Reviews that are written for games that have been out for more than a month.
Void is a first person puzzle platformer game created by 6 DigiPen students as a part of their degree requirements. We’ve been seeing more and more unique games with imaginative gameplay mechanics coming from this college for a little while now and Void seems to be another great example of what people can do given reliable tools and an emphasis on original concepts.
Back in October, I wrote a preview for Alien Spidy, Enigma SP’s platforming game, which was slated for release at the end of 2012. It was delayed for a few months, but it has finally been released onto Steam. One thing that really struck me about the demo was that while it was fun, it suffered from the lack of precision with the web-shooting mechanic. Playing the full version has demonstrated that the gameplay is largely unchanged from the demo [...]
Years ago, a friend once told me to “believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see.” Looking back, I find that actually applies to everyday life pretty perfectly. Whether it’s a grade school rumor, the hype for an upcoming movie, or even a game that’s been out for years that you ignored only because it didn’t ‘sound good’ to you. In hindsight, it’s for the best I waited so long to play them based off [...]
Crysis is a PC gaming legend for reasons that have little to do with its actual content. Released in late 2007, it had recommended specs that quite frankly didn’t exist until at least a year or so later. While such a high ticket to entry no doubt affected sales at the time, it ended up being a hit and is no longer a real issue nowadays since running it is no problem on even a mid-range computer. CryTek has since [...]
This week at Twinfinite we are celebrating the birthday of our lovely and talented co-founder/Executive Editor, Yamilia Avendaño. In her honor, we thought it would be fun to focus on the best of this industry including our absolute favorite games. Even though I have been a PC guy for the majority of my gaming life, my favorite game of all time is actually from the Super Nintendo. By my estimation, that console is the best considering how many amazing games [...]
One of my favorite things to do in a video game is to just stop and look around; observing the habits and routines of NPCs, seeing what items in the world can be manipulated, and testing the boundaries of what I am allowed to do as player and character. The Hitman series has long been the gold standard for this type of gameplay, culminating in the stellar 2006 installment Blood Money. Well, after a long hiatus, Agent 47 is finally [...]
If ambition were everything, Far Cry 2 would be one of gaming’s most highly regarded titles. Taking the basic premise from CryTek’s original game, Ubisoft reimagined the idea of Far Cry, but set it in a different kind of tropical setting. Relying less on level and objective-driven gameplay and more on emergent situations, this game strives to bridge the gap between a realistic simulation and a kick-ass action game. It is common knowledge that when a game tries to be [...]
There are few series’ of the past decade more notable than Far Cry. What started as a tech demo for a new PC engine has evolved into one of the most strikingly gorgeous and narratively daring video game properties out there. I recently played and reviewed Far Cry 3 and marveled at how this series has evolved into an almost seamless gaming experience. Well, it’s been a bit of a long road from the experience of the first game which [...]
After our recent article about the Free Bundle, I decided to look through the games and see what the indie crowd had graciously released to us for free. One of the games in the bundle was Imscared, a pixelated horror adventure game that is a little more than meets the eye. Imscared is an indie horror game developed using Game Maker 8 by Italian indie developer, Ivan Zanotti.
Imagine this: You volunteer to go on a rescue mission to not only discover the ship infested with the most horrific kinds of monsters that the imagination can conjure, but that it’s all part of a larger conspiracy involving a pseudo-cult that believes these monsters are the next phase of evolution. Oh wait, it gets worse. You manage to escape with your life, destroy the giant marker device that drove everyone insane and led to this mess, and find yourself [...]
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