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Aliens vs Predator is a franchise that has had huge potential, yet always underachieved grossly. The films have been awful and the older games are fondly remembered, but are well aged now. Rebellion's reboot of the franchise should have been a great game, taking full advantage of the potential of the races and the lore. This game miserably fails to achieve this potential. The aliens die fast The single player is…
Turok is a reboot of the classic Nintendo 64 Turok games. I loved the Nintendo Turok games, mainly for their incredible levels, enemy variety and vast selection of weapons. I was hoping that a new Turok game could match the ambitions of the old games while bringing them into the current generation. Changing the story was a move which I was fine with, as it left the developer room to make their own setting and story.…
Mafia II is a third person shooter were you play as Vito Scaletta, a young man making his way up the mafia ladder from rags to riches. The story revolves around Vito's rise from a poor immigrant family to the ranks of organised affluent criminals. While the stroy has some interesting moments and some good characters like Leo and Joe, in general I found it to be predictible and greatly similiar to some of the films…
Following in a long tradition of shitty movie tie in games, half blood prince doesnt let the side down and continues that noble trend. Its based upon the movie which in turn is based upon the book, but is far worse than either and does an awful job of telling the story. There is no narrative here, no engaging the player in the tale. It's told at a very fast pace which leaves the story completely incoherent. Numerous…
Bayonetta is a successor to Devil May Cry. It is also presented in a more fun and far more insane way then Devil May Cry ever was. The titular character is basically a dominatrix librarian with guns on her feet, a suit made of her own hair, and all the moves that Dante has and then some. The games graphics are beautiful in the main, with great lighting and shine. There is an old cinema style slideshow effect that…
The Force Unleashed was an ambitious game which fell foul of some technical issues which held it back from its potential. The Force Unleashed 2 should have addressed these technical issues, and it largely does. What it fails to do is carry on the ambition and creativity of the first game and substitutes it for a linear and bland game which serves as an example of how to do a bad sequel. This looks a lot better than…
When Metal Gear Solid 3 came out in 2004 I was seriously looking forward to it. I enjoyed Metal Gear Solid 2, though was disappointed with aspects of it. I was hoping that Kojima could give an interesting story in this sequel while improving gameplay and narrative. What I played was an incredible game and 1 which managed to shape my taste in games for years to come. You play as an american agent code named snake,…
The first game of 2011 which I have played, I was hoping for a good start to the gaming year, and I was not disappointed. I was worried when EA were talking up the introduction of multiplayer and of making the game action orientated. Having been a huge fan of the isolation and dread filled atmosphere of the first game, I feared that it would become an action game without atmosphere. While Dead Space 2 is much more…
Singularity is an fps game from raven and activision . Its not easy releasing a new ip these days, and this game flew under my radar at the time. Having only played it recently, it really surprised me how much I enjoyed the game. It oozes Bioshock. It has a similiar style and atmosphere of an ideal utopia fallen into disaster and mutated horror. This is hardly a bad thing, as the setting is haunting and the…
Dark Void was released in January 2010. In it you play as Will Grey, voiced by the always quality Nolan North. The game's premise is interesting: the protaganist and his old flame are on a cargo plane which goes down in the Bermuda triangle. From that point you are trapped in a strange new world which is ruled by a race of cruel aliens called the watchers. The watchers have plans for the real world of Earth and you…
