give you a world and let you...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #4: Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 2, BioWare/Electronic Arts (2010)I'll settle for "writer" now that I've reached the age where rock stars die, but my number one lifetime ambition has always been "starship captain" (number...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #3: Deadly Premonition
Deadly Premonition, Access Games/Rising Star Games (2010)Game-ruining spoiler warningThere are games that set out to rewrite the rulebook on how interactive narrative works, and there are games that...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #2: The Last of Us
The Last of Us, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment (2013)Spoiler warningThe "Games of the Generation" series is a list of favourites, so I was initially puzzled that the number two slot ended up...
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Well-Rendered's Games of the Generation #1: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog (2009)I probably should have written a proper article for this post. It would have been nice to reward your patience, at the very...
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