Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - Review

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It starts with the Den of Wolves where you and a fellow agent have to infiltrate the namesakes Castle Wolfenstein, but after a horrible turn of events where BJ pretends to be a hot-dog you and your fellow agent are captured by the Den of Wolves antagonist Rudi Jager, a rather unpleasant character who likes to feed prisoners to his pet dogs. This is where the game becomes more like the original and gets a whole Escape from Castle Wolfenstein vibe. The prison is filled with Nazi soldiers and many other horrors such as the Ubersoldat and modified German Shepard dogs that are more than willing to tear your throat out. 

After you eventually escape the castle and put a stop to the terrible Rudi Jager and his favourite dog you have to track down Nazi Archaeologist Helga Von Schabbs who likes fine wines and digging up potentially world ending artefacts. But shortly after running in to her it turns out that maybe she shouldn’t of been so keen to dig up those ancient and deadly artefacts as the town of Wolfburg soon becomes over run with zombies and not just the regular walking dead variety zombies, but supernatural Nazi zombies!

I love the old school shooters with health packs and meaningful single player campaigns, and getting to fight Nazis may of been overused in the past but some how feels refreshing. Along with the ability to carry a shed load of guns.

There are a few areas where you're sneaking around and you're killing guards and no one seems to notice that their colleague is lying on the floor covered in blood. This breaks the illusion of being a seasoned soldier and almost takes you out of the game.

This game had me totally engrossed and reminded me why I loved FPS’s on the PC back in the day.

This is a game for anyone who loves the old school shooters, finding health packs and carrying a shit tonne of guns.

I’d pay about £20 for this game and amazingly it retails at £15 which gives it great value for money.

This game gets a full 5 out of 5 given the quality of the game with the length and the price this is for anyone who wants a satisfying and old school shooter.

Race the Sun Review

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When the game goes well it feels like threading a needle at 100 mph as you narrowly avoid crashes, and it has a pretty cool soundtrack which can range from chilled vibes to pleasantly frantic. In other words it doesn't break out in to a cacophony

But! The game is too punishing and doesn't generate enough satisfaction to justify the stress it puts you through. Also it pulls some cheap tricks. I was progressing quite well when I died suddenly as I had not added the battery upgrade to my craft. This prevented me from getting to the next level where I subsequently called bullshit and stopped playing.

I can't really recommend this game for anyone. There maybe some die hard gamers who need another rage game, other than that I can't think of anyone I would recommend this game too.

Nothing I hate more than a game that cheats you out of progress under the guise of being challenging and for that this game receives a 1 out of five.

Makes me think of Keith

23:17:00 Unknown 0 Comments

Makes me think of Keith