Madagascar 3 - The Game Review

Being a fan of the Madagascar movies, I was looking quite forward to playing the game with Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria. Based on what I had seen, it looked like the game was going to be a party style game and all about fun and entertainment.

So I loaded the tray up with the disc and started the game. To my surprise, there was no intro to the game. Its not really classified as a downside anyway.

On to the menu selection. This is presented by way of Alex (the lion *raise your hands and shout like the crowd) standing in what looks like a Big Top. You then have to move him to select what you would like to do. The options you have are:
Story, Missions, Circus Mode, Profile,Settings

Story:
Self explanatory.  This is basically what looks like a brief outline of the movie (which is out in cinema’s on 19^th October 2012 – in the UK). You have a chance to play as either of the characters and your mission is to try and get back to new york by increasing the popularity of the Travelling circus’s that you are working for to get enough money to move on to the next destination. Makes sense? It didn’t to me either. You are guided by the penguin Skipper. He instructs you to get to a target location on a map and also tells you what the characters are able to do (special abilities if they have any) and how to apply them in reaching your goal. Once you reach

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MTG Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 - Review

As far back as I can remember I’ve always had a fascination for trading cards of all genres (from football to cute Japanese animals) but for all the wrong reasons, one being to collect all the shiny ones because they looked “cool”. Never in all my collections have I even attempted to play an actual game with them in the way the cards have always been intended to be used. Then through various media outlets, trailers and even in television shows I heard about Magic The Gathering trading card game. There’s no way I could imagine myself playing that vs a real opponent face to face for fear of total annihilation. That is of course until now.

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Having Fun with DiRT Showdown (Review)

When I heard Codemasters were making another DiRT game I was licking my lips at getting to tuck into another racing masterpiece, however DiRT Showdown is slight spin-off from the regular style of previous titles. This may put a few of the purist racing fans off buying it but please don’t be so hasty and carry on reading, once you’ve read my thoughts then make your judgement.

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Max Payne 3 Review

It's that time for another sequel and this time it's Max Payne's turn, created by Rockstar (GTA and Red Dead Redemption) instead of Remedy, will this really be the fall of Max Payne? read on and find out

The story revolves around a kidnapping and turns into something more complex as you will find out, it also goes into Max Payne's life as he falls deeper into oblivion.

This is helped along with Max providing his thoughts and feelings throughout the game as in previous games.

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Awesomenauts - The Review

Awsomenauts is a Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game where you get 2 teams of 3 players each facing one another with an aim to destroy the enemy. If youre into working with your mates as a team then this is the game for you. You certainly cant go all gung ho as I realised while I was practicing against the AI.  Try to do that thinking youre superman and you will soon learn what being surrounded by enemies feels like and will be lucky to last 30 seconds.

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Hitman Sniper Challenge Impressions

Hitman: Sniper Challenge is a free DLC for everyone who pre-orders Hitman Absolution.  It’s nice to see a developer give a better pre-order incentive than the usual t-shirts or in game item, by whetting the appetite of the Hitman fans with the taste of the skills they can expect from Agent 47.

Sniper Challenge is a stand-alone game, focussing on (you guessed it) the sniping aspect of being an assassin.  You overlook a rooftop party, and are given a main target to take out, along with numerous guards.  The game allows you to take to the objective in whichever way you see fit, allowing players to attempt to quickly dispatch of everyone, or take a more calm approach and silently take out each target.  You’ll need to take the latter approach if you are looking for the coveted ‘Silent Assassin’ rank, where you need to complete the objective without anyone knowing what’s happening.  To do this you’ll need to utilise the environment and precision timing to cover your tracks.

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