No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Review

Posted in Nintendo, Reviews by Liam Hallahan // 28.06.2010 // 0

When I first completed No More Heroes, I wasn’t quite sure what I thought of it at first. It’s a good game, definitely, but I still was unsure about whether or not it lived up to the first game. It certainly never gets dull and improves on practically everything from the first game, but at the same time, I wondered if the spirit that made me play the first game so obsessively was still there in this one.
Things have changed a lot since Travis Touchdown last hacked and slashed his way to the top of the United Assassin’s Association (U.A.A.). He’s left the league entirely and his skills have somewhat fallen by the wayside. However, when the younger brother of the very first assassin he defeated (whom was never even really seen in the first game) challenges him, he gets drawn back into the league, at rank 51 this time. Things get further complicated when his friend Bishop is murdered in cold blood. But other than the undercurrent revenge, things haven’t changed too much. Travis still does menial labour to earn money in between hacking through loads of enemies with his Beam Katana and facing down memorable, eccentric bosses. It’s as bawdy, gory and silly as it was before.

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Killing Floor Review

Posted in PC, Reviews by Chris Slack // 18.04.2010 // 0

A review of Killing Floor I made few months ago on my own site MercuryVision.com Enjoy.

Just Cause 2 Review

Posted in PC, PlayStation, Reviews, Xbox by Stephen Colfer // 10.04.2010 // 4

I did a lot of things playing Just Cause 2 so many things that I couldn’t put them in words, which is why I made this video, which barely has any words at all.

Just Cause 2 is insane. If you didn’t watch that video or watched it and simply refused to believe it, then yes, that was me surfing a jet then grappling to airliner mid flight. That was also me quad biking off an exploding crane, driving an ice cream van off a mountain, gracefully base jumping off a skyscraper and down a water fall, jumping onto the roof of my moving truck to clear a road block with a grenade launcher and last but not least, attaching a sports car to an air liner and driving/taking off into the sunset.
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Mass Effect 2 Review

Posted in Reviews by Stephen Colfer // 07.02.2010 // 0

I was a little sceptical coming up to the release of Mass Effect 2. Ever since Modern Warfare 2 became the most popular thing ever and somebody discovering that if you make games to make money then taking money from the development team and putting it into advertising instead is guaranteed to increase your sales, I been very cautious of a game that you can see everywhere coming up to its release. Thankfully Bioware and EA Games seem to have gotten the balance right because Mass Effect 2 is not over hyped shoot ‘em up rubbish, it’s really damn good Sci-Fi and even better role playing combined with better than average shoot ‘em up bits.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Review

Posted in PC, PlayStation, Reviews, Xbox by Stephen Colfer // 14.01.2010 // 0

There’s four henchmen below me, three armed and one with a pipe. They’re close together and calm. No chance of knocking three out before one pulls the trigger and the batsuit is far from bullet proof. The un-armed man leaves the group, getting board. He walks underneath a stone gargoyle the same gargoyle I happen to be perched upon. I drop and suddenly he’s strung upside down hanging from the statue. That’s one. His companions rush towards him while one stays behind frantically looking for the bat.  But he’s too late, I’m two feet away from gliding feet first into the back of his neck. That’s two. The two remaining henchmen stand back to back but they’re afraid. Pulse rates are averaging at 140bpm when I emerge from the floor grates between them, a swift punch to the back of the neck forces the first to drop his gun, the others gets two followed by a boot to the face knocking him unconscious. That’s three. The first has recovered, he grabs his gun and spins to greet a batarang to the face. That’s four. I AM BATMAN.

First of all “Batman: Arkham Asylum” works, which is a huge relief for myself and the millions of Batman fans who had the horrible feeling that it all looked too good to be true. Here’s the story, Batman has caught the Joker again, he throws him in Arkham Asylum again, turns out the Joker planned it all along and has taken over the Asylum and set free all the villains it contains. Batman must stop him. It all works for a very simple reason; it knows exactly what it wants to be.

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