A city under siege. Aliens stalk the streets, abducting and bewitching the terrified population. Demons rise from the pavements, burning everything they see. The people cry out, begging for a hero with the strength and courage to see them safely through this darkest of nights. And look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s... a bright pink clown with antlers and too much cleavage?
Thursday 30 March 2006
The format here will be more than familiar to anyone who's dabbled in football management gaming before. Screens of text and numbers cover everything from team sheets to league tables.
As ever, the action breaks down into the short-term fun of deciding upon tactics and watching your team play, the longer term challenge of steering your side through the ups and downs of a season, and your overarching mission of building a dynasty.
Let's face it, we all know what a
Nov 7, 2007
The Championship Manager healing process continues. However, while this years version once again shows improvement, the game still feels as though the series is suffering from some kind of split-personality disorder.
On one hand, CM08 is an accessible and entertaining football management game, requiring minimal tactical tweaking and allowing you to enjoy an experience free from overbearing micromanagement. Its also a game thats trying to compete with Football Manager, featuring an
A flag adorns the top right corner of the screen in the game and it constantly billows, no matter how you do. We imagine it’s powered by the wind of change, for Championship Manager 2010 is back after a two year hiatus with a steely determination to reconquer past glories. After being given an extended period to develop the game, devs Beautiful Studios have delivered a much improved Champ Man bursting with sparkly new features.
Chaos Theory is another of the smaller games to get boosted into the public eye by Steam. We’ve had Gumboy, Gish, Audiosurf and the slightly unjustifiable Ninja Reflex, and now it’s Chaos Theory’s turn to look slightly awkward rubbing sholders with Call of Duty 4 and Chuzzle Deluxe.
Chessmaster: The Art of Learning. Everything you need to know is right there in the title: this is typical chess with focus on cultivating skill of players of every level. This game doesn’t really offer much to the hack ‘n’ slash gamer with an itchy trigger finger - you won’t find any crazy modes like Killer Queens or Hide and go Rook here. However, if you’re a fan of the cultured man’s black and white
Oct 19, 2007
It seems that game developers everywhere can't resist the allure of attempting to craft the next great action-RPG. We like to think that Rebelmind, developers of The Chosen: Well of Souls, pitched this game to their publishers (Meridian4) like this: "Well, see, it's basically a poor-man's "Action RPG" with modern special effects and 3D graphics - but now with twice the crates, barrels, and boxes to click on! Gamers just love those destructible barrels, you know!" While there's
It’s been too long since our PC screens were graced by City Interactive games, but our prayers have been answered at last. Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual is a by-the-numbers point-and-click adventure game that is about as generic and average as you could possibly imagine.
In the ideal world, the perfect prison-break game would involve a high-security slammer solely for highly dangerous rogue Christina Aguilera clones, Britney as the butch-yet-golden-hearted warden, and enforced communal showers. It would be a game where you broke into prison, naturally.
The Chronicles Of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay is, however, like most prison games, a game about breaking out of prison. It's also the prequel to Vin Diesel flick Pitch Black and sequel, The Chronicles Of
Part of us hoped that Circus Empire was some kind of steampunk fantasia where someone managed to weaponise Barnum & Bailey’s circus in the 1800s, which then carved out a dominion in North America before taking on the might of Her Majesty Victoria’s forces. It’s Carny-carnage! Alas, it was not to be. The devs have taken the more traditional management route.
