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WarPath (Review)

9/08/2006

WarPath marched to the retail frontline with about as much hype as a straight-to-DVD movie. Without the onslaught of marketing, that usually accompanies a new first-person-shooter, it snuck into the crowded FPS trenches with hardly a whimper, never mind a war cry. Sadly, WarPaths under-the-radar release is well deserved, as it delivers an all-too familiar package that often dips into mediocrity with dated graphics and slim ...

The Warriors (Review)

22/06/2007

Resurrecting old and much-loved movies and turning them into games is always going to be a dangerous business. You've got to please a lot of different sets of people at the same time; fans of the original film, fans of the genre of game and gamers who've never heard of the movie that need to be won over. As you'd expect from Rockstar, The Warriors manages to pull it off, delivering both a worthy and worthwhile homage to the 1979 classic and also a worthy and worthwhile videogame. It's hard to ...

The Warriors (Review)

28/10/2005

Resurrecting old and much-loved movies and turning them into games is always going to be a dangerous business. Not dangerous like alligator wrestling or wearing pants made of Uranium-235 but you've got to please a lot of different sets of people at the same time: fans of the original film, fans of the genre of game, gamers who've never heard of the movie and need to be won over... the list goes on. As you'd expect from Rockstar, The Warriors manages to pull it off, delivering both a worthy and ...

Winback 2: Project Poseidon (Review)

21/12/2006

An over-the-top action sequence introduces you to the three playable characters of Winback 2: Project Poseidon, but the gameplay in this third-person shooter is much more traditional. What immediately distinguishes it from the rest of the crowd is its compelling use of alternating viewpoints, but some fumbling with the basics limits its potential. Two officers take on each explosive situation simultaneously, though you'll play each in turn - meaning, you'll go through each level first as one ...

Without Warning (Review)

30/03/2006

If you literally asked the third-person shooter Without Warning to justify itself, it might rave enthusiastically about its unique storyline, which follows six protagonists over twelve hours of terrorist-foiling shenanigans. It might continue by pointing out that its nothing at all like the TV series 24 ... but that would be a lie. In practice, the only real difference between this and 24 is that you dont necessarily play the scenes in chronological order. Time jumps back and forth, just like ...

World Racing 2 (Review)

7/09/2006

Doing thousands of dollars of damage to cars we'd never have a chance to drive in real life sounds like great fun, but there's one big problem: the rest of World Racing 2 isn't actually enjoyable. Some pretty cool damage modeling is the game's main appeal. Car bodies get scuffed, bent, muddied, then pieces start flapping in the wind and eventually break off completely. But the unpredictable physics that supposedly produce damage vary, from unforgiving steering that spins out front-wheel drive ...

WWE Wrestlemania 21 (Review)

6/06/2005

You can't always pick out a good wrestler on looks alone. Take Mick Foley - he looks like your fat, friendly uncle, but he's been WWE champ, Japanese King of the Deathmatch, and appeared in some of the most memorable matches of all time. Compare him to Nathan Jones - huge bloke, more muscles than a seafood buffet, couldn't wrestle to save his life. See where we're going here?If you said we were going 'straight up Wrestlemania's candy ass with a shiny size thirteen wrestling boot', you'd be ...