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I'm having a great time with Killzone 2 in both single and multiplayer, which makes me happy seeing as I bought my PS3 for that game. In some ways I expected the single player to be this good, but the multiplayer has really surprised me, because as a gamer in Australia I'm very used to horrible lag or having to endlessly hit refresh on some server list. So it's a great breath of fresh air that...

The XBOX 360 is great console, which is one reason why I made it my first purchase of this generation, but also because I saw the PS3 as a somewhat redundant platform, with little to offer that Microsoft's console didn't already have and that certainly had much lacking. However with having recently bought a PS3 and experiencing it for the first time, I gotta say I'm pleasantly surprised - the t...

Superb atmosphere, solid game play and combat mechanics and a high level of quality all 'round result in an excellent game that I believe any survival horror (or even shooter fan) will love. Game highlight: Slow-mo space zombie dismemberment in Zero G. Game Lowlight: The 'Chapters' seemed a bit too structured at times. Score: 4.5 out of 5

After being curious about it since before its release, I finally got my hands on Mass Effect earlier this week by way of a rental and I'm really impressed. I played for about six or so hours and while I've read in a few places that combat is the game's weakest aspect, I actually liked it a lot and found the fusion of story heavy RPG and action game to be quite smooth and satisfying. Looks like...

Am I the only shooter fan in the world who isn't head over heels for COD4, but wishes he was? I'm on my second renting of Call of Duty 4 and I need to figure out once and for all if I want to buy it or not. On the first rent I finished the single player campaign and found it more tedious than fun, while I thought the online was high quality but just didn't do it for me for some reason. This lat...