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Uncharted 1 was a pretty game undone by its combat and flabbergastingly awful final chapters. Uncharted 2 was not a game undone, but it was certainly a game held back by increasingly cheap armored and one-hit kill enemies as the game went along. Uncharted 3, for whatever reason, chose not to improve anything about the fundamental combat: the aiming is still tiresomely sluggish, enemies don't react at all to being…
Spec Ops: The Line is a game that I've been waffling over whether to buy for what feels like a year now. Every few months, usually because of someone in the press or a forum bringing it up, I get really curious about why the story is so talked about. But I've tried the demo and wasn't ever too intrigued with the actual game so it was really cool to find the game available for free this month on Playstation Plus. Let…
It's all new rosters, so you'll find your new cheese there. But the unfortunate part of this NBA Jam remake is that three pointers are emphasized (like real life) and the jokey iconoclast teams quickly become the go-to quads. It's fun enough when you're destroying opponents, but the destruction never seems to come right. Pushing folks down isn't as satisfying as a Jam should be, blocks are really oddly timed…
Batman: Arkham City is not a game without its flaws. Many of them, though, depend on the sort of gamer you are, and therein lies the catch. Despite on its surface being little more than brawler with one of the biggest and best comic book licenses to back it up, Arkham City is that rare game that could probably scratch all itches for all gamers. Want to track down ringing telephone booths? Use a multitude of gadgets…
Jan 1, 2024
Alan Wake II without much reservation. My only knock on the game would be that it isn't any fun to play on Normal difficulty, but then I found Story mode to be challenging enough on its own (I still died to a boss or two, and was still running out of flashlight charges sometimes) so that's more of an ego thing. More accurately I'd say I just don't think the combat, particularly the bosses, is d...
Apr 11, 2021
If you're the sort to notice regular names on the forums you hang out at, you've probably noticed I spend a decent amount of time talking about MLB The Show . In the past four years, it has supplanted the NBA 2K franchise as my go-to timekiller, a game in which the audio quickly becomes repetitive, the gameplay likewise becomes practically 100% muscle memory and 0% creativity and there is an en...
Jan 11, 2021
Blade Runner. Detroit. Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol. L.A. Noire. Toy Story 3. Heavy Rain. Blade Runner 2049. The Matrix. Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The Matrix Revolutions. Toy Story. Telltale's Batman: The Enemy Within. I thought about all these films and games while playing Detroit: Become Human this weekend, a game I've been sure I'd absolutely despise since it was announced, on thro...
Dec 29, 2020
So I'm sitting here drinking some whiskey, pondering what is making me feel so restless during a snow-ice-other storm, understanding that it's all the stuff this year is. Apple News, and CNN, truthfully both, are telling me I might see $600 in my bank account before midnight. I bet I won't. I entered this year wanting to play more games than I had last year, buried in a grind of MLB The Show's...
Feb 24, 2019
First of all, apologies for using the phrase "disease of more" in the title of two blogs in a row. Unfortunately I find the phrase applies to so many variations of an idea you otherwise can't articulate - or don't hear argued for - that often: the idea that something can be so good it's bad. As a brief refresher for those unfamiliar with the phrase, it's meant to explain how successful/champion...
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