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FEAR 2: Project Origin Review (PC)

Admin Games — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:08:03 +0000

Fear 2 is a new horror first person shooter, which lives up to the horror part easily! Because its bloody scary indeed! The game is scary from its frightening atmosphere and build up just like in the movies!
If you didn’t play the first fear then here’s a quick low down of what’s going on. Armacham Technology is building an army of telepathically controlled clones. Alma is a 8-year-old psychic who was forced into a coma, trapped in a vault, impregnated and then abandoned is still alive and pissed.
You play as Sgt. Michael Becket who is part of an elite squad who have been sent to arrest the president of Armacham Technology.

As you play through the game you find yourself jumping at shadows and literally waiting for the next scare which could be at any moment, and at varied intervals (the longest waits are the worst!).
You gain the ability to slow down time as Becket after an operation to save your life. Which is kinda cool at first but it’s something we see a lot in games these days and I think in a way it does spoil the game as it makes taking down enemy’s very easy. It does have a time limit but it quickly regenerates in what seems like no time at all.
You don’t just fight against clone soldiers, there’s also what I can only describe as zombie style men who crawl about on all fours. These are quite difficult to kill as they move about so quickly. I liked the fact that they can jump on top of you and you can punch or kick them off!

During the game you get to use a mechanized power suit which is awesome with 2 machine guns and rocket launchers. You feel invincible moving through the streets and owning the clone soldiers!
The multiplayer mode has 6 different game types:

Deathmatch
Team Deathmatch
Blitz is where teams capture and defend canisters of goo.
Control is basically 3 control points with 2 teams try to control them.
Armoured front is like control but with the power-suit involved!
Failsafe is a Counter-Strike style bomb defusal game.

The graphics are very good, the gameplay is fantastic and really gets your heart pounding. I really recommend this game to anyone who is into scary games/movies.

Rating

Graphics: 8.5/10

Gameplay: 9/10

Lastability: 7.5/10

Overall: 8.5/10

Mirrors Edge Review (PC)

Admin Games — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:29:32 +0000

Mirrors Edge is an FPS game like I have never seen before.. set in the future where you’re a runner of sensitive material named Faith. You travel by rooftop where you skid, jump, ledge-grab, vault, and even wall-run. You also make use of a 180 degree spin which you could be grabbing on to a ledge then quickly turn and jump off the wall onto another ledge. With these options available you can basically get through any obstacle you come across.
First thing you notice when you play the game is how the graphics are sharp. It’s almost a contempory look and feel.
The game is not like a lot of FPS games in the fact that it’s more about the cool movements than the shooting you are in fact encouraged in the game to run when you see the cops! However there is a way to disarm your opponents and take their weapon but you often run out of ammo quickly when you do this.
As well as a story mode the game also has a time trial mode in which you can race against other players ghosts online. There is also a leader board which makes you want to do better and better each time!
The story mode is fairly short and you will find yourself completing in a short time. However the game is fresh and unique experience.

Fallout 3 (PC) Review

Admin Games — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:29:09 +0000

Firstly let me say that this game is not a normal FPS game. It is like a FPS with RPG rolled into one with more RPG than FPS in my opinion. There was a lot of hype about this game so I decided to take a peek at it. Largely I was disappointed, I had never played any of the other ‘Fallout’ games so I didn’t know what to expect at all.
You start out as a baby, were you make your first steps and have a little background with regards to the story of the game. You’re then quickly flashed forward to your 10th birthday and then again flashed forward to when your 16 if I remember rightly, where you find your father has left the ‘vault’ without you knowing why or where he has gone. Obviously you decide to follow him! and this is when the game starts properly. You stumble across a town called Megaton where you ask people about your dad. The bar owner knows the info! And tries to get cash out of you. I just knifed him and got the info that way! Much more fun.
As you play the game you pickup weapons and equipment and get to fight against ghouls and rebels. Now when it comes to FPS it’s all about aim and skill but in fallout 3 there is a system called V.A.T.S which is basically a slow motion system which allows you to pick the place on a target and it gives you a percentage of the chance you’re going to hit that target. Now as you play the game you get XP and you can attribute XP to certain skills so your chances of hitting the targets will therefore go up or you can make it so you’re better at hacking computer or talking your way out of a tight situation.

I tried playing the game without the V.A.T.S system and it is extremely difficult, so you become reliant on this slow motion chance, roll the dice crap. In my view this isn’t fun and I know people who are into RPGs this is..
The V.A.T.S system isn’t my only gripe with the game either, there’s also the changing of weapons, in which you have to sort of stop the game go to a menu and select your weapon, which is a major pain in the ass.
However these points aside I believe Fallout 3 to be good, well designed and well made game, but it is not for the FPS gamer who most likes FPS ! You really need to like RPG also to get the fun from this game.

You can see gameplay via this video:

Left 4 Dead Review (PC)

Admin Games — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:45:51 +0000

Left 4 dead is a completely new online gaming experience at least it was for me! It’s based around co-operative play where you and up to 3 mates can play as survivors to a deadly virus where you guessed it, everyone who has the virus is a zombie! You battle through each level against hordes of zombies, in which there is the standard zombie and 5 “special” zombies:

The hunter zombie that pounces on to its victims and attacks on top of them leaving the survivor at the mercy of his/her team mates.
The boomer zombie is a fat zombie that can spew on to the survivors at close range, making them partially blind and leaving them to deal with the horde of zombies that are attracted to the sick.
The smoker zombie has a large frog like tongue that can be used to grab a survivor and pull them to the smoker were he can hit them to death. Again like the hunter the survivor is at the mercy of his/her team mates.
The tank, and that’s what he is! He has a huge amount of health and strength which make him very dangerous indeed. Depending on the difficulty setting you will only get 1 to 2 tanks per level.
The witch, she’s a very powerful zombie; if you startle her she will run after you and take you down with one swipe! (hint: turn off your lights!)

There are also 4 survivor characters Zoey a young woman, Bill an old veteran, Louis an office worker and Francis a tough biker.

There are 4 different scenarios with 5 levels in each with a finale at the end of each scenario. The game has 2 different settings “campaign mode” and “versus mode”. Campaign mode is when you play only as survivors and the zombies are computer generated. Sounds boring and repetitive? Well its more exciting than you would think because each time you play a level the spawning of the zombies is randomized and also the game will choose to give you extra health packs or weapons based on how well you are doing in the level.

You start each mission in a safe house which is normally filled with weapons and health packs. The object of each level is to battle through to the next safe house and ultimately get to the finale to get rescued.

Now you can play on single player and the other survivors will be AI bots which actually don’t do that bad of a job, but the downside to playing with bots is that they follow you and won’t take the lead, which is annoying because when you’re hurt you slow a lot! Playing single player is ok, but this feels like practice and to really get into the game you need to play with other humans as this is when the game truly becomes enjoyable. I found myself lmao on a number of occasions.

This is only the start to the fun though as once you play versus mode you just won’t stop laughing. Versus mode is when 4 human survivors play against 4 infected + the normal zombie horde. As infected you can play as smoker, hunter, boomer and tank. When you spawn as infected you are randomly given one of the characters, which I think is fair and sensible of valve. After each level of versus you swap sides and see if the other team can beat your score which you get at the end for things like distance travelled and health bonus.

Versus mode requires a lot of team work because as infected you need to go in as a group otherwise you will just be owned easily, however going in as a group is a lot more effective.

The thing I have found disappointing about versus mode is the overpowered right click “push away” for the survivor as soon as you get ready to pounce as a hunter you make a screaming noise, which makes the survivor spam the right mouse button which knocks the hunter into a daze. This is fine if the survivor actually aims and hits the hunter but I’ve actually experienced it when I’ve attacked the survivor from behind but because they are right mouse spamming I’ve been knocked into a daze this I think is very unfair and shouldn’t be in the game.

Another point I am disappointed with is the lack of damage the smoker does to the survivor. No damage is done to the survivor unless he is pulled all the way to the smoker where he is in close enough range to be melee attacked. This is almost impossible to do.

There is also a large disappoint with the content in the game, with only 4 scenarios which can be done in no time at all and which only 2 scenarios can be played in versus mode. Of course there will be updated with new levels but for now we will have to wait and play the same old levels. Also with only 5 different weapons I think the choice is far too limited.

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Conclusion:

In general I think Left 4 Dead is a great co-op multiplayer game that is really different from the other games out there. The gameplay I feel is unique and very enjoyable. However there are let downs with the lack of levels and weapons, but these things can easily be solved with updates. I think it’s definitely worth buying if you’re into FPS games and want to try something new.