Games out this week!™: Ending Friday 29th June 2007

[spoodie]

If anything, that makes me less interested. I've never got on with Console FPS games, I thought Gears of War was a bit meh - I haven't played it much but it was more a repetitive slog than actually fun.

I'll still look at The Darkness though, but it could use a demo.

I'm sure there'll be a demo in the next week or two, I will wait and see also.

Strictly speaking GoW is not an FPS either, it's a third person shooter. But also the view point changes the way the game plays from your standard FPS. I've found it more fun when playing the campaign with someone else, so if you want to do some coop let me know. I'd prefer not to work through it myself.

[HereComesPete]

This. Ive not been near the treesiddy for a while, cepting the halo 3 beta. But i found GoW far better running around with kv playing as well, seeing who could chainsaw the most. Seeing as its unreal3 engine sometimes I stop and look at the pretty graphics too, and thats on a non-hdtv which is tiny.

[Joose]

Overlord got a really bad review in PCG, which is disappointing. I'll be interested to hear what 5punkers have to say about it. I know a couple of you have got it.

Ive been playing it a hell of a lot over the last couple of days, which says something in itself. It seems to be a bit of a grower; At first I thought it was Teh Sux, but the more I play the more I like. As has been said, the early stages are a little "sweep at things. Sit back. Whin.", but the puzzles become a little more complex later, needing a little lateral thinking. Having said that, its not exactly challenging as a game. Bloody good fun though, I think the bits that make it are the little comedy moments, like your minions using a dead rat as a helmet.

Once I have it completed (which won't be long at this rate) I'll stick a proper review up for it.

[Dog Pants]

RE4 for Wii?

*Holds breath*

*Starts breathing again*

I got this today. Review will follow.

[Killavodka]

GoW was most fun co-op, having pete stand next to me sniping while i covered the door with my assault rifle with under-slung chainsaw chopping baddies in half was much fun. Persevere Jack, it does get better, and some of the weapons are much fun...

[HereComesPete]

F'rinstance the bow thing that you charge up and fire explosive bolts that stick into people, well, aliens from underground, hard to aim but a very satisfying kill.

[Dog Pants]

First impressions of RE4: Better controls than the other versions, and I've soiled myself only once in the 20 mins or so I played it.

[FatherJack]

Ive been playing it a hell of a lot over the last couple of days, which says something in itself. It seems to be a bit of a grower; At first I thought it was Teh Sux, but the more I play the more I like. As has been said, the early stages are a little "sweep at things. Sit back. Whin.", but the puzzles become a little more complex later, needing a little lateral thinking. Having said that, its not exactly challenging as a game. Bloody good fun though, I think the bits that make it are the little comedy moments, like your minions using a dead rat as a helmet.

Once I have it completed (which won't be long at this rate) I'll stick a proper review up for it.

All of this. From what Joose and eion say, it sounds as if the PC version is as easy to control as the 360 version (especially with a 360 controller) so it's probably the one to go for given it's massively cheaper.

spoodie compared it to Pikmin in an another thread, and it does have some similarities, but doesn't piss me off nearly so much. Your minions are much more intelligent and all of them can fight to a degree.

I'm enjoying it a lot, although it doesn't seem like there's going to be much left to it, tasks do get harder and take longer as you go on. Looking at the achievements to unlock (360 version) there still appears to be plenty to do, shame that the supporting characters don't say much beyond the early stages though, as most of what they do say is very amusing.

The camera is a little ill-thought out - more than once I've swept my minions to their deaths accidentally when trying to look around, and some bits need the high viewpoint, which I don't like as it feels too 2D.

Controls are a bit tricky - certainly one to play right through, coming back to it after a while you'd need to learn them again. Worst is the guard button which is on the same hand as the minion sweep, but you can see they've thought about the times you need to use it and you can jam the minions in a corner before pressing it.

Overall very good, though - great tactical variations possible with minion combinations, little bits you can come back to do later, entertaining boss monsters and characters and a superb atmosphere.

[Woo Elephant Yeah]

This week please

[FatherJack]

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Transformers: The Game

There you go.

[TezzRexx]

This week please

I really must keep up to date...