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There’s fun to be had in Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, but it’s a dialed-in action shooter game, which is a mistake since there was never a chance that this game would compete with the big budget games in the genre. Titles such as Destiny, Call of Duty, or...
The platforming segments are often very creative, just not as smooth or fluid as I would have liked. Thankfully these elements, while gamifying the experience, are not the highlights of this show. The very human interactions starring a variety of flawed people through the eyes of an innocent girl who...
While Gundam Reborn won’t be remembered as one of the finest Warriors games, it is nonetheless a genuine attempt to do right by the Gundam fans out there, and I can’t see said fans being disappointed by this package.
GRID Autosport is a quality production, as you would expect from Codemasters when developing a racing game. It’s just difficult to see the relevance of this game on console, when there are so many next gen racing games on the way.
But in a way Valiant Hearts is a challenge to everyone in the industry; it’s a challenge to the publishers churning out the same old “war games,” and it’s a challenge to all the players that continue to buy into these games without really thinking about what they are playing....
But Battle Princess of Arcadias is a beautiful game, and it has a truly charming narrative and set of characters. Nippon Ichi might have a ways to go before its action JRPGs are of the same standard of its more methodically-paced games, but boy does that company know how to...
It’s games like this that keep me interested in gaming; creative developers working on creative concepts and telling simple, effective stories in a manner that is only possible through an interactive medium.
But I can’t get over the fact that this is meant to be a survival game that doesn’t create a convincing argument for being a survival game. And because it compromises its vision, How To Survive is a fun game, but little more than that.
It is that sense of fun and humour that has perhaps meant that Dragon Quest VIII gets away with being so traditional. Focused as it is on simply giving players a good time, Dragon Quest VIII enjoys an X-factor quality and remains fun on the iPad despite the very odd...
All in all, Worms Battlegrounds is a solid if unspectacular addition to the series that knows its strengths and generally plays to them effectively. There is an occasional awkwardness to movement that can make the single player story a bit of chore at times, but it does a nice job...
It’s unfortunate that Mind Zero chose one of the greatest JRPG franchises to ape, because the core combat system is really quite entertaining and mechanically sound. It’s also unfortunate because for all my criticisms above, Mind Zero is still a very entertaining game, it’s just that when you deliberately compare...
