Archive for category: Action
Debbie Timmins (Weefz) / 5th Jun, 2011 3:30 pm
This game is really fucking weird. It’s also everything you would expect if you’ve seen that Enlarge Your Johnson trailer. Not quite as cheesy and game-show-like but not far off at all. Throughout Shadows of The Damned You play Garcia Hotspur, on a mission to save his girlfriend from god-knows-what terrible fate at the hands of the wise-cracking Big Bad. [...]
Dan Crawley / 8th May, 2011 6:46 pm
A Shadow’s Tale is a game that seems unsure of its own identity. It riffs on ideas and themes from some truly classic adventure games, and features some uniquely creative ideas, but sadly stops short of the classic status that it might have achieved. To help fuel its confusion, the game has been released under not one, but three different [...]
Richard Gwilliam / 3rd Apr, 2011 4:56 pm
Zombie killing always seems to come in and out of fashion, like flares and turtle necks. We've got Resident Evil running constantly in the background and TV shows like The Walking Dead. In November 2010, Housemarque released their isometric 3D zombie-slaughtering PSN game - Dead Nation. Richard finds out if it's just another faddy cash-in or a genuinely fun game.
Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) / 10th Jan, 2011 4:06 pm
I was totally expecting this latest Assassin’s Creed game to be a blatant cash-in. With Ubisoft’s financials not looking too rosy in their last financial report, you could almost forgive them for wanting to milk their über popular franchise cow on a yearly basis. I was wrong.
Dan Crawley / 18th Nov, 2010 2:32 pm
Vanquish is the latest creation from Platinum Games, the makers of Bayonetta. This should give you some idea of the kind of over-the-top action experience to expect from the game. It also helps to explain the fact that the storyline has its tongue firmly in its cheek – being frequently funny, often baffling, and at times downright incomprehensible. Basically, it [...]
Tom Wallis / 19th Oct, 2010 5:44 pm
We’ve asked Tom Wallis from Newbreview to do a spot of writing for us. Tom chose to write about a writer called Alan Wake: a man who narrates his life while trapped in his own manuscript. A manuscript that he can’t remember writing. Writing about a writer stuck in his own writing? Games journalism doesn’t get more post-modern than this. [...]
Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) / 2nd Oct, 2010 8:30 am
Weefz asked me the other day if I knew anything about a game called Alien Breed and would I like to review the latest game in the series - Alien Breed 2: Assault on the PC. To which I replied "yeah, I know a little about it, I'll play it ;-)" Well, I played the first Alien Breed game on my Amiga 500 when it was first released back in 1991. I followed the development diary of Alien Breed 2 in Amiga Format every month. Unfortunately when the game was finally released I was a little put off by how insanely difficult it was to play. But, at least it was an interesting development diary though.
Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) / 16th Aug, 2010 2:35 pm
It’s been a long time since I’ve played such a well scripted and entertaining game as this. Batman: Arkham Asylum was originally released almost a year ago, but I just didn’t get round to playing it until recently. As it turned out Batman: Arkham Asylum is one of those games that I just couldn’t put down and had to play constantly until I finished it (rather like Assassin’s Creed II). After 3 fairly solid days play I had managed to complete pretty much everything the game had to offer, including all the tricky Riddler puzzles (more about these later). The fact that this game held my complete attention for so long indicates just how well crafted an experience it was.
Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) / 7th Feb, 2010 4:09 pm
More knifey shenanigans, this time set in within the renaissance.
Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) / 14th Apr, 2008 9:58 pm
The Super Mario gang is back. Peach has been kidnapped by Bowser and Mario must save the day once again.
Debbie Timmins (Weefz) / 22nd Sep, 2007 12:34 pm
Age Rating: PEGI 16+ What is it? A beat-away-hordes-of-enemies melee combat game set in mythical feudal Japan. Big men, big weapons, scantily-clad warrior women, ropey voice acting… it’s all there. Is it fun? Not really. Is it worth the money? £29.99 Nooooo… Why not? This game has quite possibly the worst camera you will ever experience, should you have the [...]
Debbie Timmins (Weefz) / 1st Dec, 2006 1:10 pm
Age Rating: 18 (BBFC) What is it? You, evil zombies, a photographer named Frank, and a mall full of wonderful toys. Is it fun? Oh yes. Brilliant game, if you like a bit of zombie violence. Is it worth £39.99? Yes. Normally I’d say no on principle. You can get a lot of good stuff for forty quid but in [...]
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