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Roughly one year after the release of Aliens of Gold , Planet Strike offers players a new campaign as Blake Stone in his stalwart mission against the nefarious Dr. Goldfire. However, except for a single new weapon, scanning device, and auto-mapping system, JAM Productions created what is more or less an expansion for Aliens of Gold. The gunplay is identical to it's predecessor, the game is full of reused assets, and…
Aliens of Gold had a rough start; DOOM was released just a week after it, sealing Blake Stone's fate as a forgotten shooter. While id Software's masterpiece is completely deserving of the praise it has and continues to receive, Aliens of Gold is a game that should have had its day in the sun. With its colorful environments, wide range of enemies and innovative mechanics, Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold would have made…
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons has it all. A beautiful fantasy setting, innovative control scheme and heartfelt story. Right? Well, I suppose one could make such claim, but doing so would be ignoring the many issues present in the game. Brothers is yet another game that I refer to as a "charmer". Used much in the same way someone would refer to Spelunky as a Roguelike instead of a 2D Platformer, I would refer to…
My expectations were low. They were somewhere between my ankles and two feet below the earth. After playing through the first level, they were easily surpassed. The mosquito enemies were nigh impossible to see in the dark Marsh, and their incessant buzz had me darting about the level, scanning anything and everything above head level. I dreaded the break in their constant drone that signified an incoming melee…
Sep 24, 2014
Hey! So like last week, the point of this post is to share my thoughts about an old game I recently played that I did not have any prior experience with. Did it age well? Can someone who didn't play it around the time of its release enjoy it now in 2014? Why does an eleven-year-old own a sword? This week's game is Stonekeep , by Interplay . It's a first-person dungeon crawler with real-time com...
May 4, 2014
I think I should preface this by saying that I have very little experience with CCG's, so my grievances may be entirely from a lack of appreciation or understanding of the genre as a whole. I've been playing since 3 months prior to launch, and I've formed an opinion about the game: Hearthstone is fun slash bullshit. Hearthstone is one of the best card games I've ever played while simultaneously...
Apr 21, 2014
I got around to playing Evoland a couple of weeks ago, and I had some thoughts on it. Evoland focuses primarily on the cosmetic differences between generations of games in the action or turn based RPG genres. Pixels to textured, 3D models. This is all quite surface level, and Shiro Games missed out on a wonderful opportunity: Exploring game design through the generations. I believe that if they...
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