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Crysis reviewed in pictures

December 30th 2007 08:57
One of the most anticipated games of 2007 was Crysis, a sci-fi shooter that is meant to be as immersive as the original Half-Life, but with real pretty graphics.

Open-ended, superhuman abilities, sneaky AI. People have been waiting a long time for this one.

This review of Crysis is just 15 comic frames long, using screenshots to give you the real deal.

It's an effective review... Check the one of the opening shots:

Crysis review opening movie


If there's one thing that pisses me off... it's when games load the little animated logos for all the studios, production companies and all the other fingers involved. If that's not bad enough, some companies don't let you skip the movie with a keypress. I would normally do the whole '*cough* EA *cough*' thing, but so many game writers are doing it - that it almost sounds like a terminal illness whenever there's a bunch of reviews being read.

The review says some pretty harsh things about the game, insulting the AI, for example. Where the game developers claim that their enemy bots are 'smarter' than other games, the reviewer suggests that they've just been given a god-like ability of supersight. That's cheating, you naughty boy.

Read the rest of the review!
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Armaggedon Empires

December 24th 2007 12:50
Armageddon Empires demo screenshot gameplay
People are going crazy over this game!

It's Armageddon Empires!
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The Games of Gamma 256

December 17th 2007 01:40
Certainly, gaming has become big business these days, with the release of the consoles, which have all met with generally favourable reviews. The massive games for the XBox, the casual party-antics of the Wii, and the hopeful predictions for the potential of the PS3.

I don't have a console, and my computer can't really play games any more. What am I to do


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Borderlands Preview

December 11th 2007 01:53
Borderlands screen shot animals
There's a little tornado of excitement brewing about this upcoming game called Borderlands, a PC-and-consoles FPS with RPG elements, coming out in late 2008.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun writer Jim Rossignol has been excited about this game since September
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Knights of the Old Republic

December 4th 2007 02:06
Knights of the Old Republic screenshot Jedi lightsaber fighting
Back in 2003, Star Wars-themed videogames were looking a little worse for wear. The Phantom Menace had just come out the year before, bringing a host of terrible movie tie-in games like the stupid racer game, the inevitable action platformer and a handheld Jedi thing
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