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StarDrone - Review (PSN/PS3)

StarDrone is a psychedelic intergalactic pinball game, I think? Its kind of hard to describe this hugely addictive arcade game from BeatShapers. But it very good and loads of fun.

The aim of each level in the game is to collect the stars and do it in as short a time as possible. As the levels progress you also have to collect other objects, small gems, and drag them to a target shape where they will make up pattern, a bigger star for instance – in these levels the smaller stars are collected mainly for bonus points and multipliers. You can replay each level whenever you like to try for a better score. Oh and there are trophies! Are you still with me?

The controls are simple, using the Playstation Move you start each level by pointing the direction your want your Drone to fly in and then you use the static er watchamacallits to sling shot your drone in the direction of the next watchamacallit and so on until you achieve the goal for that level. Think of your little drone as SpiderMan and the watchamacallits as tall buildings; you use your momentum and the wonders of physics and gravity to spin webs to navigate each mini galaxy. That probably didn't help did it? Probably watching the video above will help.

StarDrone - from Beatshapers

The Trigger button on the Move can be used at any time to pause the game, then point the Move to the next target and hit the Move button. Though the clock will still tick so don't spend too long thinking about your next move. Now your drone is linked by a galactic thread and will swing around at speed. You can control the direction the drone spins by the angle you approach and the speed is also reliant on the distance you pull the Drone away. Release the Move button at just the right time and off you go to the next one.

As you progress, the levels get more tricky and frustrating as the number of perils and enemies on the screen increase. You will find black holes, strange vortex, boosters and enemies that will hover around irritating you and gradually reducing your life/shields and exposing you to the dangers of the galaxy!

StarDrone is very addictive in the “argh almost had it kind of way” as some levels require split second timing. 

The 50 levels alos plays in Hi Def and there is talk of a 3D upgrade!

If I had to give this game a score it would be a solid 9/10 (good value for your PSN credits).
Definitely worth  £7.99!

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Review - So far so good...

Crysis 2 always looked like it was going to be a lot of fun - and it is!

I played for about 2 hours last night and it was real breath of fresh air.  The environments are vibrant (though I like KillZone3's dark and dirty feel) and detailed. Each map is set in a war torn part of NYC and they vary from down town sky scrapers to roof top gardens and public parks, warehouses and shopping malls to derelict piers and boat yards.

Each location provides plenty of opportunity to make the best use of the Nanosuit's abilities; whether that be stealthy sniping or hiding cloaked in a dark corner, and there are plenty of opportunities to leap across huge gaps and scale buildings in a single bound. In fact the way you configure your NanoSuit could infact change depending on the map. I think custom tweaking of this awesome technology will come, but for now I am content with some basics - in particular the hologram attachment.

Simply point the gun where you want to go, activate the hologram and watch as he takes the path you were about to take. Often you will see the enemy break from cover so you can pick them off quickly as they rush into the open. Alternatively you will witness your other self hailed in bullets from on high - its not safe out there.  Clever use of the hologram, the armor and cloaking modes of your NanoSuit will enable you to traverse the map without taking any damage.

If this sounds too easy - well it isn't! There are going to 6 guys on the other team doing the same to you and for starters they will be better at it. Crysis 2 provides a recruit level mode where you will only be pitted against ranks 10 or lower, ensuring (in theory) that all will be on the same skill level.

As I said I have only played for a few hours but I must say that this looks like the final nail in Black Ops coffin for me.

Batman Arkham City Will Not Feature...

Farewell my little friend..., originally uploaded by ....Tim.

...Stormtroopers.

I know its a shame - it would be the best game if only Rocksteady would see sense and put Stormtroopers in the next game.

Would the Bat still kick ass - for sure. Though the Stormtrooper is one of Sci Fis most iconic foot soldiers they were alway a bit shit weren't they!?

Duke Nukem Forever Delayed

Duke Nukem Forever Delayed

If I am totally honest, I don't know much about the Duke of Nukem and quite why he is Forever Delayed. What I do know is the power of the gaming industry on Google.

The Manics (Manic Street Preachers) released a song and a greatest hits album called Forever Delayed, its a great collection of tracks by one of my favorite bands and the recent hype and furore over the delay of the long awaited Duke Nukem Forever video game has upset google.

Well it hasn't upset google, just the search results. If you search today on the words "Forever Delayed" the way that Google integrates news results into the search engine means that Duke Nukem is 4th on google with and even after the news items the Duke is still on page 1 and you don't even have to name him to Google!

This just goes to show how many well ranked and optimised games websites have used the words Forever and Delayed in articles in the last week or so.

That's it really - now you can giggle at my new Duke Nukem CD Cover!