Reviews by fleinn
47 reviews · showing 21–40
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Reader PlayStation 3
Katamari Forever review
One day, the King of the Universe is out in the Nebulae playing with his son, the Prince. The Prince can jump pretty far, but he's no match for the King just yet. In fact, the King can jump as high as he likes, and he does, just to show…
fleinn · October 2, 2010
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Reader Xbox 360
Dead Space review
Dead Space does not start out slow, as in cold blood slowly trickling down the hull-plating in low gravity. But simply slow. In fact, nothing happens. During the introduction, the main character sits completely still. Presently the ship…
fleinn · September 6, 2010
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Reader PC
Independence War II review
In the glorious past, before all the words were used up, the winters were longer, and sequels could still rip off the original without losing all dignity - Particle Systems made Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos. This sequel had the…
fleinn · August 17, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
Hustle Kings review
Out of all sports-games, I think virtual pool has always been the most pointless to me. You can't train for pocket-shots virtually, and typically the most appealing fantasy in these games has been to advance in a virtual snooker-league…
fleinn · August 10, 2010
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Reader Wii
Wii Fit Plus review
A mouth and faceless trainer inexplicably exhales an expression into my ear, insisting that my posture is fantastic. Then the Wii Fit board under my feet speaks to me in unnaturally cheery beeps. This is probably the most unsettling thing…
fleinn · August 8, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
Shatter review
Release ball! Crush block! Catch ball on return! A lot of games were made over good programming concepts rather than anything else. Breakout, Crackout and Arkanoid were games like that - based on very simple mechanics, and then…
fleinn · July 25, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
Alpha Protocol review
In most attempts at creating role-playing video-games, the approach will be to let the story continue from one end to the other, while allowing the player to decide the motivations and intentions of the protagonist. Sometimes the story…
fleinn · July 16, 2010
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Reader PC
Jets'n'Guns review
"(...)a direct link to a TV channel that will buy and broadcast the most entertaining massacres that happen around you. On a signpost on the way to the space-sector you can read: "No nuclear weapon tests between 08.00 and 16.00". It is…
fleinn · July 2, 2010
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Reader PC
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords review
I knew a game-master once who - apart from being incredibly good at convincing completely uninterested players to try role playing games - was well known for being good at telling stories. It wasn't that the stories he told were…
fleinn · June 17, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
Dragon Age: Origins review
Part of me will genuinely smile when people talk about video-game "auteurs" - as individual studios, if not just specific game-designers, put their characteristic mark on a particular genre or type of game. But then again, it could very…
fleinn · June 14, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
flOw review
FlOw's concept was originally created for a flash-application with the same name. I thought about it as "that eating game" at the time, because it was unique, and because you were eating things. The unique thing about the eating game was…
fleinn · June 6, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
Lost Planet 2 review
Lost Planet 2 is Capcom's fond revisit of the original Lost Planet. But the sequel is focused on co-op action rather than single player. It is marred by some (presumably patchable) weaknesses. And put together with how the game screams out…
fleinn · May 27, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
Valkyria Chronicles review
In retrospect, I suppose it's obvious how much SEGA was making a effort to flirt with the foreign markets, when they released the strategic, turn-based, adventure game Valkyria Chronicles. The lead cast's name is Welkin Gunther…
fleinn · May 21, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 review
Battlefield Bad Company 2 review – in the comfort zone. Battlefield Bad Company 2 is yet another war-playground simulator in first person, for the PC, xbox360 and the ps3. During initial and extended playtesting, any edges in the game…
fleinn · May 10, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
Resonance of Fate review
"Accept the mission for the future of Medicine! ...I kid. It's a simple job you do to while away the time". A line by a man in a lab-coat that gives the "hunter" trio another side-quest to complete. Resonance of Fate is somewhat like a too…
fleinn · April 24, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
MAG: Massive Action Game review
As the battles progress, they prove to be too large to happen the same way every time, but also orderly enough not to be complete chaos. While you're not directly influencing the battle elsewhere all the time, you are still aware of and…
fleinn · February 3, 2010
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Reader PSP HG exclusive
Pinball Dreams review
-- It's not my first thought, or the second - but a few computer game concepts should probably not work. And if so, pinball should be one of them. After all, a pinball-table is about the physical switches, the careful and impressive, but…
fleinn · January 15, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
PixelJunk Shooter review
"Shooter", or PixelJunk 1-4, looks like an arcade shooter. You control a small ship in a sliced two-dimensional view of a cave. In the cave, any sense of depth in the picture is added by hand-drawn multiplane animation, or intricately…
fleinn · December 18, 2009
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Reader PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Trine review
... "Once upon a time", the narrator assures you, accompanied to Ari Pulkkinen's playful soundtrack, "there was a King". Naturally, there's a kingdom as well. And magic. I'd be sceptical about the magic if I were king, because it always…
fleinn · September 25, 2009
