Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates is a proper sequel, so there isn’t much to discuss unless you want to delve into the details of the game mechanics, which I don’t.

Some things have improved. Others just changed. The game now has even more open levels. I bet that if there were a third game, they would have tried to make it a full-on open world.

Kingdom: New Lands is also a proper sequel. Or maybe a better description would be an expansion pack. It adds a significant number of new features to the original game and splits the progression into multiple islands that you need to escape.

I was dreading playing Bullet Witch, but it turns out it’s not bad. First, aside from the outfit (which you can change, but the others are not better), the game is not sleazy at all. The camera doesn’t ogle Alicia’s body, no one questions her ability to fight, nothing like that.

Second, it’s just a mediocre game. I mean that in the most neutral way possible. You play it and go, “huh, that was a thing, ” and move on with your life. There are cool set pieces and some spectacle, but they’re overshadowed by dull visuals. There’s no reason to explore the pretty big levels. The combination of guns and magic is neat, but doesn’t feel that great. The story is fine, but it’s pretty shallow and short. We don’t even know who Alicia’s companion is. Perhaps they intended to write a sequel.