L.A. Noire (2011, PC Windows) – 9/10 post-WWII 1940′s detective thriller game review

Cast / crewDirector: Brendan McNamaraWriter: Brendan McNamaraProducer: Naresh HiraniTechnical Director: Franta FulinLead Gameplay Programmer: David HeironymusLead Designer: Alex CarlyleArt Director: Chee Kin ChanLead Artist: Ben BrudenellProduction Designer: Simon WoodGraphic Designer: Andrew HamiltonGeneral Manager: Vicky LordProduction Coordinator: Lara DerhamComposer (Score): Andrew HaleComposer (Score): Simon HaleAaron Staton: Cole PhelpsMichael McGrady: Rusty GallowayAdam John Harrington: Roy EarleSean McGowan: [...]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011, PS3) – 9/10 contemporary military first person shooter game review

Cast / crewWriter: Paul HaggisWriter: Will Staples Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) With World War III in full swing, the baffled US and Russian presidents need to meet up with each other but Makarov is going to ensure that will never happen while he implements the next stage of his insane but successful [...]

inFamous 2 (2011) – 9/10 superhero / supervillain open-world action adventure PS3 exclusive game review

Cast / crew inFamous 2 (2011) Just as Kessler prophesied, the Beast arrives to decimate the world and Cole is preparing to take him on. As he is about to leave for New Marais to complete preparation, Cole has to engage the Beast in battle but is defeated resulting in the annihilation of Empire City. [...]

Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening (2010) – fantasy action role-playing game sequel DLC review

Cast / crewProducer: Fernando MeloLead Designer: Ferret BaudoinProject Manager: Adriana LopezLead Programmer: Owen BorstadQuality Assurance Lead: Jason LeongGreg Ellis: AndersAdam Leadbeater: JusticeSimon Chadwick: Nathaniel HoweSteven J. Blum: OghrenNatalia Cigliuti: SigrunJamie Glover: The ArchitectDee Dee Rescher: The MotherRobin Sachs: VarelGrey Delisle: Velanna Dragon Age: Origins Awakenings (2010) With the Blight over and the Archdemon slain, it [...]

Limbo (2010) – 9/10 puzzle platform game review

Cast / crew Creator and Director: Arnt Jensen Producer: Mads Wibroe Programmer Boy: Thomas Krog Animator Boy: Thomas Krog Lead Game Designer: Jeppe Carlsen Lead Level Designer: Jeppe Carlsen Limbo (2010) A boy must travel from left to right and overcome the ingenious obstacles in his path. 9/10 Brilliantly designed puzzle game which has clearly [...]

CRC 2005: Cross Racing Championship (2005, PC) – 9/10 mixed-surface racing game review

Cast / crew CRC 2005: Cross Racing Championship 2005 (2005) Drive a handful of vehicles on tarmac, snow, gravel, mud and through streams on your way to achieving the full prestige of being Cross Racing Champion. 9/10 Despite an obtuse career mode (the aim is to complete races on lower difficulty to earn upgrades and [...]

Mass Effect 2 (2010, Science Fiction Action RPG, PC Windows) – 9/10 game review

Cast / crewJennifer Hale: Female ShephardMark Meer: Male ShephardProject Director: Casey Hudson Mass Effect 2 (2010) Commander Shepherd is killed when the Normandy is obliterated by a giant ship of unknown origin. Pro-human organisation Cerberus goes to tremendous expense to obtain her body and resurrect her, certain that only such an icon of human heroism [...]

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell (2002, Stealth Espionage Action, Windows) – 9/10 game review

Cast / crew Senior Producer: Mathieu Ferland Senior Producer: Reid Schneider Original Creator: François Coulon Writer: J.T. Petty Lead Game Designer: Nathan Wolff Creative Director: François Coulon Michael Ironside: Sam Fisher Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell (2002) 9/10 Occasionally obscure level design never undermines the total super-awesomeness that is Sam Fisher, the player. Splinter Cell consistently [...]

Split/Second (2010, Action Racing Game) – 9/10 game review

Cast / crew Director: Nick Baynes Senior Producer: Alice Guy Director of Production: Alice Guy Design Director: Paul Glancey Technical Director: David Jefferies Split/Second (2010) 9/10 Two things hurt this game: a title change from straight-forwardly cool Split Second to the teeth-grindingly unnecessary Split/Second: Velocity and the words ‘reality show.’ A demo that did nothing [...]

Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008, Action Adventure, PS3) – 9/10 game review

Cast / crew Senior Producer: Alex Jones Creative Director: Eric Lindstrom Lead Programmer: Rob Pavey Lead Environment Artist: Daniel Neuburger Lead Designer: Harley White-Wiedow Lead Animator: Primo Navidad Lead Character Artist: Kam Yu Voice Over Director: Kris Zimmerman Keeley Hawes: Lara Writer (Story): Eric Lindstrom Writer (Story): Toby Gard Writer (Screenplay): Eric Lindstrom Tomb Raider: [...]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009, Action Shooter, PS3) – 9/10 game review

Cast / crewDirector: Jason West Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) Single player: Take on the role of a contemporary American soldier fighting against Russian invaders on American soil and a British commando fighting some other dudes somewhere else. Ah, yes, a plot. Modern Warfare 2 has one. That explains all that. Sort of.Online [...]

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (2009, Off-Road Racing Game, Games for Windows) – 9/10 game review

Cast / crew Game Designer: Matthew Horsman Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (2009) 9/10 Despite a notable lack of rallying and interchangeable international locations (Baja, Morocco, China and Utah are particularly indistinguishable and there is no snow and little tarmac), DiRT 2 improves on it’s predecessor in every other way. Graphics are completely fantastic (especially on [...]

Call of Duty: World at War (2008, 360, PS3) – 9/10 World War II first-person shooter game review

Cast / crewCreative Director: Corky LehmkuhlGary Oldman: Sgt. ReznovKiefer Sutherland: Sgt. Roebuck Call of Duty 5 Call of Duty: World at War (2008) World War II: Russian Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko is pushing back the Germans to Berlin and American Private Miller is pushing back the Japanese to Okinawa. 9/10 Beautifully polished World War II first-person [...]

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005, Police Chase Street Racing, 360) – 9/10 game review

Cast / crew Need for Speed 9 Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) After losing your beautiful BMW street racing car, you have the help of full babe Mia and some dude called Rog to get back at the cheating toe-rag who won it, most wanted street racer Razor, by defeating fourteen other street racers [...]

Colin McRae: DiRT (2007, Off-Road Racing, PlayStation 3) – 9/10 game review

Cast / crew Colin McRae: Dirt (2007) 9/10 Colin McRae Dirt is the best in the series since the brilliant Colin McRae Rally 2.0 despite slightly odd handling and, surprisingly, establishes itself as the best next-gen racing game by some way. Outstanding graphics (especially on the smooth-running PlayStation 3 version), excellent sound, reference-quality presentation, lovely [...]

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