Just Cause 2 Review – Engage The Vertical Flare
Just Cause 2 brings an incredible level of action and adventure that is simply redefining the edge of aeronautic stunts and over-the-top action. Players can use the grapple to attach to a helicopter and steal the chopper, macadamize a deadly path to ram cars into large oil rigs, or blow up dozens of fuel tanks to rush the blood to the head. Rico Rodriguez takes on all of this in an everyday lifestyle of pure work with a little bit of fun added. Panau becomes the territory that is the ground on which three gangs that attempt to overthrow the government, and the sandbox to which Rico can test his skills. Just Cause 2 provides a beautiful damage in gameplay action, exciting freedom to do anything players wish, and open-world exploration all fused with a balanced storyline that uses humor and action to reinvigorate the boarders of vertical limits and destruction. When Just Cause 2 gives you the freedom to do the things you want in the way you want, it shines in humor and ridiculousness. Unfortunately, missions can become frustrating with loose mechanics that make the open-world exploration such a great thing to begin with. Luckily, Just Cause 2 amps up the excitement and fun beyond that for an overall decent hook and drag adventure in Panau Island.
God of War III Review – The End Is Only Chaos
If all those on Olympus would deny him his vengeance, then all of Olympus will die. The God of War returns in the hell of the world that he has forged for himself. While Kratos has always been washing himself with blood and taking down revenge upon the God’s that plague him of nightmares, he finds a new world entirely with God of War III. The brutality feels more in-depth than ever before, as the new game engine provides unforgettable and aristocratic realism that is demanded for a storyline of such a magnitude. Sony Santa Monica Studio has created the best thaumaturgic ending to the God of War franchise, revitalizing itself through simplicity of the gameplay mechanic, providing an incredible journey with a storyline delved into traditional Greek mythology, and giving new meaning to the histrionic lullaby of carnage and vengeance.
Metro 2033 Review – Fear The Adaptation
Russia has never been this awful. Metro 2033, developed by 4A Games, assets the storyline from the literature Metro 2033, a science fiction book by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Taking the level of Russian culture to a new medium, Glukhovsky’s novel combines action, suspense, and a level of thrill with every page of esoteric thematic tension. As the fastest selling novel in Russian History, Metro 2033 poses quite the challenge for the developers of the title to incorporate. Sadly, the inexplicable pages of thrill and anomalous action from the novel’s narrative stop at the end of the book and fail to see any shred of justice in the video-game counterpart adaptation of Metro 2033. While the graphics are lively to the atmospheric setting, Metro 2033 takes bland shooter mechanics within a haphazardly translated version of the book from scene to scene and achieves to meet the criteria for the worst video-game adaptation thus far of literature since Dante’s Inferno by Electronic Arts.
Final Fantasy XIII Review – The Intrinsic Contention
The battle within finally begins. Final Fantasy XIII captures the true nature of story-telling in the pages of gameplay that make up the masterpiece of the narrative. Final Fantasy XIII ensorcells players into a world of action, and a contrasting dichotomy of good vs. evil which furthers the nurture and attention that an elegant storyline requires. The struggles make us forlorn to the protagonist, the themes make us feel in tune within the world, and the form and mood of the storyline allow us to experience a decent narrative. Final Fantasy XIII uplifts the senses in its outline through encapsulating the audience in a RPG with unforgettable storyline which grasps our hearts, a diverse cast with personalities that are a wonder to discover, and presenting a unique piece of art designed with Fabula Nova Crystallis in mind after a long wait which was well deserved. Despite problems of repetition through the linearity, Final Fantasy XIII brings form of emotional tenacity that is tangible every minute within the world of Cocoon, and action which engages the audience through every plot-twist woven through drama. Final Fantasy XIII acquiesces a storyline that is exceptional, achieving some level of respect in the name of the Final Fantasy series.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 LE Review – With Such Bad Company, Who Needs Enemies?
Battlefield: Bad Company was a premiere shooter that marked the entry of DICE into the first-person shooter series category designed for consoles exclusively on June 23rd, 2008. Bad Company offered singleplayer, a decent online offering of 24 players from the native 64 from Battlefield’s 1 and 2, and provided a venue for console shooter fans to play if they did not fancy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Nov 7th, 2007. Bad Company offered a markedly watered down version similar to elements of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in terms of multiplayer minus the ranks and perks system. Not surprisingly enough, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a sequel that uses the same formula and delivers on what the first title came close to doing itself: being a game with an unoriginal storyline of revenge and profit centered on repetitive gameplay and missions structure, while capitalizing on the online warfare craze with bland online elements revolving around statistic aficionados that find an all too endless joy in the clunky destruction engine of the environment’s flawed realistic scope.
Bioshock 2 Signature Series Guide Review: The Secrets Of Rapture Remain, Until You Have A Guide
The city of Rapture is not particularly difficult to navigate on a basic level, but its many hidden secrets can cause frustration to players as they do not get the best rewards from their game and suffer later on against much tougher opponents. This frustration is eased by the Bioshock 2 Signature Series Guide which 2K Games and BradyGames have teamed up to produce which gives you all the knowledge anyone needs to become a real Big Daddy. Written by Doug Walsh and Phillip Marcus, the guide is comprised of 271 pages fully explaining everything from each enemy and weapon stripped down to the finest details to a very concise single player and multiplayer walkthrough.
AMD ATI Radeon Sapphire Toxic HD 5850 Review – Power Lightning
The AMD ATI Radeon Sapphire Toxic HD 5850 brings a new era for increased level-enthusiasts to ramp up their gaming platforms to Microsoft’s DirectX 11 specification, while maintaining the core platform compatibility to use DVI-D, DVI-I, and finally HDMI for newer LCD monitors. The launch of the Radeon 5000 series has brought with it a change for consumers to meet not only a great price point, but benefit with the core integration of having features such as 1440 stream processors for every GFLOP unit and much more. Incredible design aside of the Toxic HD 5850, the AMD GPU launch of this latest card definitely quenches the thirst for a handful of enthusiasts from overclocking especially to pure stability per MHz increased.
