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WorthPlaying Previews: Bolt

WorthPlaying writes:

One of the biggest problems with movie-licensed video games is that they're often based on properties that don't really lend themselves to easy-to-make games. Ratatouille is a game about a cooking rat that somehow became an action-platformer, for example. WALL-E is an adorable love story about two nearly silent robots whose video game adaptation bizarrely included a deathmatch mode where four WALL-Es blasted each other with lasers. It's hard to hit the right balance of fun and faithfulness to the movie, and more often than not, it ends up hurting the games themselves. Bolt, based on the upcoming Disney film, could very easily have been another one of these. The basic movie plot lends itself quite well to a lackluster platforming game, and that is what I was expecting. Thankfully, Avalanche Software came up with a way to better take on Bolt that is both true to the movie without shoehorning it into the usual pitfalls of a movie tie-in game.

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The free Xbox Games With Gold titles for October 2019 bring a mix of styles but are they any good?

Neil writes: "Are the free Xbox Games With Gold titles for October 2019 worth bothering about?"

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darthv721679d ago

NG:RE is good (2 was better though) and I havent played the others. My kids will likely get a kick out of bolt and tembo while I will give the F:13th the old college try.

gangsta_red1679d ago

The games with gold selection is trash. Besides Friday the 13th. Ninja Gaiden 3 is the worse in the whole series. Bolt and Tango...laughable

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babadivad1679d ago

Facts!! NG3 was absolute dog shit.

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Z5011679d ago (Edited 1679d ago )

NG:RE is better then 1 or Black. Waaaaay more options. Better graphically. More playable characters. More costumes. More weapons. More ninjitsu. More enemy variety. In comparison. The first game is basic af.

babadivad1679d ago

Is this bizarro world?? People actually think NG3 was better than 1 and 2??

Abcdefeg1678d ago

Sometimes less is more, black has the best pacing and gameplay in the series

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4 more games including Batman arrive for Xbox One Back-Comp – Are they worth the return?

Carlos writes "So, by now many of you know how things work. Each time a backwards compatible game releases on Xbox One we take a look to see if they are worth returning to once more. Given the busy week Xbox has had with backwards compatible arrivals, we're here once more to take you through our thoughts on each of the new Xbox One BC games in order to see if these titles are worth delving back into once more, or if they are better off left on the shelf... or your install list, whichever you prefer."

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ARESWARLORD2457d ago

I don't know keeps on making these articles but every game that you can bring over to your new system is worth the return. I hope in the future no game is Left Behind a purchase is a purchase and everybody enjoys different things

LastCenturyRob2457d ago

Yeah, why bother writing an article if you are just going to attempt to crap all over what you are writing about. I doubt this "journalist" own an X box

SlyBoogie19932457d ago

Actually LastCenturyRob, this journalist owns 4 different Xbox One consoles. More importantly I feel you've missed the point of the article. These articles aren't here for criticising games that have been brought over to Xbox One via backwards compatibility, but instead to give my personal opinion on which ones are still worth playing today in an evolving games industry. I fully appreciate there being value to any game that someone has brought, but nevertheless, with games changing so rapidly, and so many different games available, it seems improbable that we have time to play them all, and sometimes you can find something that offers a much better experience elsewhere. So this article is simply my own thoughts on If each game is worth returning to or not. It isn't a forced view, and it isn't fact, and i'm certainly not telling people what to play but it is my opinion. Maybe next time read the article properly.

Harmy6662456d ago

If you had read the article it's asking are the games worth playing again, not is it worth bringing them to backwards compatibility. In that sense I agree with you 100%, every game that is added to BC, is worth it.

StuffAndThings2457d ago

I don't see anything wrong with an article about somebodys opinion about which old game to play that can now be played ?

MilkMan2457d ago

These backwards compatible games have been by far and large the stuff you would normally just pass by in the trash bin or the discount bin at your local game store.
I would personally forgo trying to snatch up triple A titles which seem to be out of MS grasp and focus on getting a strong lineup of excellent Double A (or B grade games). LIke Spaletter house, Never Dead and Lollipop Chainsaw.

I was excited when I heard about this initiative, Now I've mostly forgotten it and to turn on my Xbox.

RadicalCannibal2457d ago

It's the button on the front which turns it on.

starbuck2456d ago

Love love love Arkham origins such an underrated game. The boss battles are on point and the detective mode is excellent. It did have bugs when first released but I didn't get them on my play through and I had it day 1.

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Bolt! Review (Modojo)

John Bedford (Modojo): You can picture the lightbulb going off above someone's head at Rock Live : an endless runner mixed with the fastest man on Earth, Usain Bolt. OK, that's good but it needs something else. What about...zombies? Too generic, too saturated. How about...pirates? That'll do.