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In Braid, you play as Tim, a man on a quest to save the princess. Don’t be fooled by the simplistic set-up and familiar trappings of the platforming genre. While Braid clearly pays homage to Mario with enemies that look like Goombas mated with lions, the game is more about puzzle solving than precision based platforming. When you get stuck in Braid, and you will from time to time, it will be because the solution to…
Borderlands is game of the “shoot and loot” variety with a wicked sense of humor, an unprecedented number of guns, and a snarky well written villain who you will love to hate. I really wanted to like the game more but the overly repetitive gameplay, excessive backtracking, lackluster narrative and character development held the game back. Set several years after the original Borderlands, you play as a “vault hunter”…
Saints Row doesn’t just blur the line between fame and notoriety; it outright crosses it and then runs over it a few times for good measure. For those new to the series, the Saints are a criminal gang whose popularity affords them celebrity like status complete with in game photo ops, branding and lucrative merchandising opportunities. The story is light enough that newcomers won’t feel lost but provides enough call…
The US 33rd Infantry Battalion, led by Colonel John Konrad arrives in Dubai to assist in the evacuation effort before giant sand storms can bury the city whole. In defiance of orders from his superiors to leave the city, Konrad and the 33rd remain behind to lead a caravan of refugees out of Dubai. The evacuation is a failure. In the storm’s aftermath, Dubai is declared a no-man's-land and the 33rd are branded as…
Story La Noire is as a grand homage to the Noire genre with a well written story that feels right at home with films like LA Confidential. Unfortunately, the excellent narrative is straddled with gameplay elements which, while fun at first, tend to become repetitive and make for an overly passive experience. You play as detective Cole Phelps, a WWII veteran out to make a name for himself in the LA Police department.…
Story: You play as War, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, charged with maintaining the balance between angels and demons until mankind is ready to fight the final battle with the divine forces. However, when a mysterious force triggers the end times a tad prematurely, humanity finds itself caught with its collective pants down in an apocalyptic struggle between the forces of heaven and hell. Framed for…
