From the Finnish indie developer Frozenbyte comes an action platformer that feels kind of like a modern-day update to such classic games as the original Prince of Persia, The Lost Vikings, and Ghosts 'n Goblins. Before we even started the game, we were taken away by Trine's beautiful, dreamlike visuals and soothing music, which prepared us for the storybook adventure that was about to take place. Things only got better as we were introduced to a fantasy kingdom that had fallen under dark times. The first few moments of Trine are like listening to an audio book and flipping through the colorful pages of a hand-painted picture book while a narrator introduces you to the story's three main characters.
If you're reading this, there's a very good chance that you've heard about The Sims. It's been difficult to escape the popular franchise's web, what with two full games and a seemingly endless stream of expansions. The first thing you may be asking, then, is whether The Sims 3 is worth playing, or if it's just more of the same. Well, it most certainly is worth it, and yes, in some ways it is more of the same. But in this case, that's a very good thing. For anyone who's played The Sims or its first sequel, this familiarity will let them ease into it, feeling like a welcomed guest rather than an outsider. But this doesn't make The Sims 3 a simple rehash of what's come before. Instead, returning elements have been energized and extended by a number of terrific improvements, such as expanded customization tools, additional tools for interaction with other sims (and other players), and more tangible goals and rewards. Most importantly, the free-to-explore town makes you feel like part of an entire virtual society--a feature approximated but never fully realized in the previous games. By blending together the old and the new, developer Maxis has created the best, most charming game yet in the series.
Publisher: Aspyr Media Publisher 2: 1C Developer: Action Forms Ltd. Category: Action Release Dates Intl - 02/27/2009 Digital Download - 04/20/2009 N Amer - 04/27/2009 Official Game Website
Cryostasis
Last year, BioShock showed us how effective a horror-shooter could be, presenting us with a vivid and meticulous world, a great story, and some truly terrifying moments. Now, Russian developer Action Forms is readying a game that looks to recapture some of BioShock’s glory, Cryostasis. Like an amalgam of BioShock and The Thing, Cryostasis puts you on a ghost ship of sorts smack dab in the middle of the Arctic Circle, fighting not only crazed visions and enemies, but also the cold itself. Cryostasis’s story pits you as a circa-1968 meteorologist who gets trapped in at the North Pole in a broken-down nuclear ice breaker known as the North Wind. You’ll have to contend with the weather while exploring the vessel, fighting off the occasional foe, and explore in order to discover what went down to cause the North Wind to get stuck and what befell its crew. Read more....
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