It’s remarkable that Rayman Origins won the BAFTA for Artistic Achievement. Not because it isn’t a thing of beauty – it is, even on the distinctly standard definition Wii – but because of what it is. It’s a 2D platformer, with levels based around fire, ice, water, desert and so on. In the 16-bit heyday, …
Capcom’s Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law from 2007 was the unlikeliest of things – a cartoon tie-in that wasn’t a total waste of everybody’s time. It’s quite amazing really considering that Harvey Birdman on first inspection isn’t ideal fodder for a videogame. He may appear to be a superhero, but under that bright exterior he’s …
You know how some films are so bad that you can’t help yourself but to keep watching? MorphX is the videogame equivalent, riddled with plot holes, clichés, bad voice acting and poor dialogue. It’s a third person romp that 505 Games slipped out on the sly back in 2010, heralding all the way from an …
We recently took a look at Choatic: Shadow Warriors – an Xbox 360 card-based RPG released only in the US, but import friendly due to being region-free. Feedback about the article was positive so this month we’re going to look at another region-free Xbox 360 game not released in Europe – Sega’s Cyber Troopers Virtual-On …
Back in 2009 Activision released Chaotic: Shadow Warriors, a third-person adventure game with turn based battles. It was never released outside of America which is a little odd – we know the trading card game on which it’s based was released over here as we once saw it for sale in TK Maxx. Come to …
Gears of War 3 ranks in as one of this year’s personal highlights, alongside Deus Ex and Bulletstorm. There are a few plot holes, and in hindsight I don’t think the final boss would have been as impressive without the fancy lighting effects, but it finishes the trilogy off nicely. Would I have liked Gears …
I’m not the type of person who goes around telling people that I’ll try anything once. This is because people’s response is often a lewd and predictable one. I will, however, try just about any game if it’s cheap. And so, it’s Tom Clancy’s HAWX and Cabela’s Trophy Bucks – purchased for £4 each – …
I didn’t get my first taste of Kinect until a couple of months ago. A friend asked me to sell his on eBay along with Kinect Adventures and Kinect Sports. What type of friend would I be if I didn’t give it a good test to see if it’s fully working beforehand? Not a very …
I’ve owned most of the Tony Hawk games, but as far as I can remember I’ve never finished any of them due to either tedium setting in or hitting a huge difficulty spike and getting frustrated. I found Tony Hawk’s Project 8 to be a particularly harsh mistress – after four hours of play I …
A ménage à trois of titles have graced Games Asylum’s Xbox 360 this month: Vanquish, Fable III and Splatterhouse. Variety is the spice of life and all that. There isn’t much I can say about Vanquish that hasn’t been said before. It looks incredible – like how you’d expect a next-next-gen game to look – …
I was over a year late to the Art of Balance party, and for that I blame only Nintendo. Had they given the green light to WiiWare demos earlier – as they clearly and obviously should have – then I would have played the demo earlier, and realised how ridiculously brilliant it is earlier. The …
For no reason other than coincidence the last two games I’ve played through have both been movie tie-ins. Avatar left me feeling blue, while Wolverine had me seeing red. That’s seeing red as in blood and gore… not as in feeling angry. About an hour into X-Men Origins: Wolverine I had a rather vicious scuffle. …
I wanted S4E1 – that’s what I reckon all the cool kids are calling it – to be excellent. I think I only read one review when it was released last year, and took that as confirmation that it is indeed excellent. Having finally got round to downloading it, I’m not entirely disappointed. It starts …
Now this is a game that I’m glad I wasn’t asked to review – I can’t decide if it’s the ‘best worst game ever’ or the ‘worst best game ever’. Confused? Of course you are. Just trying to describe it gives me brain ache – it’s a murder mystery, set in a quiet American town, …
Have you ever seen a game that’s ridiculously cheap but it’s not a game you ever planned to buy, but still buy it anyway because it’s at a price too good to miss? This is what happened with me and Crackdown 2 after finding the metal tin edition in Cash Converters for £6.99. Knowing it …