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Will Skate 3 grind its way to success, or will this annualized sequel fall into a pit of fail? What’s Hot? Best version of Skate for new players Difficulty levels make skating easier New camera angles Sound effects and voice over’s a good. What’s Not? Lack of a presentation improvement No need to upgrade if you have Skate 2 Uploading features unavailable if bought used. Ever since the original Skate in 2007,…
Can a year make a difference to one of the greatest fighting games in history? What’s Hot: 10 New characters New online modes New backgrounds Rebalanced characters What’s Not: No search function in the replay channel No real mode to train newcomers 2009 saw the year of the fighting genre return, with such hits as Tekken 6, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, King of Fighters 12 and Street Fighter 4. Capcom returns in 2010 with…
Can Alan Wake shine the light on success or fall into the dark pit of mediocrity? What’s Hot? Episodic format helps the story The story is great Fantastic use of light as a weapon What’s Not? Ending is setup for DLC A short game, limited replay value In -game advertising and product placement is poor. Alan Wake tells the story of Alan Wake, a popular fiction writer attempting to escape the stress of fame and regain…
Aliens vs. Predator is a first person shooter that contains elements from the films and combines the three species into one game. So, while the single-player component doesn't hold up when compared to other first person shooters, it does a good job of delivering the universes in AVP. Playing as the marine is your standard first person shooter, the Predator is about stealth and advanced weaponry and the Alien is…
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is a quirky, artsy—and mind boggling platform/puzzler. PB Winterbottom isn’t your ordinary pie thief. In addition to a wonderful moustache and a tall hat, he has the ability to clone himself. The clones can be sent off to do actions that you’ve recorded by holding down the Right Trigger. Just like you they can only run, jump, float using the umbrella and hit things, but by…
Dark Void follows the story of Will Grey, a pilot, with his old flame, Ava. The year is 1938 and they are flying over the Bermuda triangle when they are suddenly sucked into 'the void', a parallel universe where they encounter another race called the Watchers and other human beings. The Watchers are making humans do their bidding and treat them as gods. You eventually meet the resistance and fight against the…
Army of Two: The 40th day is the sequel to Army of Two released in 2008 and is a co-op-focused third person shooter. The sequel follows the two returning characters from the first game, Rios and Salem. They are now running their own private military corporation, TransWorld Operations. After finishing a routine job, all hell brakes loose in Shanghai with buildings collapsing and all matter of mass destruction. All…
Darksiders is a third person action game and the first game from Virgil games. Darksiders follows the story of War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. He has been accused of starting the end war and destroying the human race; War has been stripped of his powers and given a second chance to find the true culprit. The story won't be the main reason to stay, but does a good job of enhancing the experience. The…
The Saboteur is a third person action - adventure game set in World War II. The game follows the story of Sean Devlin. Sean is a race car driver, born in Ireland but is in Paris to compete in the race of his life. Sean only cares about his passion for driving until his best friend dies at the hands of the Nazi general Dierker, part time race car driver, part time torture expert for the Nazi’s and now Sean wants…
Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars is a 2 v 2, 2.5D fighting game that features characters from the Japanese game developer Capcom and Japanese Anime house Tatsunoko Publishing. A lot of people won’t know who Tatsunoko’s characters are and this is one of the reasons why the game nearly never made it to US and UK shores. Tatsunoko produce anime including Yatterman, Gatchaman, and Tekkaman Blade, duelling with…
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MX vs. ATV: Reflex is the next instalment of the off road racing franchise and if you've played the past couple releases, it will seem like more of the same, that's not to say that there isn't any new features in MX vs. ATV: Reflex. For one thing, there is terrain deformation. What ever you are driving over whether it is dirt, sand or snow, the result is that each successive lap around a track leaves the course more…
There have been a lot of tower defence games in the past couple years available on the iPhone and PC. PopCap, one of the best casual developers around, has delivered Plants vs. Zombies, its first tower defence game. Plants vs. Zombies uses the basic mechanics of most tower defence games but it boasts charm, personality and lots game play variety. The result is another addictive experience that will appeal to anyone…
Bioshock 2 is the sequel to one of the most popular first person shooters in 2007 and has had a lot of criticism by gamers before the games release but the question is; should you take the plunge? It is hard not to make a lot of comparisons to the first Bioshock when thinking about the sequel. Bioshock had a great story and the unexplored world of Rapture has left its mark on the industry and it will for years to…
