Awesomenauts Review: Blast in, but with Friends
Awesomenauts is a lot of awesome mixed with MOBA.
The MOBA genre (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) is one that I personally have never been into, but once I saw the beautiful and witty art style of Awesomenauts, I decided to give it a endeavor. If you can deal with some unbalancing issues, you will find Awesomenuats to be a simplified 2D arena shooter with some real legs to keep you coming back.
If you are familiar with the MOBA genre then getting into Awesomenauts will not take long. The goal of each match is to conquer your opponents’ base by destroying their turrets defending their main base. This is done by players controlling a group of different classes, each with their own set of unique abilities. Each stage possess its’ own set of different ways to approach your opponents’ base, and some even have hidden paths to sneak up on your enemy.
The Walking Dead Game Episode 1 Review
I’m going to do something a little different in this week’s Michael’s Gaming Corner; I’m going to do a small review like I did with Journey, why?
Mainly because reviews are just somebody’s opinion, so I felt that game reviews would fit nicely in my editorials, it’s nice to change things up every now and then don’t you think? So here’s The Walking Dead game review.
Walking Dead on arrival?
Telltale Games have done plenty of point and click games based off of popular IPs, from Sam and Max to Jurassic Park, so it was no surprise when TT Games announced they were making a Walking Dead game.
The big question was how well can TT Games transfer the world of zombies to a point and click adventure without losing out on the action or pressure of being pursued by the living dead?
For those who are not familiar with point and click games, characters are usually set in in one spot until told to move by a cruiser which the player controls.
I’m happy to say the Telltale Games handle the thrill of a zombie apocalypse very well, nearly everything works.
Trials Evolution Review: the Truth Behind the Title
In August of 2009 RedLynx released Trials HD; a physics-based motocross racing game in which the player treks across a straight track ridden with numerous obstacles including hill, jumps, loops, and even dynamite. Based less on realism and more on puzzle solving, Trials gives you the ability to reload at multiple checkpoints throughout each track. The player is also given the ability to create and customize their own track, using any and all obstacles available in the game.
Trials Evolution: The Awesome Evolution of Trials
Last month RedLynx debuted the sequel, entitled Trials Evolution. Trials Evolution maintained all the popular aspects of the original that made it such a success, but RedLynx didn’t stop there. Evolution is not just a name; the simplicity of the original received a serious overhaul in every facet of its awesomeness. In the time I’ve spent racing across the epic quantity of premade career mode tracks, I’ve been introduced to more new features than I could shake a stick at!
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Review
I was never very good at the Resident Evil games when I was younger. I had always hoped that one day, Capcom would release a more action based title that put you in the shoes of an elite mercenary unit sent out to eradicate zombies rather than flee from them. Lo and behold, my prayers have been answered over a decade later with the release of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, a squad-based third-person shooter developed by Slant Six Games. Classic enemies and environments from the series are infused with the sensibilities of modern day shooters in order to create a hybrid that’s, well, almost as terrifying as a Nemesis.
Mass Effect 3 Review
Mass Effect 3:The End of Commander Shepard’s Trilogy
Mass Effect 3 is a torrent of emotion. There is excitement over the grand, and promised-to-be truly final, conclusion to the series. There is satisfaction and lack of concern over the fact that this game completely stole three days of my life. And when I get to the end there is frustration and sadness, but also some closure. This is the end to the saga of Commander Shepard, and all that entails. The conclusion has created a bit of a stir; Mass Effect 3 players who have avoided the controversy and just want to beat the game had best prepare themselves.
SSX Review: A Reboot Worth Your Time
SSX Has Never Felt and Looked So Good
It’s been a long time since gamers have received a proper SSX title. Way back in 2003, EA released the last memorable SSX title, SSX3. Now it’s 2012 and EA looked to bring back the classic franchise from its snowy vacation.
When we first saw SSX, it was known as SSX: Deadly Descents. EA said that gamers would have to tackle some of the most dangerous real world locations scattered around the world. The Deadly Descents name has been dropped, but the idea is still here. Returning snowboarder Griffin Simmons has decided to ditch the SSX team, and take on the Deadly Descents himself. To combat Griffin, Elise Riggs decides to gather some old and new faces to not only beat Griffin, but conquer the most dangerous snowboarding drops on the planet.
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Review
Alan Wake is Back, But Can He Survive This Nightmare?
Alan Wake has made his return to the Xbox 360, but instead of Alan Wake 2, we have Alan Wake’s American Nightmare. An odd spin-off that takes place only in the universe of Alan Wake, and has no effect on the overall story of the franchise. Alan Wake’s American Nightmare plays out as an episode in a TV series known as Midnight Spring. In this episode Alan Wake must defeat evil alter ego, known as Mr. Scratch, that seeks to destory Alan Wake so he can never return to his wife Alice.
As Alan Wake you will have to defeat Mr. Scratch, and try to restore peace to this non existing town. To make this happen, players will have to cause a series of events that will weaken Mr. Scratch, and make him vulnerable so he can be hurt.
The campaign of American Nightware can only be described in one word, repetitive. As Alan Wake you travel to a motel, observatory, and drive in movie theater, trying to shed any light possible on the whereabouts of Mr. Scratch. Time Travel plays a big role in American Nightmare, and players will travel to all 3 places a total of 9 times, in only a span of about 4-5 hours. The idea behind this is that Alan Wake is rewriting and fixing the problems he has already conquered, like causing an oil rig to tip over to cause an explosion. Each time you revisit the area you already know what your objective is, therefore you can skip some of the steps you did before. Manuscript pages make their return from the original Alan Wake and help flesh out the story, and even give you hints to as to what enemies might be heading your way. Some of the pages also explain what is going on in Alan’s head as he keeps getting sent back in time. This time traveling method might of worked better if it wasn’t done 3 times in such a short amount of time , and instead each area was fleshed out a bit more than it is. By the third time you have tipped over an oil rig, as a player you do not feel like you are really accomplishing anything. Instead you feel like you are playing a game that has artificial extenders to make it play an hour longer than it really should.
Warp Review
Warp is a top down stealth mixed with a puzzle action game.
The first of the X Box Live Arcade’s House Party 2012 has hit the figurative shelves. Warp is a fine title that I have been really excited about for over a year when I first checked it out at Pax East 2011. Warp is a top down stealth mixed with a puzzle action game.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Review
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a welcome new franchise in the world of Western RPGs.
The world of high-fantasy RPGs seems to go by a certain set of rules. You are almost guaranteed that there will be elves and dwarves living alongside humans. Bandits, wolves, and otherworldly demons attempt to kill you at every turn. Magic is reserved for scholars and practitioners of the arcane. These rules are especially true in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the latest game from 38 Studios, Big Huge Games, and EA. Drawing upon inspiration from other famous fantasy RPGs, Amalur manages to bring together the best (and some of the worst) aspects of other well-known games in order to become its own unique thing.
Kingdoms of Amalur begins with, strangely enough, your character being dead.
Double Fines’ Happy Action Theater Review
Happy Action Theater actually uses the Kinect to its fullest potential.
First and for most, Happy Action Theater is really not a “Game” in the common sense of the word, it is basically a collection of Kinect mini-games. The back story to Happy Action Theater development is when Double Fine was working on Once Upon A Monster, another Kinect game. Whenever they would have weird programming issues with the Kinect, Double Fine would start documenting these issues. Double Fine decided with these weird bugs and issues they could make some really cool games out of the other team’s misfortunes.
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