Game Review by Kenneth Andrews
Game Rating = 4/5 Balls
System Requirements
Operating System:Windows 98/XP/Vista
Download Size: 96 MB
RAM: 256 MB
A kidnapped relative, murdered parents, an elderly mentor who turns out not to be a relative at all, strange masked figures killing villagers in the middle of the night, a quest for revenge…it’s another RPG, isn’t it?
Game Review by Kenneth Andrews
Game Rating = 4/5 Balls
Item-based adventure games are the oldest genre of computer games around, dating back to the 1970s, and have developed from text-only affairs to full-motion video extravaganzas.
Avenue Flo is a quirky adventure that takes in the hidden object genre as well as traditional object-based puzzles and character interaction. A wedding is occupying everyone’s mind in Flordia Street, Dinertown, but on the big day the dress, rings, butterflies, cake, flowers and poodle have all gone missing. Flo wanders off to find or replace all of these items in time-honored fashion, and probably to uncover the mystery of who has gone to such lengths to disrupt the wedding.
Here’s the trailer for an adventure game called WildHollow created by Karjasoft, the folks behind Spandex Force. Karjasoft plans to release Wildhollow in November of 2009.
Game Review by Shilo Dawn Goodson
Game Rating = 3/5 Balls
System Requirements
2.0 Ghz processor, 1 GB RAM
Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 / ATI Radeon X700
Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 or better.
Grappling Hook will start out as probably one of the most frustrating games you’ve ever played, but hold out. It gets better. In this game, the basic storyline is you are stuck in space, and you are trying to make your way back home.
Game Play
One of the most frustrating things about Grappling Hook is that you start out the game with no real instructions. To start the game, you are stuck in a space station, and you must make your way out. Along the way, you need to collect access codes. These look like gems. Each level has a certain amount that must be collected for you to pass that level. To start with, you can only run and jump your way through the game. Once you find your grappling hook, you can use that to grab onto the green bars which will pull and/or swing you to another location. Make sure that you have collected all of your access codes before you attempt to leave a level, or you will have to go back and get them.
Unless someone explains this game to you, or you somehow figure it out quickly on your own, the game moves really slowly in the beginning. This is one of the game’s greatest weaknesses. A tutorial or some real directions would have improved this game greatly.
Graphics and Sound
I felt like the graphics were a little dated. I felt like I was playing a computer game from twenty years ago rather than one that had recently been made. I enjoyed Grappling Hook’s sounds, though. The background music accurately set the mood for the game. The noises made the game feel more realistic. For example, when you shoot your grappling hook, you can hear it being shot.
Creativity and Innovation
Although I have never played a game where I am space explorer, the game didn’t really feel that unique. I also really felt like the game’s creator did not build upon possible resources properly. To play the game, you have to use your arrow buttons, the space bar, and your mouse. This isn’t too bad most of the game, but when you have to jump, use your grappling hook, and move over all at the same time, it can be pretty difficult.
Although the game did get a little interesting as it progressed, at almost $20, I won’t be buying it, and I would suggest to others that they try the trial before purchasing the game.
BUY GRAPPLING HOOK IF
-You have the patience to learn how to play it
-You like games where you jump around and explore an area
-You want a game that requires you to use both hands simultaneously to accomplish a task
DON’T BUY GRAPPLING HOOK IF
-You need a game that provides clear, easy to follow instruction
-You get frustrated if a computer game task doesn’t work right away
-You don’t like games where you are exploring
Game Review by Matt Bird
Game Rating = 1.5/5 Balls
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What do you get when you mix Japanese school girls, plant-like aliens and RPG elements? Well, you get most of the anime that exists today, really. But you also get Science Girls, a game that roughly resembles said anime in most respects.
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Game Review by Matt Bird
Game Rating = 3.5/5 Balls
Wu Hing: The Five Elements is a game that most computer users will probably enjoy – so long, that is, as they can figure out what they’re doing. There’s a fair amount of complexity and not quite enough explanation in this title.
Game Review by Kenneth Andrews
Game Rating = 5/5 Balls
Eets has a daft name, but is a fantastic puzzle game suitable for all ages. Guiding Eets across a precarious landscape towards his destination, a jigsaw puzzle piece (all the world’s puzzles have apparently been broken), by manipulating his emotional state and (of course) blowing things up, the game constantly feels fresh, imaginative and most importantly fun.
Game Review by Kenneth Andrews
Game Rating = 2/5 Balls
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Since their inception, computer games have tried to give us the virtual experience of real life activities, from war to sport, from car-jacking to crime-solving. Cubme adds shovelling snow to that list.
In a normally warm town, cubes of snow have suddenly started falling from the sky. Everyone’s pleased to see it but they’re not quite sure how to deal with it. Enter the player, a plucky little guy with a big nose and a shovel. His job is to clear the snow, in a variety of missions, and quite probably solve snow-based puzzles while he’s at it.
Game Review by Matt Bird
Game Rating = 4/5 Balls
Are you a child of the Atari days? Do you long to return to an asteroid belt and mindlessly wipe out oncoming foes? Is the concept of a story wasted on you? Then you’ll love Ultratron by Puppy Games.
Game Review by Jeff Parsons
Game Rating = 4/5 Balls
Smugglers 4 makes a great first impression by claiming to allow you to choose your profession, outfit your spaceship and venture forth on dangerous missions throughout the vast galaxy. I was intrigued and gave it a try. I didn’t regret it.
The storyline is absolutely wonderful. There are just enough interesting words to keep it fast paced, but it’s also packed with creative details.
