After experiencing MorphX, you almost wish that you could give Buka Entertainment a mulligan so it could try again. There are enough innovative ideas here with the alien metamorphosis mechanics that could have made this an inventive, captivating shooter. But the design screwups are so blatant that they get in the way of enjoying the weird stuff with alien genes and mutant powers. Every time you start having a little bit of fun, some huge annoyance pops up to rub your face in the game's many flaws. This might be an interesting experiment, but it's not a game that you want to actually play.
Games You Never Heard of Returns with a new title, and a new game to talk about. Writer Robert Grosso looks over the Russian-made 360 game MorphX, and ponders why some games are simply obscure in the end.
Techtorial: Amazon updated the prices of select video games giving discounts up to 50% a few weeks before Thanksgiving.
This brings us to the “Bargain Bin” realm of gaming, a second glance at games far enough down that they don’t see light. Guilty pleasures are a blast — so long as no one’s watching.
