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REVIEWS
Game reviews I've written for various sites which are too big to go on the blog. They have appeared on www.frugalgaming.co.uk, www.popbucket.co.uk amongst others. Just putting them here in case they get deleted off those other sites (which is bound to happen).
The Amazing Spider-Man
Reviewed on iPad
As Uncle Ben famously once said, with a great Spider-Man movie comes a not-so-great Spider-Man game. Well he would have said that eventually, had he not been brutally gunned down in the middle of Manhattan, but would he have been right? In this case no. The Amazing Spider-Man, the official movie tie-in from developer Gameloft, is as great as it is amazing.
In the newest addition to the Spidey gaming franchise, we get to free-roam around a fully realised, open-world New York City...
Mass Effect 2
XBOX360 review
Let’s be honest, the opening few hours of Mass Effect were about as pacey as a sloth on Mogadon. That’s not to say it was a bad game, quite the opposite. Underneath the occasional drudgery a new hero embarking on a fresh, brilliantly written sci-fi adventure shined through via an accomplished narrative coupled with some exceptional, emotionally charged cinematic cut-scenes.
Bioware has taken all of the best components from the first instalment and repackaged and upgraded them for the return of Commander Shepard...
Ironman 2
XBOX360 review
Iron Man is back, this time with his buddy Rhodey suiting up as War Machine and to quote the tagline, “Two heroes. Two suits. One mission”.
Set after the events of the movie, and as the tagline suggests, the storyline won’t be winning any BAFTA nominations but it manages to hold the attention by bringing into play some new enemies, scenarios and locales to battle across...
Asphalt 7: Heat
iPad review
The visually impressive ‘Heat’ is the seventh entry in the mobile series and the ninth overall in the best-selling Asphalt franchise.
The in-race tutorial quickly familiarises you with the controls. Acceleration takes care of itself, tapping the left side of the screen initiates the brake and drift, whilst a right tap fires the nitro. Tilting the device to the left or right steers your vehicle...