Alice: Madness Returns
Now, I’ve never played the original Alice game, but that’s why I’m interested in the sequel. As you’re probably aware, the PS3 version of Madness Returns comes with a code that enables the player to download the original game for free. Why yes, I would like bit of that.
I’ve heard mixed reviews but the game sounds right up my street. A dark, twisted version of the Alice in Wonderland story? Yes, please! I’ll bet any amount of money it kicks the arse of the recent Tim Burton version too. Johnny Depp in clown makeup is no match for the face melting horror shown in the trailers. Must play.
Bioshock: Infinite
I think you already know my feelings about the Bioshock universe, so I could just shout ‘OH MY GOD WHY ISN’T IT OUT YET I NEED IT IN MY EYES!!’, but that would be lazy of me. Lazier, anyway.
What I like most about the idea is that 2K have obviously thought that ok, people love Bioshock and they could have kept cranking out sequels based in Rapture for years, but it would have grown stale very quickly and the fans would have tired of it. Instead, they’ve kept what was good about the games and set it somewhere completely new.
Now, we get to explore an entirely new environment and grapple with different moral dilemmas, all the while enjoying the same excellent gameplay we had before. Ok, it does sound like ‘plonk Rapture somewhere else, make new game’, but I don’t think it will be. One of the strongest aspects of the franchise is it’s writing, so hopefully we’ll be given an entirely new experience. Next year can’t come fast enough.
Catherine
I mentioned in my E3 post that I was kind of interested in this game. The first I’d heard of it was when it’s mad special edition was announced, a special edition that came packed in a pizza box and contained, among other things, a pair of boxer shorts. Ok, I thought. That’s pretty weird, but that’s Japan for you. Then I moved on with my life.
Then I saw the E3 coverage and actually realised it was a block puzzle game with what looks to be a rather compelling storyline. Of course, there’s all the oddness with the sheep milling everywhere, and the crazy giant demon babies trying to attack you, but hey, Japan. It’s what they do.
It’s out in Japan and the US now but there’s been no European release date announced yet. It is coming here, though. At least, I hope it. Please?
Shadows of the Damned
Let’s be honest, I only want to play this because of it’s ridiculously amazing pedigree. With developers who previously worked on titles such as Killer 7 and Devil May Cry (as well as working for Clover Studios, who made that epic slab of wonderment Okami), and the music from the brain behind the Silent Hill soundtracks, it should be epic.
I haven’t been able to play test it yet, but I’ve heard from reliable sources on the net that the difficulty is insane. But then, we’re talking about the people who made Devil May Cry. Why are we surprised? I foresee a lot of screaming at the TV in my future.
inFAMOUS 2
Yeah, I know, I’m still working my way through the first one. It may feature an incredibly bland hero, despite the fact he can SHOOT LIGHTENING FROM HIS HANDS, and be set in Generic City 101, but it’s just pulled me in enough to interest me in playing more.
That is, of course, if I can get past that stupid gas cloud balloon mission. It is ridiculous and unnecessary. Grr.
1 comment:
I own Alice, its pretty good, although its a point a-b game, very little point in exploring, and i think it forgets to use the cleaver puzzles and word play wonderland is known for and instead uses some pretty generic video game puzzles instead.
Shadow of the damned is good, if bloody weird. I take it you know that you have to let your gun (the boner) talk to a sex line so it becomes the "Big boner" that the main character then holds in his crotch shouting "taste my big boner" when it fires?
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