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Nier may require you to suck up a few hours of nondescript scene-setting but it rewards with a dark and moving story that eclipses the few technical flaws. Set over a thousand years in the future after a cataclysmic event on earth, Nier is a third person action RPG that pit you against ethereal Shades as you strive to save your daughter from a fatal illness. Though it's easily described as a post-apocalyptic…
Making a game out of the Bond franchise would seem to be an easy fit for developers. You’ve got guns, gadgets, borderline humour and gratuitous (if slightly comic-book style) violence and alluring girls. Though many have tried different approaches there are few teams to actually pull off a decent game. In early development, Treyarch looked to have produced a cool shooter that was as violent and moody than the recent…
Videogames inspired from the Lord the of the Rings films have always been to a higher standard than most movie tie-ins. Unfortunately, Conquest chooses to ignore the character and personality of the source material and instead, gave me a headache with its shallow combat and ridiculous retelling of the Rings story. As a long term fan of the books and films I’ve eagerly consumed every videogame release that’s drawn on…
April 26th, 1986. A scheduled test of Reactor 4 caused a nuclear meltdown at the Lenin Memorial Power Station. The fallout from this devastating accident caused 160,000 people to be evacuated from the area, never to see their homes again. 25 years later in 2011, Stalker: Clear Sky puts you in the exclusion zone, alongside disturbing mutations, dangerous anomalies and a deadly war between rival factions. Set a year…
From initial visual impressions you'd be tempted to dismiss Braid as some sort of 16-bit Mario clone that 'does a bit wif time and dat'. But this is part of Braid's charm in that beneath the old school sprites lies a highly evolved and thoughtful game. Starting off with teaching you very basic platform mechanics, with the ability to rewind time available from the start, Braid quickly moves into its realm of time…
My name is Adam and I'm a turn-based combat-aholic. My other confession? Lost Odyssey is my first Japanese RPG and I can say without a doubt that it won't be my last. Almost every moment of this game is a beautiful and moving experience. An experience stretched over 4 discs and 45 hours, but one worth all that time and effort. This was never a game I thought I'd play. With a full-time job, 13 month old son, starting…
