The 'Bite Size' review thread.

Tachikoma · Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 1078 Location: Swansea, UK

A thread for extremely short, to the point reviews of games you have played.
[All are personal opinions so if you disagree, post your own review]

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Vikings: Battle for Asgard
Sound: 6/10 - Nothing special.
Graphics: 6.5/10 - Nice but not ground breaking.
Gameplay: 8/10 - Good fun if you enjoy hack and slash games Smile

Longevity: 4/10 - 20 hours, no DLC planned, no MP.
Overall: 7.5/10 - A good solid slasher game but maybe a rental for the casual player Smile

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Dark Sector
Sound: 7/10 - Nice voice acting and gun sounds.
Graphics: 8/10 - Very nice reflections on metal and general modelling.
Gameplay: 7/10 - Gets a bit repetitive occasionally but when it's good, it's really good.
Longevity: 8/10 - Some good MP modes and 25 hour campaign.
Overall: 8/10 - Enjoyed it and well worth a purchase.

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Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Sound: 9/10 - Excellent voice acting, music and sfx.
Graphics: 9/10 - Excellent models and imagery, some lovely 'graphically effects'.
Gameplay: 8.5/10 - Very hard at times but the combat system has been greatly overhauled as has general game mechanic.
Longevity: 8/10: Some great MP modes, FPS mode with unlimited ammo and a 25+ hour campaign (on easy).
Overall: 9/10 - A damned fine return to the world of Condemned with a whole new feel and a fantastic continuation of the story Smile

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Imshall · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject:

Excellent idea Ryan! Hope this thread keeps up!!
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Holy_Donut · Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 719 Location: Timbuktu.

The Orange Box

Graphics: 9/10. While HL2's are a little dated, TF2, and Episode 2 look very nice.
Sound: 8/10 It's very loud, loses marks for not being able to hear some NPC's remarks over gunfire, but the TF2 taunts are generally brilliant.
Gameplay: 10/10 Portal is fresh and brain-taxing, HL2 is old-school shooting fun and Team Fortress 2 is ridiculously balanced and enjoyable.
Longevity: 8/10 While Half-Life does get repetitive, the wankingly hard Portal challenges and extremely enjoyable Team Fortress keeps you going back.
Overall: 9/10 Why am I the only one with this?

Tachikoma · Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 1078 Location: Swansea, UK

Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Graphics: 8.5/10 - Nice, very nice, but not the best ever by any means.
Sound: 8.5/10 - Does what you'd expect with nice gun sounds, explosions and voice acting. Music also very nice and atmospheric.
Gameplay: 10/10 - The best got better, unparralled gameplay both SP and the fantastic MP modes.
Longevity: 10/10 - With so much to choose from MP wise and the long SP campaign this game will outlive CoD4 easily.
Overall: 10/10 - Simply a perfect thinking mans fps with so much more to offer than it's competitors that it is a real shame more have not yet tried it!
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Tachikoma · Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 1078 Location: Swansea, UK

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Battlestations: Midway
Sound: 6/10 - What you'd expect but nothing amazing really. Awful music!.
Graphics: 6.5/10 - Pretty but again nothing amazing. Would like to have seen sailors milling around on desk!
Gameplay: 6/10 - Fun for a few missions but then gets repetetive. Not all vehicles are fun to use! MP also a 6/10 as some ships are overpowered.
Longevity: 7/10 - A good number of missions with some extras unlocked afterwards. Really needed a random geenrator of Mission maker though Sad

A Overall: 7/10 - The only game of this type currently available on 360 but with the sequal coming I'd wait for that.

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Tachikoma · Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 1078 Location: Swansea, UK

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Assassin's Creed
Sound: 7/10 - Good sounds all in all apart from the voice acting of the main character which is pretty awful.
Graphics: 9.5/10 - Graphically the game is amazing. Few games have matched the imagery and the movement of the characters, both alive and scenic.
Gameplay: 3/10 -this is where it fails. After 2 missions the game becomes extremely tedious and frankly unplayable. Also has the stupidest final boss fight ever!!
Longevity: 5.5/10 - A sizeable campaign that will take you 20 hours, if you can be bothered to sit through it all. No MP or replay at all.
Overall: 5/10 - A game that is just like a supermodel. Very pretty, but as shallow as a paddling pool. Avoid.

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Holy_Donut · Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 719 Location: Timbuktu.

TWO WORLDS

Graphics: 5/10. Not great. But the vistas are pretty. All women strangely ample-chested.
Sound: 10/10. The funniest unintenionally bad voice acting ever. Hitting a rabbit with a club, while a deep american voice roars 'Say hello to death!' cannot be beaten.
Gameplay: 7/10 Pretty basic hack 'n slash, but the magic system is pretty cool. Nice quest variation.
Longevity: 7/10 Lots of quests and a big map, but the main story is a pushover
Replay: 2/10 After finishing the main quest, I felt no desire to play the storyline again, just bum around in the woods stabbing peasants. The most retarded endings ever. GOOD; Ride off into the sunset with your scantily clad sister (incest overtones). BAD; Stand in a line with your sister and the bad guy. That's it.
Multiplayer: 8/10 Surpisingly good. A bit repetitive but what isn't? Odd need to take the disc out occasionally and cool it down by waving it about, otherwise the host sees all the characters as 2foot high boxes.
Overall: I have no idea.

Tachikoma · Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 1078 Location: Swansea, UK

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Call of Duty 4
Sound: 9/10 - Great gun sounds and voice acting.
Graphics: 8.5/10 - Does the job but nothing ground breaking.
Gameplay: 9/10 - Near to perfect but the MP does get repetitive after a few weeks.
Longevity: 8.5/10 - The story mode is a tad short but there are few good MP modes which could last a long time so long as boredom doesn't set in. No coop at all which is inexcusable.
Overall: 8.5/10 - A very very good MP game, with an average SP and no coop but could last someone a long long time.

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Halo 3
Sound: 9.5/10 - Excellent music and fantastic voice acting. Sfx also excellent.
Graphics: 9/10 - Graphically exquisite in places but equally some parts look too much like Halo 2.
Gameplay: 9/10 - SP is a tad short but great fun on coop. Very good MP modes marred by awful matchmaking system but Forge is amazing!!
Longevity: 9/10 - SP, although short, I can not get tired of. MP and forge will keep you coming back forever and loads of DL content planned.
Overall: 9.5/10 - Many may say it is Halo 2.5 bt I personally find it to be a endlessly re playable game with a gret future.

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Tachikoma · Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 1078 Location: Swansea, UK

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Grand Theft Auto IV
Sound: 8.5/10 - Good voice acting as always but why such damned awful music??
Graphics: 7/10 - Vehicles look nice but backgrounds are a tad drab and character models look pretty awful...
Gameplay: 8/10 - Again the same as all other GTA's with nothing new at all. Also it feels like there is a serious lack of direction in the story.
Longevity: 9/10 - I am only 10 hours in but it feels like I have just started. Have yet to try MP modes.
Overall: 8/10 - Game of the year, nope. But a good game but I do feel many will be disappointed if they believed the hype.

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