Hail to the Chief: A Halo 3 Review

By Vermouth , 29th September 7:23 pm

The Halo franchise has been something of a lightning rod amongst first-person shooters. Some criticize the game for getting too much praise, while others enjoy it’s somewhat unique style of combat that’s especially well tuned for consoles. As a matter of full disclosure I gave the first two games high scores of 9.7 and 9.6 respectively so I fall within the fan camp. If you’re a fan, this is the definitive Halo game to get, if you haven’t enjoyed the series then you probably won’t fall in love with this game - but you’re likely to get more out of this one than any previous Halo release.

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Team Fortress 2 Beta

By Vermouth , 25th September 7:23 pm

This week Valve took the lid off of the Orange Box, allowing people who pre-purchased it to get in on the beta of Team Fortress 2. Playing the game again has been a hoot. It is a lot like Team Fortress (and Classic), only different in some key areas. It retained all that you like about the old game, 2 fort, Dustbowl, rocket jumping, flag running, engineers, and above all it maintains that feeling of tightly directed chaos that made the prior Team Fortress games great. But what it does differently is how it makes all the classes valuable, and it does away with some of the more spammy elements of the game. It also does a lot more to encourage playing as a team than the previous game.

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Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines

By Cyrris , 23rd September 12:16 am

Every gamer has a favourite game vehicle which they just wish they could own in real life. Yes, of course there are those playing Need for Speed and Gran Turismo who salivate over the rather mundane and down-to-earth vehicles featured there, but I’m talking about more interesting modes of transport.

I mean, yes, an Aston Martin DBS is my current dream car, but far beyond that would be a Mammoth Tank. Then again, I’ve always fancied having my own Super Star Destroyer. It cuts me up inside every time I see it go down in Return of the Jedi, or Empire at War for that matter. One of those Mantas from Unreal Tournament 2004 would sure as hell solve all my traffic problems every morning.

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