It has been the dream of many a fan of the Metal Gear Solid series for some time now to engage with the game’s universe as the Cyborg Ninja. In Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions (Integral in the US and Japan), the player was given the opportunity to play through some scenarios as Grey Fox, … [Read more…]
Bastion‘s greatest strengths lie in its wonderfully consistent art direction and dogged insistence upon telling its story on its own terms. It is a testament to experimentation in how game narratives are conveyed in its focus on continuous storytelling, rather than relying upon breaking up the flow of the game with cutscenes or similar player … [Read more…]
The initial experience of even trying to get Jade Empire to run on a PC with a 64-bit operating system gives away a lot of the frustrations that are yet to come over the course of actually playing the game: if the player unfortunate enough to have hardware made in the last five years does … [Read more…]
DmC is evidence of all of the worst of Western excess: it is a torrid experience to play through and is bound to leave a sour taste in even the most liberal of people’s mouths. The true shame behind this state of affairs is that the crass, rude and infantile veneer that serves as the … [Read more…]