It was bound to happen: once Harmonix and MTV Games released "Rock Band," there was only one direction that Activision, Neversoft, and RedOctane could go with the "Guitar Hero" series if they wanted to keep up, and that was to expand the game into a full band. "Guitar Hero World Tour," which culminates the previous [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
Ever since the release of "Grand Theft Auto III," nearly every game publisher has tried to produce a clone of the gameplay format to cash in on its success. Most of them sucked, pretty much (See, for example, the "True Crime" games), mostly because they captured the spirit of the game through duplication of gameplay [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
Mecha-based video games have always served to meet a tiny niche of gamers that like deep gameplay and customization experiences. While some games in the past have tried to even go to great lengths, providing a complex console controller to mimic the piloting of a mecha, accessibility is a big problem for these games as [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 19, 2008
There is a certain fascination with World War II-based video games over the last several years: among Medal of Honor, Call of Duty and their ilk, the sheer volume of like games is beginning to make any such title have to provide something wholly original to really make it stand out. Gearbox's and Ubisoft's Brothers [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 16, 2008
Quirky games - those that do not easily fall into the readily accepted genres like FPS or RPG - are very hit or miss. Some, like Katamari Damacy, are great successes. Others, such as Stretch Panic, fall well under the radar, and typically end up as cult favorites. Yet, these games are refreshing to play, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 2, 2008
Space combat simulations have been one of the few genres which really haven't seen many advances in the last few years in terms of gameplay. While graphic cards and other hardware can help provide a better experience, the genre has fallen into a rather limited style of gameplay. While Dark Horizon, a new space combat [...]
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