Thought I’d try out a different way of reviewing a game for a change. My opinions on games tend to change as and when I play them, and different aspects external to the game can affect my current opinion of it. Usually in hindsight I’ll like the game to a degree and will have lost perspective on the previous reasons that made me feel like quitting it and giving up.

Not to let myself get caught up in the pre-release hype for this game, I gave it a bit of a wide berth to see if it was more than just nostalgia that was making me want it. I left it for about 2 weeks to watch the reviews stream in with opinions on it. There where a few gripes in regards to controls from the upper echelons of SF4 players, but nothing a lowly beginner like me would have to worry about.

Here is another short post to recommend a game I have been playing religiously every day after work. It’s a good way to blow off steam.

The game itself would be classed as a “Tower Defense” game, whereby you need to build towers and turrets to protect your base from “creeps” or the baddies that will march towards your base. It’s kind of like a very basic RTS, but immensely satisfying in my opinion.

Having recently played Resistance: Fall of Man for the first time, I was glad to see the sequal close on the horizon. Resistance 2, by Insomniac games, is Sonys competition to Microsofts behemoth, Gears of War. In my opinion, the original Resistance was good, not great. It felt unpolished and lacked that something which made me love the original Gears of War (not a fanboy I promise, I don’t even own a 360). But would Resistance 2 change that or fall into the same level of mediocrity of its predecessor?

I meant to post this review last week and I’m now glad I held my tongue, as it would of read a lot differently, specifically it would of been a lot more incensed and dissatisfied. I’ve been waiting for Sonic Unleashed since the day I wrapped Sonic & Knuckles 13 years ago. I’d hoped it would be a complete return to form, but it is not. That is not to say this game is not without it’s merits. In my opinion it is a step in the right direction.

“Crysis: Warhead” is the second instalment from Crytek, who’ve previously made “Far Cry” and “Crysis”, using their new CryEngine 2 (whoa! that’s too many “Cry”s) It’s basically just an expansion to Crysis that has a story that runs alongside the original. You aren’t really given anything more in regards the main storyline, rather it’s main [...]