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Though it may not seem it, superhero adventure inFamous isn’t such a huge leap from its Sly Cooper cutesy platformer predecessors as it first appears. Like fellow Stateside Sony developers Naughty Dog and Insomniac, Sucker Punch have eschewed the cartoony nature of their PS2 work to focus on a
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The original Duke Nukem 3D is an incredible game, no arguments about that. While the character himself is fondly remembered, it was the solid gameplay and level design that made the game what it was. Duke quipping ‘Get dat crap outta here!’ was just the icing on the Playboy Playmate.
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The mission has failed. Deep below the surface of Apoxus Prime something has gone terribly wrong. An S.O.S. has been received but no-one knows exactly what has happened to the mining colony. As a pilot aboard the responding ERS Pinita Colada, it’s your duty to rescue the
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Admit it – you’ve daydreamed of donning black latex-covered Kevlar, crashing through a bank skylight and single-handedly stopping a horde of would-be bank robbers with a handful of well-timed elbow strikes and sweep kicks. We’ve all daydreamed of being a superhero at some time or another, so it’s
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Shadow Hearts: From the New World comes dangerously close to being outright awful due to the ridiculousness of the characters. Diverging from stereotypical warriors and princesses in RPGs is always welcome, but not when the characters are unique just because they are so absurd. The worst offender is a large
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The vision and scope of Star Trek (the new video game based on the new version of an ancient franchise) is truly impressive. Commanding the Enterprise, co-op with Kirk and Spock, it has the obvious foundations of a solid, if not spectacular, videogame. To developer Digital Extremes’ credit, they really
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I hate aliens. Not because I am afraid they will one day take over the world, consuming us through their vaguely organic orifices and using our blood to terraform earth into the spitting-image of Mars. Nor do I hate them because they might one day tempt us into building a
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The most pleasant thing about Renegade Ops is it never once tries to be what it isn’t. With clear nods to The A-Team and G.I. Joe, Renegade Ops is the spiritual sequel to each and every one of your favorite late ‘80s titles – as long as they involved
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Quiet! Keep your head down! The Locust are back, and this time they won’t stop until they’ve killed every last one of us. Mankind will never be the same. If we don’t end this soon, we’ve got little chance of survival. Pick up your gun and
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For a game that beds itself in a vast sci-fi milieu, it seems awfully banal to remark first on Eclipse’s menus. The impression is unavoidable, though. Even the title screen is beset by them. Dig deeper, and you’ll find menus stacked inside menus stacked inside menus. There are
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We’ve all seen plentiful variations of Tom Clancy’s military franchise in the gaming world, and to Ubisoft’s credit, they are still trying new things. EndWar is an attempt to incorporate all the realistic political drama of a Clancy novel in an action-packed real time strategy game. Truth
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In recent years, the Ridge Racer series has persisted by being the only racing game for launching consoles. Once upon a time this was a valuable franchise that people paid attention to, but it has since become difficult to take new entries seriously. The last five years of Ridge Racer