A month ago, I went at American McGee’s Alice with a rather snicker-snack attitude, penning a retrospective though I’d neither played the game before, nor particularly enjoyed it as I played it. Whilst ageing mechanics had a lot to do with it, I was perhaps most put out by the decade or so I’d spent assuming it was a great game wrapped around a fantastic concept. So with Alice: Madness Returns, I’ve decided to take the same prejudicial route, noting…
Shadows of the Damned is a strange, strange game. For example, you’ll soon grow accustomed to gates with the heads of crying babies on them, opened only by eyeballs, brains and strawberries; even more bizarrely though, other gates forgo screeching infants for the luminous purple pubic hair of demons. Indeed, by the time the end credits roll, you’ll have witnessed all manner of weird goings-on: you’ll have tittered each time you pass by a checkpoint and a small flying demon…
I was discussing with some friends the other day the merit of review scores, a subject which is very much one that is likely to cause some arguments. I for one see the need for the usual scores out of 5, 10 or 100 along with an A-D system, they make it easy for the reader to find out what the reviewer thought of the game. I am of the opinion that the content of the review is more often…
Imagine an ever changing world, full of bright colours and psychotropic imagery. A world that changes with every action. All the while trippy techno beats fill the air, constantly changing, mutating, evolving and reacting to every action. This is what Child of Eden provides.
After my journey to find a true rally game it is pleasing for me to bring word that BlackBean are bringing out a follow up to last years World Rally Championship game, imaginatively called WRC 2. The new game will be released this October on PC, 360 and PS3.
Angry Internet Man has been shouting loud and proud over the past few days, ranting about the Physical Warfare Pack which was announced as coming as part of the UK pre-order special deal. The anger arose when people thought that the Physical Warfare Pack was going to contain weapons which would only be available to those who pre-ordered the game from the select retailers. Further anger has been lurking since the announcement of the Back to Karkand expansion pack/DLC which…
Not long after Duke Nukem Forever begins, Duke is seen playing a game starring himself. When one of his “chicks” asks him if the game is any good he replies with the self-referencing answer of, “yeah, but after twelve f**king years, it should be.” And while this should most certainly be the case when taking into account its long and drawn-out development, what should have been a humorous fourth wall-shattering retort merely hammers home the fact that Duke Nukem Forever…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMu1WRgYB7U&version=3&hl=en_GB] E3 kick-started Bioware’s Mass Effect 3 marketing campaign, with a trailer that met with mixed responses. From “really? a turret sequence??!”, to “I want this game now!!!11”. But if you thought that was a slightly odd trailer to start out with, wait until you see this. Fake newsreels, terrible sneering English scientists and not overly convincing CGI overlays are all featured. Although there was one shot that made me think of Battlestar Galactica, I had to quickly banish…
E3 is the biggest event in the gaming calendar. Since 1995 it has been the place where companies show their plans for the upcoming year and make big game announcements. This years E3 has been built up to be especially important with the planned reveal of Nintendo’s new console, firm details about Sony’s new handheld device and a big question mark over what Microsoft were going to bring to the table.
Awesomenauts. Just say that again, Awesomenauts. This is apparently a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) that will be coming to Xbox Live Marketplace and the Playsation Network sometime later this year.