A Remake That Lives Up To Its Legendary Provenance Game Informer (owned by parent GameStop) has the first full review of XCOM and they grade it a 9.5 on their scale of 1 to 10. Very excited for this game in case the multiple posts on the topic didn’t clue you in. from Public RSS-Feed of James Schumacher. https://plus.google.com/117368904812683832763/posts/dFZxSprnViF
Check out the latest trailer of the Studio Ghibli game Ni No Kuni : Wrath of the White Witch. This game has had my attention for sometime. A Japanese-style RPG adventure backed by one of, if not the most famous animation studio’s in existence. Check out the newest trailer from Gamescom below. The art style is truly gorgeous and really holds to the the Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli style. The animation may not be able … Continue reading
Batman – Arkham City is impressive on many levels. Like I mentioned in my initial impressions of the game everything in the game is top-notch and improved over the already great Arkham Asylum. The game garnered enough attention to earn itself a bigger budget, both for the game and it’s marketing. Because of this, the Batman Arkham City Soundtrack features some big-time names from modern radio. Now for some of us, that time of music … Continue reading
Arkham City Impressions I spent a few hours with Arkham City this evening. I have to say that I can definitely see where all the positive hype is coming from. As I discussed in the preview article, Arkham Asylum was a bit of a surprise. There wasn’t much to complain about with the first game and from my initial play-time it feels as though they have been able to improve on virtually everything somehow. I … Continue reading
Hearing the Call The Call of Juarez features a spiritual-successor storyline to the original games. One of the main characters, and if we’re honest the focal point of the game, is Ben McCall, ancient ancestor to the Reverend Ray McCall, gun-toting preacher from the previous two games. That’s kind of where the connection stops. There are dialogue references and even scenes that are supposed to take place in locations from the original games. It’s a … Continue reading
Brink made a promise upon it initial debut to reinvent or at the least reinvigorate the first person shooter. Early media gave us glimpses of highly stylized characters and an interesting mixture of traditional shooting mechanics with free-running (parkour) mixed in for good measure. Most people were touting the game as Mirror’s Edge with much more shooting. So how does Brink measure up to expectations? Basics of Brink I took me only a couple nights, … Continue reading
Every time I see or hear anything remotely like “has just been revoked” I automatically think of the end of Lethal Weapon 2 after Riggs has been shot, and the South African d-bag claims diplomatic immunity. BLAM! “It’s just been revoked”. Hell yeah, Sgt. Murtaugh! That was Lethal Weapon 2, wasn’t it? Where was I… This is supposed to be about Knights Contract, I’d just rather it not be. The Knight’s Contract So the contract … Continue reading
Killzone History I came to the series late. In fact, I never played the first entry. I remember it receiving much hype. I was almost 100% a PC gamer at the time and didn’t by a PS2 until very late in the cycle. As some of you may have read or know I absolutely hate FPS shooting with a controller. It feels clunky and unintuitive after experiencing years and years of precision FPS gaming on … Continue reading
Star Wars the Force Unleashed II isn’t in the budget right now, and I don’t know anyone who has put in the purchase yet, so I can’t comment first-hand on the game. However, I think I end up being glad that this wasn’t the pre-order purchase that I was hoping to have on my list. The collective reviews are not looking good for the game thus far. Typically I don’t form any sort of opinion … Continue reading
