Posts

Showing posts from May, 2026

Fable

Image
Fable As young Xbox teen, I was among many that where hyped about this game. The creators of Fable promised the moon on a stick and certainly did not deliver. Initially, we where a bit dissapointed. Ultimately though, we had quite a lot of fun playing it. Overall, we where quite pleased with Fable, even if it didn'y quite live up to the expectations. Playing it back then was a pleasant experience. I recently replayed it and I still had a pleasant experience with it. However, it is showing signs of age. After the Hype Back in the day when I first obtained this game (I still refuse to believe it's been over 20 years ago), I was already deeply enamored with Morrowind. That's another game that's showing its age, but it's an obvious point of comparison before playing Fable. To my teenage brain, Morrowind was a sprawling world with numerous loc...

Y2K Game: Sonic Adventure

Image
Sonic Adventure Here's another game that I didn't get to play growing up. We where lower middle class in my younger years. So, the Sega Dreamcast I received was a hand-me-down. Hence, why I got it after the support for it died. It came with a few games and unfortunately, Sonic Adventure is not one of them. Perhaps it's for the better. Even though I rememember the big buzz the Dreamcast and this game generated, I cannot look upon this game with nostalgia colored glasses; not completely, anyway. With that being said, I must say that this game didn't age quite gracefully, but it's still a decent experience worthy of at least a single playthrough. If only just to play the very first fully 3D Sonic game. Early Camera Work The one thing that stuck out to me the most was the camera. Early 3D games back in the 90s have yet to solve the camera problem as the character you are controlling was moving around the environment...