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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Dragonball Z: Burst Limit
I'm about an hour and a half and three chapters in to Dragonball Z: Burst Limit.This is a solid licensed fighter, but limiting it to that would be a disservice.
For fans of the creative intellectual property, DBZ: Burst Limit finally gets it right (at least in relation to the recent spate of games).
But for fanboys -- you may wet yourself (I'm dry, but just barely).
DBZ:BL (like that?) is a decently deep fighter, contains IP (and genre) signature tropes that I totally dig (for example, sub or dub purists? You can play with English voice dubbing, or in Japanese, with English subtitles.
On the feeling empowered / pushing myself "as the character" front, I really felt like Kaioken x3 was the shizzle (relax, x4 was a cutscene, so it didn't do the same for me); I can't wait to hit super, let alone take on Freiza (and Cell? Please? Majin Buu?).
And while I genuinely suck at button mashers, I genuinely feel like the controls for DBZ:BL are more intuitive, and I find myself doing things "right" more often than with, say, Soul Calibur (much as I love that franchise, I get pwned more often than not).
Don't get me wrong, this DBZ game isn't perfect -- the camera at times seems a little floaty, I can't figure out why they made some of the stage and cut-scene transitions, the rating system is overly complex, and I have a love/hate relationship with the unlock notifications.
But those are trivial detractors from a great overall package.
C'mon Atari -- you're not the love from my youth, but I'm still rooting for you. Knock out some more like this one.
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posted by Adam @ 4:01 PM
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Ninja Gaiden II (360 demo)
I so dig Ninja Gaiden, so I was stoked when the demo for Ninja Gaiden II finally came stateside (last? WTF?).The demo gives that sense of amazing ninja bad-assery, which is great, but ...
This may be the worst third-person camera ever. I'm hoping it's just an artifact of the demo, though.
Labels: brawler, hack-n-slash, Xbox 360
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posted by Adam @ 8:53 AM
Monday, May 19, 2008
Call of Duty 4
I spend a lot of time on Call of Duty 4 on the Xbox 360. I'd say for FPSes, CoD4 is my current favorite single and multiplayer game (yea, verily even unseating Halo 3).There are some good missions with unexpected consequences; I'm impressed with the developer's gutsiness.
More later. Possibly.
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posted by Adam @ 10:30 PM
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Acme Arsenal
I tooled through the Acme Arsenal demo today on the Xbox 360, because (1) I was watching a bunch of classic Looney Toons cartoons I downloaded through Xbox Live Marketplace, and (2) It was made with my company's tech.It's a decent little platformer, though I wish it let you invert the X and Y axis. Note to game devs doing demos: If I'm going to evaluate your game, don't give me a reason to not play your demo.
If I can't invert controls, I normally don't bother with a demo -- Reason (2) was the only thing that kept me playing.
Labels: platformer, Xbox 360
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posted by Adam @ 4:52 PM
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- Dragonball Z: Burst Limit
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- Call of Duty 4
- Acme Arsenal
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- Conan (Xbox 360)
- Clive Barker's Jericho (Xbox 360)
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