Reviews

by / on August 24, 2012 at 8:40 am / in PC, Reviews

Review: Symphony

credit score repair tips Think the last Guitar Hero soundtrack was garbage? It would be great if you could use any song in your rhythm game of choice, so it's understandable why many indie rhythm games have tried to make procedural level generation work with your own tunes. There's been a few solid attempts at this sort of game before, [...]

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by / on August 23, 2012 at 10:24 am / in PC, Reviews

Review: Unmechanical

First, take the shorter, puzzle-based gameplay of LIMBO. Give it a somewhat similar visual design to Machinarium, but up the graphical fidelity by using the Unreal Engine (think The Ball). That's a perfectly mechanical way to describe what exactly Unmechanical looks like, but in doing so, it misses the point of what the game feels like. Unmechanical is a game where you explore [...]

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by / on August 17, 2012 at 9:00 am / in PC, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360

Review: Inversion

Most shooters try to reel you in with some promised mechanic.  For Inversion, that mechanic is the ability to tweak gravity.  The promise of being able to alter the shifts of gravity to help you fight, make cover, fly in zero-gravity, and even stand on walls is extremely enticing. However, don’t get your hopes up, because it’s sadly just a [...]

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by / on August 16, 2012 at 9:02 am / in PS3, Reviews

Review: Malicious

The premise of Malicious is simple: beings with no real identity – but shall be referred to as Prophets – summon the playable character, known as the Spirit Vessel. As is happens, you have been summoned to fight against a great evil known as Malicious. To do this, you need to fight five holders of power to inherit abilities which [...]

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by / on August 15, 2012 at 8:54 am / in PC, Reviews

Review: The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

We've all heard of Dungeons and Dragons before, but you can be forgiven for being unfamiliar with the world of The Dark Eye. According to helpful research sources like Wikipedia, it's an ersatz tabletop RPG game that's wildly popular in Germany, even outmatching D&D itself. It's got a lot of rich history, lore, and storyline behind its many editions and volumes. It [...]

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by / on August 13, 2012 at 12:05 pm / in PC, Reviews

Review: Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers

Big has taken off with Tiny’s pants. For those unfamiliar, that’s British talk for underwear, which makes the premise even more ridiculous. Fortunately, the road to recovering that beloved undergarment is fraught with exciting peril and danger, the kind of thing that makes for a stellar 3D platformer. The game does more than enough to set itself apart with a [...]

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by / on August 10, 2012 at 9:37 am / in PC, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360

Review: Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD

Tony Hawk is back and once again lending his name to a skateboarding video game. Gone are the feeble attempts at skateboarding in the living room with a defunct floor controller, and now we have will have a controller in hand again.  The team over at Activision has decided to do a complete turn-around and bring back what made the Tony [...]

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by / on August 8, 2012 at 12:49 pm / in PC, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360

Review: DiRT Showdown

  Back with a BANG Codemasters newest release in the DiRT series, DiRT Showdown, is coming on to our screens with a huge crash, bang, and wallop. It’s obvious from the start that this game is aimed at the not-so-serious racing gamer. It’s a racing/demolition game, which, in some ways, is a bit of a let down, but it has some [...]

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by / on August 8, 2012 at 7:52 am / in PC, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360

Review: The Expendables 2 Video Game

Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft ESRB Rating: Mature No, your eyes do not deceive you: The Expendables 2 has a video game tie-in with the release of the film. Available for download, The Expendables 2 Video Game looks to deliver the over-the-top action the movie franchise is known for. Will The Expendables 2 Video Game shake the bad reputation of bad [...]

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by / on August 7, 2012 at 9:44 am / in PC, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360

Review: Borderlands

  Set on the wacky world of Pandora, Borderlands has a simple premise; arrive on Pandora, kill everything that gets in your way, and find the mysterious vault. It won’t be easy, though, because you’ll need to battle your way through hordes of bandits, psychotic midgets, overgrown insects, and a myriad of other hostile lifeforms. This is a shoot first, [...]

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