The Silent Protagonists

*If the title didn't make it obvious, there will be spoilers in this post* After pouring through the vast open world of Rockstar's recent outing Red Dead Redemption II  over the Christmas break , it's hard to recall the last time I was this conflicted over a game's quality. Red Dead Redemption II  released this past September to a sea of perfect scores from review outlets; and while the game's immense attention to detail and drop dead gorgeous visuals are a sight to behold, I constantly find myself butting heads with critics over the amount of praise the end product should receive. As 'hot takes' go, my dislike for the first 'Red Dead' game is a big one. Reviewers and players across the world hailed the romp across New Austin to be one of the very best video games of all time, yet I wore it on my sleeve that Red Dead Redemption simply was not good enough compared to other open world games that came before it. The controls were janky, the ...

What's up? I hope you had a good Christmas and a wonderful new year! Now that the festive season has come to a close, I'm seeing a myriad of 'Top 10' posts all over social media giving praise to all the games, TV shows, movies and albums that came out this year. Not unlike 2017 this past year was, in my opinion, one of the best on record in the  realm of video games, so I wanted to use this platform by documenting my favourite games of this year, in a classic, unimaginative top 10 list. Now it must be apparent by now that I am in fact not IGN or Gamespot. Despite this shocking revelation bringing some obvious shortcomings, this also means that I don't have to try and be objective with this list. Instead, the games presented here are the games I enjoyed the most this year, and no matter how silly some of the picks are, I make precisely zero apologies for this list, so here we go. 10. Octopath Traveler With numerous excellent games releasing in 2018, I fe...