Confession time: We had long expected Capcom and Swedish developer GRIN’s pact to resurrect the 22-year old Bionic Commando series to be a bad idea. Surely it would only serve to infect rose-tinted memories of yesteryear with some seriously bad juju. For one thing its overly macho style and dank color palette is more Gears of Yawn than retro chic
Capcom is in real danger of shooting itself in the foot here. As well as its big-budget re-imagining of Bionic Commando, it is also releasing Bionic Commando Rearmed as a cheaply-priced download.
I was a huge, huge fan of the first Bionic Commando Rearmed - to me, it was a perfect HD update to a beloved NES classic, with slick visuals, a kickin' soundtrack and intentionally cheesy, over the top dialog. The new coat of paint was all well and good, but the real draw was the multipurpose bionic arm, and how every single aspect of the game was built around this one ability.
Rearmed 2... doesn't quite pull it all together like that.
First, a confession. We thought BioShock 2 was a mistake.
As much as we worshipped the original, we worried about the possibility of a sequel. Though we longed to experience another game with that level of mature, masterful storytelling and with that number of unique, unusual ideas, we seriously doubted such brilliance could be captured again. While we desperately wished to revisit the haunting underwater dystopia of Rapture, we
We love it when developers take a risk, pouring their heart and soul into an underdog project when it’s clear that they love the subject matter. Black College Football The Xperience (BCFX) is obviously a labor of love, focusing on a small but vibrant aspect of college football that somehow doesn’t fall under the auspices of EA’s exclusive deal with the NCAA.
Do you gotta feeling? Does your heart phunk when the beat goes “Boom Boom Pow”? Do your lovely lady lumps feel the need to Get It Started in front of your Kinect? Well, Imma Be real with you when I say that this game will only appeal to the super fans of the hip-pop group, and if the first three questions made you want to throw yourself out of a window, then you’re probably not one of them. BEP fans anxious to Rock That Body, however, should read on...
Grasshopper and Digital Reality team up once again to create a dark, stylish platformer--but is it any good? Find out in our review...
Stories are for losers, Blacklight: Tango Down seems to say. Deep down, it says, we want nothing more than to be kicked face first into a multiplayer fragfest and start pumping bullets into our fellow man with not a care as to who’s right or wrong. Perhaps it’s right. Even so, that’s a pretty tall order for a game that somehow boasts a series of comic books and a feature film in the works, which has to be a first for a downloadable game...
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