Tagged: FPS

Resistance 3

PS3 / Reviews

8 Sep, 2011

Resistance 3 review

This year sees a wealth of games with the word ‘three’ at the end of their title and Resistance doesn’t want to be left out and so just calls itself plain old Resistance 3. I’ve never actually played the previous two consoles iterations properly but I did enjoy the PSP outing so am familiar with the alternative reality set in wartime 1950s this time where a virus from outer space called Chimera has infected people and resulted in armies of mutated humanoids, insects and tech that are harvesting humans and now just killing them for an as yet unknown reason....

Bodycount

PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

7 Sep, 2011

Bodycount review

First-person shooters are like pubs. There are plenty of them around, they all offer something slightly different and we all have our favourites. Bodycount is the latest FPS to hit our consoles and this one’s less about realism and more about point scoring. You play as a faceless operative for a company called The Network as you’re dropped behind enemy lines in third world countries to put a stop to all the fighting or satisfy your own agendas. Early on you soon realise there’s also a mysterious futuristic force called The Target also involved wherever you go so you not...

FEAR 3

PC / PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

15 Jul, 2011

FEAR 3 review

I really enjoyed the previous F.E.A.R. games. The first two I played when I was into PC games, FEAR Perseus Mandate and then I played FEAR 2 Project Origin on the Xbox 360. The combination of scares and tight shooter gameplay was great, but does this third game in the series keep the mix just right? Unfortunately the game’s not as creepy as the previous titles but it does still play very well as a shooter and the co-op mechanic through the campaign mode and multiplayer modes serve to make things last even longer. You play as either Paxton Fettel...

Brink

PC / PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

20 May, 2011

Brink review

Brink may not be the first-person shooter you’ve been expecting because it doesn’t actually have a progressive single player campaign and separate multiplayer mode. Instead you play through the same objective-based team maps with AI or real people online as you attempt to either protect The Ark as part of the security team or escape The Ark as a team of rebels. The main selling point of the game seems to be the parkour aspect where you hold a button down and can move freely over scenery without getting caught on walls and railings. We have of course seen this...

Homefront

PC / PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

15 Apr, 2011

Homefront review

What the world probably doesn’t need now is another FPS. However, they do seem to be popular so now it’s time for THQ to have a bash in 2011 with Homefront. Instead of playing through historic battles, this one gives us a ‘what if’ scenario set in 2027 with a unified Korea invading the United States and reducing it to rubble. Playing as one of the resistance it’s up to you to save the ones you love and fight your corner to make what little difference you can. I’ve already read a few other reviews of Homefront and I actually...

Bulletstorm picture

PC / PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

3 Mar, 2011

Bulletstorm review

There’s been a massive online presence in the run up to Bulletstorm’s launch and it’s all around the ‘kill with skill’ mechanic that supposedly changes the way you play a first-person shooter. Well, after playing it and completing it I’m happy to say that it is a very different FPS experience compared with say Killzone 3 which has you hiding behind cover for fear that if you step into gunfire you’ll instantly die. You play as drunken space pirate Grayson Hunt who, along with his cyborg mate Ishi crash lands on a planet full of other miscreants and mutants. This...

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