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Game Review: Tokyo Beat Down
2009-04-15 18:16:00 The sum of its fun parts couldn't save it from its overwhelming ambitions._______________________________ _____________________________TOTAL SCORE: 7.1/10The Good:Engaging plot * Colorful characters * Quirky dialogue * Nice variety of enemies * A handful of fancy moves and weapons * Combat segments and investigative sections make for gameplay varietyThe Bad:Unresponsive controls * Cheap enemy A.I. * Firing a weapon isn't as rewarding as it could be * Unfinished story____________________________________ ________________________Nothing screams fun like old-school. For most of us, our malfunctioning consoles from the 1990s may mean that we are no longer able to enjoy the classic old-school titles of yesteryear. Fortunately, the DS has risen as a platform for us to relive some of these old-school titbits. Tokyo Beat Down is the newest doctor yet to be trained and qualified to administer us shots of nostalgia. A side-scrolling beat-em-up, Tokyo Beat Down slides us down to the days where ... More About: Review , Game , Beat down
Game Review: Fracture
2009-04-11 17:08:00 Does terrain deformation give this game a facelift or does it sink it into a crater?__________________________________ __________________________TOTAL SCORE: 8.0/10The Good:Huge variety of weapons * Good use of innovative terrain deformation element * Graphically impressiveThe Bad:Poor use of cut-scenes * Distinct lack in enemy variety * Inconsistent enemy A.I. * Generic music * Some technical glitches_________________________________ ___________________________The shooter genre can be a tough nut to crack ? no thanks to the waves of run-of-the-mill titles released by the various publishers every year. A handful of games, including Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and Battlefield: Bad Company, have taken to environmental destruction to distinguish themselves from the others. Fracture works with this idea, but greatly expands on the concept. The result is an innovative and unique shooter built around the notion of terrain alteration. Does this imaginative element provide the game with a ... More About: Review , Game
Movie Review: Knowing
2009-04-06 14:02:00 You need to know this. _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 5/5 CHOICE WATCH____________________________________ ________________________In my book, any movie with an aliens-arrive-on-Earth or end-of-the-world theme is worth the admission price. Regardless of the differences in creative interpretations, movies exercising any of the aforesaid themes pretty much guarantee a concoction of intriguing plotlines and explosive action with mostly impressive special effects. Knowing is the newest chief yet to cook us a tall tale about aliens and humanity being wiped out. After watching last year?s similarly-themed, yet disappointingly disastrous The Day the Earth Stood Still raze everyone?s attention to the ground, I have to admit that I was a tad sceptical about Knowing. But as I discovered, Knowing is a successful blend of elements from both themes as much as it is of a nastily intensifying and engaging production.It is 1959 and students from an elementary sch... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Movie Review: The Unborn
2009-03-31 17:05:00 The Unwatchable. _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 0/5______________________________________ ______________________A comparison between a horror film and a piece of fish wouldn?t be overly conspicuous. Like allowing that tender slice of fish melt in your mouth, watching a macabre tale unfold on the screen never gets stale. Part of this could be attributed to the fact that there are many ways to approach the development of a horror movie ? just like how there could be many ways to cook a piece of fish. Depending on the way it is cooked ? be it subtle or drastic adjustments in the atmosphere and the music, the story, or the gore and special effects, a horror film could either produce a mildly tantalizing or distinctively spicy taste. But what happens when you don?t even bother to add the oil if you want to fry the fish, start the fire if you want to grill it, or boil the water if you want to make steamed fish? The result is a lackadaisical showing that... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Game Review: Left 4 Dead
2009-01-25 08:11:00 You can't signal perfection with a missing thumb.___________________________________ _________________________TOTAL SCORE: 8.7/10The Good:Distinctively-themed scenarios * Perfect mood and atmosphere * Adaptable enemy A.I. * Ingeniously-implemented elements that encourage true co-op play * Movie-esque presentation styleThe Bad:Inflexible friendly A.I. * Versus mode is unenjoyable * Lack of content__________________________________ __________________________Co-op play has always been that special sauce that provides a game with an appetizing look and a wonderful taste. From Halo 3 to Gears of War 2 to Call of Duty: World at War, developers have been attempting to implement co-op play as a feature of their games. But every so often, there is a dichotomy between single-play and co-op play. Built upon the foundation of single-play, these games are merely administered a little tweak to their single-play formulas for the accommodation of co-op play. When you are engaged in co-op play, the g... More About: Review , Game , Left , Dead
Game Review: Mirror's Edge
2009-01-18 06:33:00 When innovation works, it produces splendid results._________________________________ ___________________________TOTAL SCORE: 8.5/10The Good:Incredibly innovative and immersive gameplayThe Bad:Poorly-executed cut scenes * Inconsistent collision detection * Repetitive architecture and over simplistic color scheme___________________________________ _________________________Innovation is very much a double-edged sword. On one hand, it produces handsome results when fresh, yet competent ideas are fused with much thought and skill with tried-and-tested formula, while on the other, it tears a game asunder and sinks it much like the way Titanic was executed if the new elements are not implemented correctly. The former best describes Mirror?s Edge . Borrowing pages out from successful old-school platforming games, as well as from modern day first-person shooters, Mirror?s Edge is what one would call a truly innovative game. It does what other games haven?t in years ? and for most parts ? it su... More About: Review , Game
Movie Review: Dead Space Downfall
2008-12-17 15:10:00 Put on your spacesuit and depart into space.___________________________________ _________________________RATING: 3.5/5____________________________________ ________________________As part of EA?s new multi media release approach, Dead Space Downfall is a rather fresh ? and unique concept. In Downfall we see a thoughtful and impressive attempt at providing a prologue to EA?s recently released survival horror game Dead Space instead of yet another videogame to movie transition which fails to fill the boots of its source material all too often.Downfall explores the last few hours of the lives of planet mining vessel USG Ishimura?s crew members as the freaking-fearsome-aliens-with-claws Necromorphs invade and attack the ship prior to the arrival of the videogame?s playable protagonist, Issac Clarke. If you have played the game, and are interested in discovering a little more about its plot, then you should definitely grab the DVD. If you have not played the game, but are interested to play... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Movie Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008-12-15 14:01:00 The Day That Should Never Have Come. _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 0.5/5____________________________________ ________________________As you may have learned from movie reviews elsewhere, commercial entertainment journalists might start to attempt to impress you with their all-too-facile knowledge of the entire film industry at this point of an article. As a result of this, I discovered that The Day the Earth Stood Still is actually a remake of a 1951 film of the same name. Unless you are a really fervent observer of the film industry or the lucky person who caught sight of the original on a VHS Tape at a garage sales, you probably wouldn?t have heard of the 1951 movie before. That being said, the trailers and posters are likely to be your only hope (sans spoilers) in your quest to conjecture what to expect in the film. Like you, I was misled into believing that this film?s all about balls-out massive alien invasion sci-fi action (ala 2005?s War o... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review , The Day The Earth Stood Still
Game Review: Super Stardust Portable
2008-12-08 12:19:00 You're playing a PSP Game of the Year candidate._______________________________ _____________________________TOTAL SCORE: 9.7/10 CHOICE PICKThe Good:Stunning amount of depth in an otherwise static arcade shooter genre * Multiple ways to build up high scores, increasing replayability * Amount of content offered is just right * Glitzy visual effects and matching tunesThe Bad:Slowdowns in some areas * Unbalanced difficulty level____________________________________ ________________________Super Stardust HD blasted its way onto the PlayStation Network in June 2007 to positive reception. Best described as a cross between Asteroids and Geometry Wars, PS3 owners suddenly had an incredibly intense and addictive arcade shooter to pump up the adrenaline whenever needed. Just a little more than a year later after the success that was Super Stardust HD, the PSN welcomed its 2nd Super Stardust game ? and this time, it?s for the PSP owners.Super Stardust Portable is basically the same game as the P... More About: Review
Feature: State of Digital Media Distribution on DS and PSP
2008-12-06 16:18:00 Neither Xbox 360 nor PS3 owners should be strangers to digital media distribution on their respective consoles. Xbox Live offers game demos, full Xbox games, add-ons for released games, trailers, movies and smaller-scaled games like the successful Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved and Hexic HD for download, while PS3 owners have the PlayStation Network to occupy themselves with. Nintendo has also recently jumped onto the digital media distribution bandwagon with the Wii, offering classic games for download.There is no denying that digital media distribution has been more or less established on home consoles and it is going strong, with developers taking advantage of it and new content being released weekly. Home console owners are certainly getting the fun, but for handheld gamers, it?s a different story. Suffice to say, digital media distribution for handhelds is still relatively new. We are here today to look at the current state of the aforementioned on the DS and PSP and attempt to p... More About: Media , Distribution , Feature , State , Digital
Game Review: Need for Speed Undercover
2008-12-05 04:42:00 Made for the trash can._____________________________________ _______________________TOTAL SCORE: 2.8/10The Good:Huge variety of race modes * Great selection of cars * Tight and responsive handling * Relatively deep tweaking options * Ad-hoc and online multiplayer extend replayabilityThe Bad:Lack of open-world racing element although it can be accomplished * Story lacks any any form of cohesion * Lack of sense of speed * Cheating, yet dumb A.I. * City is too small that it barely qualifies this game as a street racer (smaller than DS version) * No hidden routes and shortcuts * Horrid framerate________________________________ ____________________________The recent Midnight Club: L.A. Remix worked its magic on the system with great panache, circumventing the technical limitations of the PSP and playing to the strengths of it to bring us an incredibly competent and tremendously fun street racer. L.A. Remix is a consummate example of how to accomplish an enjoyable street racing game for the... More About: Review , Game , Speed , Undercover
Game Review: Need for Speed Undercover
2008-11-26 15:37:00 Need for a hammer to smash this up.______________________________________ ______________________TOTAL SCORE: 3.7/10The Good:All Points, Scramble, Hot Car and Getaway are genuiely fun race modes * Suitable music * Local wireless play and online multiplayer extend replayabilityThe Bad:Straightforward and predictable story * Poor vehicle physics * Short draw distance * City seems too empty * Car models look terrible (square wheels included!) * Cheating A.I._____________________________________ _______________________Firebrand Game s seems to be the go-to developer for DS racing games, having already accomplished Cartoon Network Racing, Race Driver: Create and Race, Ferrari Challenge, Race Driver: GRID and TrackMania DS. Its latest project is Need for Speed Undercover , the most recent in EA?s long-running franchise.It remains a mystery, however, why a developer with such vast experience in producing DS racing games has works with varying (often questionable) degrees of quality. Race Driver... More About: Review
Movie Review: City of Ember
2008-11-23 05:05:00 An entertaining, if shallow, film. _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 3.0/5____________________________________ ________________________In an age where wars are raging or are threatening to happen and where the threat from natural disasters is very prominent, a post-apocalyptic world setting seems ripe for the picking. Such is the premise of City of Ember, which explores the survival of humankind in the future after the Earth is hit by a mysterious disaster capable enough of leveling entire cities. Earlier this year, Wall-E delved into a similar theme, where humankind survived by migrating to life on spaceships, but what we have here in this film is an underground city built with the sole purpose of housing future generations of humans, keeping them safe from the hazards of the Earth?s surface.But the problem is: The underground city of Ember is only built to last for 200 years before the humans need to vacate the premises and start to live on Earth?s... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Game Review - Call of Duty: World at War
2008-11-22 05:54:00 Significant improvement over Modern Warfare, but still lots of room for further improvement._____________________________ _______________________________TOTAL SCORE: 8.5/10The Good:Slick interface and menu * Consistent gameplay intensity * Stunning mission diversity * Very immersive aural experience * Perfect controls * Improved A.I. * More challenging * Slightly better visuals * Multiplayer now includes online playThe Bad:Some events have already been played out in Call of Duty 2 * A.I. can still be greatly improved * Visuals are still relatively weak- Suggestions for improvement listed at Final Comments_________________________________ ___________________________Portable gamers were given a little surprise late last year when Activision decided to let loose its Call of Duty franchise on the DS for the first time. N-Space undertook the project and the result was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, a game that was in equal parts impressive and disappointing. It was impressive because what... More About: World , Review , Game
Game Review: Exit DS
2008-11-15 06:34:00 Improves on PSP and XBLA editions, but retains fundamentally flawed level design.__________________________________ __________________________TOTAL SCORE: 6.7/10The Good:Utilizing items and exclusive abilities of each character to get over obstacles * Touch-controls prove so much more intuitive than the horrible button controls of PSP and XBLA verions * Fantastic visual style * Cool animationsThe Bad:Does not allow mistakes to be reversed, leading to a lot of trial-and-error * A.I. is still a little incompetent * Scaled-back visuals of DS version * Some animations last too long_____________________________________ _______________________After making its debut on the PSP in 2006 before ensconcing itself in Xbox Live Arcade in 2007, Exit finally arrives on the DS. The DS version improves on the PSP original and XBLA edition in a few ways, but unfortunately, retains the fundamentally flawed level designs from the both the aforementioned, essentially keeping this title off the rankings of... More About: Review , Game
Game Review: Exit DS
2008-11-15 06:34:00 Improves on PSP and XBLA editions, but retains fundamentally flawed level design.__________________________________ __________________________TOTAL SCORE: 6.7/10The Good:Utilizing items and exclusive abilities of each character to get over obstacles * Touch-controls prove so much more intuitive than the horrible button controls of PSP and XBLA verions * Fantastic visual style * Cool animationsThe Bad:Does not allow mistakes to be reversed, leading to a lot of trial-and-error * A.I. is still a little incompetent * Scaled-back visuals of DS version * Some animations last too long_____________________________________ _______________________After making its debut on the PSP in 2006 before ensconcing itself in Xbox Live Arcade in 2007, Exit finally arrives on the DS. The DS version improves on the PSP original and XBLA edition in a few ways, but unfortunately, retains the fundamentally flawed level designs from the both the aforementioned, essentially keeping this title off the rankings of... More About: Review , Game
Game Review - Midnight Club: L.A. Remix
2008-11-11 08:04:00 Register for this club.____________________________________ ________________________TOTAL SCORE: 8.1/10The Good:Both LA and Tokyo look fantastic * LA feels different from Tokyo * Dynamic weather effects * Strong visuals * Robust vehicle rooster * Deep customization options * Single-player game is long * Huge variety of race modes * Power-upsThe Bad:Red-marked races, supposedly the hardest, do not scale accordingly to the vehicle you drive, making them easy if you have a very fast vehicle * Lack of cop element * Terrible marker placement * Ridiculously reckless civilian vehicles_________________________________ ___________________________It has been a while since we loitered around the streets of Liberty City on the PSP, but in Midnight Club : L.A. Remix , Rockstar Game s has returned to what it does best ? open-world games. While L.A. Remix on the PSP is understandably not as big in scale as it is on the Xbox 360/PS3, the game still offers a rather impressive portable street racing exper... More About: Review , Midnight Club
Game Review - Midnight Club: L.A. Remix
2008-11-11 08:04:00 Register for this club.____________________________________ ________________________TOTAL SCORE: 8.1/10The Good:Both LA and Tokyo look fantastic * LA feels different from Tokyo * Dynamic weather effects * Strong visuals * Robust vehicle rooster * Deep customization options * Single-player game is long * Huge variety of race modes * Power-upsThe Bad:Red-marked races, supposedly the hardest, do not scale accordingly to the vehicle you drive, making them easy if you have a very fast vehicle * Lack of cop element * Terrible marker placement * Ridiculously reckless civilian vehicles_________________________________ ___________________________It has been a while since we loitered around the streets of Liberty City on the PSP, but in Midnight Club : L.A. Remix , Rockstar Game s has returned to what it does best ? open-world games. While L.A. Remix on the PSP is understandably not as big in scale as it is on the Xbox 360/PS3, the game still offers a rather impressive portable street racing exper... More About: Review , Midnight Club
Movie Review: RocknRolla
2008-10-18 04:16:00 Watch n Doze Off. _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 0/5______________________________________ ______________________Not since Unbreakable (2000), Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Right At Your Door (2008) have I seen such a boring movie like RocknRolla. But there?s certainly a difference between the 3 said movies and RocknRolla: Unbreakable, Brokeback Mountain and Right At Your Door were movies that managed to intrigue audiences with their underlying theories despite being more like overwritten tea break conversations, but RocknRolla is merely a piece of meaningless nonsense ? something whose effectiveness exceeds that of sleeping pills dozen times over.You know that there?s something very wrong with a film when you don?t even know what the movie is driving at even after it has ended. This is RocknRolla, a film that tries too hard to be as convoluted as possible ? but succeeds only in leaving audiences befuddled at the end of the show. To summarize Rock... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Movie Review: RocknRolla
2008-10-18 04:16:00 Watch n Doze Off. _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 0/5______________________________________ ______________________Not since Unbreakable (2000), Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Right At Your Door (2008) have I seen such a boring movie like RocknRolla. But there?s certainly a difference between the 3 said movies and RocknRolla: Unbreakable, Brokeback Mountain and Right At Your Door were movies that managed to intrigue audiences with their underlying theories despite being more like overwritten tea break conversations, but RocknRolla is merely a piece of meaningless nonsense ? something whose effectiveness exceeds that of sleeping pills dozen times over.You know that there?s something very wrong with a film when you don?t even know what the movie is driving at even after it has ended. This is RocknRolla, a film that tries too hard to be as convoluted as possible ? but succeeds only in leaving audiences befuddled at the end of the show. To summarize Rock... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Game Review - LEGO Batman: The Videogame
2008-10-06 14:57:00 Immensely fun despite flaws.___________________________________ _________________________TOTAL SCORE: 8.7/10The Good:Original story * Almost every other charcater from the Batman universe present in this game * Batman and Robin have a variety of suits, each granting them different abilities * Villains are playable * Robust A.I. * High replayability valueThe Bad:Poor vehicular controls * Lack of co-op play_____________________________________ _______________________LEGO games have always been about smashing objects mindlessly and collecting as many studs as possible while engaging in extensive puzzle solving. The occasional light combat and platforming segments do well to provide added challenge. Sandwiched in between the levels are cut-scenes that are laced with as much humor as there is creativity. This has proven to be a very effective formula that never ceases to entertain players in prior LEGO games. What Traveller?s Tales has done is to take this tried-and-tested formula and plas... More About: Review , Game , Lego , Videogame
Game Review - LEGO Batman: The Videogame
2008-10-06 14:57:00 Immensely fun despite flaws.___________________________________ _________________________TOTAL SCORE: 8.7/10The Good:Original story * Almost every other charcater from the Batman universe present in this game * Batman and Robin have a variety of suits, each granting them different abilities * Villains are playable * Robust A.I. * High replayability valueThe Bad:Poor vehicular controls * Lack of co-op play_____________________________________ _______________________LEGO games have always been about smashing objects mindlessly and collecting as many studs as possible while engaging in extensive puzzle solving. The occasional light combat and platforming segments do well to provide added challenge. Sandwiched in between the levels are cut-scenes that are laced with as much humor as there is creativity. This has proven to be a very effective formula that never ceases to entertain players in prior LEGO games. What Traveller?s Tales has done is to take this tried-and-tested formula and plas... More About: Review , Game , Lego , Videogame
Movie Review: Mirrors
2008-09-21 05:29:00 What commercial movie reviewers won't tell you. _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 5/5 CHOICE WATCH____________________________________ ________________________One need not be reminded of the current ?American-ized? film predicament ? and the fact that Mirrors is yet another one of those Asian rehashes makes it ripe for dismissal, but you would only be doing yourself a great disservice if you decide to let this film slip by. Mirrors is, quite simply, one of the rarest species in the film industry ? a vestige of horror movies that used to be really hair-raising. Coupled with a story ever so intriguing and some impressive character development, Mirrors is thus far one of the best movies I have seen this year.Kiefer Suntherland of television hit 24 fame stars as Ben Carson, an ex-cop who has been suspended from the force after he accidentally killed one of his colleagues. This incident sends him into depression and he is now a shadow of his former self ... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Movie Review: Mirrors
2008-09-21 05:29:00 What commercial movie reviewers won't tell you. _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 5/5 CHOICE WATCH____________________________________ ________________________One need not be reminded of the current ?American-ized? film predicament ? and the fact that Mirrors is yet another one of those Asian rehashes makes it ripe for dismissal, but you would only be doing yourself a great disservice if you decide to let this film slip by. Mirrors is, quite simply, one of the rarest species in the film industry ? a vestige of horror movies that used to be really hair-raising. Coupled with a story ever so intriguing and some impressive character development, Mirrors is thus far one of the best movies I have seen this year.Kiefer Suntherland of television hit 24 fame stars as Ben Carson, an ex-cop who has been suspended from the force after he accidentally killed one of his colleagues. This incident sends him into depression and he is now a shadow of his former self ... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Games Convention Asia 2008: The Experience
2008-09-18 14:26:00 Organized by the same people responsible for the Leipzig Games Convention held just this August, Games Convention Asia (GCA) provides gamers in the Asia Pacific region with one massive game show that they can finally call their own. GCA returns to the Suntec Exhibition and Convention Centre in Singapore for its 2nd year and I had the chance to immerse myself in the gaming goodness today.This being the 2nd GCA, there was noticeably more participation ? and I wouldn?t be surprised if the attendance at this year?s GCA surpasses 2007?s number of 70,000 public visitors. As always, EA had the utmost honor of having the biggest booth at the show, showcasing an impressive mix of both recently-released and unreleased titles.Recently-released titles being showcased:- Crysis Warhead (PC)- The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack (PC)- Spore (PC)- Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Xbox 360)- FaceBreaker (Xbox 360) Unreleased titles being showcased:- Red Alert 3 (... More About: Experience
Games Convention Asia 2008: The Experience
2008-09-18 14:26:00 Organized by the same people responsible for the Leipzig Games Convention held just this August, Games Convention Asia (GCA) provides gamers in the Asia Pacific region with one massive game show that they can finally call their own. GCA returns to the Suntec Exhibition and Convention Centre in Singapore for its 2nd year and I had the chance to immerse myself in the gaming goodness today.This being the 2nd GCA, there was noticeably more participation ? and I wouldn?t be surprised if the attendance at this year?s GCA surpasses 2007?s number of 70,000 public visitors. As always, EA had the utmost honor of having the biggest booth at the show, showcasing an impressive mix of both recently-released and unreleased titles.Recently-released titles being showcased:- Crysis Warhead (PC)- The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack (PC)- Spore (PC)- Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Xbox 360)- FaceBreaker (Xbox 360) Unreleased titles being showcased:- Red Alert 3 (... More About: Experience
Movie Review: Bangkok Dangerous
2008-09-14 15:19:00 Bangkok Romance, perhaps? _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 3.0/5____________________________________ ________________________Our dear Mr. Cage starrs in yet another action movie, a movie that involves an assassin, to be exact. Almost instantly, over-the-top vehicle chases, spectacular fighting scenes, and a mysterious atmosphere were conjured up in my mind. What could possibly go wrong? Of course, things could possibly go wrong and Bangkok Dangerous shows how it can be done.A remake of a 1999 Asian film of the same name, Nicholas Cage is Joe the assassin in Bangkok Dangerous. Joe?s last job takes him to Bangkok where he has been engaged by a notorious crimelord to carry out 4 contract killings. This being Joe?s last job, he would obtain his final suitcase of cash and retire once all 4 targets have been silenced. However, assassins always seem to have the worst of lucks and as you would have guessed by now, things fail to go according to plans.Prior ... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review , Bangkok
Movie Review: Bangkok Dangerous
2008-09-14 15:19:00 Bangkok Romance, perhaps? _________________________________________ ___________________RATING: 3.0/5____________________________________ ________________________Our dear Mr. Cage starrs in yet another action movie, a movie that involves an assassin, to be exact. Almost instantly, over-the-top vehicle chases, spectacular fighting scenes, and a mysterious atmosphere were conjured up in my mind. What could possibly go wrong? Of course, things could possibly go wrong and Bangkok Dangerous shows how it can be done.A remake of a 1999 Asian film of the same name, Nicholas Cage is Joe the assassin in Bangkok Dangerous. Joe?s last job takes him to Bangkok where he has been engaged by a notorious crimelord to carry out 4 contract killings. This being Joe?s last job, he would obtain his final suitcase of cash and retire once all 4 targets have been silenced. However, assassins always seem to have the worst of lucks and as you would have guessed by now, things fail to go according to plans.Prior ... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review , Bangkok
Game Review: From the Abyss
2008-09-11 14:29:00 The perfect substitute for your sleeping pills.___________________________________ _________________________TOTAL SCORE: 5.4/10The Good:The weapons, skills, and items * Co-op playThe Bad:Incredibly repetitive * Different layouts of grids of rooms for every play session more of a gimmick * Recycled enemy designs towards the midway * Very poor A.I. * Unimpressive visuals * Average artwork and sounds___________________________________ _________________________Describing this game isn?t going to be hard. From the Abyss is essentially Dynasty Warriors, but with dragons, witches, bats and other mythical creatures as enemies instead of ancient Chinese warriors. Having said that, this game certainly isn?t going to appeal to everyone. The run-of-the-mill dungeon crawling adventure offered here would unequivocally convince action RPG fans to participate in yet another hack-and-slash experience until the next big game arrives, but non-fans are advised to move on.To be fair, From the Abyss is a d... More About: Review , Game
Game Review: From the Abyss
More articles from this author:2008-09-11 14:29:00 The perfect substitute for your sleeping pills.___________________________________ _________________________TOTAL SCORE: 5.4/10The Good:The weapons, skills, and items * Co-op playThe Bad:Incredibly repetitive * Different layouts of grids of rooms for every play session more of a gimmick * Recycled enemy designs towards the midway * Very poor A.I. * Unimpressive visuals * Average artwork and sounds___________________________________ _________________________Describing this game isn?t going to be hard. From the Abyss is essentially Dynasty Warriors, but with dragons, witches, bats and other mythical creatures as enemies instead of ancient Chinese warriors. Having said that, this game certainly isn?t going to appeal to everyone. The run-of-the-mill dungeon crawling adventure offered here would unequivocally convince action RPG fans to participate in yet another hack-and-slash experience until the next big game arrives, but non-fans are advised to move on.To be fair, From the Abyss is a d... More About: Review , Game 1, 2, 3 |
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