As promised, I’m linking up the reviews and articles that I have had published at other sites. Today’s selection comes from Game Kudos.
I recently reviewed Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 on the Xbox 360. The full review is at the link, but the short version is:
A great golfing game; simply the best golf simulator I have ever played. The clever use of the analogue control system gives the player a level of “feel” and control usually only experienced in golf games on the Wii. Accurately rendered courses, largely great visuals (with a couple of below par aspects) and immersive gameplay. Clever XP system for character building that almost takes the game into the realms of an RPG. Ryder Cup mode gives the game an extra sense of competition and career mode will ensure game longevity. PGA Tour 11 has a superb selection of online game modes and competitions with up to 24 player multiplayer team matches. If you like golf, you’ll love this; if you don’t, you won’t.
Overall Score: 8.2/10
I also wrote a review of an older game, Call of Duty: World at War. Again, full version of the review is at the link, short version:
Good addition to the Call of Duty series. Familiar CoD game mechanics and graphically similar to Modern Warfare, World at War takes the series back to its WW2 roots. New “occlusion” sound technology creates a more immersive experience due to sound muffling (thick walls muffle sounds more than thin) and players can tell if a gunshot was fired nearby or in the distance. Good use of two-theatre story line, both of which have a feeling of retribution as the protagonists struggle to repel the invading forces of the Axis powers. It sports a great multiplayer mode that elongates the life of this game exponentially. Fans of Call of Duty will love it, as will FPS fans in general, but there isn’t much new except Nazi Zombies, an excellent sub-game that unlocks after the completion of the single player campaign.
Overall Score: 7.5/10
Both reviews were edited by Dennis Scimeca, GK’s editor-in-chief and writer of gaming blog Punching Snakes.
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I enjoyed your writing style, even tho it's quite different from my own way of writing.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to hear your view on the gaming industry, the way the publishers market their games and what can be done to improve games today.
Thumbs up for you good sir.
www.undecidedrating.blogspot.com
Thanks Undecided,
ReplyDeleteIf you look through the posts here at my blog you will see a lot of what I think about the industry and how games can be improved. One such example is:
http://thegaminggentleman.blogspot.com/2010/08/realism-in-games-be-realistic.html
but there are many more littered around the blog. I have written about why I don't like Halo, what I think of DLC as a media form and many other things to boot. Thanks for dropping by and feel free to have a look back over the archive.
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TGG