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This is a really short review for a really short game. Dull characters, forgettable plot. Uninspired, bland environments. Excellent combat system. Parrying in combat is the coolest thing ever. "Zandatsu" is gimmicky but satisfying. Awful camera. The WORST soundtrack. Solid localization/writing! Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was a game I scarcely enjoyed. That said, I think it is a mostly well made game and I…
note: I initially posted this on my blog, PATRICK RAINVILLE VIDEO GAME BLOG , but figured I should post it as a review on Giant Bomb as well. DmC: Devil May Cry (2013) is a game that should have come and gone, completely unnoticed by someone like me who’s rarely cared about action games. Sure, I loved Bayonetta (and who didn’t?!), but by and large these “character action games” I do not care for. This makes it all…
Easily the worst title in the series, Uncharted Golden Abyss still manages to be a technical marvel on the Vita . Just don't go in expecting Naughty Dog 's grandeur. The Hits A gorgeous adventure: Sony Bend has somehow done the impossible: they've ported the Uncharted experience to a portable device without it seeming like a complete bastardization of the series. Sure, it isn't the most engaging Uncharted title but…
Final Fantasy XIII-2 owes up to the mistakes of its predecessor while fumbling on the (few) elements that made Final Fantasy XIII any good to begin with. Consistently enjoyable though occasionally baffling, XIII-2 is the best Final Fantasy title since X . THE HITS: You want towns? We've got towns! You want minigames? We've got minigames!!: More than anything else, XIII-2's main goal seems to be rectifying all the…
Like its predecessors, Fable III is an overly ambitious game that bites off a bit more than it can chew. Regardless, if you can look past its (plentiful) issues, you'll find a lot to love here. THE HITS The beautiful people...: The most immediate change from Fable II is the look of the game. The Albion of Fable II was a wonderful world filled with bulky characters, made even worse by a wildly erratic animation…
The HITS: Metroidvania 2.0 . It is hard to fault a game that emulates two of action adventure's classic titles, most notably Super Metroid and Castlevania Symphony of the Night . Harder still when a game iterates and improves tenfold on this simple exploration concept. The map is more detailed and easier to follow, retreading old grounds is made less monotonous thanks to new shortcuts and power ups. Right stick to…
The HITS Fantastic Storytelling , start to finish. I thought this was gunna be this sorta cheesy Twin Peaks/ Stephen King spoof but it really comes into its own. The characters are fairly well done, the plot and background mythology go into Lost -calibre nuttiness while remaining coherent. The gameworld is littered with clues that are really easy to miss. It kinda reminds me of Bioshock in that to really enjoy this…
The HITS Beautiful world. Enslaved is, if nothing else, one of the more memorable game worlds I have visited in a long time. Adding green to the now derivative "post-apocalyptic" setting was one of its strongest ideas and really helped keep a stagnating genre alive. Oftentimes, you are given Uncharted 2 -like levels of beauty when staring off into the distance. For a multiplatform game, this is nothing to be scoffed…
