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Near perfect mix of tactic shooter, rpg and space exploration (PC)
Unlike Bioshock and a few other modern console ports, Mass Effect does not support a gamepad, so I had to go with mouse and keyboard, which however worked quite fine, as the UI of Mass Effect has been changed quite a bit to work well with mouse and keyboard.The game ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 30, 2009
Not quite as good as in the golden age, but still lots of fun (PC)
Sam & Max: Season 1 tries to continue what LucasArts stopped doing a decade ago, namely being a point&click adventure in the very classical sense. The interface is for most part what you expect, you have an inventory as usual, classic dialog trees and control your character by good old ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
Awesome remake of the orignal, highly recommend (PC)
[This review was done while playing the Windows version on Linux in Wine]Some days ago I picked up Tomb Raider: Anniversary for the PC (yes, thats the old one, not the new Underworld). Its a standard Windows game, of course, but it actually works near perfectly under Linux in. No ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
Great game, great replayability, just a little on the sort side (PC)
[This review was written while playing the PC version on Linux in Wine]Just as Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Legend works near perfect in Linux in Wine. One additional issue issue is that the "next generation graphics" option doesn't work and causes plenty of graphical glitches which makes it unusable, so one ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
Not a worthy SoT successor, but still good (PC)
After Warrior Within Two Thrones however was a pleasant supprise. It is still nowhere near as good as Sands of Time, but it actually is a good game on its own. The level design is back to being linear and the map screen is gone. The game actually feels a ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
Annoying,frustrating and one of the worst sequels ever (PC)
[This review was written while playing the Windows version of the game in Linux under Wine]On the technical side, Warrior Within has the same small problems as Sands on Time, but adds some more on top of it. It requires a no-cd crack to function in Wine and when you ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
Sadly riddled with bugs, but still a decent TombRaider experience (PS3)
A few first impressions after playing Tomb Raider: Underworld for an hour or two. The graphics are pretty nice, they capture the feeling of scale pretty well, frame rates however aren't so great. Animations feel pretty broken in this one, some things such as diving into the water just look ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Simple premise executed to near perfection (WII)
Some quick first impression of Boom Blox for the Wii. Since the game was selling for just 9EUR on Amazon.de I couldn't resist to give it a try, its after all one of the tiny few original and good games on the Wii.The gameplay of Boom Blox is pretty much ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
Great for a FPS, but not more (PC)
I finally managed to play Bioshock. I picked the PC version instead of the PS3 one, since it was quite a bit cheaper and because it had support for the Xbox360 controller. The controller support works for most part extremely well, you flip a switch in the option menu and ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
0 out of 2 found this review helpful.
Not as deep as I would have liked, but whats there is great (PS3)
Mirror's Edge, is a first person platform for the PS3. It follows into the footsteps of games like Prince of Persia or Tomb Raider, except its all from the first person perspective this time. In many aspects the game is quite a bit like Breakdown, which had first person platforming ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
Great time mechanic, but a little low on the jump'run fun (PC)
The 2D graphics are pretty cool, Braid does some great things with particles, color and light that give it a very dynamic quality, haven't seen anything quite like it. Music is pretty good too. The story is far out in the weird artsy territory, every now and then it seemed ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
Great use of the DS, good fun and a bad story (DS)
What I really liked about the game was that for the first time in a long while it felt like a full blown original game on the system. Most other games either boil down to simple puzzle mini-game stuff or cheap rip-off of titles from the big consoles. GTA:CW on ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on May 1, 2009
Not without faults, but overall an awesome and unique experience (PS3)
The press and plenty of forum posts have been rather negative on the game and not completly without reason, but overall I think a lot of it was really overreacting and missing the point.The game puts you into the role of an assassins at the time of the crusade that ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on Oct. 29, 2008
Frustrating license garbage (GC)
Don't let yourself fool by the positive reviews, this game is garbage such as many other license games as well, on top of that its an awefuly frustrating experince. First of there would be the story or better lack there of, the game really doesn't connect to the Simpsons at ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on Aug. 17, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful.
Fun for a while, but ultimativly pointless (XBOX)
The good thing about Aquila is that flying is as fun as ever. With the genre of flying games mostly gone, its good to see a game in that area and in large parts the game is enjoyable. The switching between plane mode and mech mode works nicely and is ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on Aug. 17, 2008
For most part the exact same game as four years ago on the PC, bu (XBOX)
Can the graphic hold up to a Half Life 2? Maybe not on a single screenshots, but if you take into account that OF:E's environments are gigantic while HL2 and most other FPS are limited to small corridors, it definitvly doesn't look so bad anymore, in fact when you get ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on Aug. 17, 2008
One nice trip to fantasy land (PS2)
More or less by accident I came across Primal for Playstation2 and was pleasantly surprised. While doing a little cleanup I came across on old video game magazine that mentioned the game, never heard of it before, but it looked interesting and ratings seems to be ok'ish (80/100), so I ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on Aug. 17, 2008
Movie license game done almost right (XBOX)
Time for another little game review, this time it is Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie turn. Short summary, its a good game. It is not great and it is not another The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (i.e. awesome), but what the game ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on Aug. 14, 2008
World of BoreCraft (PC)
A week ago I decided it was time to look into what all those 10 million gamers are doing in the World of Warcraft. So I did create a 10 day trial account to try it out. One of the nice things about WoW is that it runs almost flawless ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on Aug. 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Lets play some shitty games... (PS3)
If one believes the hype it is currently the second best PS3 game right after GTA4, clocking in at a shiny 94/100 on metacritic, but well, I don't trust reviews, so I played trough it myself (single-player campaign only, 'cause I don't do multiplayer).If there is one thing that Call ...
Reviewed by Grumbel on Aug. 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful.