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Zeno Clash is a hard game to classify because it is so strange, but the closest you could probably get is to call it a first person brawler. You play as Ghat, whose objective is to smash in the faces of every elephantoid, birdman, and wolf-lady that he sees as he makes his way across the outlandish landscape of Zenozoik in his quest to find the truth about the freakish Father-Mother. The story is fairly obscure, but with enough backstory and interesting characters to keep it entertaining. Of
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Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition
Developed by: ACE Team
Published by: Atlus
Players: 1 offline, 2 player online co-op
Rated T (Teen) by the ESRB
In an age where there is a clear division between first person shooters and brawlers, Zeno Clash blurs the line in one of the strangest and most unique games that has come out in a long time. The setting and characters are some of the strangest you'll see in a video game. But is it too strange? Is the game a brilliant combination of disparate elements, or just a patchwork of failure?
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In addition to these staple modes, Bejeweled 3 brings these unlockable modes; Diamond Mine, Poker, Ice Storm, and Butterflies. Diamond Mine allows players to “dig” for gold and treasure by swapping gems next to the dirt to expose the collectables. In Poker players must create the best hand by swapping gems on the main game board to have that gem appear in their hand of cards. Using the special gems in a swap will increase the total score for that hand. Ice Storm brings rising columns of ice that
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While the three in the title might lead some to believe this is the third game in the Bejeweled series, it is actually the fifth and the only direct sequel to Bejeweled 2.This fantasy themed variation on the same is a far cry from the original Bejeweled released ten years ago with only two modes of play. Bejeweled 3 provides players with 8 modes of play and 8 types of gems to swap.
Bejeweled 3 brings back 4 traditional modes of play, as seen in Bejeweled 2, and adds 4 new modes. Returning on the platform are Classic mode, Zen mode, Lightning mode, and Quest mode. Classic mode is the basic Bejeweled game at its core. Players continuously swap gems until there are no more moves to make. Zen mode is an endless mode designed to help relax the player with soothing ambient sounds and breath modulation while they swap gems continuously. Lightning mode is the classic time trial mode where players attempt to get the highest score possible within a 60 second window. Quest mode provides 40 unique puzzles each containing mini games with tailored objectives different from the standard game.
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Speaking of controls, this may be the only problem I have with the game. You control The Gunstringer’s movements with one of your hands (Depending on whether you’re left or right handed.) and with the other you control the guns, sword, or fist. Each level starts with you picking up The Gunstringer and getting started with the level. With your free hand you aim your “gun” as if you were a child playing cops and robbers. As you select up to six targets with the reticule, you jerk your hand back as
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Twisted Pixel is known for their breakout Xbox Live Arcade Games The Maw, ‘Splosion Man, Comic Jumper, and Ms. ‘Splosion Man. Will their first disc based game live up to the standards of their previous endeavors? Will The Gunstringer be the first “Must Buy” game for the Xbox Kinect add-on? I’ve played it and in the paragraphs below, I will answer all of these questions. Not to spoil it or anything, but the answer is YES!!
As I said, Twisted Pixel is known for their XBLA games. Their wit and comedy are infused in to every game and The Gunstringer is no exception. Right from the start you are give a sense of how things will go down. You are The Gunstringer, a double crossed cowboy that has come back to life as a skeleton marionette to take revenge on your posse. Sure, it sounds like a simple enough setup; however the presentation of the game as a miniature theatrical production makes things a lot different. As such, the characters and backgrounds are made out of everything from cardboard, to wood, to pipe cleaners. Also, being a theatrical production, all this takes place in front of a live studio audience. At key moments you get glimpses of audience reactions and there is also the occasional human hand intervention in to the story. This really does add to the effect of the game. It’s great fun to see an audience reaction as you smash the face in of a half crocodile, half lumberjack creature, or to see a somewhat Mystery Science Theater-esque crowd in front of sections of the game, cheering and high-fiving each other. The aesthetics of the game really go a long way to making you enjoy the game
even more and the ending sequence had me laughing so much I kept losing control of my guns on-screen.
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I’ll be honest. Not well. I went into this game with the expectations not of the game surpassing the original Amnesia, but at least holding the same ground; the same terror, the same unsettling feel. Expecting too much would have just been letting myself down from the get-go, it's a formula for failure; but it's certainly fair enough to expect the game to be at least as successful as it's predecessor. Without divulging too much of the storyline, it's difficult to explain exactly where A:AMfP wen
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Title: Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Developer: The Chinese Room / Frictional Games
Publisher: Frictional Games
Genre: First-person Horror Adventure
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Price: $19.99 (USD)
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has extremely big shoes to fill. The original, Amnesia: The Dark Descent has been heralded as one of the scariest games to date, spawning thousands of Let's Plays, reaction videos, and hilarious stories. Frictional Games did a fantastic job with a small team, a limited budget, and an incredibly large imagination.
But how did A:AMfP fare?
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After a brief little cutscene at the start of the game that has Nelson Tethers pondering about his past case, you are thrown into solving a small puzzle. Telltale Games couldn't call it Puzzle Agent 2 without there being puzzles after all. This puzzle is relatively easy. It is just a matter of moving around the circular bands and getting the symbols to not repeat themselves. This puzzle however is the only one you might enjoy. You are quickly thrown into repetitive and often lackluster puzzle so
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Publisher: Telltale Games
Designer: Graham Annable
Platform: Windows, Mac Os X, PSN, iPhone, iPad
Genre: Puzzle/Adventure
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Price: $2.99 -iPad, $.99 -iPhone, and $9.99 -PC
The one man puzzle solving machine of the FBI Nelson Tethers, is back on the case solving puzzle-esqe crimes in the followup to 2010's Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent, Puzzle Agent 2. In this sequel, Nelson is still bothered about the unresolved case from the town of Scoggins including the still missing Isaac Davner. Nelson is determined to put all of pieces of the puzzle together and figure out what really is going on in the tiny town of Scoggins. Do you have the wits to help Nelson finally say "case closed" on Scoggins or will you start this adventure only to never finish it? Let's find out in our review of Telltale Game's, Puzzle Agent 2.
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Overall story is nonexistent here. You are a ship that is set loose in a puzzle with fairly straightfoward tasks. Light the stars, collect the items, or cross the line before the time runs out. It sounds simple, but once you get going in the level, controls are limited to attaching to posts around the level and using momentum as your control. Zero gravity also play a big roll here. Once you get going, you can't stop without attaching to the posts. There is a map of the level that shows a t
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Published by: Beatshapers / tastyplay.com
Platform: PSN
Players: 1
Mix Breakout, pinball, and action-puzzling and you will get Stardrone, Beatshapers' Playstation Move enabled (DualShock controls are available as well.) foray in to Playstation Network gaming. How does StarDrone stack up against the multitude of action-puzzlers out there? Keep reading and see what makes this one special.
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Pinball FX 2 really isn't a game unto itself. It is a free base of the game that allows you to try each table before you buy them. This sounds weird, but in this case it really does work. If you test out a table and decide you like it, go buy it. Also, if you have the first Pinball FX your tables import over in to the new shell and they get a graphical and physics upgrades. Tweaks are found throughout the multiplayer and the competitiveness of the leader boards really does make the game shin
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Developer: Zen Studios
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Distributor: Microsoft Game Studios
Platform: Xbox 360 (XBLA)
Mode: Single player, Multiplayer
I’m going to be honest I've never been a huge fan of pinball. I have never been good at it, no matter how hard I try. However, there was something about Pinball FX 2 that caught my eye. Be it the colorful tables, the licensed characters, or hope that this could be the pinball game that finally breaks me out of my funk for pinball. Did it succeed? Read on and let's find out.
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Once the tutorial is complete the rest of the menu is opened and you are free to enjoy all of the games modes. Campaign, Zombie Survival, Wave Survival, Gladiator matches, Base matches, Death matches, even a league of legends like Space Defense League. The graphics are good for an indie title and the sound is excellent, but what really sets this game apart is the story and universe it creates. With a wonderful sense of humor I haven’t felt since the heyday of Sierra’s games Space Quest and King
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Developer: Triple.B.Titles
Publisher: Triple.B.Titles
Genre: Action, Indie, RPG
Platform: PC/Steam
Release Date: Jul 9, 2013
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages is the gaming premiere for Triple.B.Titles, a family owned studio located in Dallas, Texas. Part shoot-em up, r.p.g, and sci-fi adventure, this space romp is definitely more than the sum of its parts. You begin with a multi-part tutorial that introduces you to the majority of ship types you will encounter throughout the 30 hour campaign.
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The latest game takes us back to the Hyrule from the SNES days. It not only takes us back there, but literally uses the exact same map from A Link To The Past and this is my only extremely minor complaint with the game. The map felt all too familiar and a tad bit lazy on Nintendo’s part. While this was a very slight downside to the game, it is in no way a detriment to the game and can also be viewed as strong suite. Much like a well worn pair of underpants, slipping back in to this world feels g
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Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Action-Adventure
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Release Date: November 22, 2013
When The Legend of Zelda released in 1987 I was 8 years old and it quickly became one of my favorite game franchises of all time. Through the years I have played and still own every single Legend of Zelda game that has been released. From the 1987 classic, to the downright travesties of the CD-i games, all the way through the latest A Link Between Worlds, I’ve played them all through to completion. While the original is still my favorite, I have loved them all (Yes even the terrible ones). I’m proud to say A Link Between Worlds is not terrible and is one of the most enjoyable games I’ve played in recent memory. I’m sorry if this ruined the ending of this review for you, but please read on to find out why this game is so good.
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After selecting a new save, you are whisked away to a planet type land where you are greeted by two friendly and extremely helpful faces from A World of Keflings. With their help, you quickly find out that these small pint sized creatures have crashed and need to get back home with your help of course. How is a giant avatar suppose to land a hand to something that is other worldly? By building them a kingdom! Nothing has changed with the easy peasy controls when it comes to crafting supplies an
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Developer: Ninja Bee
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Platform: Xbox Live Arcade
Release Date: Wednesday October 26, 2011
Genre: City Building
Players: Single Player, Local Multiplayer
Rating: ESRB E for Everyone
Price: 320 Microsoft Points
Distribution: Xbox Live Marketplace
Little blue aliens are landing and invading your world in Ninja Bee's 2010 followup to A Kingdom of Keflings, A World of Keflings. These friendly, tiny, and so humorous bundles of joy are looking for you to help build them an alien friendly kingdom. Do you have what it takes to build a kingdom for aliens? Let's fire up that Xbox, hit play on A World of Keflings, and find out in our review of A World of Keflings: It Came From Outer Space DLC.
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The overall story of the game is very engaging. A Matryoshka doll family, the Blackmores, are forced to sell off all of their belongings because of the disapperance of their father. A Master Chimney sweep that gets a new job working for The Baron at his new enterprise. As Charlie Blackmore you are easily dismissed by everyone in the world. You receive a letter that lets you know all your siblings have been sold in to slave labor and need your help. You set out to save them from The Baron wit
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Developer: Double Fine Productions
Publisher: THQ
Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360
Players: 1-Player
Genre: Adventure/Puzzle
Tim Schafer and the merry band of misfits at Double Fine are known for their originality in games. Stacking is not your typical puzzle/adventure game, but it is completely infused with Double Fine's unique and quirky style and humor. Fans of the developer are used to this and have fallen in love with it, but the real question is, can it bring in a whole new breed of fan?
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This would initially seem like a negative, however after the palette swapping and redundant move sets that was rampant in part 2, this time around each character has their own play style and move sets. This translates to a ton of play variety and no two characters play the same. Almost anyone can find a character that will just "feel right" to play and almost every character is well balanced. Speaking of move sets, the controls in the game are extremely well balanced. There are 2 control scheme
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Developer: Capcom, Eighting
Publisher: Capcom
Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360
Players: 1 - 8 Players (Only 1-on-1 with 8 player lobbies)
Genre: Fighting
For more than a decade fans of the Marvel Vs Capcom series have begged and pleaded for a follow-up to the wild and crazy fight fest that was Marvel Vs Capcom 2. With the release of Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds' release did everyone get what they wanted? Does round 3 of this legendary arcade staple live up to the hype? Read on fellow comic and fighting game fans to find out if we got what we wanted or are we still waiting for a great follow-up to this great series.
When you first start up this game, you can tell right from the beginning that a lot of love and care went in to the latest outing in the franchise. Right from the intro video you will catch glimpses of the new characters that are being introduced. With the roster whittled down from the insane 56 playable characters of MvC2 to a standard 36 characters and 2 available for download.
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection consists of every title that Master Chief has ever been in; Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 4. If you are looking to play the shitacular awesome Halo 3: ODST and perhaps what is the more better attempt at telling a story without Master Chief; Halo: Reach, then you need to fire up your Xbox 360. Each of the titles received some sort of graphical upgrade with the most attention going to Halo 2 due to the release of Halo: The Mas
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Developer: 343 Industries
Publisher: Microsoft Studios
Platform: Xbox One
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Genre: First Person Shooter
Players: Single Player and Multiplayer
The Halo series has defined a generation of gamers by ushering in a new entry into the console war; the Xbox and also kept gamers on their toes with Bungie, followed by 343 Industries' captivating storyline following Spartan 117, "Master Chief" and his A.I. companion Cortana through battles with the covenant, the flood, shutting down the Halo rings, and of course the very poignant ending between the two that happened at the completion of Halo 4. Couple that with what could be described as the first multi-player of it's kind to hit a console and explode with popularity that lasts to this very day, Halo has become one of the most recognized and popular franchises that we as gamers will ever live to see. Does Halo: The Master Chief Collection capture everything that we have seen so far from this defining series?
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Apparently you not only make the player the president of the United States, but also give them superpowers. Saint's Row IV is a bit of a departure, even from how wacky the last game got. The Earth is threatened by evil alien overlord Zinyak, and the player and the gang are abducted right out of the oval office. Being trapped in a simulation a la The Matrix leads to some interesting gameplay possibilities, as well as tons of awesome references. It's not long before you start getting super powers
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Developed by: Volition, Inc.
Published by: Deep Silver
Platform: PC (Reviewed), PS3, Xbox 360
Release Date: August 20th, 2013
Players: Single Player and Co-op
Rated M for Mature by the ESRB
The Saint's Row series has lately become known for how ridiculous and over the top it is. But how do you top a game where you can run around beating people to death with a giant dildo bat?
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I can't say much of the story other than what's shown in trailers and comprises about the first third to one half of the game, or I'd spoil some great plot twists. After the events of the first game you awaken once more as a test subject for Aperture Science. You are quickly greeted by a new character, an AI core with a British accent, who is going to help you along your way with some vague escape plan. This new character begins to establish some of the clever humor written into the game with
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Developed by: Valve Corporation
Published by: Valve Corporation
Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3
Players: 1-2
Rated E10+ by the ESRB
Not only is the cake not a lie, but you can have seconds! Portal 2 is the sequel to the massively successful Portal, which quickly ascended to cult status, with many of its elements becoming memes that can be found on practically any gaming forum today. But does it live up to the charm and originality of the first game?
Short answer: YES. Portal 2 is every bit as good as the first, and better in almost every way. From beginning to end, it had a much more cinematic feel to it, with more characters involved and much, MUCH larger set pieces than the first. Whereas the first game was mostly a series of smallish chambers, with some parts where you get to go outside of the testing area towards the end, Portal 2 allows you to explore a great deal more of Aperture Laboratories. Though the game is still linear, there is a lot of detail that can be seen in the environments, from turrets being built and packaged, to the inner workings of the tube based weighted cube transportation system, and much more.
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In terms of gameplay, you have all the standard moves like healing and attack spells, counterattacks, and power attacks. Classes range from basic fighters, to sorcerers and even combat skaters, warriors who fight their enemies with ice skates. All of the characters have a main class and can choose a support class to add abilities to their repertoire. One of the main highlights of the game is the live action cutscenes. At most major plot points a cutscene will trigger, with all of the characters
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Developed by: Uglysoft
Platforms: PC
Rated: Not rated by the ESRB (but would probably be rated M for its messed up and disturbing content in general)
How many games let you slaughter kittens? Not many. Not that it's a good thing, but they are good for easy experience points. Kitten slaughter aside, Mark Leung: Revenge of the Bitch contains all manner of hilarious and disturbing content. From getting farted on by b*tchmonkeys, to using jellyfish penises to revive your fallen comrades, this is one very... different RPG.
Mark Leung: Revenge of the Bitch plays like a fairly traditional RPG, with some of the niceties of newer ones like being able to see and avoid monsters in the world without having to worry about random battles every 5 steps. But you will soon discover that the game is anything but a traditional RPG. It is a satirical, messed up version of an RPG, where every monster is some kind of spoof or joke, and all the dialog is simultaneously disturbing and hilarious. If you are familiar at all with RPGs you will laugh a lot in this game. Even if you're not, there is enough clever writing and enough awesome memes in the game that pretty much anyone can find some humor in it. You rarely ever see a game with as many awesome references as Revenge of the Bitch, some of them blatantly obvious, others more subtle. Actually most of them are pretty obvious, but it's part of the games irreverent style, much like Family Guy.
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Almost all of the side activities return as well. You can buy shops, complete faction challenges, recruit assassins, and collect those notorious collectibles. The assassin recruit metagame is much the same, but now you can capture cities by doing certain contracts, and gain an income of money and ingredients. As for the collectibles, they're not so bad this time around. There are 100 data fragments and 10 memoir pages. After collecting half of them you can get an in-game map showing the loc
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Developed by: Ubisoft Montreal
Published by: Ubisoft
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC (reviewed)
Players: 1 offline with 8 player multiplayer
It's that time again, where we sharpen our hidden blades and get ready to brutally assassinate hundreds of inept guards in our quest for the truth.
You once again take up the mantle of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, now an old man, but still every bit as capable as in his previous outings. The formula still holds true, and most of the features from Assassin's Creed Brotherhood have returned. Main story missions are in Sequences, or chapters, and most of them have bonus objectives to complete for full synchronization (a better score).
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The combat has been changed up to where Ezio is even more powerful, but the enemies are more aggressive. It is now possible to chain finishing moves. Upon killing an enemy, if you direct your next attack towards another you can perform a finishing move on him, and continue this streak by targeting another enemy after that. This is similar to the other AC games where enemies would suddenly lose heart and run away, lowering their guard for easy kills, but much more stylish. Most of the new weapons
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Developed by: Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Annecy (multiplayer)
Published by: Ubisoft
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3
Players: 1 offline, with 4-8 player multiplayer
Rated M (Mature) by the ESRB
Assassin's Creed II was a great game and improved upon the already revolutionary first Assassin's Creed in almost every conceivable way. With Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Ubisoft aims to improve even further upon an already great series, even adding a completely new multiplayer mode. But is it worth the full price, or is it little more than an expansion?
You don't need to read to the end of this review to know my personal impression of this game. The answer is yes, the game is absolutely worth the full price, and is much more than a simple expansion. It continues the story of Desmond's ancestor, Ezio, while picking up right where Assassin's Creed II left off in the present time line, with Desmond and his new found fellow Assassin's running from the Templar's and seeking sanctuary. Though it doesn't seem possible, Brotherhood actually manages to refine the winning formula of AC2 even further. There is easily as much to do in Rome, though it is a single, connected city (with stretches of countryside in between), as there was to do in all of AC2.
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There are plenty of zombie games, and even more RPGs, but surprisingly few hybrids of the two, not counting RPGs that happen to include zombies somewhere in them. Dead Island essentially plays like Borderlands, as many have aptly pointed out. The game mostly focuses on melee weapons. There are two categories of melee weapons: sharp and blunt, which are good at severing and breaking limbs respectively. The weapons wear down and have to be repaired, but it is possible to upgrade and mod your
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Developed by: Techland
Published by: Deep Silver
Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3
Players: 1-4
Rated M for Mature by the ESRB
It's the zombie apocalypse and you're trapped in paradise, or is it hell? Regardless, you must fend for yourself and meet up with other survivors to get through this calamity. Fortunately, you've brought some friends. Dead Island is a four player cooperative open world zombie role-playing game. That's certainly a mouthful, but it makes for a surprisingly fresh concept considering how oversaturated the market for zombie games is.
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As I said, I have never touched a Dead Island game before and I was worried I wouldn’t be the right person to review its follow-up, however after playing the game; I think my fears were unwarranted. While the game isn’t great, it’s not terrible by any means. The visceral feeling of dismembering zombies with all sorts of weapons really works, especially in co-op. There are tons of quests, environments, weapons, and zombie types to keep things fresh throughout. Also, the character progression syst
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Developed by: Techland
Published by: Deep Silver
Distributed by: Square Enix
Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Physical Copy Available for $49.99
Dead Island Riptide is the follow up to the 2011 game Dead Island. The original was fairly well received and sold very well. That said I’ve never touched the original game. Will this be a hindrance or a blessing for Riptide? Read on and find out if I had as much fun bashing zombies around as most or if I put down my machete and walked away disappointed.
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The controls are simple and perfect. You jump with the “A” button and you sprint with the “X” or “RT” button. It’s really that simple and they work flawlessly. You can never use them as an excuse for a bad run through a level. If you die, it is your own fault. The music and sound effects are in a word, AMAZING. dBsoundworks does an awesome job yet again. You may not know these guys, but I can almost guarantee that you’ve heard their work previously. Their growth from games like Canabalt, Gravity
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Developed by: Team Meat
Players: 1
Platforms: XBLA, (Windows, Mac, and Wiiware coming in November)
Rated T (Teen) by the ESRB
You are Meat Boy. You love Bandage Girl and she loves you. Nobody likes Dr. Fetus and that pisses him off. He steals Bandage Girl and it is your job to save her. This is a simple premise that leads to one of the most perfect platform games in, not just recent, but in all of gaming history. At an introductory price of $10, this is the best game money can buy. This reviewer hasn’t played a game in recent memory that has hit every mark that I had set for it in my mind. And in most cases it well exceeded my expectations.
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Part of the Campaign map Aside from the action-RTS style gameplay, there is a heavy RPG element. The player character levels up and can distribute points into various attributes, skills and weapon proficiencies. Companions and armies level up as well. Characters and companions can be outfitted with many different armours and weapons. Towns and castles live and breathe, their economic situations changing and reflecting the goods that they produce. Armies get hungry and have to eat. Factions send
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Developed by: TaleWorlds
Published by: Paradox Interactive
Platforms: PC
Players: 1/Multi
ESRB: T
Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword is a stand-alone expansion to the acclaimed games Mount and Blade and Mount and Blade: Warband. Unlike the previous games With Fire and Sword is based on a historical novel of the same name by Polish author, Henryk Sienkiewicz. It has players enter into an ongoing war between five Eastern European factions during the 17th Century: The Polish Republic, The Tsardom of Moscow, The Kingdom of Sweden, The Crimean Khanate (early Turkey) and The Cossack Hetmanate (early Ukraine).
Therein lies one of the greatest strengths of the game: the ability to create your own history. After making your own character, the game allows players to recruit, lead and manage an army of various units as they fight real time battles in third or first person and carry out strategy tactics on the large campaign map. Players can ally with any faction and even control their own fortresses and towns as a lord of that faction.
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All the usual gameplay elements are still here and essentially the same. This time around, after escaping from a septic tank out in the countryside and getting back to civilization, you find yourself in a local festival known as Clapfest. You make your way through the festival, talking to people and picking up odd knick-knacks with which to solve the various problems you run into. It was kind of nice to have the game take place in one mostly contiguous area, as opposed to using a map to travel t
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Developed by: Straandlooper, Telltale Games
Published by: Telltale Games
Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad
Players: 1
Rated M for Mature by the ESRB
It's the final act and once again Detective Inspector Hector finds himself stuck in a small room without any pants. After confronting and subsequently being captured by the terrorist in the finale of the second episode, Hector once again starts out in a perilous situation where one wrong move and he's up a certain creek - though this time quite literally.
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Your main goal in the game is to negotiate with the terrorist, fulfilling his demands to ultimately try to bargain with him for the safety of the hostages. His demands seem strangely noble, including fixing the clock tower, shutting down a porn shop, and helping a tour guide on his campaign to improve the town. To solve all of these problems, you have to go through a series of Zelda-esque puzzles (things like "talk to the guy to get the bucket to fill it with milk to..." etc. etc. etc.). What
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Developed by: Straandlooper, Telltale Games
Published by: Telltale Games
Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad
Players: 1
Rated M for Mature by the ESRB
Clapper's Wreake. The town that took the "Great" out of Britain. When a terrorist holes himself up in a building with hostages there and no one seems to be able to reason with him, it's time to call in Hector, the so-called Fat Arse of the Law.
Hector: Badge of Carnage is a crude, point and click adventure where you play as Hector, an overweight cop with a sarcastic attitude. Not to say that he's a bad guy, he's a good cop overall, he just lacks hygiene. And pants (initially). Hector isn't overly thrilled about being called upon, but he's the only one left with all of the negotiators killed by the terrorist.
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All of the crude humor is intact, from church-themed strip clubs, to French restaurants with questionable hygienic practices, putting unidentified objects on your face to emulate having a beard, and many other uncomfortable scenarios. If you enjoyed the first episode, you will most likely enjoy this one. However I couldn't help but feel that the first game was funnier. Episode 2 still has its moments, but it almost felt like it was trying too hard. One important thing to note is that the length
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Developed by: Straandlooper, Telltale Games
Published by: Telltale Games
Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad
Players: 1
Rated M for Mature by the ESRB
After the cliffhanger of an ending from the first game, Detective Inspector Hector is back at it again. Going in to confront the terrorist, Hector finds himself staring down the barrel of an automated sniper rifle connected to a laptop, from which the terrorist's voice is coming. The terrorist was never there to begin with. Now Hector has to find a way out of his precarious situation and track him down.
Hector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 2: Senseless Acts of Justice has Hector once again trying to figure out just what's going on in Clapper's Wreake. This time though, instead of following the terrorist's demands, Hector will follow leads on pieces of evidence he found in the industrial building where the terrorist was thought to be holed up and the hostages were supposedly stored. It turns out that there were no hostages to begin with, and now Hector is on the hunt for the real identity and location of the terrorist.
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