Save humanity in this first person shooter. It's the usual rules, you run around shooting crap, pick up ammo and the occasional new weapon on the battlefield ... kill anything that moves. Stewart has the best advice, duck behind rocks while they're shooting at you, then step out and shoot when it's quiet. So far so good!
What's better than the usual FPS is the graphics ... the world is lush and detailed. The lighting effects are part of the game, for instance your vision gets a increasingly darker when you've sustained more damage. The story pieces actually tell a story, enough so that I didn't fast forward through the dialog to get to the action.
I can see why everyone's abuzz about Resistance 2 getting here ... if this one looks this pretty, the next one is going to be beautiful.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
plundr.playareacode.com
Plundr is a browser game (Mac/Windoze, no linux yet) where you make-believe that wifi access points are islands, with unique resources to exploit. Visit different access points during the day to ship goods back and forth.
Super Mario Galaxy for Wii
Once again, Mario's eternal quest to impress the princess yields a fabulous game. It's the usual run-and-jump rules of Mario ... collecting star pieces (instead of coins), stomping on things, shooting stuff, and beating up bad guys.
You start out running around on teeny planets, like the little prince but with less French. Then there's a part where you get a pair of bee's wings. Another part and you're flipping tiles by walking over them, trying to make 'em all match. After that you might ride a manta ray down a water slide. The same wacky stuff you'd expect from a hero who collects mushrooms.
When this disc isn't *in* the Wii, it's right next to it!
You start out running around on teeny planets, like the little prince but with less French. Then there's a part where you get a pair of bee's wings. Another part and you're flipping tiles by walking over them, trying to make 'em all match. After that you might ride a manta ray down a water slide. The same wacky stuff you'd expect from a hero who collects mushrooms.
When this disc isn't *in* the Wii, it's right next to it!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2 for PSP
Hot Shots Golf is a game that stays near the top of the stack because you keep pulling it out for a few minutes here and there. I love the "Minigame" mode, where you've got one shot to get the ball in the hole ... they're all straight shots, and the green slopes right into the hole, but you have to pay attention or you'll miss. I also like the longer-playing "Challenge" mode, where you complete a whole course.
The thing is, I really don't like golf. Tons of land fenced in, tons of water spent on a few people, super-competetive freaks who don't remember that it's a game, after all. So why does the video game appeal to me? I think it's because they've really *nailed* the scenery and the physics, making it more screensaver than game in some respects. I just enjoy flying through the different sites, and watching the parabolic course of a ball struck with a force and then deflected by gravity. It's actually kinda relaxing!
The thing is, I really don't like golf. Tons of land fenced in, tons of water spent on a few people, super-competetive freaks who don't remember that it's a game, after all. So why does the video game appeal to me? I think it's because they've really *nailed* the scenery and the physics, making it more screensaver than game in some respects. I just enjoy flying through the different sites, and watching the parabolic course of a ball struck with a force and then deflected by gravity. It's actually kinda relaxing!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
