Just for fun I’ve decided to note my experiences with some games.
I first heard about Halo in a MacAddict magazine. The gist was that this awesome game was coming out for Macintosh and PC sometime in the future. Then Microsoft bought Bungie and Halo became the Xbox flagship game.
When the game eventually came out it was my brother who was able to play it first. From what he described I imagined rolling hills, grey chunky buildings, vehicles and a sniper rifle which you could take off your squad mate. I held off playing for quite a while - I think it was a year after it was released. I played through the coop with Weasel. There were also many multiplayer battles with friends.
The game was what I imagined. The vehicles were great, it had a space opera story, and shooting stuff was fun. Some of the levels have been described as tedious, but I was so sold on the game that they seemed to make sense in that part of the game - a struggle to get the key.
The game is engineered to be fun. I’ve heard the term ‘3 key elements’ or something like that. Shooting, melee, and grenading. I think it’s great that there is a separate button for each. I’ll go into further detail when discussing the other Halo games.
The game itself is great. Mystery, action and a light sprinkling of humour.
Well, having recently finished the new Evil Dead game; Evil Dead Regeneration, I can once again say that I am satisfied with this game. Which is kinda funny, since I’ve played all three Evil Dead games, and loved them all; but this doesn’t seem to be the general agreement within the gaming community.
And I’m not sure why…
For me, all three games (Hail to the King, Fistful of Boomstick and Regeneration) are very much similar in gameplay and style. All 3 are puzzle-based games revolving around Ash going from Dearborne Michigan through to some other time period, killing Deadites along the way. But for some reason Regeneration is being hailed as better than all the rest…
Sure, it’s got great graphics, and an awesome interplay between the characters. Not to mention the fact that the humour is right up there with the greatest one liners from Army of Darkness. But I personally haven’t found any reason to place it above the other games. To be honest though, I do think there is a bit more scope for replayability with Regeneration, but I doubt this is the reason…
What I do think is the reason that the gaming community seem to place Regeneration as being better than King, or Boomstick is that it has more of an Evil Dead Movie feel than the other two titles. Which I can agree with, since that is my view on the game. But I also feel that the “Movie Feel” is not due to the gameplay, but moreso the cutscenes, and the constant banter between Ash and Sam.
Comming soon: Comparisons of gameplay over the 3 titles; “Why I Find No Difference”