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L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
by Marie234
You may be wondering what L.A. Noire is. Well your not the only ones, when I first saw this game, I had no idea what it was about either!
Well, L.A. Noire is a dark and violent crime thriller that will make your spine chill.
Set against the backdrop of 1940's Los Angeles, L.A. Noire blends the breathtaking action of ... chases and shootouts with true detective work such as criminal interrogations and clue finding. Officer Cole Phelps embarks on an action - packed adventure in the desperate search for truth in a city where evrybody has something to hide.
So join the newly - minted officer on his journey and gradually make your way up through the ranks by showing outstanding police work. 'But it'll be hard, trust me!'
Different Platforms:
The game can be purchased for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or PC
L.A. Noire was produced by rockstar Games which are by far the most greatest game producers ever!
Game Details:
The game is only 1 player, Takes up 300KB to save, HDTV 720P / 1080i / 1080P, In game Dolby Digital and
Game content available for download.
Please note that: L.A. Noire contains very strong language, strong violence, sex references and nudity and is only suitable for persons 18 and over!
My personal experience with this world famous game:
The great thing about this game is that it was put through hell in it's design and development stages. However, it was still brought onto the gaming market and surprisingly, it was a common favourite. It is also a very sucessful game!
Another great and tremendous thing about this epic game is that it lets the player interact and engage with the game by letting by letting you examine bodies, possible murder weapons and many different and interesting locations.
It not only lets you see and feel what being a professional detective is like but it also allows you to see what 1940's America was like 'Crime Wise'.
I particularly like the part when you are involved within a vicious and violent gunfight not forgetting the face to face fights too.
So there you have it! I hope I have drawn your full attention towards this thrilling game and I definitely hope you go out and buy it and experience the great things that are involved within professional detective work whether it be in the 1940's or modern detective work.
I purchased my copy from Argos but I'm sure many other retailers including online retailers such Ebay and Amazon will have these products available for you to purchase!
Thank you very very much for reading my review and do hope you have enjoyed reading it too!
Many Thanks,
Marie.
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Dragon Age 2 (Xbox 360)
by Ridley40
Dragon Age 2 starts with a choice of 6 back stories, but you have to be human, male or female. You can choose to be a rogue, a mage or a warrior, a choice which has a significant impact on the game. The story is told within a story, with a dwarven bard named Varic being hauled in by a Chantry Seeker to tell the story of ... Hawke.
You are a character named Hawke, who is fleeing Lothering (destroyed in Dragon Age Origins) with their family, two siblings and their mother. If you play a rogue, or a warrior, you have fled from Ostagar. The family meet a templar named Wesley and his warrior wife, Aveline, named after the knight from ancient legend. They are rescued from a darkspawn horde and head to Kirkwall. They are refugees in Kirkwall, and find that the family fortune and estate has been gambled away by their mother's shady brother. After spending a year in indentured servitude the hero spends their time completing quests and raising money to finance a Dark Roads expedition (with the help of Varic).
You meet Anders again (Dragon Age Awakening) who has become a much darker and sadder character. He takes a significant role within the narrative. You are joined by your sibling, Isabella (a lustful pirate captain who made a cameo in Dragon Age Origins), an elf named Fenris who has escaped from slavery in the Teinter Imperium, an elven blood mage named Merrill and Aveline, the knight from Lothering who has become a guardsman.
There is intense tension in Kirkwall between Mages and Templars, fuelled by an over-zealous knight commander, whose deputy is Cullen (the Templar who was traumatised by his experience at the Ferelden Circle). There is also significant racial tension between elves and humans, and a group of Qunari who have settled in the slums.
The game charts the rise of the Champion of Kirkwall (Hawke) and the corresponding rise of tension within the city. The tension between mages and templars, and between your companions, escalates into epic proportions. You have the opportunity to complete companion quests, and romance companions (all companions apart from Aveline are romance able by a Hawke of either gender.
It's a great story with some fantastic characters, with Varic and Anders as highlights. There are things I really hate about it though. The elves are cartoonish caricatures and the Dalish have Welsh, Irish and Scottish accents, as though Bioware decided the three were interchangeable. The design is simply not as good as in previous games which is a shame, and unless you have a new, high definition television, the text is barely readable.
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Condemned (Xbox 360)
by masterpj
Condemned is a game for the Xbox 360 console which I bought used, along with Condemned 2 costing £5 for the two games.
The age rating for this game is over 12 years old. There is a bit of bad language and violence in the game but I personally wouldn't have a problem with under 12's playing it, there would be very few games ... available for them to play if we all took notice of the age rating.
You play the character Ethan Thomas, who is investigating murders and crime scenes. You will meet many enemies along the way and can pick up weapons along the way to defeat these. The weapons are quite interesting, you can pick up guns including a shotgun, machine gun and a range of pistols. There are not many guns and you cannot pick up ammunition so if you run out you must find another gun. If the gun is out of ammo you can use it to hit enemies.
Along with the empty gun, you can also hit with your hands. You may need to pick up a crowbar to open doors and you can also use this as a weapon. A fire axe may also be used as a weapon and as a useful tool to gain access to areas.
You can find some sort of weapon just about anywhere, planks of wood with nails can be collected, a pipe from a wall and even a crutch and prosthetic leg can be collected in the hospital and used to whack an enemy.
A taser gun can also be used and a meter will be on the screen to show when it is fully charged and ready to use.
You will be taught how to perform combos to increase the amount of damage you inflict on an opponent. Some combos may also be used to knock out or stun an enemy rather than killing them which will be required in some missions when you have a secondary goal not to kill anyone.
The enemies are also something a little different, there are some guards, plenty of zombies and also some funny enemies like a zombie with a huge pigs head.
The game isn't all about killing enemies though, you must also investigate crime scenes with the help of some tools such as a cell phone, GPS, UV scanner and camera. You may be required to take photographs of evidence (fingerprints, fibres etc.), follow blood trails and collect information.
This aspect of the game could do with some improvement. On one particular level I was asked to find out where a wheelbarrow came from. No more instructions or hints are given - you need to turn on hints on the main start menu, which I stupidly didn't do. After battling enemies for the previous half an hour I forgot all about the investigation and wandered around a room for ages before remembering the UV scanner and using it to follow the tire trail from the wheelbarrow.
When gathering evidence, especially with using the camera you may need a couple of attempts as you have to zoom in and out until and adjust the focus until the picture is good enough.
The evidence collected will be processed by Rosa who is on the other end of your cell phone and will get back to you with results and further instructions.
Also on your screen is a health meter and endurance meter. Endurance is used to sprint, this meter builds back up when you are stood still. The health meter obviously decreases when you are injured when being attacked. You can pick up health packs along the way to use to replenish health. Some health packs are in glass cabinets which you will need to smash to acquire them.
The graphics are quite good, although the game is quite dark in a lot of scenes both indoors and outdoors. You will need to use your flashlight quite a lot.
The music and sound effects are also fairly good and do build up quite a bit of suspense, it's one of those games where you know someone is going to jump out on you but still have a bit of a jump when they do.
I enjoyed playing this game, I did expect the investigative side of the game to be more interesting than it was. The game took quite a while to complete and by the end I had got a bit bored of it. It has it's good points though, the ability to use a lot of items from your surroundings as weapons is good and the difficulty level is also good, not too easy or difficult.
You can choose between three difficulty levels: easy, normal and hard.
The game is also available to play online with Xbox live.You can't play multiplayer with 2 controllers on the same Xbox though which is annoying.
This game would be a good choice for anyone that likes zombie shooting games, with a bit of extra investigating included. I personally prefer something which requires a bit more thought and tactics. I like to have a map on screen all the time too as I don't find the gps very useful and wander around until I find what I'm looking for.
It's not a favourite of mine, but I know many people who really enjoy this game and it was definitely worth the price I paid so I'm going to give it an average 3 stars.
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