Archive for category: Great
Lewis Rayne / 20th Mar, 2012 4:00 pm
Welcome to Raccoon City. The apocalypse is coming and you are a member of the Wolfpack. You and your teammates are part of an elite force employed by Umbrella Corporation to remove all evidence of its part in unleashing the T-Virus on the world. While Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon city’s squad-based action shooter gameplay is a far cry from its [...]
Lewis Rayne / 14th Mar, 2012 5:57 pm
The Darkness 2 is remarkable. On one hand it’s a poetic dance of destruction that slaughters all in its path without a hint of mercy. On the other hand it’s a cel-shaded struggle with reality that attempts to invoke emotion in what is otherwise a repulsive world. When 2K first released The Darkness back in 2007 they were playing with [...]
Brett Phipps / 1st Mar, 2012 6:26 pm
With the huge software line-up that is available for the PlayStation Vita, new owners have been dealt a conundrum: which game do you get? On a device which has so many functions – two cameras, front and rear touchpads, dual analogue sticks, and immense graphical power – it’s hard to find a game that can explore all of these great [...]
Debbie Timmins (Weefz) / 1st Mar, 2012 3:00 pm
I have never met Dave or Carl. Late on a Wednesday night I took the most beautiful journey of my life with them. Journey from ThatGameCompany is just that – a journey through the desert. Sometimes you’ll meet other travellers along the way. With just the abilities to walk, jump and shout, how you deal with them is up to [...]
Pippa Hall / 28th Feb, 2012 8:44 pm
As a generalisation, there are two styles of strategy game that have evolved since the days when computers first heaved themselves out of the 8-bit primeval swamps; one-night games and one-month games. Crusader Kings 2 definitely falls into the second category, like its Europa Universalis progenitors.
Brett Phipps / 27th Feb, 2012 4:28 pm
Escape Plan has been my most anticipated game for the Vita. The stylish grayscale presentation and great use of the Vita’s touch screens offered something which I hadn’t experienced since the days of Lemmings and Abe’s Oddysee. Sitting down with the full release of the game, my expectations have been more than met. While there are definitely some issues with [...]
Debbie Timmins (Weefz) / 21st Feb, 2012 6:32 pm
Uncharted: Golden Abyss feels disjointed. I know nothing about how it was developed but playing through, it feels like there were two distinct design styles at work. The first encapsulates everything I detest about console gaming. The second, everything I love. A weird experience but on the whole, I enjoyed it. Mostly. I started out hating the game. Throughout the [...]
Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) / 13th Feb, 2012 2:01 pm
The thing that strikes you most about WipEout 2048 is how beautiful it looks and sounds. There are so many intricate details on the ships and scenery and I love the way ships expel all sorts of gases and fumes as they race. The video billboards plastered onto the sides of buildings bring the world of anti-gravity racing to life [...]
Pele Kophoros / 8th Feb, 2012 3:15 pm
“Oh God” I thought as I read the first instruction screen “It’s Angry Squids”. The cephalopods stared back at me from the screen, their cute eyes begging to be loved from beneath their rather bizarre hats. Hats! I grasped onto this new found glimmer of hope with grim determination. Surely, any game that features interchangeable hats which bestow great power upon [...]
Pippa Hall / 7th Feb, 2012 3:32 pm
Pick & Mix counters are the Holy Grail of sweetie goodness as far as I’m concerned, challenged only by “All You Can Eat” buffets for the title of most pleasurable food related experience. Envisage the joy that a combination of the two could bring. Scrunch your eyes shut and imagine a wall of confectionery, unhampered by the restrictions placed on you [...]
Brett Phipps / 3rd Feb, 2012 10:48 am
SoulCalibur V delivers some excellent fights and intense action, offering a level of depth and complexity unseen in previous entries. But there isn’t enough variety within the matches themselves for it to be considered among the top-tier fighters on the market. SoulCalibur V sees the long-running series undergo a serious makeover to the core gameplay. The major changes centre around [...]
Mat Jones / 31st Jan, 2012 11:30 am
If you own any kind of iOS device, you’re probably fully aware that Quarrel is the ideal word game. I hope so, at least, since if you don’t own Quarrel on your phone already you’ve ostensibly bought a paperweight. Quarrel’s so good that it completely justifies that massive monetary commitment. It’s a cheap word game that is good enough to [...]
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