Destructive racing taken to the extreme Racing games and I rarely see eye to eye – I would happily forgo the engine-tinkering nuances of Gran Turismo for a nice spot of Wipeout , and even then, I tend to tire very quickly of even the most unusual track-based gaming. I have recently realised this is …
You haven’t flown till you’ve flown 3D Yes, the 3D on the 3DS might very well revert the outer layer of your eyes inside out, but back in the 90’s there was one game which required so much patience and precision that it posed a greater danger to my young eyes. Pilotwings on the SNES …
Sandbox shooting for the cerebral gamer. Woop woop, it’s finally here! The sequel to one of my favourite PC AAA titles has brought some nice sandbox action to console players, and offers a refreshing world in which to shoot stuff. Crysis 2 continues the story of the Ceph invasion, and pits Alcatraz, a US marine …
The Doc might’ve made a time machine, but point and click games taught me how to make a spatula out of a school of fish I hope, nay pray that we experience a second renaissance in the next four years, otherwise I don’t know what to think about my favourite movie trilogy of all time. …
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Sneaking in the back with belting gameplay One of the toughest things about buying games around Christmas is picking the quality from the chaff. Whilst most Christmas times have been light on major blockbusters due to a certain “800 pound gorilla”, there have been a few notable releases to pick from if you aren�t a …
You’ve got red on you… To make Origins, BioWare re-animated the corpse of J.R.R. Tolkien and from the recesses of his mind the land of Thedias was born. To this, they added religious intolerance, inherent racism and a mythological backstory which was compelling enough to get even the most die-hard fantasy RPG geek excited. Once …
Back of the net, with a curly perm & a tash! Welcome to the world of football management. When you mention Soccer to games, they usually think of two types of games. The first being you arcade classics such as FIFA and PES, with their flashy graphics, gameplay and licensed commentators.Secondly you think of the …
An epic trip into a disturbing wasteland Bleak, shocking, terrifying, empty, compelling, tough. These are just a few words I scribbled down after my first couple of hours with the latest instalment of the STALKER franchise, and I feel they sum up my experience perfectly. STALKER: Call of Pripyat (for those not in the know) …
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Test Drive, Limited… Test Drive Unlimited 2 is all about chasing the dream – literally. Your introduction to the game is a dream sequence straight from a cheesy 1980’s aspirational feel-good film, in which you are speeding along a sun kissed coastal road, behind the wheel of some exotic Ferrari. As with all dreams however, …
Take your battles of coordination to the skies! When starting out in the world of gaming, I didn’t genuinely expect the career of ‘Air Traffic Controller’ to fall upon my lap. Hell, the predicament of blocking a massive black hole after an enthusiastic game of tennis with everything and anything in the known universe was …
Enter the Dragon… Let me firstly point out that Awakening is not simply another piece of tacked on, after thought DLC, designed to empty your pockets and blacken your soul. No, Awakening is 25 hours of full-scale new content, which picks up the story of the original however you may have left it. Awakening then, …
