Tagged: Survival horror

Screenshot of Dead Rising 2

PC / PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

24 Sep, 2010

Dead Rising 2 review

The first Dead Rising was released during the early days of the Xbox 360 and although it had lots of promise, ultimately it didn’t deliver – at least for me. Sure you could have lots of fun killing the zombies in a variety of ways but the combat system was flawed and the timed plot events were something that really grated. I was hoping they would do away with these in the sequel but they’re back again, only this time far easier to manage. There’s also 3 save slots for you to save to as well so if you do...

Metro 2033 picture

PC / PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

8 Apr, 2010

Metro 2033 review

Based on the book by Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 sees you wandering round the wastelands and underground system of Moscow as you fight for survival against some rather nasty mutants. You may immediately draw comparisons with STALKER but this isn’t an open-world affair and very much a scripted FPS more comparable to Half-Life 2. There are moments when you’re wandering the tunnels alone or with a helping hand, and also parts where you explore the Metro stations and get to buy new weaponry and listen in on some of the NPCs going about their daily business. The atmosphere and sound...

Dead Space Extraction picture

Reviews / Wii

29 Oct, 2009

Dead Space Extraction review

Dead Space was one of my surprise favourite games last year so I’ve been looking forward to Dead Space Extraction on the Wii – a prequel which charts where all the horror on the cracked planet and in the mining vessel the Ishimura began. It’s an on-rails FPS but before you think this is just like Time Crisis or House of the Dead, let me explain to you why it’s very much not. Extraction has a much more considered approach in that there are times where you don’t shoot anything whilst the atmosphere builds as you’re taken for a ride...

Dementium The Ward

DS / Reviews

27 Apr, 2009

Dementium The Ward review

Maybe I’m just lucky but I’ve never had to stay in hospital other than the time when I was actually being born and I don’t really think that counts. However after staying for a week in a virtual hospital full of monsters on my new DSi the experience has put me right off my upcoming sense of humour reduction surgery. Dementium The Ward is a survival horror first person shooter for DS. If you thought that such a game couldn’t be done on Nintendo’s low powered handheld then developers Renegade Kid are here to prove you wrong. Suddenly you wake...

Siren Blood Curse

PS3 / Reviews

31 Dec, 2008

Siren Blood Curse review

If you’re a regular browser on the PlayStation Network, you’ll have noticed an episodic horror game available for download called Siren: Blood Curse. This is a re-versioning of the PS2 original and it tells the story of a number of characters including an American TV crew and a college student who have happened upon a forgotten island where strange rituals are taking place and what appear to be the walking dead called Shibito stagger around and hunt you down. In a departure from most survival horror games, the game makes you even more vulnerable than a character in Silent Hill....

Dead Space

PC / PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

4 Nov, 2008

Dead Space review

I really like survival horror games so I’ve been looking forward to playing Dead Space. Now I’ve finally got my hands on it and yes, it’s pretty tense stuff. The game’s set in the future where Earth now gets its resources from a process called planet cracking. Big ships are sent to mine planets and use all the minerals back on Earth to make all sorts of cool stuff. One of these big ships has gone dark, so your crew including Isaac the engineer go to investigate. Of course they soon get stranded on this ghostly ship and all hell...

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