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Dead Rising 2
Thank goodness I got it free with Games With Gold. Game play is repetitive and gets boring. AI team mates are incredibly stupid. Time limits on the missions don't really allow for exploration. The guidance arrow is also very annoying.
Its fun for a "put it in and play and not really think" game, but gets tiresome quickly.
6/10
Far Cry 3
8/10
Watch for crocs and sharks when going for a swim on a hot day
TOM CLANCY'S
SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION (PC)
Story
[8.5/10]
In this installment - Sam Fisher's past is revealed to him. From knowledge of his daughter to the best friend he murdered and more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLab2MGlZJU
[First few seconds are a bit choppy - suspect it's the conversion app]
Gameplay
[8/10]
I have only minor complaints regarding gameplay.
When you're in cover -- you cannot move around corners since the button/key is being held down.
You have to first let go of the button or key to stop yourself from taking cover, then proceed to walk [crouched] around a corner, and depress and hold the button/key again to cling onto the wall. Game can run very choppy at times - especially when the are lots of AI and things happening on screen.
Using a keyboard - the movement controls aren't so friendly, IMO. You have to "Toggle" running and walking, as apposed to just simply press/pressing <and holding> Shift to run. In no way does the game feel sluggish, and although I say Sprinting, it's more like a jog. Sam Fisher is getting old, so I'll assume that running isn't the easiest thing in the world to do.
The game has a detection notifier which informs you if you're being seen or not. If it's white, you're in the line of site of someone, or someone has noticed you, but not sure of if they've seen you or not. When it's red you've been detected. You can make you way to shadows of try and break line-of-site, which doesn't always work - as the enemy will follow you [carefully], and attempt to kill you from cover.
Shadows are one of the best sources of cover. When your screen turns from colour to black and black and white - you're hidden.
You have a variety of weapons and gadgets to choose from in order to eliminate the enemies: from a silenced pistol to a shotgun and a silenced assault rifle - and many more.
The cutscenes are very cinematic, as the camera makes some impressive maneuvering around Sam and whomever he is interrogating.
Interrogations are fun to perform, as you are given a space in which to perform many kinds of interrogative beatdowns, depending on what [breakable object you have at your disposal].
Enemies can be taken down in a variety of ways: from melee attacks, to gunshots to the body and even tosses from a ledge, windowsill or down a flight of stairs.
Controls
[7/10]
You can play using either the keyboard or controller, but I'd advise using the controller -- after having experienced the game twice using one of each for each session, I found it more comfortable and convenient to use the controller. The only problem with using a controller is that there is no aim-assist, which made things a little more difficult, but nothing very game-changing - most of my shots were still mostly on target.
Sound
[7/10]
As you'd expect a gun to sound that's how they sound. Grenades exploding near or far from you sound relative to that. I especially love the sound the Sonar Goggles makes - so covert. All sound are good, and I have no complaints.
Graphics
[8.9 10]
Visually the game is very good-looking. All textures are neatly polished and well done - expect for maybe the by-standing world textures which won't be stared at. But, overall, the game is visually very pleasing.
Voice acting
[9.5/10]
Of course, the re-use of Michael Ironside's voice for Sam came as no surprise to be top quality. Other voices like Grim [Anna Grimsdottir] voice actress also played a convincing role as she did in previous installments, the same for Lambert [Irving Lambert]. Enemies repetitive dialogue can become annoying and does now and then lack in believability.
Bugs
If there were any, I didn't notice. The game is well polished and allow little to be desired.
Overall
TOM CLANCY'S
SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION
An awesome game! It's definitely worth a play to any fan of the franchise or anyone looking to play a decent 3rd person action/drama.
Saints Row 4
I mainly got this game to pass some time before GTA 5 comes out and it fulfilled its purpose. I enjoyed SR 3 and super sprinting/jumping around Steelport was fun..for a while.
This game is for anybody looking for a fun week or two, but this is not a GOTY contender. There are definitely some design issues- the powers are just too "over powered". Vehicles are pointless and killing enemies is too easy. Bugs from SR 3 return (mainly sound issues) and some aspects of the story don't make sense. There are references to the past games and I did not understand everything since I only played SR 3 and 4.
That being said, I did enjoy this game and running around the city causing chaos with my "Goku" character was great fun. Just a few design changes would have benefited this game.
Score: 7/10
Assassins Creed 3.
It is crap, I won't give it 1/10.
I don't know why they moved in this direction because the game was great when we still had Ezio, but this game is just plain boring.
The 2 hours I played were painful and I just decided that life is too short to waste on this piece of crap and I just gave the game away.
Don't get this.
So I finally finished Uncharted 2. Had to reduce the difficulty level to easy since I have no idea how you're supposed to properly play a shooter without a mouse and keyboard.
I'd probably rate it about 7/10.
Game felt extremely long and all the shooting just made it really repetitive. Walk a bit, shoot some people, walk a bit further, shoot more people. The story and the humour is cool though. I've now started with Uncharted 3... I play a couple of hours each weekend.
I just finished BLOPS2's Single Player campaign.
I thought that it is really good campaign and I enjoyed it more than the MW3 and BLOPS campaign.
It is also longer than the normal CoD campaign.
Score: 8/10.
Gunpoint - The game about punching people and throwing yourself off rooftops (and jumping through glass windows).
http://www.pentadact.com/wp-content/...enshots-01.png
Gunpoint is a 2D stealth game, where you play as a spy/amateur electrician, called Richard Conway. You traverse the levels using your bullfrog trousers, which as the name suggests, allows you to jump around like a bullfrog...and land flat on your face until you buy the upgrade to land on your feet. You have a array of other gadgets at your disposable, like sticky gloves which allow you to scale buildings and hang from the roof, the Longshot which allows you to rewire enemy guns, the Prankspasm which allows you to boobytrap electronics and many others.
Your main tool is the crosslink, which allows you to rewire electronics. For example, you could rewire a light switch to open a door, leaving a guard morbidly confused when he tries to turn the lights back on. This allows the player to create many different solutions to the puzzles, and is excellently implemented.
The writing in the game is another of it's strong points. It's very British, and most of the things Conway says are hilarious. I'm not usually a fan of stealth games (mostly because I suck at them), but Gunpoint hits that sweet spot where even if you aren't a master spy, you can still have lots of fun with it.
The game is only 4 hours long, but it's a really good 4 hours. Whether you enjoy stealth games or not, pick it up sometime. I doubt you'll find anything like it for a long time to come. From a scale of punching a guard in the face, to jumping off a building, to kicking open a door and watching it fly into a guard who then falls through 7 story's of glass ceilings, I'll give it a umm...where was I going with this...10/10
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Nice review, I also liked the game a lot. First game where I actually laughed at the achievements as I got them.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Imp_ZA
So did I. My favorites were "Title Finally Relevant" and "Might As Well Have An Achievement For That Too". All the writing is really phenomenal. Some of those responses were absolute gold.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugene
"So did you find the file?"
"(Lie) Nope, There was nothing on the terminal."
"I know for a fact there was...and not just because you put (Lie) in front of all your lies.