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While Lightning Returns continues the Final Fantasy XIII series with its customary motif of the battle against fate and inevitability, the process of getting through the game is surprisingly downbeat and at times confronting. It’s a pity that a lot of players have been so fixated on the perceived gameplay...
The other concern is a fairly minor one as well, but the main storyline felt like it was taking overly cautious baby steps. I am sure that the events in this episode will tie into the third one in some meaningful way, but it felt like this was more of...
Overall Zombeer has the potential to be much much better if the mechanics can be fine tweaked in a patch to make things smoother. The lack of story in a first person shooter isn’t the end of the world, zombie apocalypse or not, but how well you can move through...
It’s a shame that the capabilities of the Vita aren’t used to their fullest potential during the gameplay. OlliOlli could have been released on any device. For the asking price though, OlliOlli brings a bundle of fun that encourages players to come back every day for new challenges. When a...
There’s a lot of content in Blackguards, but memorable moments are few and far between. This is a game that feels like it has a lot of ambition, but it’s held back sharply but budgetary constraints and, perhaps, an engine so unfamiliar to the development team that they couldn’t compensate...
And there you have it. My first 5-star game for the year. Last year Ni No Kuni was a January Game of the Year contender in my mind. Up there is my ten reasons that Ubisoft has done the same with Might & Magic X this year.
Most importantly from my perspective, Aveline is the most worthwhile female lead character since Ubisoft’s own Jade from Beyond Good & Evil. There’s no sexualisation or exploitation in her character, and yet by the same token Aveline is very much a woman, not an gender-neutral character or a male-in-woman-form which...
Unepic is a solid game that holds up very well throughout. It offers up a stiff challenge, while maintaining a sound sense of humour, and will go down especially well with those of us that remember (or still play) all-night Dungeons & Dragons sessions.
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood has a handful of funny moments, plenty of fairly easy but entertaining puzzles and platforming/chase scenes all wrapped up in lovely visuals. The adventure doesn’t have great replay value, but the first time through it’s long enough, and the price of admission is absolutely worth...
LEGO Star Wars will always have a warm fuzzy spot in my heart because it merged two of my favourite childhood (who am I kidding? adult as well…) things. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is the best of these games to date and definitely worth a week or so of your...
Compared to some racing games, the number of cars and tracks might feel somewhat light. Those mingled with the microtransactions that the credit system seems to try and take advantage of do hurt the overall value of the game. Forza Motorsport 5 is a great deal of fun however, even...
Credit should be given for creating a creepy atmosphere and a deep crafting system. There is plenty of entertainment to be had here once you learn the ropes, but the unforgiving deaths that help keep the tension high also rob Don’t Starve of some of its fun due to the...
