James Frazer reports:
''PC to home console conversions are usually met with much groaning and apprehension, and most are within reason. Until recently consoles couldn't match the specs of a gaming PC which saw franchise after franchise being stripped of features with watered down modes and tread-bare life-span. Then you have the issue of porting over controls from a keyboard and mouse to a controller that sports slower scrolling with analogue sticks. As such, these ports are usually marketed as spin-offs that concentrate on particular aspects of the game to try to justify the limited scope on offer. And since the newest consoles have gone against he idea of producing mice and keyboard controllers (unlike the Dreamcast and PlayStation) developers have had to come up with all sorts of ways to transpire their dreams and their visions, on a platform which is more accessible and grossly outstripping the once lucrative PC market. The Orange Box, Command and Conquer 3 and Oblivion are currently benchmark titles for such a practice, but none have gone through the rebuilding efforts of Sid Meier's Civilization to simply make them run, let alone work on a home console. Fireaxis has taken the foundations of the popular turn based strategy title and built it around its limitations rather than jumping up and down on it until everything fits in. This isn't a simple port, it's a revolution.''
Dorkly: "History is written by the winners, and that applies to games, too. While we hold up our post-apocalyptic wasteland adventures, period piece assassinations and Liberty City crime sprees on a pedestal, we would do well to remember the little guys. These underseen, criminally underplayed games didn't do well critically or commercially, but they were still wonderful experiences. Here's a small list of recommendations of unsung heroes of the PS3/Xbox 360/Wii era."
Alpha Protocol has some fantastic ideas in its conversation and story progression due to choices. I really enjoyed my time with it.
A spy rpg can be done with amazing results if handled correctly.
God Hand
Partly because I just recently discovered it and its insane.
What a gold nugget.
XMNR: 2K Games and Firaxis Games officially unveiled “Civilization: Beyond Earth” at a PAX East, which ended Sunday. The storied franchise heads for the stars for the second time in its twenty-three year history but the history of Sid Meier’s just-one-more-turn creation is as interesting as the games themselves.
March was a good month for bagging yourself a bargain! Hopefully we'll be able to find a few more good deals this month too. Here are a few of the bargains that FantasyMeister managed to bag himself in the month just gone.
