If you don’t know Suda 51, all you have to know is that he directs violent video games. Why the 51? No, he’s not a J-Pop or K-pop star. His Japanese name literally translates to 51, or something like that. Again, the important thing is that he develops violent games and some really good games.… Read More »
Game Experience: Medium Game Value: High Quiche Says: Play but don’t Pay Here’s how I rate games. I hate going to the toilet. But I wouldn’t hate it as much if I was a Sim. A Sim gets experience points for hitting the can. In fact, it’s one of the first things the game teaches… Read More »
A racing game has to be an online multi-player. Competitors all over the world vying for a cup, that’s the way it has to be. Everything about World of Speed looks amazing. The announcement trailer shows sleek graphics, not only the rides but the scenery as well. It’s also free-to-play, which raises concerns about pay-to-win. … Read More »
Electronic Arts’s mobile game, Dungeon Keeper, has been criticized…well, its been beaten up and dragged behind a horse…since its release late last year. It’s not a great game – not in-line with the franchise – and the FTP is impossible to play for more than a minute or so without paying cash. I’ve had the… Read More »
PvP tank games are deep-rooted in video game history. From Combat on the Atari 2600 to Tron to World of Tanks, gamers have been swiveling their turrets and firing HEAT at each other for decades. What is relatively new are PvP MMOs that are also FTPs (got all those acronyms?) Unfortunately, two of these FTPs,… Read More »
Some of the best sci-fi are essentially westerns. Star Wars, Star Trek, Mad Max, and of course, the Riddick trilogy, are examples of sci-fi classics that, at its core, are wild-west gunslingers. Dark District, Kabam’s new iOS free-to-play, is a sci-fi western. The planet, Tenebri, is a resource-rich mining town. It has become completely lawless… Read More »
Fightback is a cool game, in an ’80s kind of way. Could probably be more ‘80s, but it’s got the cheesy logo, the Miami Vice-esqe synth track, and even a villain who resembles the anti-hero of the decade, Rutger Hauer. Best of all, Ninja Theory’s first mobile is a beat-em-up side scroller. When you think… Read More »
Tank Domination is an iOS/Android MMO tank battle game. While playing, I couldn’t help comparing it to World of Tanks, an MMO for PC. In both games, you are placed into one of two teams, and the objective is to either completely annihilate your foe, or capture his “flag”, which in TD is squatting and… Read More »
Deer Hunter 2014 is not a hunting game, it’s a shooting gallery. You don’t creep around the bush looking for tracks and day-old crap, putting on camo and minding the wind. The game drops you an arm’s reach of the animal, and all you do is aim and shoot. In some missions, you blast away… Read More »
Free-to-play games is like free food at Costco. I stuff my face until I get sick of it, or the lady behind the counter gives me dirty looks, whichever happens first, and then I head over to the next table of samples. There’s a problem with the FTP, or freemium, model for games. Freemium businesses… Read More »