Tuesday 28 December 2010

Just Cause 2

Pros
  • Built for stunts
  • Many vehicles
  • The grappling hook is great
Cons
  • Pathetic story
  • Meh graphics
  • Easy shooting mechanic
Score
  • 7/10

UFC 2010

Pros
  • Faster grappling
  • More locations
  • Full customisable move sets
  • Full fight movies on PS3 version
Cons
  • Career mode feels slow between fights
  • Not a big graphical upgrade
Score
  • 8/10

Skate 3

Pros
  • Fantastic career mode
  • Walking greatly improved
  • More new tricks
  • Skate.Park create mode is great
Cons
  • Walking still not perfect
  • A bit too easy
Score
  • 9/10

NOVA 2

Pros
  • New weapons
  • Vehicles
  • Slightly improved graphics
  • New control system options
Cons
  • Moments of extreme lag
  • Alternate controls not great
Score
  • 7/10

Gran Turismo 5

Pros
  • Ridiculously large amount of cars
  • Stunning graphics
  • Realistic driving physics
  • Split screen
  • WRC, NASCAR, F1, Indy Car...
Cons
  • Damage needs tweaking (coming soon in an update)
  • Needs more premium cars (coming soon in an update)
Score
  • 10/10

Thursday 23 December 2010

SimCity Deluxe

Pros
  • I got it on sale
Cons
  • Poor graphics
  • Cheap port
  • Unhelpful tutorials
Score
  • 4/10

World of Goo

Pros
  • Perfect controls
  • High quality port
  • Retains all original qualities
Cons
  • None
Score
  • 10/10

Cut The Rope Holiday Gift

Pros
  • It's more Cut The Rope
  • It's free
Cons
  • Not long enough
Score
  • 10/10

Saturday 11 December 2010

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

Pros
  • Good graphics
  • Awesome cars
  • Different game modes
  • Well implemented controls
Cons
  • No customisation
Score
  • 8/10

Jenga

Pros
  • Clever controls
  • Different modes
  • Solid physics
Cons
  • Quite repetitive
Score
  • 7/10

Infinity Blade

Pros
  • Fantastic controls
  • Stunning graphics
  • Great replay value
  • DLC coming soon
Cons
  • Waiting for the DLC
Score
  • 10/10

Monopoly

Pros
  • Rotating screen for multiplayer
  • Smooth animations
  • Detailed rule editing
Cons
  • AI is sketchy
  • Dice rolls are weighted
Score
  • 6/10

Wednesday 8 December 2010

Rock Band Reloaded HD

Pros
  • Lots of free DLC
  • Multiplayer
  • Big drums layout
  • Many levels of difficulty
Cons
  • Not many songs at launch
  • Needs more difficult songs
  • Rare moments of extreme lag
Score
  • 9/10