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!
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.
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.
Rhythm Party Review
Rhythm Party isn’t just a Dance Central Clone.
The list of Dance Central clones and rip offs is still growing, and it seems like everybody is trying to get their hands in on the dance simulators. So I hear about Rhythm Party, and I decided to check it out fully thinking it was a Dance Central rip off. To my surprise I was wrong.
Gotham City Impostors Review
Gotham City Imposters Blew My Mind.
FPS’s are generally a dirty, grimy lot. Players fight in bleak, war-torn environments with the latest in hi-tech weaponry and gadgets. Such is not the case with Gotham City Impostors, the latest game from Monolith Productions. As the name implies, Gotham City Impostors is set within the world of DC’s Batman comics. However, the twist is that you aren’t playing as Batman, but rather masked vigilantes who want to fight crime much like The Dark Knight, but can’t afford the sweet gadgets and must instead use guns and improvised weaponry. On the other hand, The Joker has his own groupies who want to terrorize Gotham City like the Clown Prince of Crime. Naturally, the two groups of crazed civilians take to the streets to see who will come out on top. Is this fight a cause you need to join, or does this game need to be locked up in Arkham Asylum? Read on, Bat-friends.
Quarrel Review
Quarrel lets up to four players battle it out across one of several different areas.
It’s always fun playing classic games, video game based or traditional. Games like Bejeweled are ridiculously easy to pick up and play, but can suck you in. Adding other gameplay mechanics to Bejeweled that normally shouldn’t belong, like RPG elements for instance, sound like a recipe for disaster yet instead we get amazing games like Puzzle Quest. The latest game to add a new twist to an old game is Quarrel, a downloadable title for Xbox Live Arcade (and iOS) that combines elements of Scrabble with turn based strategy games. Read on to find out if this game is a high scorer or if it spells out disaster.
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