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Last year’s entry in the The Walking Dead franchise from Telltale Games had a lot going for it, but technical issues and weak attempts at gunplay kept The Walking Dead: Season One from getting above The Darkness II on my year-end Game of the Year list. Beyond that, I simply wanted more effective face-stabbing and awesome supply recovery missions between my moments of pathos for my fellow survivors. It’s no surprise,…
Half-Inch Heist presents the idea of a bullethell dodging game with promise and panache. You take control of a robber attempting to steal a diamond, and in order to do so, you must help that diamond evade the violently dangerous automated security system controlled by an evil cat, Dr. Puss. And it does so with pretty decent retro music and a sparse but acceptable sprite-based art style. Where does it go wrong?…
There are a sea of runner games for iOS. Jetpack Joyride is probably one of the most popular, but Tiny Wings , Punch Quest , Canabalt , Rayman Jungle Run , and 10000000 have all had their days in the sun. And, yes, so did Temple Run , a behind-the-back runner taking its aesthetic stylings from the same jungle adventure serials Spelunky and Raiders of the Lost Ark liberally homage. However, I haven't played Temple…
Rhythm games traditionally make an effort to become more and more complex and mechanical as time goes on. A look at the trajectory of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series show a series of mechanics being piled higher and higher, culminating in keyboard controllers, “pro guitar” controllers that are functionally real guitars, and drum kits with three cymbals or two bass pedals. Would-be upstarts like Rock Revolution…
Journey is a confusing game to review, as I would imagine of other games by thatgamecompany . My original intent was to write a review back in March, shortly after its release. After I started one, I became paralyzed with the scope of reviewing such a divergent gaming experience. However, I feel comfortable saying it now; Journey is not just lovable as a narrative or as an art piece. Rather, it's a joy to walk the…
The idea of another hard-as-nails indie platformer with a great aesthetic and a retro soundtrack might sound like the kiss of death to a number of gamers who already have played Super Meat Boy , VVVVVV , Fez , and the plethora of titles in the style. Spelunky doesn’t differentiate itself that much from the pack in terms of content; what it has beyond the “unnamed” titles in the style is execution. Spelunky’s premise…
This review stands for the most recent version of the freeware PC release of Cave Story, run as an .exe named “doukutsu” and updated with an English translation. It ignores features in “Cave Story+”, and it does not include the extended ending. I could easily write in this review that Cave Story is another in the long line of quality exploration-based action platformers a la Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or…
NOTE: This review mostly focuses on the narrative aspects of Spec Ops: The Line, and those who have mostly avoided coverage of the game should probably simply play the game. If you’ve already read too much or played Spec Ops The Line, this review is for you; while I avoid out-and-out spoilers, the themes and narrative beats are discussed for their purposes and success. About a month ago, I finished Max Payne 3 and…
Genkibowl VII released to little fanfare, and, for some, to outright dismay. The content present was mostly rehashed "activities" from the main game. The gameplay, while fine, was not anything most people wanted to spend real time on, and people who'd played through the twenty or thirty levels of respect to get damage immunity didn't really have any difficulty anyways. The boss had no new dialogue in the DLC, with…
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“ I need scissors, 61! ” Shooting the moon . http:// deckers.die . These are famous moments when the rules of a game’s world suddenly break down, and suddenly the experience elevates to something special. But, unfortunately, examples within classic gaming are rare, and the closest most have come are flash games, indie “retro titles” like Super Meat Boy , ROM hacks like Super Mario Bros. 3 Challenge Version , and the…
Triple Town is a game I found out about through its lawsuit with Yeti Town creators 6Waves LOLAPPS. I tried out the Google+ Beta, and found myself wishing I could just pay $10 to play unlimitedly. Luckily, Triple Town for the iPhone, while a free app with limited moves, also offers a $4 version that does open up unlimited moves. I then proceeded to play the game pretty much non-stop for the rest of the week, and not…
Some people will try to sell you on the idea that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is still the greatest game ever made. Disregard these people. Enter Castlevania without expectations and grandeur and you'll find that this game is still shockingly fresh, as many modern games now considered somewhat "innovative" are largely taking cues from this excellent game. For the uninitiated, Symphony of the Night is the…
I've never played a Commodore 64 , but VVVVVV is an interesting enough game to have sparked my interest. Although the pixel-precise gameplay would have been roughly impossible to create on the 64, the aesthetic and music have enamored me so that I'd be interested in playing a few of them, and have actually sought out Jet Set Willy as a result. VVVVVV is a 2D side-scrolling platformer with elements of the…
Full disclosure: I have not played Battlefield 3, and I don't mean to compare this game to Battlefield 3 at all. Instead, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is incredibly similar to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 . If you’re sick of that game for different reasons than I am sick of Modern Warfare 2, you should probably skip Modern Warfare 3 until you feel a hankering to play Call of Duty. If you’re up for some timely…
[This review is for the iPhone version of the game. For the PC version, read my review here .] I've liked tower defense at times in my life. Generally, my preference is for maze-based tower defense games; Wintermaul , along with its various spin-offs, was my favorite multiplayer mod of WarCraft III, and this particular version kept me occupied for quite a bit of time. However, I've also reviled tower defense many…
[This review is for the PC version of the game. For my iPhone review, check it out here .] I've liked tower defense at times in my life. Generally, my preference is for maze-based tower defense games; Wintermaul , along with its various spin-offs, was my favorite multiplayer mod of WarCraft III, and this particular version kept me occupied for quite a bit of time. However, I've also reviled tower defense many other…
The LucasArts classic adventure game The Secret of Monkey Island has weathered the test of time better than most other adventure games of its era. LOOM , Day of the Tentacle , and their contemporaries have not seen modern reproductions, and their influence remains less represented than The Secret of Monkey Island, a game which receives most of the credit for the classic SCUMM -engine adventure games that came before…
To talk about Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception without comparing it to its excellent predecessor Among Thieves would be difficult. In fact, I’m certain it’s a crime that I haven’t played Drake’s Fortune to compare them both back another two years. Little else has really tried to capture the cinematic action gameplay the series offers, let alone the frantic destructive setpiece design. The two games even share similar…
It's hard to ignore the ubiquity of match-three gameplay these days. No matter what platform you're using, PopCap has moved a match-three game of some type to your gaming platform; if not, Nintendo's even had you covered with its perhaps less-intuitive Panel de Pon games. Maybe Q Entertainment's Meteos is your cup of tea. But even the biggest innovation in the style of the last few years, Puzzle Quest , is becoming…
Some might feel that defining a game by its genre is a completely unfair way to classify a game. For example, is referring to Deadly Premonition as a third-person survival horror game fair when Silent Hill: Shattered Memories would probably be described the same way? Many games strive to expand the meaning of their genre, or go forward and defy genre definition. So with this in mind, I can only define Brink as a…
Let's get this out of the way; even if you completely disagree about whether or not Tiny Wings is a good game, it costs a dollar on the App Store, so you probably ought to at least try it. And if you're anything like me, all the other games on your phone will seem more and more insignificant the more time you get to spend with this little gem. In Tiny Wings, you control a small bird who pulls in his small wings to…
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