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Any game with a budget instantly goes for the all-out epic approach, trying to throw the kitchen sink and some kind of cataclysmic event that only you can face. Ninja Theory wisely spent their budget instead on an intimate, highly polished little game. It feels like it starts after some kind of epic, with the planet completely abandoned, killer robots prowling the street and the protagonists in shackles. After an…
I really don’t think you can make a platformer anymore. I mean the market for this is so saturated you would never make a dime and critically trying to outdo Mario is insanity. That is why when Rare, the super talented guys who specialise in making family games for the 360, created the next entry in the much loved Banjo Kazooie series they changed genre. At surface level they made a kart racing game, which isn’t…
If you’ve heard of this title it was probably from a bargain bin or list of easy to 1k games; which is true, but it also has to be the best game I’ve played in months. The game is essentially a glorified point and click, only this time you wheel around Watson or Holmes in first person instead of being given a picture of the room. I’d like to compare it to the other big puzzle game of this year; L.A Noire. Throughout…
Y’know how Bungie makes Halo and Rare makes family games? Double Fine are either a game company who make unique games or a game company nobody purchases off. They made Psychonauts, one of my all-time favourite adventure games about a school for psychics. They also made Brutal Legend, which was a terrible, terrible RTS with an amazing story, art style, soundtrack, performances and collectibles. The game featured…
Lower your expectations. Now. Because this isn’t really a very good game at all. It’s repetitive, the fatalities repeat forever, you need multiple playthroughs to 1k the game, the side scrolling sections are broken and will send you into a blind rage and the ending is shite. But it also has Winnie the Pooh ordering you to “Fuck that thing!”, plays Mastodon on a loop and lets you pull a zombie-dog things brain out of…
Bethesda's fourth installment in the Elders Scroll series knocks down every RPG and raises the bar higher than I feel any other game has dreamt of. The story is typically western, although highly original and you will not see all of it coming. A prisoner in the dungeons of the Imperial City, you are whisked into the Emperors escape plot from assassins. They still get him, but as he dies he tells you of a secret heir…
Can I begin to say how much I adore this game??? I can try HL2 Though a bit old and suffering a tad from over-exposure, Half Life 2 and all it's grunty little offspring hold up incredibly well by todays standards. The graphics are good and don't look out of place on a next-gen console despite their age, the physics are better than most new-releases and the story and pacing are fantastic. HL2 has really set the…
I've played bad company loads. 2 and a half on the single player and 3 days online, I love it so much. I simply do not understand the hate towards the single player. The characters are original and endearing, really bring life to the story. I admire Dice for making a genuinely funny, non-PC(Politically Correct, not the Microsoft kind) FPS. I don't think I've laughed so much in a shooter since Serious Sam and your…
I'll begin by getting the good out of the way. The driving is fast and exhilirating, Paradise City itself is simple gorgeous and burnout fans will love it, while Average Joe will be entertained. My problem is the air of falseness hanging over this title like a choking smog. The constant " If only you had an Xbox 360 Camera(tm) then this would be so much better" and "Playing online and gaining rivals is really…
To say this game is a marvel of gaming and a benchmark of this generation is rather like stating bears sh** in the woods, and the usual outline and impressions would be a waste of my breath under so many other reviews. Instead, I'm going to give you another look on it. For all it's innovations the game still consists of the same missions as all the GTAs, only in this game there is less ground to race over and less…
