Saffron Taylor

Gaming Hound - Hyrule Warriors (Definitive Edition) Review - Saffron Taylor It’s Moblin Time So, I have recently been playing The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors (Definitive Edition) and have had a blast! It’s a lot different to other games in the series but sometimes it’s good to have a change. If any of you have played Kingdom Hearts 2 and remember the pain of the 1000 Heartless battle with Sora? It’s basically that but an entire game, and you can play as different beloved characters from The Legend of Zelda series, such as Link and Zelda themselves, or you can be Fi, Midna, Ganondorf and more! This game comes with a variety of modes. ‘Legend Mode’ is the story campaign as you start off with Link and Zelda, then meet characters like Impa, Sheik, Lana and others along the way. Battle hordes of enemies in locations such as Hyrule Field and Faron Woods. In ‘Free Mode’ you can replay scenarios from ‘Legend Mode’ but with any character of your choosing. ‘Adventure Mode’ starts...

Gaming Hound - Fashion Dreamer Review - Saffron Taylor Fashion “do”, or fashion “don’t”? Good quality fashion games on consoles are few and far between. Along comes Fashion Dreamer for the Nintendo Switch – from the same developer as Style Boutique (or Style Savvy ) - syn Sophia. There was so much excitement from finally getting something that was similar enough to the aforementioned series, and from the same creators, people were hoping for something just as excellent. Since then, the reaction has been mixed. You create your own avatar – called a Muse, and there’s a decent variety of customisation to begin with, but you unlock more eye colours, hair colours and more as you play the game and level up NPCs by giving them ‘Lookits’, which is basically an outfit using the items you have liked or created. You walk around worlds called Cocoons, and there are four with different themes. There are both solo and online modes, and online mode encourages social interaction with players f...

Gaming Hound - Two Point Campus Review - Saffron Taylor Build Your Own University! Three words: Two . Point . Campus . I’m already obsessed with this series. Having previously played its predecessor Two Point Hospital , I just HAD to pick this next game up. If you aren’t familiar, these are management games where you build your own hospitals ( Two Point Hospital ) or university campuses in the game I’m talking about today: Two Point Campus . Two Point Hospital is essentially a remake of the classic Theme Hospital that has the same British humour, fun gameplay, and sometimes frustrating levels. Campus is their newest addition and it’s just as wacky and exciting to play. Two Point Campus takes most of the same mechanics that Two Point Hospital has like building rooms, decorating, managing staff, and racing to keep everyone happy. Take all of that and add it into universities, then instead of managing frantic patients with doctors and nurses, you are managing frantic students and teac...

Gaming Hound - Just Dance 2022 (Nintendo Switch) Review - Saffron Taylor Just Dance…Seriously! Picture this: you start up Just Dance 2022 , the loading screen comes on and you hear the echo of ‘Just DANCE (dance…dance…dance)’. You’re in your fitness gear (even if it’s just a baggy t-shirt and leggings, I’m not judging here!) with a water bottle in one hand and Joy-Con in the other, ready to get moving. You press the A button, and ‘Baby Shark’ suddenly starts blaring at max volume from the World Dance Floor at the top of the screen. Now, I would like to introduce everyone to the world of Just Dance . I’m not a gym person at all, in fact I’m admittedly a hermit, but I need to get my exercise just like everyone else. Dancing in general is fun, and to be able to do it from the comfort of your own home via a video game is honestly a godsend. Everybody should give these games a try, even if it is a £1 copy of Just Dance 2 from the charity shop. You just need to get moving and have fun while...

Gaming Hound - Resident Evil 4 Remake Review - Saffron Taylor Stranger, stranger, now that’s a remake! It’s been a little while now since the Resident Evil 4 remake came out, and today I will be sharing my own thoughts on it. As an avid lover of the original Resident Evil 4 , I, like many others, didn’t think it needed a remake. However, I’m incredibly glad we got one in the end. We follow former rookie cop Leon S. Kennedy, 6 years after the Raccoon City incident, where he is tasked with saving the president’s daughter. Though, not without fighting hordes of grotesque enemies along the way. This is a remake of the beloved Resident Evil 4 , released in 2005 – the first of the franchise to introduce over-the-shoulder third person gameplay and adopt a much less serious tone. It brought more action into the series and completely changed how the franchise became what it is today. It ended up being the fan-favourite for many, and this remake has certainly achieved the same praise. It takes ...

Gaming Hound - Dead Space Remake Review - Saffron Taylor All Aboard the USG Ishimura! The Dead Space remake is my first ever foray into the franchise, so this review will be from the perspective of a new player. Spoiler alert – I absolutely loved it! I found it a little bit like Resident Evil but set in space. As a huge fan of the aforementioned series, it is fairly reminiscent with the gameplay style, and I liked that aspect. The protagonist is a man named Isaac Clarke, who is an engineer sent to repair the USG Ishimura, only to be met with a gory massacre, a missing partner and hundreds of creatures called Necromorphs. What went wrong? Now, I can’t necessarily make comparisons, but this game is absolutely stunning in the graphics department. Crystal clear textures, easy to read text and a lot of disgustingly beautiful details like the way blood splatters on Isaac’s suit or the grotesque remains of creatures once you’ve finished them off. The audio certainly helped a lot with its cr...

Gaming Hound - Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review - Saffron Taylor Create the Island Life of Your Dreams! Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the newest entry in the Animal Crossing series from Nintendo. Previous installments saw you rebuilding towns and cities, but here you get to shape your own island paradise from the ground up! It’s an adorable and relaxing game to help you wind down after a long day. Starting by talking to the young twin tanukis Timmy and Tommy, you fill in some basic information and then arrive on the island with two other randomised animal villagers who could very well be your new best friends! The Bell-loving tanuki – Tom Nook – will be on hand to introduce you to the island life and get a tent set up for you to live in. After this you’re mostly free – the island is your oyster. Something the series has had from the start is that it’s set in real time. You can play an hour a day if you want to and wait until the next to do another time-based task. Other player...