Dustforce
Dustforce is a new downloadable platformer, from Hitbox Team, that was swept onto your Steam platform on January 17th. The game challenges you to make the levels spotless and continue your combo until the end, competing for scores and times on the online leaderboards. Last’s year’s demo certainly created a lot of buzz, but will the full game clean up, or just get left on the shelf to collect dust?
Dead Island : Bloodbath Arena
Dead Island went viral with it’s first trailer and created it’s own zombie apocalypse of interest. I remained a skeptic, even with the release of gameplay footage and more juicy details. After playing the game, I ended up eating my words quicker than the zombies of Hanoi chowed down on the unsuspecting tourists–it’s a fantastic game and a thrill ride I’m glad I didn’t miss. In November of 2011, the first piece of DLC, Bloodbath Arena, finally became available for the game. If you pre-ordered the game, or received a Collector’s Edition, than you received the DLC free, all other players could snag it for a mere $9.99. Is it worth the time, or will it leave you feeling like a zombie?
Run Roo Run!
Run Roo Run is a nice little suprise from 5th Cell, makers of Scribblenauts and the upcoming Hybrid for XBLA. Run Roo Run is a platformer in which you control a little kangaroo over obstacles by tapping to jump. The gameplay is very basic in that you don’t control Roo you only tap to start him moving on his own and tap again when you want to jump. I guess you could say it’s similar to Toki Tori in ways. I’m not a huge fan of automatic “movement” in games but Run Roo Run does it great.
Trine 2
If you haven’t already checked out our preview of Trine 2, click
here, and I will try not to repeat myself. Trine 2 is the follow up release to 2009′s dazzling puzzle platformer, Trine. The game pits the player in control of a mage, a knight and an assassin, brought together by a mystical artifact and thrust into combining their strengths in the hopes of saving a kingdom. Wouldn’t you know it, trouble seems to have found a way to return, and the Trine once again calls it’s chosen warriors to save the day. Does Trine 2 measure up to the success of it’s breakout hit first iteration? Or will it just leave you puzzled? Read more
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
The Lord of the Rings games have been a little hit and miss. Older games, like the attempt to make an RPG out of Fellowship of the Ring, were pretty poor attempts to get fans of the series to cough up their money. The movies brought on another bad Fellowship game, but they also brought us the Two Towers and Return of the King action games, which were fairly good.
CitiesXL 2012
It’s been over 8 years since SimCity 4 was released by Maxis. Die hard fans will also mention SimCity Societies, which wasn’t created by Maxis but by Tilted Mill Games, released in 2007. It’s been a while since we have seen something as complex as SimCity, and something as innovative as SimCity Societies released in the genre. I would like to introduce all you city builders out there to CitiesXL 2012, released by Focus Home Interactive. It was released as an Expansion to CitiesXL 2011, but for those of us that don’t have that, it was also released as a stand alone game.
How does this city simulator stand up against the behemoth that is SimCity? You know how to find out by now.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Oh yes, it’s that time of year again. The huddled masses standing around the Gamestop entrance at midnight only want one thing…Call of Duty. I really doubt they care or know that Infinity Ward’s staff was gutted after Modern Warfare 3, the box stills says Call of Duty. So grab a case of Mountain Dew and lets pull an all-nighter with this years Call of Duty to find out just where this series has found itself. This review is based on the PC version of the game.
Dark Souls
Make no mistake about it. If you play Dark Souls, you will die. Not just one time, or five times, or even twenty times. You will probably die so many times you will lose count. Even the game’s website is www.PrepareToDie.com. Despite being a very punishing game, it is equally rewarding and offers an amazing experience to those with a decent dose of patience.
Game of Thrones: Genesis
So lets say you’ve been watching the Game of Thrones television series and thought to yourself, “that would be an awesome video game”. It seems like the most obvious thing in the whole world. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess this probably isn’t the game you are looking for. I understand that’s a large generalization and for some, this game might be incredible and fun and all that good stuff. For us other people, you’re going to find an drab real time strategy game with some good ideas and a few nagging issues.