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Dance On Broadway

August 29th, 2011 - 1 Comment

Dance On Broadway

Think of this game as Glee with show tunes instead of pop favorites.

Just as dancers on the hit show perform on stage to familiar songs, the attraction of Dance on Broadway depends heavily on your love for Broadway hits – from notable favorites like Fame, My Favourite Things and Luck Be A Lady, to the lesser known ones like Good Morning Baltimore and One Night Only.

There is no singing involved here and using two PlayStation Move controllers, players follow screen silhouettes to mimic dance movements.

Each song recreates the stage setting and while great care has been taken to showcase the various dance moves, the graphics are rather cartoonish.

Granted, this does not take away any of the fun in the game, as the dance steps are fairly easy to follow. As with all dance games on the PlayStation 3, the focus is on the hands since the game tracks the Move controllers. So shaking your legs adds nothing to your score.

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Michael Jackson: The Experience

August 24th, 2011 - No Comments

Michael Jackson: The Experience

The King of Pop may be gone, but his legacy lives on with this new and exciting dance game that features a collection of Michael Jackson‘s hottest hits.

If you have always dreamed of singing and dancing like Jackson, this is the game for you.

Trackwise, the collection of more than two dozen songs serves up an impressive list of his greatest hits, including Beat It, Smooth Criminal and Who Is It.

Like SingStar and Lips, players have to sing in pitch with the songs to score points but, as any singer knows, Jackson’s high-pitch wails are almost impossible to duplicate.

Instead of allowing players to choose the level of difficulty, songs are labelled based on the level of vocal mastery needed. But no matter what the level, many are going to croon to his signature tunes Billie Jean and Bad.

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The Sims Medieval

August 18th, 2011 - No Comments

The Sims Medieval

A spin-off of the best-selling people simulator game, The Sims Medieval takes gamers back where many fans of the series want to be – in the virtual Middle Ages. Mediaeval themes have long been a mainstay of the digital doll house game, with many instalments of the game featuring options for players to turn their virtual modern day suburban homes into ancient castles.

However, The Sims Medieval goes one step further from being simply a mediaeval-themed playground. Its creators have overhauled the game’s mechanics in an attempt to offer a fresh take on the series. Instead of the open-ended sandbox play that defines the main franchise, The Sims Medieval is a story-based gameplay where players can build their own little empire complete with kings, wizards and knights.

While its concept is exciting, the final product has the worst possible combination of gameplay elements. Instead of letting players be creative and coming up with their own stories, The Sims Medieval hand-holds the player through a rather boring and long-winded storyline that had me wanting out after the first few hours.

In order to move the story along, players will have to let Sims take on various quests. Depending on how far you have progressed, quests can be as mundane as gathering wood or slightly more interesting tasks such as slaying a dragon.

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Dynasty Warriors 7

August 13th, 2011 - No Comments

Dynasty Warriors 7

There is probably no other game out there that lets you mindlessly slaughter truckloads of men like Dynasty Warriors. The Dynasty Warriors 7 series is set in the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China, and gamers choose to play as a famous general of the times and kill their way to glory.

While previous versions of the Dynasty Warriors game suffered from an overly reused concept, developer Omega Force has made plenty of changes such that this latest title in the series felt like a brand new game.

Of the new features, the one I love most is the ability to have characters wield different weapons on the battlefield. This adds variety to the game and gives the combat system greater depth. Characters can now carry two weapons and string together new types of attack combinations by switching between weapons during a fight. The new weapon-changing system also allows for counter-attacks, which adds another level of depth to the fighting system and elevates the game to more than just a button masher.

One of the most noticeable changes is that the game has become more historically accurate. In its Story Mode, players can no longer choose which general they want to play as. Instead, their character is dictated by the game. This means actual historical events are presented better, and it adds to the overall realism of the game.

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Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

August 9th, 2011 - No Comments

Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

The latest Lego Star Wars III game is more or less a clone of the previous titles in the series, and it uses a mix of characters from the Star Wars movie franchise. In terms of storyline, it covers the first two seasons of the Star Wars cartoon show.

While there is nothing wrong with this game, the Lego Star Wars III gameplay is easy and long-time fans would have played it all before.

At most levels in the game, you will find a character with a light-saber or blaster for you to slice and shoot through the level.

In some parts, you will need to combine strengths of the different characters, but this aspect soon gets monotonous. Some doors can be opened only by droids, so you switch to a droid unit. Certain machines can only be operated by Clone troopers, so you switch to the troopers, and so on.

I got bored after the third level – maybe because I am not a fan of the cartoon but mostly because the levels felt the same after a while.

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Dawn Of War 2: Retribution

August 4th, 2011 - No Comments

Dawn Of War 2: Retribution

There is much to like about Retribution, a standalone expansion of the popular Warhammer 40,000 Dawn Of War 2(DoW2).

Think powerful heroes, interesting units and abilities and addictive point-and-click fun.

Gameplay is fast and tactical, involving the use of different units to capture and guard structures that generate Power, Requisition and Population – three attributes needed to produce troops and revive fallen heroes. The multitude of units, factions and maps also offer great variety of gameplay.

There are six playable factions: regular Marines, Chaos Marines, Orks, Eldars, Imperial Guards and Tyranids. Although some missions are similar across the factions, the campaigns are generally well developed and a blast to play. But be warned that some factions are more poorly developed than others. For example, the Imperial Guards lack oomph in their destructive abilities compared to other factions.

For Warhammer fans, Retribution will be a real treat as you can play factions which were not playable in previous instalments – such as Orks which were particularly amusing with their crude English and heavy Jamaican accent.

The interesting and varied troops range from tanks to jet-packed infantry to armoured mechanical robots. The Hero units, with their unique abilities, equipment capabilities and ability to develop skills when they level up, make this more of a tactical action role-playing game than a strategy one.

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Hard Corps: Uprising

July 29th, 2011 - No Comments

Hard Corps: Uprising

Spiritual successor to Konami’s old-school 2-D shooter Contra, Hard Corps: Uprising brings back the series’ trademark run-and-gun action and updates it with new play mechanics like bullet repelling and evasion moves.

Rebel heroes Bahamut and Krystal storm through eight devilishly difficult stages filled with numerous enemies, death traps and plain jaw-dropping moments. In one, you ascend an elevator shaft by hitching a ride, ninja-style, on exploding missiles.

At first, the game seems insurmountable. But play through a stage several times and you will be able to recall enemy attack patterns effortlessly. Then it is all down to executing your jumps and dashes skilfully.

This challenging formula makes repeat play throughs a lot of fun. I felt a rush of adrenaline whenever I managed to beat a boss without dying.

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