http://www.hellbored.com/news/ Latest reviews from HellBored http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11084 You could wear out a Thesaurus looking up superlatives to describe Blizzard’s latest offering to the gaming world so I’ll let the numbers serve as something an introduction: 2.8 million sales worldwide in its first 24 hours and a prediction of 5 million sales in the first month. Though at ti... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11083 When the last Need for Speed title landed, it made a complete arse of everything that went before by putting it on the track and away from the roads. The problem was acknowledged by teh developers, who came out some months later and said that they’d made a mistake and were going to rectify it. ... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11081 There was a lot of hype leading up to the release of this game, and a lot to live up to. The decision makers at Activision have continued their policy of leapfrogging between Treyarch and Infinity Ward, and Treyarch were under pressure to deliver something special after the massive success of [i]Cal... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11080 Well, it looks like it’s not going to be a miserable Christmas for the PS3. Despite a delay because a musical reference to the Qur-an,[i] LittleBigPlanet [/i]landed recently and it’s an absolute blast to play. The premise is simple: guide your character, Sackboy, through a variety of levels an... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11082 [i]Legendary[/i] has been greatly anticipated for some time, and promised to include all of the elements for a decent FPS adventure. According to the cover and promotional material, you play an art thief who is sent to a museum to steal an artefact. This turns out to be Pandora’s Box, and you acci... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11079 You’d imagine the world Ian Fleming created would be ripe for good gaming exploitation, but as we all know, that’s not the case. The wonderful [i]Goldeneye 007[/i] on the Nintendo 64 aside, the series has never really hit any great heights, and despite actually being much better than many movie... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11078 While it’s fair to say that I have an issue with Cock, I mean, [i]Rock Band[/i], believe it or not I think I can manage to keep those feelings away from this review. Except for that, just there. Oh dear. For those of you not in the know, or blind and deaf, the Guitar Hero series (which now nu... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11077 Of course it was. I mean, [i]Gears of War[/i] was a superb game with a huge fanbase for both its single player campaign and it successful multiplayer. So all the developers needed to do was give us a new and improved version of the same thing and they’re laughing. Which is exactly what they’v... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11076 Being a game reviewer, it’s hard not to become overly cynical about things, but it happens. After reviewing 10 games that are set in a bleak, distant world where caves and ruins are the landscape, it’s hard to imagine that there are any developers out there trying to do something innovative, so... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11073 The world of Sims is a strange, strange place for both the unacquainted and the chemically balanced. Here is a parallel universe, populated by zombie-like creatures—or, as they are known in our world, suburbanites—doing mundane, middle-class tasks: earning, buying, building, and busying. And whi... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11075 Taking something old and making it new again is never an easy thing, if you’ve ever watched a documentary on rebuilding hot rods or classic cars. It’s not just enough to have the bones of something great, you need to have a team that can make the magic happen. [i]Fallout 3[/i] demanded that ... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11074 With autumn fully upon the northern hemisphere and winter just a stone’s throw away, the advent of the NHL hockey season is in full frenzy. EA’s latest installment in the NHL series is an all-around well put together game incorporating all the traditional elements EA Sport’s fans have come to... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11072 I don’t know if I’m really in the right frame of mind to write this review. I don’t know, to tell you the truth, if this is all real, or some kind of terrible dream. My vision is blurred, my hands are shaky, I feel dizzy, uneasy, and what’s that smell? Oh, I see, I’ve shit myself. Again. I... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11070 This years superhero movies saw new life being breathed into a genre that has been hanging by a noose for the last few years. Spiderman: Web of Shadows makes a valiant attempt to do the same for gamers but unfortunately it’s a case of the crawler hitting the wall. If there is one thing the expl... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11071 I have a long history with football games – I even played in the inaugural FIFA Interactive World Cup on the Irish team, flown to London to compete in the Northern European finals – and while I have little experience in the [i]Pro Evo[/i] series, I’ve always been fascinated. Because the PS3... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11068 Video games are strange things, because while they can certainly whisk gamers off to another world for a few hours of fantasy in a distant, fictitious land, their very existence is the opposite of that ideal. Whether it is scripted gameplay, an ordered approach to progression through a title, or pa... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11012 There is no doubt at all about the popularity of racing games on consoles – [i]Gran Turismo, Forza, Project Gotham [/i] – but the other side of the spectrum, the ones based on roads, hasn’t fared so well of late. [i]Need for Speed[/i] shot itself in the foot by taking itself off the roads for... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11066 Simplicity in puzzling is key. This, of course, is different from ease. One simultaneously wants to understand a puzzle’s objective without, however, knowing exactly how that objective will be met. Thus classic puzzle games like Tetris found ready-made audiences everywhere they turned, until tryin... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11069 [i]Far Cry[/i] 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... http://www.hellbored.com/games/review/11067 Most games, these days, are released on multiple SKUs. SKU, for those that don’t know, is the frightfully dull industry-acronym for Stock Keeping Units, which for normal people means ‘how many platforms it comes out on’. Going multi-SKU makes good economic sense for the publisher and developer...