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“Thanks for attending today’s meeting. We are here to discuss options for the Tomb Raider franchise. What we need to come up with is something fresh!” Says the Corporate exec trying to screw every last cent out of a 20 year old IP. “I know! Let’s make an origin story”
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It has been tough trying to write this review for One Piece Pirate Warriors because I’ve actually wanted to play the game more than I wanted to write about it. I genuinely didn’t expect to like this game and came to play it by random chance. I did have some
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Hot on the heals of my review for the January Jalopniks the latest Forza car pack has dropped on to my Xbox. American Le Mans Series! This is a great title but a bit of a sad commentary on the state of American car design because only 3 of the
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Last month saw the release of the January Jalopnik car pack for Forza Motorsport 4. Its a fairly random collection of vehicles with the draw card for most people being the Pagani Huayra. I took each of the cars through its paces with some fairly surprising results. I am a
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I wanted to like this game. I didn’t really expect to but there was a little red-necked, big-brash USA-culture-loving part of me that really wanted to like WWE12. I don’t consider wrestling a sport any more than I consider ballet a sport but I embrace it for what it is;
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I have a couple of dirty little secrets to confess. Up until 2 weeks ago I was a Saints Row virgin. I have always considered Saints Row to be the slightly inbred second-cousin of the Grand Theft Auto franchise and so I have never bothered to play any of them.
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There is a game that haunts me. It sits on the shelf calling to me… but I’m scared. Scared that I’ll spend my precious gaming time and have no reward to show for my endeavours… I’m scared that I’ll get so frustrated that I’ll throw my controller through the TV…
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Completing a review for Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 has been quite a challenge. It arrived unexpectedly 2 days after Fallout: New Vegas and the same day as Fable 3 which are 2 of my most anticipated games of the year. Not only that but my initial introduction to the game was very unimpressive and I actually had to force myself to insert the disc and fire it up for a second go. I’m glad I persevered as my subsequent attempts at the game were a vast improvement but I found the game ultimately unfulfilling.
The reason I volunteered to play DB: RB2 is that I’m a closet Dragon Ball Z fan from way back and the chance to play the characters I loved watching seemed too good an opportunity to pass up. I’m pleased to report that from that perspective this game is great. I thoroughly enjoyed my first Kamehameha and being able to turn into a Super Saiyan. I grinned my head off as I competed in the World Tournament and the Cell Games. Unfortunately after that I couldn’t find anything particularly inspiring to do so I turned the game off and went and made a coffee… And that’s the downfall of this game, apart from the fact its Dragon Ball Z and you get to re-enact your favourite fights with your favourite characters (both good and evil) it’s fairly poor.
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Most people will sum up Demon’s Souls in two words; one of those words will definitely be “hard”. The other will be a mixture of colourful adjectives that are mostly unsuitable for publication. For my colourful adjective I chose “Too”. As a casual gamer with restrictions placed on my free time by work, family and other hobbies Demon’s Souls is simply too hard. I do not want to spend 4 hours replaying the same level over and over again. Some people will consider that a great challenge and revel in the sense of accomplishment when they finally clear the level but getting to the end of my 2 precious hours of gaming time and having made no progress at all is not fun. So the game is hard, but is it good? Well actually, yes it is. Very good.
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