Posted on 15 April 2007 by Weefz
This week I’ve mostly been playing World of Warcraft PC demos. Okay yes, one of them was a trial for World of Warcraft. Which I then bought 2 days later and have been playing ever since. But back to the point… this week I played the demos of PC games Mr Robot and Runaway 2: The Dream of The Turtle.
Mr Robot
Mr Robot is a homegrown independent game by Sheffield-based Moonpod. It’s a quirky little puzzler set on a spaceship. The script is engaging, the graphics are nice and the puzzles are reasonable. There’s enough of a story lurking in the background to make you want to play a little further. You want to find out what’s really happening around poor lowly Asimov. Plus, you get to push crates onto annoying zappy robots.
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Popularity: 17% [?]
Posted on 09 February 2007 by Weefz
Age Rating: 7+ (PEGI)
What is it?
A spoooooky mystery.
Is it fun?
No.
Is it worth the money? £24.99
No.
Why not?
It’s another in a plethora of stories masquerading as games. They seem to plague the DS. Unfortunately, this story isn’t very good.
You wander around from room to room poking things until you trigger a 5-minute-long chunk of plot exposition-through-dialogue. And not even the kind you can leave playing while you walk away to do something interesting. You have to keep poking options. On the rare occasions that you actually get to do something, it’s trivial and not at all challenging. One memorable scene had me drawing circles on the screen to simulate cranking a wheel that opened a gate. Another had me scrubbing the stylus across the screen to rub rust off a plaque. Whoop-dee doo.
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Popularity: 17% [?]
Posted on 24 May 2006 by Weefz
Age Rating: 16+ (PEGI)
What is it?
An interactive adventure with a compelling storyline. Also available on Xbox 360.
Is it fun?
It’s… interesting. I wouldn’t say fun.
Is it worth the money? £17.99
No.
Why not?
It’s not a game, it’s an interactive story. And by interactive, I mean that you get the exciting tasks of walking around large areas, carrying objects from one section of the level to another (and back) and, if you’re lucky, the chance to hack into locks through a simple mini-game.
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Popularity: 16% [?]
Posted on 30 October 2005 by Weefz
Age Rating: 12+
What is it?
A bizarre and wacky adventure game from the creator of Grim Fandango and Full Throttle. UK release date of 03/02/2006
Is it fun?
Yes.
Is it worth the money? (£17.99 from play.com)
Yes, definitely worth the price of a large pizza and chicken strippers from Dominos. Mmm… pizza…
Why?
It has quotes like:
“I hope you learned something today”
“Yes! Shooting things is fun. And useful”
“Uuh… no.”
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Popularity: 15% [?]
Mr Robot is a homegrown independent game by Sheffield-based Moonpod. It’s a quirky little puzzler set on a spaceship. The script is engaging, the graphics are nice and the puzzles are reasonable. There’s enough of a story lurking in the background to make you want to play a little further. You want to find out what’s really happening around poor lowly Asimov. Plus, you get to push crates onto annoying zappy robots.