5 public reviews
The views here are this user’s only and are not representative of Giant Bomb's thoughts and opinions on the discussed video game. GB's official reviews reside at giantbomb.com/reviews.
Roughly one year after the release of Aliens of Gold , Planet Strike offers players a new campaign as Blake Stone in his stalwart mission against the nefarious Dr. Goldfire. However, except for a single new weapon, scanning device, and auto-mapping system, JAM Productions created what is more or less an expansion for Aliens of Gold. The gunplay is identical to it's predecessor, the game is full of reused assets, and…
Aliens of Gold had a rough start; DOOM was released just a week after it, sealing Blake Stone's fate as a forgotten shooter. While id Software's masterpiece is completely deserving of the praise it has and continues to receive, Aliens of Gold is a game that should have had its day in the sun. With its colorful environments, wide range of enemies and innovative mechanics, Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold would have made…
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons has it all. A beautiful fantasy setting, innovative control scheme and heartfelt story. Right? Well, I suppose one could make such claim, but doing so would be ignoring the many issues present in the game. Brothers is yet another game that I refer to as a "charmer". Used much in the same way someone would refer to Spelunky as a Roguelike instead of a 2D Platformer, I would refer to…
My expectations were low. They were somewhere between my ankles and two feet below the earth. After playing through the first level, they were easily surpassed. The mosquito enemies were nigh impossible to see in the dark Marsh, and their incessant buzz had me darting about the level, scanning anything and everything above head level. I dreaded the break in their constant drone that signified an incoming melee…
I avoided Daikatana when it was first released. The immediate disdain for the product displayed by my peers in grade school coupled with the disgust I saw online kept my brother and I from spending our pooled allowances. After more than a decade, I spied it in the GoG catalog, and decided to try out John Romero's Daikatana.
