Posts By JONATHAN JANSMA
Interview with a fan – Halo 4
December 16, 2012 | JONATHAN JANSMAWas 343 Studios able to satisfy the Halo Fan while really making the series their own?
Well, I can’t claim to be a big enough fan in the franchise to answer these questions, so I sat down with someone … Read More
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Review
November 21, 2012 | JONATHAN JANSMAOverview
Well, Black Ops is back with vengeance in its sequel, Black Ops II, and it would seem that Treyarch actually had some new tricks up their sleeves. Black Ops II, to my knowledge anyway, is the first in … Read More
Unfinished Swan Review is Finished!
November 10, 2012 | JONATHAN JANSMAIt’s finished! Yes, the Unfinished Swan is finally out and available on the PlayStation Network. Firstly, and most importantly, I would like to say how happy I was to play a game that was simply a good two to … Read More
Dishonored Review
October 16, 2012 | JONATHAN JANSMA“Hey…Hey, guess what? You’ve been DISHONORED!”. A line you just can’t help but say as you start up Dishonored for the first time, and I guarantee it won’t be the last time you say it either.
I’ve been looking … Read More
Resident Evil 6 Review
October 9, 2012 | JONATHAN JANSMAAlright, two things before I go into my review of CAPCOM’s latest game. One, I read somewhere that the 6 on the cover of the game looked like a giraffe enjoying some quality time with a manatee and now … Read More
Borderlands 2 Review
September 29, 2012 | JONATHAN JANSMA | One CommentIt’s been a long time since a game truly felt like a reward to play after a hard day at work, but with the release of Borderlands 2 on September 17th, I finally got to come home excited to play something. The best comparison I can make is the feeling of going to a club and just losing yourself in the music because that same feeling is what Gearbox was able to deliver in this sequel along with a fix for everything that players had issues with in the first game. From the beginning of the game all the way through the finish, and even the replay, I was constantly experimenting and evolving my gameplay style. Nothing got stale, and every kill was more satisfying than the last whether it was by chain stabbing people as the assassin, Zero, or unloading four hundred incendiary rounds from a sub machine gun into a wave of enemies in approximately two seconds as Maya, the Siren. Read More
Darksiders 2 Review
September 23, 2012 | JONATHAN JANSMAOverview: I was very impressed with nearly everything in this game. A lot of good people did a lot of fantastic work and clearly did overtime on this ambitious and well-advertised project. The character development and personas developed by the … Read More
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Review
September 18, 2012 | JONATHAN JANSMAOverview:
So, you think you can save the mortal races of Amalur, do you? Lucky for you, you just died and some very pioneering gnome has decided to bring you back. The world of Amalur revolves around fate, and it … Read More
Guild Wars 2 Review
September 14, 2012 | JONATHAN JANSMAOverview: Guild Wars 2 is probably the first MMORPG that stands solidly outside the shadow of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. I know, I know, it’s been said a lot about a bunch of MMOs, but this just may be fact.The … Read More