About the author: Scott Ellison II
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- Scott is a disabled Marine veteran, married to his wife Nicole and has three kids. Scott also has a full-time job with Fastly as the Manager of Tier 3 - CSE. Scott is most well-known for founding, and writing for Saving Content, but you can find his other work on G4@Syfygames (defunct) and GameCritics.com (active).
Posts by Scott:
RoadCraft Review
May 19, 2025
RoadCraft is another unique entry from Saber Interactive, offering the opportunity to create a company from scratch and rebuild the world around you. There’s a clever blend of weather and construction, and needing to adapt to ever changing scenarios to restart the local industry. A lot of systems like damage and fuel were vaulted for accessibility, but that has come at a cost. RoadCraft is certainly niche, but it’s first one of these that felt that the work wasn’t worth the reward.
Frog Legs Review
May 19, 2025
Short stories are fantastic, easy reads that make you feel accomplished. The same goes for short games. I much prefer them over something you need sink 100 hours into. However, when it comes to Frog Legs from Elliott Dahle, it’s one game I wish there was actually more of.
The Precinct Review
May 13, 2025
“Bad boys, bad boys, what ’ya gonna do? What ’ya gonna do when we come for you?” The Precinct is the follow-up to American Fugitive from Fallen Tree Games. In this reverse-GTA, we find ourselves in the shoes of a rookie police officer with a strong family background and justice to be served. The Precinct has a fun open-world to engage in, policing systems that hold you accountable, and a neon-soaked city full of crime to stop.
DOOM: The Dark Ages Review
May 09, 2025
I loved DOOM (2016), but when it came to DOOM Eternal, it was a game I tolerated but didn’t really like. With DOOM: The Dark Ages, I feared that I wouldn’t like it, especially for a game with such a focus on parrying. Those fears have been allayed, because I wholeheartedly love this top to bottom. The Dark Ages feels clever and timely to be an action FPS with a parry system that feels like nothing else, where the action never lets up and doesn’t disappoint. DOOM: The Dark Ages lets you ripeth and teareth in the days of future past with great impunity for an unforgettable campaign of carnage.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Review
May 05, 2025
I remember when I first sat down with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion back in 2006, it was just such a jaw-dropping and fantastic RPG experience. It was my first time with a Bethesda RPG, and I was hooked. So much so that I ended up getting 100% of all the achievements on Xbox 360. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is more than a simple remaster, but it manages recapture the feel of playing it like it is the first time. And if it is your first time, you’re in for a real treat. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered stands as one of Bethesda’s best RPGs and a world filled with wonderment and danger.
South of Midnight Review
Apr 25, 2025
Compulsion Games have a deep understanding and execution of narrative elements that keep you hooked. South of Midnight is yet another entry that allows you to invest into its characters and world; though the combat leaves something to be desired, I was compelled to see the game to its end. South of Midnight is southern tapestry full of folktales, heart, earnestness, and it has been worth the wait.
Commandos: Origins Review
Apr 09, 2025
The last proper Commandos game we had (not counting the recent HD remasters) was Commandos 3 back in 2003. That’s a long time for this series to lie dormant. Though thankfully the real-time tactics genre hasn’t been as quiet, seeing resurrections across various games in the last decade. Commandos: Origins inserts itself quite nicely into the fold, thanks to the new internal development studio to Kalypso in Claymore Game Studios. Commandos: Origins is a faithful prequel feels like a fitting return full of challenging missions that will exercise the trial-and-error gameplay that feels like a modern classic.
Breakout Beyond Review
Mar 31, 2025
Breakout Beyond literally turns Breakout on its side for a stylish take on the classic brick breaker. At the helm is Choice Provisions, the people best known for the BIT.TRIP games. It’s unfortunately style over substance, as it is missing a few core components, and a bug that prevents the infinite mode from being endless. That said, Breakout Beyond is still a good experience for new and returning players of the classic Atari game.
Spilled! Review
Mar 26, 2025
Earth Day is just a month away, but Spilled! could be a perfect companion to that. It’s a game that reminds me of the early 90s and how ecocentric and focused we were as a people. We were told to save the ozone (we did), cut plastic rings apart to save the dolphins (still have to), and we had the Captain Planet for everything else. Spilled! doesn’t have any overt messages, but it does help bring awareness while also being a fantastic compact, cozy, and concise clean-up game.
Atomfall Review
Mar 21, 2025
Taking inspiration from the real-life event of the Windscale fire that befell Northern England in 1957. Atomfall is a playable “what if” scenario based on that event that avoids retreading familiar ground we’ve seen in other games about nuclear disasters. And Rebellion have really hit a six with this extremely British survival game. Atomfall is a compelling first-person adventure full of mystery and intrigue that’s unlike anything else, and one I’ll be returning to soon.
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