Back in 2010, The Average Gamer reviewed the Microsoft-published hit, Alan Wake. Unfortunately, Tom Wallis did not see it as a hit. Personally, I thought the game was excellent, much to the contrary of the review. Although you are able to skip through the cut-scenes, the episodic nature of the story telling does seem a little pointless. At first. By [...]
Pre-ordering video games is a big business. Now, it appears to have become and entity unto itself, and in my opinion, just another way to draw gamers to a particular retailer, rather than being able to just order from wherever we want, and obtain the same quality product as everyone else. Take Batman: Arkham City. Bruce almighty, it’s a cracking [...]
I purchased the PC version of RAGE on the assumption that the graphics would be better even though the control method might be designed for console. It definitely does look gorgeous and also seems far more crisp than the console version I tried at Eurogamer Expo. This is the short story of one of the worst install sequences by a [...]
It’s almost impossible to talk about developing a title based on Star Wars without courting controversy, and opinion is always bound to mixed when it comes to a new game. Upcoming titles from Bioware and Microsoft are out to vie for the fans’ attention once more, but what makes these new entries interesting is that although they’re based in the [...]
When trying to decide where they should spend their hard earned cash, where else would a video game consumer look for guidance, than the scores handed out by the gaming press? But when all the blockbuster titles are picking up near identical 8/10 or 9/10 scores, how is anyone supposed to differentiate between them? Let’s take a look at the [...]
I never imagined I’d be on the opposite side to men writing about the unacceptability of domestic violence. Last week I finally got to play Duke Nukem Forever’s deathmatch and other PvP games. I described the multiplayer modes in our hands-on preview yesterday. This article is about one mode in particular, Capture The Babe. When it comes to Capture the [...]
Sony released the Open Beta for Killzone 3 on Feb 3rd, which should currently be giving players a taste of the unique Killzone multiplayer experience. Unfortunately, there seem to be a lot of server issues, which have seen large numbers of players simply being unable to connect to the game. I have personally been unable to connect to the Killzone [...]
With the PS3 version of DC Universe Online ready to drop into stores this week, it will be interesting to see whether the MMO subscription model can actually be a success on a home console. PS3 users take for granted the fact that they can play an online game for free, so the price of the ongoing subscription needed to [...]
Let’s get this straight. Stalking isn’t cool. If I were to step out of my front door and walk to the shop right now, I would find it creepy if someone followed two foot behind me the whole way. I would also find it very annoying if that person tried to trip me up every 20 yards, or knock the [...]
As much as I do love my angry rants (and I did set up a dedicated category for ranting on this very blog), tonight I’m just sad at the current state of affairs when it comes to including women. Not one, but TWO massive games houses have proven today that the female demographic is nothing more than an afterthought. First [...]
Between FourSquare, Gowalla, N4G, Epic Win and a buttload of other apps, you can earn points for pretty much everything these days. “Gamification” is a popular topic this year – UX researchers are writing 97-slide presentations on how games elements make things more fun. Yet the worst implementation I have ever seen comes straight out of a leading games development [...]
This month’s gamer banter is an unusually specific question: Has a character redesign ruined how you feel about a character? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! I was a big fan of Lara Croft as a teenager. In a world saturated with male action stars, male scientists and, of course, male archaeologists, Lara was a welcome sight. Here was a [...]
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