Love/Hate is a series on IC2S where I take a series (be it a franchise, concept, product, etc) and break each entry down by what I love and what I hate about it. Really, it’s that simple!
PlayStation
Love/Hate: PS Vita
Love Amazing Hardware – The hardware of the PS Vita is, simply put, fantastic. In fact, I’d…
Love/Hate: PS3
Love Trophies – Probably my favourite innovation that the PS3 brought was the advent of trophies (which,…
Love/Hate: PSP
Love Great Hardware – The PSP was a really great little handheld. It was very well-designed, felt…
Love/Hate: PS1
Hey, it’s time for another Love/Hate series! This time we’re going to be going through each of…
Dark Souls
Love/Hate – Nioh
I’m going to do something slightly different here – normally I’d just be looking at the Dark…
Love/Hate – Dark Souls 3
Love Refined Game Engine – As groundbreaking as the Souls games are, they have always been incredibly janky…
Love/Hate – Bloodborne
While it isn’t actually a part of the Souls series, Bloodborne is in a similar mold with some very…
Love/Hate – Dark Souls 2
Love Some Memorable Characters – Somewhat surprisingly, Dark Souls 2 has a lot of characters which hold up…
Love/Hate – Dark Souls
I recently began replaying Dark Souls, this time on PS4 with the remastered edition. Having played a ton…
Pokemon
Love/Hate: Pokemon Sword & Shield
Over a year ago I wrote the first of what would become my Love/Hate series, a retrospective…
Love/Hate: Pokemon Gen 7
Generation 7 (Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon) Love Much-Needed Gameplay Refinements and Improved Accessibility – I’m…
Love/Hate: Pokemon Gen 6
Generation 6 (X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire) Love New Graphics Engine Shines – The pseudo-3D sprites…
Love/Hate: Pokemon Gen 5
Generation 5 (Black, White, Black 2, White 2) Love Insane Refinement and Ambition – Gen 5 was…
Love/Hate: Pokemon Gen 4
Generation 4 (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver) Love Physical/Special Split Totally Changed the Game – As I’ve said before, in the…
Love/Hate: Pokemon Gen 3
(Just a disclaimer on this entry, Generation 3 is the only gen that I haven’t experienced first-hand….
Love/Hate: Pokemon Gen 2
Generation 2 (Gold, Silver, Crystal) Love Quality of Life Improvements – It cannot be overstated just how much better…
Love/Hate: Pokemon Gen 1
It isn’t really something that I have mentioned here on IC2S, but I absolutely love the Pokemon…