Dragon Age: Origins… I love you and I hate you. “Love” and “hate” are powerful words, but they are key here, as BioWare’s first fantasy foray into the next-gen range of consoles takes the familiar mold that we’ve come to expect from Canada’s finest RPG developer, and stuffs it full of the kind of mature … Continue reading »
It’s old – not only is Resistance: Fall of Man set over sixty years ago, but having been released way, way back in the dark ages of 2006 it’s also the oldest RETROspective review we’ve done for the current crop of consoles.
The recent remake of Medal of Honor was not a title I purchased based on review scores. As an unashamed, newly-converted addict to the brilliance of Battlefield, I couldn’t resist the pull of a free Beta trial for the upcoming Battlefield 3. However, I was pleasantly surprised by a thoroughly entertaining single player campaign. Although … Continue reading »
Machinarium is a beautiful point-and-click adventure game, released independently by Aminata Design for PCs in 2009. Created in Flash, it’s gameplay harks back to the Lucasarts and Sierra games of old. However, it has a little trick up its sleeve – the charming inhabitants of this strange steampunk world do not speak. You play as … Continue reading »
On a Dark Night… OK, for the lazier among you I’m going to make this short and simple: buy this game. “Oh, but I don’t really like Batman/Games based on a comicbook” some of you say… Well, it goes beyond the usual cash in: buy this game. “But I don’t really like action or fighting … Continue reading »
Epic. This is a game about epic scales of proportion. The amount of fun you have, the amount of damage you do, the depth of the battle system, your interest in the story and the conceited characters, the size of the monsters, the amount of hit points the enemies have, the amount of strategic options … Continue reading »
Having joined the Playstation revolution late in the day, picking up a copy of Resistance1 several months after release, and still not having put the disc in the tray by the time Resistance 2 hit the stores, it would be fair to say the Resistance franchise doesn’t excite me as much as the next FPS … Continue reading »
