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At first glance Darksiders seems like your average ‘slash em up’ game, with a reasonable story line and relatively samey game play, which is really the extent of the game’s genre. Whereas an FPS or RPG can take the player through all manner of scenarios, a game that involves slashing your way through increasingly tough bad guys to a boss at the end can’t really be taken much further than that. However, after playing the game, you can see that the developers have really tried to increase the variety of challenges in the game, and this has really increased the game’s playability. 

The graphics in Darksiders are right up there with some of the top games of this generation. The detail of each character really stand out and the developers really use this to their advantage, with some truly awesome looking demons full of detail. Another good thing about the graphics is the cut-scenes; cutting tso a widescreen shot while still using the excellent in-game graphics engine really helps keep the cut-scenes feel like part of the game. Read more

My first steps into the world of gaming were at the age of about 10. The most influential game in my gaming career has to be Jurassic Park operation genesis. It was released on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, and even today I plug in my dusty PlayStation 2 and play the game that got it all started.

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis is a last gen game that was revolutionary at the time, though took influence from Zoo Tycoon and Rollercoaster Tycoon, both of which I enjoyed playing in the past. However, Jurassic Park blows these out of the water. The game allows a vast amount of customisation; you decide the shape of your island, the position of mountains, rivers and trees. Read more

The long-awaited Modern Warfare 2 Map pack is set to release on Xbox Live on March 30th and has been confirmed for the PlayStation Network at a later date. The now DLC, now know as the ‘Stimulus Package’ will contain five maps, two of which are the much loved ‘Crash’ and ‘Overgrown’ maps seen in Call of Duty 4. The other three are brand new and are called ‘Bailout’, ‘Storm’ and ‘Salvage’.

The PSN price for the new DLC has yet to be confirmed but is likely to be around £10.  After surpassing Grand Theft Auto IV as the biggest entertainment product launch in history, Modern Warfare 2′s commericial success could encourage Infinity Ward to set quite a high price for the DLC – something that a lot of gamers are concerned about. Looking back at the Call of Duty 5 Map Packs, they were priced at £7.99 each. If the ‘Stimulus Package’ ends up at £9.99, that’s an increase of 20%. What do you think? Will you buy DLC at any price or do you have a limit?

In all honesty, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo came as a bit of a shock to me. Having only recently started playing PC games, my only other experience of Battlefield was the PSN/XBL title Battlefield: 1943, which I found slightly disappointing. While fun for a while, it comes with only four maps and the gameplay eventually became slow and boring. After the first game of  Bad Company 2 it was clear that this game is on another level altogether.

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