BeefJack: "Clearly, we’re used to games that involve lots of ferocious killing. It’s something our medium does very well indeed. But there’s something particularly appealing, in a warped and twisted sort of way, about those involving the cold, calculated planning of individual horrific acts. It’s why the Hitman games work so well, as you stalk your target, silently watching and working out a way of removing them from the world. So the darkest part of my brain is very excited about Lucius, an unusual adventure in development at Helsinki-based studio Shiver Games."
A criticism of Lucius. Exploring the failures of its design and its genre as a whole.
Another day, another bundle full of games going for a very low price point. At only £3.59 for 12 titles, it’s hard to ignore such an offer. The games on offer cover a large amount of genres, hitting strategy, adventure, shooter and racing games, among others. It should also be noted that these game are not exactly indie titles, several coming from large established studios such as Paradox. But is the pack worth it?
Justin from TMSGamer talks about some of the worst games he's played in this generation of gaming.
Did we not already have a previous article/blog with the same topic a few days ago?
I could be wrong though.
slow news day plus lack of creativity makes for the majority of "journalism" these days
Haze was disappointing....not bad by any stretch. The mp was quite good actually.
If you look at other shooters from that era, Haze stacks up nicely with all aside from CoD4 MW...
I didn`t like it at all, I had more fun with Aliens (average game at best), also surprised that Duke Nukem Forever is missing as well given what a huge let down that was after all that time of waiting for the game.
Haze!? Damn! I heard so many PS fans talk junk about how cool and how much of a Halo killer it was going to be... (checks bargin bin...)
Two of the worst have come out this year. Ride to Hell and Garry's Incident. Add Mindjack to that list.
And i'll say it again. Not enough gamers know what a bad game is. That is why we get people picking holes in the best ones for the tiniest faults. They have no context. No marker. Playing games as bad as Ride to Hell didn't lower my expectations for good games, it just made me appreciate them so much more.
The War Z is the worst on this list, and frankly, it is still far better than the three I just mentioned. All three of them are almost bad enough to score 0/10. They are broken, unplayable messes with no production value and no game design present at all.
Yeah, I know. Just throwing it in with the first two. Didn't make it very clear though.
I've essentially scarred my best friend by constantly humming the anachronistic Ride to Hell theme song after he played it and kindly gave it back to me after 15 minutes of playing. :P
