Archive for November, 2011

Yakuza 4

Above: The crooked police commissioner can wait. I’m buying these ladies some champagne. Trying to sum everything up in under 600 words was impossible, as well as attempting to present a vertical slice still missed a great deal. For instance, there’s a whole area of the game set in an underground city populated through the [...]

inFamous 2

Above: Betty Draper’s weaselly brother IS Cole McGrath. This is one of those games which makes me question reality, because I’ve not read one bad word about this, and I could barely are in position to play it. Remember after i talked about how great Outland felt during my hands? inFamous 2 may be the [...]

L.A. Noire

Warning: This long-ass post contains major spoilers about the plot of L.A. Noire. Short version: I thought that the non-interrogation stuff was generally terrible, while the interrogations were a mixed bag. That’s what the review focuses on. For a much longer and more complete review that echoes my thoughts almost entirely, I recommend Tom Chick’s [...]

Portal 2

Above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oOHr–AMes High praise, naturally, and that’s why I say it’s unnecessary. The critical consensus about this one is unusual, even just in an industry where heretics are swiftly and severely punished. Don’t allow me be the someone to dissuade you: Portal 2 is damn good. Nevertheless, I find myself within the strange position of [...]

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