Archive for the ‘First Impressions’ Category
Something’s rotten in the state of Armadillo – First impressions of Red Dead Redemption
For a game that has gotten almost universal critical acclaim I’ve got to say that it hasn’t quite grabbed me like I hoped it would. I mean the graphics are generally fantastic and the concept is great I’m just not getting into it. There are a couple of things I think that stand out as [ Read More ]
First impressions: Far Cry 2
As you would be well aware by now, Lee is a fan of Far Cry 2. As a result, I couldn’t resist giving it a go. Indeed, he had already sent it to me via our respective significant others before I had to ask. Ultimately, I think I am a little disappointed. Not a whole [ Read More ]
First impressions: Transformers – War for Cybertron
First impressions: Final Fantasy XIII
There’s something about the Final Fantasy series of games that has always interested me yet the gameplay does not always hold my interest for long enough. At times it can be repetitive or frustrating to the point where I don’t enjoy it any more. This was definitely the case when I gave some of the [ Read More ]
Uncharted 1 after Uncharted 2
I finally found it at a reasonable price, so I bought Uncharted. The catch, however, is that I already played and completed Uncharted 2 late last year. Considering the number of times Uncharted 2 was declared “Game Of The Year” for 2009, was I going to be disappointed by Uncharted? What must not be forgotten [ Read More ]
First Impressions: Street Fighter IV
It’s been a long time since I visited the world of Street Fighter. Street Fighter 2 on the Super Nintendo actually. Since then there have been a bunch of versions of SF2 and I imagine Street Fighter III though I don’t recall seeing anything about it. But then I saw a demo of the current [ Read More ]
First impressions: God of War 3
The measure of a man is what he does with power… It’s been a while since I played the first two God of War games on the PS2. I loved those games because they were so well put together, I liked characters and the action was great. I didn’t bother picking up the God of [ Read More ]
First impressions – Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
As I mentioned last week in the first Mashing Buttons podcast… What’s that? You haven’t listened to it yet!? You should go rectify that, all the cool kids are listening to it. …as I was saying I mentioned in the podcast that one of my favourite gaming genres right now is first person war/battle games [ Read More ]
PSWii Remote
I’ve been dying to use that play on words ever since I heard that Playstation was making a Wii Remote equivalent. So I obviously haven’t played with this yet but I figure I’m an authority enough after looking at the picture and skimming the basics of the article to comment. I look at this picture [ Read More ]