Recent reviews by wolfbane

Fast, frantic..........a bit on the easy side, but undeniably fun as you mash those combos together. Visuals are pretty without being groundbreaking, and the artwork is decent. The main campaign is short but fair for what you pay, and you always have the replay value of revisiting earlier levels to improve your scores and target missed objectives.

Recommended. 7.5/10

it's a fun, casual, on rails shooter, with game mechanics that are easy to get into. the achievements for this game are tough tho, and should provide decent motivation for people to invest their time to it. it's great for playing in short bursts, although don't be surprised if you end up spending more time on it than you planned. I have spent hours on this on my cellphone, and recently on desura, and it doesn't get old and is still plenty fun. strongly recommended.

my score: 7.5/10

i want to start by saying that the overall negative reviews of this game have been heavily unfair and undeserved - this is a thoroughly decent fps title that promises nothing more than good shooting fun, and on that front it delivers.

this quick review is based on about 1 hr of gameplay, but i feel that i have seen enough to give a proper evaluation. the game is thin on story or character development, and is more of a throwback to the old days of shooters, when u needed very little reason to shoot other than the fact that aliens r on the receiving end of it. the graphics is not groundbreaking but certainly decent, as the unreal engine does a good job with a colourful design (more so than most unreal engine games). the sounds is decent too, but the highlight for me is the gameplay, which is fast and despite the flaws, extremely entertaining and more than worth the excursion.

speaking of flaws, it should be noted that there r occasional moments which detract from the otherwise excellent action - the AI is not the best in the world, with enemies sometimes seemingly frozen for moments, and much of the difficulty if delivered through otherwise very tough and accurate enemies. on one occasion, i found limbs of enemies blown up floating in the air. however, such instances r few and far in between, and dont distract from the otherwise excellent fps action. you don't need a top-tier machine to run the game at its finest (i ran it on a fairly modest laptop config).

for any fps fan, this game is very easy for me to recommend, specially when on a sale (i bought it at 80% off at gmg), and looking at the level list i have ahead of me, the campaign does seem to be of a decent length (at least by current fps campaign standards). my major gripe is with multiplayer tho, the mode seems more than serviceable, but a lack of gamers online here is of concern, altho to b honest, i would blame the negative reviews this game has received so far on this. and its a shame, for the fps action is solid, the guns come it both the human and alien variety and r fun to play around with. the highlight for me so far was one moment when i tore a minigun off the rails, and went on a rampage, and while doing so, the protagonist starting roaring........brilliant touch.

buy this game!! developers who deliver fun quality action in a solid package for so cheap deserve to be supported. well done, ci games!

7.5/10

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death is a flawed, but enjoyable, action adventure with some over the top action sequences, cheesy dialogue and story line. Think God of War clone meets B action movie thrills, and you wouldn't be too far off the mark. This game has been a guilty pleasure for me for a week now, and I can only hope for a sequel that will follow this. The game does have some technical glitches (mostly minor, but on one occasion, I had a camera issue where it didn't follow me correctly, and I couldn't continue the game, restarting from an earlier checkpoint fixed this issue), but it should not get in the way of you enjoying one of the best surprises of this year.

7.5 / 10

A solid re-boot for the series! I was afraid that the new look for Dante's character forebode an unwelcome change to the series, but the spirit is very much there, and DmC more than captures the best essence of the series.

A very under-rated game among adction adventures, solid story telling and compelling atmosphere (the best I have seen recently after Dead Space) make this a must-play for all third-person shooter and action-adventure / survival-horror fans.

Very immersive atmosphere, varied gameplay, one of the few open world sandbox games that I liked, and I don't like too many of them. The fantastic HK atmosphere warrants top kudos, although the locations aren't exact replicas, the feel of HK is bang on. If games like GTA and Red Dead Redemption are your cup of tea, DO NOT miss this.

Not the greatest game ever, but has been a guilty pleasure for me ever since it was released. Recommended only for those with a strong interest in turn-based fantasy strategy / role-playing hybrids.

oldie but a goodie. no introduction needed for anyone remotely familiar with the adventure genre :)

fun game, although can get a bit repetitive at times. imagine combining gears of war with god of war, but not as awesome as the combination suggests.