PS Vita has by now launched one of the most ambitious handheld consoles. Earlier on I was quite impressed during the Eurogamer expo when I had the chance to have a one-on-one with this slick piece of technology.
I was quite impressed back then and I'm looking forward until Amazon snail-mails it to my flat.
Here's a video featuring Rizzle Kicks about the PS Vita. For those who don't know: Rizzle Kicks is British Hiphop duo and is pretty hip at the moment. Although truth be told their music is neither hip nor makes me hop (IMHO). That said the video is quite amazing and well shot, and the duo's enthusiasm is damn infectious. It showcases how the PS Vita is an amazing portable device due to its 3G connenction.
It's a visually very neat video starting from the morning till the evening and how both sides of the group can entertain themselves mostly while doing other activities like having a good ol' English Breakfast and heckling cab drivers.
All that's missing is a guide on how to play this while peeing. My life would be complete with that knowledge but anyway I digress.
You can watch it here:
This article has been sponsored by my acute gadgetomania.
Saturday 25 February 2012
Thursday 2 February 2012
Review: Arkham City (PC)
Arkham Asylum.
At the time of its release it was seen as perhaps the best Batman game ever. It achieved a goal no other game had ever got close to. Immersion, feeling as if you were the Bat.
Arkham Asylum was a dark atmospheric game combined with a fluent and visceral combat system.
It's no surprise then that when Arkham City was announced there was both maniacal drooling and skepticism at the same time.
But in my opinion the developer Rocksteady delivered.
Finally a developer that uses the golden design rule: If it ain't broke, it doesn't need fixing. We still have the same combat animation with combo points and slow-motion take-downs. With a few tweaks to the game's detective mode and gliding system.
It has been a year of open worlds to explore and besides Skyrim and Saints Row 3, Arkham City also offers a large world populated by the scum of Gotham. Ranging from cannonfodder henchman that you knock senseless to the perhaps EVERY villain from the Batman franchise.
Unfortunately this is both where Rocksteady delivers and mars at the same time. because unlike in the previous installment that was a tightly narrated, Arkham City's openness kind of loses focus.
But that is easily forgiven when you glance over the city taken in it's dark and gothic horizon, or when you glide over the city's rooftops like a dark predator that you are.
Rock on Rocksteady
At the time of its release it was seen as perhaps the best Batman game ever. It achieved a goal no other game had ever got close to. Immersion, feeling as if you were the Bat.
Arkham Asylum was a dark atmospheric game combined with a fluent and visceral combat system.
It's no surprise then that when Arkham City was announced there was both maniacal drooling and skepticism at the same time.But in my opinion the developer Rocksteady delivered.
Finally a developer that uses the golden design rule: If it ain't broke, it doesn't need fixing. We still have the same combat animation with combo points and slow-motion take-downs. With a few tweaks to the game's detective mode and gliding system.
It has been a year of open worlds to explore and besides Skyrim and Saints Row 3, Arkham City also offers a large world populated by the scum of Gotham. Ranging from cannonfodder henchman that you knock senseless to the perhaps EVERY villain from the Batman franchise.
Unfortunately this is both where Rocksteady delivers and mars at the same time. because unlike in the previous installment that was a tightly narrated, Arkham City's openness kind of loses focus.
But that is easily forgiven when you glance over the city taken in it's dark and gothic horizon, or when you glide over the city's rooftops like a dark predator that you are.
Rock on Rocksteady
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