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Let's be real, Burnout Paradise came out in 2008 and it is still the undisputed greatest open-world racing game of all time. Need for Speed 2015 doesn't change that. It doesn't even come close. Criterion, the developers who made Burnout Paradise were bought up by EA some years back and made Need For Speed: Most Wanted in 2012 which came closer to recapturing that old magic than this new game does. But Criterion…
Originally published on www.neopologist.com Dark Void takes place in the year 1939. The world is on the brink of another Great War, and pilot Will Grey is earning a living as a courier. After re-encountering his old flame Ava, the two find themselves crash-landed in the Bermuda Triangle and fighting off an invasion of inter-dimensional robotic beings known as The Watchers. To aid him in the fight, Will Grey is…
Adaptations of movies into video games have always been hit or miss (mostly miss). Which is why it's always a massive shock when a game based on a movie can come along and have the audacity to be good. Gamers were floored after playing The Chronicles of Riddick, GoldenEye 007 or even Aladdin for the Super Nintendo. Now, add to that list X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the video game based on the 2009 summer blockbuster of…
Since the days of E.T. movie-based video games have been known for one thing above all others: sucking. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince is not without merit, but given the nature of interactive entertainment and the fact that it is not uncommon for a game to provide 40+ hours of gameplay, it is baffling that Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince doesn't borrow more from the 800 page novel on which it is based…
It is impossible to talk about Tomb Raider: Underworld without mentioning the game's predecessor, Tomb Raider: Legend, and to a lesser degree, Tomb Raider Anniversary. These three games now as a trilogy, with Legend and Underworld being completely interwoven and Anniversary serving as back story. These 3 games are also the new Tomb Raider games developed by Crystal Dynamics, and serve as kind of a re-focusing for…
