The dreaded licence game scenario is as follows: generally speaking, original is best - adaptations only dilute or disappoint fans of the series or property in question. There are, of course, obvious exceptions to this rule of thumb such as GoldenEye, Aliens vs. Predator and, more recently, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. Riddick in particular took a vaguely established character, Riddick, and reinvented his back-story, putting players in a brilliantly designed first-person stealth-em-up. By all rights, the game exceeded the depth and quality of the films upon which it was based. Playing with the use of light and dark, as well as the gritty futuristic prison setting, Riddick showed exactly how to handle a licence...
GL: "Staff writer Shaz reflects on his small library of physical games he's kept throughout the decades, and how a recent move made him nostalgic."
I lost my drive for collecting physical games due to many discs lacking the whole complete game. Instead, of collecting games I started collected figurines.
I am a collector have a room dedicated with a couple original arcade cabinets, physical game library, old and new consoles and controllers backlit with LED lighting. It’s very cool to have but with emulation being so strong and prevalent, I sometimes feel foolish because the hobby is expensive and like another said, the full game is not always on the disc. Could probably spend more wisely but I enjoy it.
Most games are usually on disc still. Of course you got you publishers that are hit and miss, Activision, ubisoft, ea, Microsoft, where the rest of the game needs downloaded.
While some video games overwhelm you with sheer scale, titles like Asura's Wrath and Doom Eternal make you the boss player right upfront.
Wolfenstein: The New Order turns ten years old today, so we decided to play it again and discovered just how much of an extinct kind of game it is.
It's an outstanding game and so was The Old Blood. Also a lost era of gaming. Interesting, I received a physical copy of The Old Blood 9 years ago today from Poland. It was digital only in North America initially upon release so I had to import.
From what I just read this game has the ingredients to be a sleeper hit on 360 and PS3 for 2007! Some of the best textures ever seen and a more extensive physics engine than HL2 sounds good to me!
Swedish dev's rock!
I gotta say this game has grown on me. At first i couldn`t care about it, but it just keeps looking better and better for each preview.
In Norway we always make fun of the sweeds, but i guess that can`t include game developers.
this game on my MUST HAVE list right now!