Archive for August 2014
The Zone isn’t a friendly place, and if you played last year’s shooter/horror/role-playing hybrid S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, this comes as no shock. Clear Sky offers a few improvements and...
The idea of being trapped in a Nazi prison camp probably doesn’t sound very good, but the idea of busting out of one possibly might. Escape is the goal in Prisoner of War, a short but original and often...
No previous experience with the Prince of Persia series is required to enjoy Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. In fact, virtually nothing will bar you from being impressed by this extremely well-put-together...
When Portal was originally released as part of The Orange Box in October of last year, its uniquely puzzling gameplay and dark, sharp-witted humor thrilled consumers and critics alike. Set in a mysterious...
It’s been more than 10 years since Myst revolutionized adventure gaming with its beautiful, surrealistic scenery, its elegantly simple point-and-click interface, and its mind-bending logic puzzles. And...
The latest in the beloved Myst series of graphical adventure games capably continues the traditions that started more than 10 years ago. Like its predecessors, Myst IV Revelation is a deliberately paced...
What happens when you create one of the biggest-selling computer games of all time? You get a lot of fans, and a lot of detractors. Since its release in 1993, Myst and its sequel, Riven, have sold approximately...
Part of the mysterious twin game projects that form part five in the Metal Gear saga, and also the first game shown running on the FOX Engine, Metal Gear Solid: Solid Ground Zeros is an open-world entry...
Clean out your hard drive and dust off your gamepad for Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, which you could easily tell originated on consoles if you didn’t know it already. In fact, this game bears the dubious...
Metal Gear Solid is the game that has been sending chills down the back of this industry for over two years. Konami leaked bits of information about it here and there, but there was no hiding the notion...
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance sees the cybernetically enhanced Raiden severing his ties to the stealthy gameplay of old, charging headlong behind enemy lines with a fresh pack of batteries and a thirsty...
The developer of Grand Theft Auto delivers its darkest, most violent game yet in Manhunt, an original third-person perspective stealth action game that puts you in the role of a death row inmate forced...
Harry Potter’s innocent days are over. The boarding school antics have trickled to a halt, classrooms have gone silent, and even Quidditch matches–once the mark of happier times–have fallen by the wayside....
Hidden & Dangerous 2, a tactical squad-based shooter set during World War II, failed to address many of the flaws in the original Hidden & Dangerous. Sabre Squadron, the new mission pack for...
Released back in 1999, Hidden & Dangerous helped spearhead the burgeoning tactical shooter genre. It took the careful planning, team coordination, and one-shot-one-kill ethos that have come to define...
It’s hard to believe that, prior to Half-Life 2, Valve had really made only one game. Of course, it was a masterpiece. Half-Life single-handedly reinvented the first-person shooter, putting the emphasis...
Global Operations, a putative Counter-Strike killer by Barking Dog Studios, is kind of like having to eat a banana split with your hands–just because it’s a little sloppy doesn’t mean it isn’t still...
