Claiborne
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Bad Company, Civilization & More
These two demos hit XBL and PSN today, and I got a chance to try them out.
BF:BC seems like it will be a fun rent. The funnest aspect seemed to be the single-player experience, a mix of vehicle-heavy mayhem, quirky humor, and a potentially interesting story. The weakest seemed to be the multiplayer, feeling akin to Quake Wars, were the game's weaknesses are only amplified by their sum.
Civilization Revolution also seemed just decent, average. Basically 1/3 the choices of Civ IV, its greatest weakness is that it feels stripped. The game touts mulitplayer but beware; since the game is turn-based, anticipate a lot of downtime while you watch each player go through their turn. But Civilization has always been more focused on single-player and single friend v. friend, and I think that's what most people will buy the game for. It's essentially a great console translation.
This week I bought Ninja Gaiden II and Bourne Conspiracy. NGII is amazing and BC is extremely good for a licenced game, and very good it its own right. One reviewer but it well saying the hand-to-hand combat is excellent, the shooting good, and the driving poor.
[ADD] By the way, Dark Sector had a universal price drop to $39.99. If I wasn't already over my budget this month I'd definitely buy it. (And Mass Effect and BioShock are the same price at Amazon.)
BF:BC seems like it will be a fun rent. The funnest aspect seemed to be the single-player experience, a mix of vehicle-heavy mayhem, quirky humor, and a potentially interesting story. The weakest seemed to be the multiplayer, feeling akin to Quake Wars, were the game's weaknesses are only amplified by their sum.
Civilization Revolution also seemed just decent, average. Basically 1/3 the choices of Civ IV, its greatest weakness is that it feels stripped. The game touts mulitplayer but beware; since the game is turn-based, anticipate a lot of downtime while you watch each player go through their turn. But Civilization has always been more focused on single-player and single friend v. friend, and I think that's what most people will buy the game for. It's essentially a great console translation.
This week I bought Ninja Gaiden II and Bourne Conspiracy. NGII is amazing and BC is extremely good for a licenced game, and very good it its own right. One reviewer but it well saying the hand-to-hand combat is excellent, the shooting good, and the driving poor.
[ADD] By the way, Dark Sector had a universal price drop to $39.99. If I wasn't already over my budget this month I'd definitely buy it. (And Mass Effect and BioShock are the same price at Amazon.)
Posted by Claiborne on Fri Jun 6, 2008 @ 4:08 am EDT | 4 Comments
Dark Sector is a fun game until you reach the final boss, when it becomes ridiculously cheap IMO. I would consider it a rental.
Posted by BrodysDad46 on Fri Jun 6, 2008 @ 7:19 am EDT
Thanks man.. I have to get over to my 360 and download the BF:BC demo
Posted by racerchaser on Fri Jun 6, 2008 @ 7:35 am EDT
So is Civ Rev not a full game or something?
Posted by J-Cat on Fri Jun 6, 2008 @ 1:38 pm EDT
Thanks for the tip, Brody
Nice, let me know what your opinion of it is, Racer
CivRev is a full game but compared to Civ IV (PC title), it's got less options, so players use to the Civ IV might feel it lacks a lot of the depth that makes Civ IV fun. But there's also a good side in that it's a lot quicker, better able to pick-up-and-play.
People who haven't experienced Civ on the PC should definitely check this one out b/c it's still a great translation.
Nice, let me know what your opinion of it is, Racer
CivRev is a full game but compared to Civ IV (PC title), it's got less options, so players use to the Civ IV might feel it lacks a lot of the depth that makes Civ IV fun. But there's also a good side in that it's a lot quicker, better able to pick-up-and-play.
People who haven't experienced Civ on the PC should definitely check this one out b/c it's still a great translation.
Posted by Claiborne on Fri Jun 6, 2008 @ 6:20 pm EDT
