Game Reviews
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Far Cry 2 Published Date: Oct 28, 2008Far Cry is an unusual series. It’s unusual because it has two separate groups of followers – those that bumped into it in an overcrowded bar filled with all shapes and sizes of FPSs, was impressed by its stunning beauty but never saw it again. Then there are the console friends, who hav...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
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Warhammer: Battle March Published Date: Oct 26, 2008The very wise Sun Tzu says, in his elucidatory military tome The Art Of War, that “The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.” Bullshit. He obviously never tried getting to grips with [i]Warhamme...
Genre: Real-Time Strategy Platform: Xbox 360
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Fracture Published Date: Oct 17, 2008In the run up to Christmas there are many things that will sparkle in the game store to get your attention. Despite possibly not being all that it could have been, Fracture still has elements worth experiencing. Frontlines: Fuel of War was a reasonable stab at the online combat gen...
Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
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Saints Row 2 Published Date: Oct 16, 2008Saint’s Row on the 360 was a sleeper hit when the console was still a baby, being one of the only sandbox games out on the system. It was essentially a GTA clone but that didn’t stop people loving it. Well, the gaming landscape has changed somewhat and with a real GTA alre...
Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
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Baja: Edge of Control Published Date: Oct 16, 2008Baja: Edge of Control is unlucky on two mains fronts, those being that it’s not being stocked by EB Games in Australia, and that it arrived 24 hours after the impressive Pure, an offroad game that knows what it’s doing. The difference between Pure and Baja is that th...
Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360
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FIFA 09 Published Date: Oct 15, 2008Me and the FIFA series have history, and lately I’ve been rather underwhelmed by it all, but FIFA 09 has reignited my fondness for the biggest football game in the world. The game has been overhauled with a new physics engine and the realism factor is cranked up quite a bit, and while not ...
Genre: Sports Platform: Xbox 360
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Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise Published Date: Oct 14, 2008What do you picture when you think about a really good party? Hats? Fruity Drinks? Your best mate running around with a lamp shade on his head in his underwear? No…..just like the rest of us you think of papier-mâché animals, full of candy, hanging from a tree and brutally bludgeoning them with ...
Genre: Virtual Pet Platform: Xbox 360
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Pure Published Date: Oct 3, 2008Pure is one of those strange games that comes along, out of the blue without a massive hype machine pushing it, and delivers something more than just ‘good’. Like S.T.A.L.K.E.R when that landed on PCs, Pure is unexpected yet hugely satisfying. What we have is an ATV racer,...
Genre: Racing Platform: Xbox 360
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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway Published Date: Oct 3, 2008Bringing Brothers in Arms back to gamers is a reason to celebrate, because both previous instalments were bulging with story, and had an innovative squad control system making you examine all combat situations with a level of attention not normally associated with traditional shooters. [i]He...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
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Mercenaries 2: World In Flames Published Date: Sep 26, 2008A huge focus solely on destruction means that while Mercenaries 2: World in Flames starts off being a lot of fun, its shine starts to fade as more and more glitches show through and the AI remains either erratic or just downright awful. Its predecessor was a surprise hit, with a HellBored ...
Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: Xbox 360
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