So last week saw a fantastic range of explosive awesomeness at E3; new games were announced, mostly involving death and explosions, existing ones got gorgeous new trailers, showing off fantastic gameplay and cinematics, and Nintendo unveiled a bloody unusual looking new console, one that has received rather conflicting first impressions across the board.
By far the standout game at E3 for us this year is the long-anticipated Battlefield 3. It genuinely feels like it could contend with CoD this year, and though we know it won’t outsell that monster, I’m confident it’ll be the superior game. Check out this 8 minute video of the singleplayer mission ‘Thunder Run’, which features many tanks and explosions.
The sequel to our 2010 game of the year is obviously a big blip on our radars here at BcR, and thankfully there were some excellent tidbits revealed at E3 last week. The Reapers are coming to Earth, and Shepherd must stop them. We. Can’t. Wait.
Skyrim is looking to be the next big open world RPG, and the first real sequel to Oblivion. We got a glimpse of what it’ll be like to fight the legendary dragons in the game in this awesome gameplay footage at E3.
After this fantastic CGI trailer, E3 revealed some interesting in-game footage for the new Tomb Raider origins game, featuring some darker, more dangerous environments for Lara to explore. There’s a worrying amount of quick-time events shown in the demo video, but the game is still over a year away, so plenty of time for this to evolve. Have a look for yourself.
Nintendo announced a new console, and we had a little chat about it.
We love Ezio, but its hard to be excited about the prospect of yet another game about him. Revelations marks the second game Ubisoft have turned around in under a year, and if Brotherhood hadn’t been as excellent as it was, I’d be quite worried about this final installment. But it was, and so I’m not. I’ll likely still have to wait 6 bloody months for the PC version, though.
The new Hitman game had some gameplay footage leaked the other day, and it looks great. Paul is particularly looking forward to this, and rightly so. IO are returning to the franchise they do best, after the hit-and-miss experiments that were Kane and Lynch, so hopefully they can use what they’ve learned to make this the best Hitman game yet.
And the rest…
Plenty of other E3 gaming goodness was revealed this year, so check out our coverage below:
Bioshock Infinite
Uncharted 3
FarCry 3
Prey 2
Halo 4
LotRO: Rise of Isengard
Dome Keeper is an excellent little spin on the tower defense game, in which you play the role of a jetpacking miner defending his base from swarms of aliens, whilst searching for a hidden relic buried somewhere beneath him. And now, with this huge free update, you can play it with friends.
I want to talk about Cloudpunk, a game where you get to be a flying-car delivery driver in a futuristic cyberpunk city. Its world is an incredible achievement of environmental design, and while the gameplay itself may be basic, the city of Nivalis is a thing of beauty to behold. Nivalis is built out of hundreds of hand-modelled cuboid buildings; there’s nothing procedural about it. Apparently it took 3 years for the devs to design the city, and it really shows.
I do love me some quality pixel art, and it doesn’t get much better than this. Cast n Chill is a cozy side-scrolling fishing game by small indie dev team Wombat Brawler, with absolutely gorgeous visuals. It’s simple to play, and you you can dip in and out of it at your leisure, making it a fine addition to our collection of coffee break games.
Format: PC
Year: 2001 – present day
If Return to Castle Wolfenstein was my first date with PC gaming, Battlefield 1942 was when she invited me to meet her parents, and the relationship went to the next level. My god, did I really just write that analogy?
Hello, world! This post marks the moment in time and space when BangClickReload got a little redesign and was dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Every post before this point is rather old and might not look right, and unless I decide to go through them all to fix them, they’re going to […]
Format: PS3
Release date: 2010
Heavy Rain is more like an interactive movie than a game, and it is mostly excellent. It’s a game about choices and living with the consequences. I played it through twice myself, just to see how different decisions affect the story and its ultimate conclusion, but to say that my first try was emotional would be the understatement of the century. This game almost broke me. I’ll tell you how soon, but first I want to recount the story of one of my friend’s choices… Like I said, watching Heavy Rain is just like watching a movie, but watching your friend play Heavy Rain gives you an amusing bit of insight into their psychology. The results can be hilarious.
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