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You will either love or hate Final Fantasy XIII. Square-Enix made a lot of changes to really immerse you in the story and for the most part this works, leading to one of their strongest casts to date, I just wish they did more with the world around them instead...
Mechanically speaking, the shooting has been raised to the standards of most elite third person shooters. The much criticized inventory system and Mako driving sections of the original have been discarded and instead replaced by an economic system based on mining, which I can recognize as being the worst part...
The music is exceptional for a game of a low entry price. The tunes will reflect the mood as well as the setting of each stage and is never an obstruction to your constant need to plant and collect. The Plants vs. Zombies music video is a reflection to the...
And another discrepancy I have with this game is how the camera hasn’t really been fixed. Especially with Ratchet’s new Hover Boots. The camera can be very frustrating at times. Sometimes the camera will stay in a certain fixed position in a boss fight, while you fall to your death...
World at War had 4 player co-op in its campaign and with its Nazi zombie horde mode. Infinity Ward adds its own flair on co-op by taking it back to two players and taking areas from the campaign but changing the objectives. Examples of this are with the snowmobile mission...
Competitive play has your traditional team deathmatch, king of the hill, deathmatch, and turf war where you and another team battle for control over various zones of the map. Naughty Dog has put their spin on capture the flag by turning the flag into a big golden idol. You must...
The music in the game fits the atmosphere perfectly. Every sound you hear from the groans of your enemies to your weapons clanging sounds great and is accompanied by a soundtrack that helps set the dreary mood and can jump up during key parts. If only the voice acting was...
Also, there is a deep reverence to The Beatles history found throughout the game. Players can collect photographs and unlock rare videos documenting The Beatles. For example, there are archived recordings featuring audible chatter of the four between the ins and outs of each track. While these additions are minor...
Now you must be thinking by now “This game can’t get any better”, and that’s when I’d say “Oh but it does!”. Exclusively to the Playstation 3 are Joker challenge maps where you get to play as the fiendish villain himself. These aren’t just the same challenge maps with a...
Bound in Blood has remarkable aesthetic detail at first glance but up close there are glaring technical problems. The design of the game is confounded by the decision to include open world encounters, as the majority of the game is quite linear. These open world situations reflect a vastly barren...
This game has a multiplayer portion that is actually pretty fun. You and 3 other players take the role of any of the Ghostbusters and take down ghosts for some sweet cash. There are leaderboards, 20 ranks to go up to, and the game also keeps a list of various...
There are also 21 stunts to perform in the game. When you press start it will show you one of the stunts with an explanation on how to perform it along with how many you’ve done out of 21. I’d recommend doing as many of these in the Neon district...
