Review: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360)

Review: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360)

Destructible scenery is nothing new, many games have used it including the original Bad Company and the Red Faction series, but until now no one has perfected it. What does it bring to a game though, besides looking very nice?

Being able to destroy every wall, building, guard tower, tree, basically everything, makes you play the game completely different to its competition. Is the enemy bombarding you from the upper floor of an apartment building? Then just level the building with a few well placed rockets. Or are they laying down heavy fire over an open area? Don’t slowly charge forward risking life and limb, instead climb into your nearest building and shoot through the wall into the next, slowly creating a tunnel into the enemy stronghold. The sheer carnage at your disposal opens up so many different opportunities, each one great fun to indulge.

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Review: Peggle (PS3)

Review: Peggle (PS3)

Ahh Peggle. What is there left to say about it? It’s a casual gaming phenomenon and rightly so as it’s brilliant fun. The premise is simple as always when it comes to casual puzzle games: fire a ball at orange pegs and try to clear them all within 10 balls. During Peggle’s story mode you come across ten different ‘masters’, colourful animals who can all lend you a hand via the green pegs. Simple yet brilliant.

Admittedly before I first played Peggle, I didn’t understand what the fuss was. It sounded silly and focused on randomness too much. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Propelling your ball to ensure you maximise your efficiency is all down to careful, precise movements. At times you won’t be able to hit an orange peg but you will be able to clear a path by destroying the various blue pegs in the way. Tactical manoeuvres like this are quite useful but it’s all a careful balancing act to make sure you don’t run out of balls.

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Review: Aliens vs. Predator (Xbox 360)

Review: Aliens vs. Predator (Xbox 360)

When I first saw the adverts in magazines and on the television for this game I could barely contain my excitement. At last an AvP game worth playing. You know, I hate it when I’m proved semi wrong.

Let’s start with the Single player campaigns in order of my personal preference.

The Alien campaign is by and large the most fun to play in my opinion. Just dishing out shiny black death to humans, androids and Predators kept me going for the 4 hours it took to complete this section. As an Alien you have no weapons other than those you were born with and trust me this is in no way a hindrance as the Alien is built specifically for the kill. Using the appendages in your quest for survival and to free your queen is easier than you might think with the controls becoming intuitive very quickly indeed.

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