The original Prototype was a game that found itself a victim of bad timing. Released within a few weeks of the popular and critically acclaimed Infamous back in 2009, both gave players the opportunity to experiment with superpowers in an … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Action
BrawlBusters Review
The Free-To-Play business model for online games is one that’s been building momentum and most recently has seen DC Universe Online’s revenue increase vastly since it’s conversion in November last year. It’s not surprising then that a lot of other … Continue reading
Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale Review
Bedlam Games have tried hard to capture the essence of Dungeons and Dragons and to make it accessible to a new generation of gamers, but sadly the game is marred by too many flaws and technical problems to achieve any real success. Continue reading
Alan Wake Review
Alan Wake was first announced five years ago at E3 2005. Since then the game seemingly kept to its own pace under Finnish developers Remedy, after the success of Max Payne. Due to the prolonged development period, it would need … Continue reading
Dead To Rights: Retribution Review
Dead to Rights: Retribution is the attempted rebirth of the franchise that began on the Xbox in 2002, before being ported to the PlayStation 2, GameCube and later on Windows PC system. It gave players the chance to control one … Continue reading
Bayonetta Review
Gaining attention with some very early first rate reviews, Bayonetta has built up a lot of hype over a small period of time. So after the long wait for a Western version it is finally here, and it certainly has … Continue reading
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Review
Name your favourite comic book characters. While there may be a couple of other companies’ figures in your mind (Batman and Superman, most likely), your list will probably be populated mostly by Marvel characters. Be they Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, … Continue reading
Wet Review
Wet, perhaps the oddest title to bestow a console release, is another one of those titles that seems to appear on the out of nowhere. Is it an extreme water sports title? Or perhaps a video game attempt at a … Continue reading
GI Joe: Rise Of Cobra Review
Those of you heading towards the big 3-0 will recall the days most of our toys came hand in hand with a cartoon. Just about every franchise worth its salt had its own TV show designed to push more and … Continue reading
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince Review
I hate Harry Potter. As a relatively young man cursed with dark hair and glasses the numerous heckles, taunts and jeers of Joe public over the years forever haunted my adolescence. This perhaps does not afford me the best position in … Continue reading
MadWorld Review
After the controversy surrounding the ultra-violent Manhunt 2 and it’s subsequent disastrous sales, Sega must have questioned whether their decision to publish MadWorld on Wii was the right choice. Bone-crunching fatalities, decapitations and a not-so-healthy dose of claret – all … Continue reading
Disaster: Day Of Crisis Review
In amongst the first showreel of software destined for the Wii was an intriguing first look at an action title from Monolithsoft. This impressive CGI trailer for Disaster: Day of Crisis depicted a city sized Tsunami hitting a non-descript location … Continue reading