In serving its cold, dirty and gritty underbelly, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is met with a unique visual style. Shot to look like real-world documentary type camera work, there’s no escaping the flair that IO Interactive have used to showcase the second in the Kane & Lynch series- the first having been received critically poorly. In trying to distance itself from others in its genre, Dog Days’ employs a hand-held camera aesthetic with rough cuts, sharp movements, blinding lens flares and extremely fuzzy quality all helping to convey its added sense of realism. Read the full story »
ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead believes war is tough. I seem to spend most of my time lying down on the floor and hoping the hail of bullets pinging across the air does little more than graze me. Worst case scenario for single-player is they take out another member of my squad. They’re not real, so it’s okay. I really don’t want to die. Read the full story »
The doors of the Los Angeles Convention Centre have shut, the video-screens and demo pods have been removed and the booth-babes are no doubt flaunting their wares at a Yachting expo or something; after a full three days of announcements, surprises and (in the case of Konami’s press conference) toe-curling embarrassment, E3 2010 has been and gone. Read the full story »
The yet to be released Medal of Honor reboot that releases later in the year appears to be a very curious case indeed. With Battlefield: Bad Company 2 proving to be both critically and commercially successful, it’s strange that EA is adamant in creating a competing series as part of an assault on the massively popular Modern Warfare games. Judging from my time with the beta though, I’ve yet to encounter any positive difference between this re-vitalised reboot and the other games in such a hotly-competitive genre. Read the full story »
Having bypassed Realtime Worlds’ original game released in 2007, I came to Crackdown 2 knowing little of what to expect. Not that I hadn’t heard great things of the prequel, with a number of nods toward its orbs and devilishly difficult achievements. The direct sequel, now developed by Ruffian Games, follows the super-human officer working for the Agency (simply referred to as the ‘Agent’) who looks to put a stop to the mutants that that have escaped the research facility from the original. Read the full story »
