UK Charts: Mafia II Holds Firm, Kingdom Hearts Debuts Top 10
- Despite the releases of both Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Mafia II's strongest competition for the top spot this week was actually ...
| 8 | Most super hero games typically fail for the same few reasons. Developers
try too hard to stay true to the character design or keep some of the
iconic moves that each character may be known for. This attempt at purism
generally leads to a pretty solid first few minutes of gameplay, which
rapidly leads into some boring repetition. The good guy's moves can't
become too crazy, lest they stray from the comic lore, and villain's all
have to use the same classic attacks over and over again. It's a pretty
standard platformer/action game pitfall, and to say that Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions doesn't fall prey to it would be a lie. What makes
this game different is that while most titles are more than comfortable
sliding head first down this slope, Shattered Dimensions' route is to
cushion the fall as much as possible. » Read the full review |
- Despite the releases of both Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Mafia II's strongest competition for the top spot this week was actually ...
- Spider-Man is one of the few heroes that seems to keep on getting video games, despite their reputation. From his text adventure classics in 1978 to the more reason film a...