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Wall-E (Review)

Jul 2, 2008

Damn you Wall-E, and damn whoever decided to come up with that way our trash-compacting, lonely-hearts-surfing robo-friend constantly repeats his own name in gurgling, quasi-’endearing’ fashion. It’s not cute, it’s not appealing, it’s... oh, the movie’s set to rake in $250 million? Ah. Shows how much we know. Still, at least the blatantly nicked premise shows promise. Take sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf and ...

Warhammer: Battle March (Review)

Sep 23, 2008

The truth is, anyone who has spent any time poring over White Dwarf magazine or squandering pocket money on blister packs of Orc Boyz or Dark Elves will get a kick (or nostalgic pang) from Warhammer: Battle March. In fact, it’s quite clear that it has been created in an attempt to satisfy fans of the tabletop games rather than any veteran RTS players out there. ...

Warlords - Xbox Live Arcade (Review)

Jul 15, 2008

Warlords is four-way Breakout at high speed against three other players, and is yet another piece of Atari Live Arcade graveware. Atari dug this one up, pumped it full of HD-o-juice, and it’s one of the few which almost holds up these days. ...

Warriors Orochi (Review)

Sep 27, 2007

Sept 27, 2007 Let's assume for a moment that you love McDonald's Big Macs - it's not tough, right? That is one delicious burger. Also, pretend that one Big Mac lasts forever. Finally, imagine that every time you walked into a McDonald's, they shouted at you "The Big Mac is new and improved and better than ever!" And so you get all excited and buy the latest one, only to discover that it's the same exact thing with only some teeny, tiny variation - like, the relish is chunkier or the buns have ...

Warriors Orochi 2 (Review)

Sep 24, 2008

While the analogy might take a small stretch of the imagination, Orochi 2 is much like ladies’ face cream. Think about it: every five minutes a new and improved rejuvenating goo appears boasting the latest in technology that claims superiority over everything before it. But, in reality, it’s been squeezed from the same ten-year-old tube. ...

WarTech Senko no Ronde (Review)

Jun 11, 2007

Wartech Senko No Ronde has a beautiful narrated introduction, with softly flowing music and nice pictures to supplement the storytelling. Unfortunately, after rigorous investigation, we can find no link between the intro and the rest of the game. In fact, even the artwork being displayed during the narration often has no perceptible connection with what is being said. Right from the beginning of the game, it's apparent that the main problem with WarTech is that there are good ideas in the game ...

Wik: Fable of Souls - Xbox Live Arcade (Review)

Apr 18, 2006

An odd mix of platforming action and goody-collecting/puzzle-solving, Wik: Fable of Souls balances frantic pacing and thought-provoking strategy. It's not often that we're stricken with the desire to swing by our tongues, but Wik has altered our ...

Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 (Review)

Feb 9, 2007

First, the bad news. Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007's licensing has got worse. Chelsea (now London FC) have been replaced by Manchester United (formerly Man Red), the Welsh team is captained by Gils and, most incomprehensibly, the Bundesliga has been completely erased - with Bayern Munich the only survivors. Yet despite losing Germany, WEPES2007 retains the country's key attributes - from the mathematic efficiency of the gameplay, to the surging, unpredictable, passing movements ...

Wits & Wagers - Xbox Live Arcade (Review)

May 9, 2008

Who's smarter: The brainiac who knows everything, or the second guy - who knows how to take all of Mr. Einstein’s money? That’s the basic gist of this quiz game, which starts with trivia and adds in a healthy dose of Vegas-style gambling. Oh, and dancing marionettes with cartoon heads. You need those too. ...

Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 (Review)

Jun 30, 2008

Remember coin-op classics such as Smash TV, Mercs and of course Commando? Well, Wolf of the Battlefield runs along the same lines. Charge across top-down battlefields rescuing prisoners and laying waste to an army of insurgents using those tried and tested dual analog stick controls.

In co-operative three-player this is a nostalgic blast, but single-players will grow bored quickly despite a wealth of weapons, vehicles and ...

Word Puzzle - Xbox Live Arcade (Review)

Nov 8, 2007

Nov 8, 2007 What a bizarre game... and what an awful lot of Microsoft points to ask for what is basically a digital version of the word search puzzles you find in every daily newspaper every day. But in the quest to turn all pen and paper logic puzzles into videogames, apparently word searches were next in line. Problem is they just don't translate well to the big screen. Sure, maybe if this were a Nintendo DS game, World Puzzle would be more fun. Heck, it might even be respectable on the ...

World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets (Review)

Dec 18, 2007

Dec 18, 2007 Shrouded in a veil of smoke and darkness, a man stands before a legion of chanting acolytes; a low murmur moves through the throng like a ripple across a pond and the mists part, a figure emerges, and out steps the Master of The Obvious with a declaration so plain and clear to everyone on Earth that it never needed stating in the first place: YOU CANT BLUFF A COMPUTER. Videogame poker against computer opposition is, by default, immediately pointless. No matter how smart the CPUs ...

Worms - Xbox Live Arcade (Review)

Mar 12, 2007

Saying Worms is a turn-based strategy game isnt doing it justice. That description just sounds so complicated and stuffy. Its accurate; but Worms is so much more than that. This brilliant 2D wargame of invertebrate annihilation is the perfect multiplayer title for fans of almost any genre. Learning to play Worms is as simple as choosing a weapon and a target and pressing the fire button - but there's a lot of variety in that process. Your team of four annelid soldiers faces off against up to ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 (Review)

Nov 9, 2006

Thursday 9 November 2006 Is there anything better than making an elaborate fireworks-packed entrance into a stadium filled with fans clawing their eyes out in testament to your greatness? Maybe there are a handful of things that you'd prefer (being the first person to set foot on Mars, getting named Emperor of the Universe), but none that deliver that sensation of absolute adoration via your Xbox 360. Past versions of SmackDown have made attempts to achieve this lofty goal with a respectable ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 (Review)

Nov 8, 2006

Is there anything better than making an elaborate fireworks-packed entrance into a stadium filled with fans clawing their eyes out in testament to your greatness? Maybe there are a handful of things that you'd prefer (being the first person to set foot on Mars, getting named Emperor of the Universe), but none that deliver that sensation of absolute adoration via your Xbox 360. Past versions of SmackDown have made attempts to achieve this lofty goal with a respectable degree of success, but WWE ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2008 (Review)

Nov 13, 2007

Nov 13, 2007 It seems that when we previewed WWE SvR we overestimated the role that the new fighting styles would play. To recap, each wrestler specialises in two of eight grappling techniques - Brawler, Powerhouse, Technical, Showman, Submission Expert, Dirty and Hardcore - and the theory is that you use each style's strengths tactically against your opponent. So, for instance, Powerhouses like Batista can go on short-lived unstoppable rampages, Dirty fighters like Edge can jab their rivals ...