Call of Juarez:Bound in blood 'Quick' Review [xbox360]

Simple and quickly, CoJ : Bound in blood is a good game. Its not great but its far from pathetic.
You follow two brothers Ray [The revrand from the first game] and Thomas. You follow these brothers through a quest for revenge and gold. Yup gold!
The story is good, not great. Starts off pretty weak but towards the end of its 6-7hr long campaign it does get quite engaging. I like me some westerns, i really do. I think this would have been a great film, and they do have a very cinematric view on it all.
Basically though there where three good things that kept me playing.
The Good...
1. The gunfights, are amazing you get to choose between the two brothers at the start of each mission and Ray is by far the best. Ray uses dual guns. Where as Thomas can use knives and a bow for stealth kills. Stealth Pshhh!
2. The achievements are pretty easy. First play through i ended up with nearly 700 points.
3. The Soundtrack isnt bad.
The Bad...
The story is short, and even though you can choose between the two brothers there isnt really any change in the path. Aslo theres no multi player Co-op, which considering the context of the game and the age we are in now. Kinda dumb!
And The Ugly...
The grapthics are pretty bad, and they dont really animate all that well. Just kinda annoyed me alittle not seeing the emotions in the faces, even though they tried.

Not really got into the multiplayer as of yet, but will update after i have had a few hours play.
[Dave]

Alone in the dark review [Xbox 360]

Am I alone here?

I don't wanna write a review full of moments
like 'Shut up bitch with your naggin bout a few glitches' ¬¬ well i just did then but lets ignore that!


Alone in the dark, a game that has irritated me, made me shout out load and wanna slam my controller to the ground. But first let's talk about what most people consider to be important these days, the grapthics. The grapthics are damn nice, from the rotting torn up flesh on the enemies to the burnt wood that falls to ashes as you touch it. The only problam i have is that the dinamic lighting effects don't always seem rite and the interior of the cars look bland [though I am kind of 'nit pickin' there!]

Ok so the story? What little story there is, happens to be ok. There's alittle too much cursing and S%&t , just dont need it :/ The speed of the game [story wise] is solid, slowly feeding you information; and the scene where you have the 'ghostly visions' damn kool oO The Camera angles through out the game are amazing, showing you what you need and/want to see. Though at times it can be annoying having to suddenly change direction before you fall off cliffside.
The effects that they have been raving about, the way fire moves and how you can use it was great, using a burning axe to disspose of the enemies however...hmmm not that fun, the controls aren't that good.


This is where we get to the bad stuff :/ Controlling the character is annoying. It has the classic resident evil 'Tank Movement' which 'is' fine, but it seems even slower than normal. The thing that really got me was when going from this 'Tank Movment' to change into first person and use your gun, the controls suddenly change to a normal FPS. It just didn't feel rite to command all this movement all of a sudden.


NOW THE VERY
BAD!!! The reason why i wanted to bite off my fingers is because of the driving scenes, and well driving in general! It just doesn't feel rite at all! Infact it is just horrid! Even though you're in a car, something with no weight maybe a small curb or rock would cause the car to go flying. And yes, there are glitches in the game. The glitches and the driving can kill this game for people. But i beg of thee, give it a go.

Is it worth your money paying 40quid? No. However i would reccomend renting, the main reason being the achievements aren't too hard to achieve.

3/5 Rent it, Don't buy it

[Mac]