Tag: xbox 360
Put the Force Back on its Leash
Finished Star Wars: the Force Unleashed on Friday. I guess I thought it was going somewhere bigger than this. Let me start with the non-spoiler comments, and then I’ll get into the details behind spoiler tags. I need to return for a second to the complaint I had about cutscenes last time. Worse than just […]
Posted: February 16th, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: force unleashed, platformer, rpg, sam witwer, Star Wars, xbox 360
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Loading Unleashed
Post 2 on Star Wars: the Force Unleashed. I want to emphasize my earlier post in saying that this game is much better than its demo. In general, I’m going to continue to praise it, but with three notable gripes: 1. Loading screens are too often. They’re not too long, at least the first twenty […]
Posted: February 13th, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: long loading, platformer, rpg, Star Wars, xbox 360
Comments: 2
The Force Unleashed, Better Than Expected
When I played the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo, back when it was released for free, I was completely unimpressed. Now that I’ve rented the full game and played through the first couple of missions, I think the problem is that they wrote a bad demo. See, games like this need time to get […]
Posted: February 11th, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: first impression, force unleashed, rpg, sam witwer, Star Wars, xbox 360
Comments: 1
The Maw in Review
I know I just reviewed The Maw last week. Now I’ve played the whole game and gotten most of the achievements, and thought it was time to give a final weigh-in. Let’s not wince words: this game is amazing.
Posted: February 10th, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: kids, maw, platformer, xbla, xbox 360
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Bad Controls Ruin Too Human
Too Human (website), the new action/adventure/rpg from Silicon Knights, is a visually stunning game. Too bad that doesn’t count for anything with actual humans. I mean, no matter how shiny a game is (Prince of Persia), it still needs other things. What’s Too Human missing? How about controls. Let me make one thing clear: the […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: action, adventure, rpg, Too Human, xbox 360
Comments: 1
First Impressions of The Maw
The Maw (website) is an unusually impressive new 3D game on the Xbox Live Arcade. It has all the feel of a late-1990s big studio 3D platforming game (Banjo-Kazooie, Spyro), and graphics that are well beyond its price at $10. The Maw also delivers a shocking amount of fun for so simple a game. In […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: first impression, maw, xbla, xbox 360
Comments: 1
Bully: Scholarship Edition
I rented Bully: Scholarship Edition (website) from GameFly and I think I was surprised by both the good parts, and the bad parts of the game. Overall, I’d say it’s worth playing only if you like games that are like GTA, but you don’t like them for the auto theft. This is a good game […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: bully, gta, rockstar, xbox 360
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N+ is Screaming Fun
I have my Xbox 360 set to download trials of arcade games automatically, but it’s rare that I go through them and try them out. It’s rarer that I find one I really like, and rarer still that I pay for one. But when it happens, it’s because the game is truly awesome. This is […]
Posted: January 21st, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: multiplayer, n+, perfect score, platformer, puzzle, xbla, xbox 360
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Fable II DLC: Mighty Impressive
If you read the first few posts on this blog, you already know I love Fable II (website). But I’ve been trying to play other games, too, so I was surprised when I saw featured new downloadable content for the game. But I immediately downloaded the Knothole Island pack priced at $10, and loaded it […]
Posted: January 19th, 2009 under Reviews.
Tags: Fable II, rpg, xbox 360
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Prince of Persia and the loss of interest
When I started playing Prince of Persia (website), it was amazing. Shiny, pretty, happy, fun. It was everything I wanted in a title from this series. I was blown away by the ceiling running and the magic plates that launch you into the air. Even the boss fights were captivating. Then I got to the […]
Posted: December 13th, 2008 under Reviews.
Tags: platformer, prince of persia, xbox 360
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