![]() It’s a janky game and the gunplay is severely lacking, but it’s also one of the greatest spy stories ever told in gaming. Then give it a shoestring budget to see what happens. Picture a secret agent thriller mixed with the RPG mechanics of Mass Effect. The planned sequels could have even been really special, but Silicon Knights infamously made unauthorized use of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 in developing the final version of the game and was ultimately sued out of existence.įurther Reading: 25 Best Wii U Games 16. Most of the criticism upon its 2008 released revolved around Too Human’s use of the right analog stick for combat, which is not nearly as bad as most reviewers made it out to be. Development then moved to the GameCube and Silicon Knights didn’t really talk about the game for five years until it resurfaced as an action RPG with a futuristic Norse setting. The title was originally announced for the first PlayStation back in 1999 as a cyberpunk game. ![]() The gaming press loves to rag on titles with exceptionally long development cycles, and few games have taken longer to develop than Too Human. Nier has one of the better, more mysterious stories of any Xbox 360 games, and the world nails a sorrowful tone that few others match as the titular main character searches for the cure to the Black Scrawl that’s ravaging his daughter.If nothing else, it’s worth checking out Nier to see the genesis of some of the systems that were greatly improved in the excellent Nier: Automata. Nierwas widely panned when it was first released, but other than the slightly lacking graphics, it’s not really clear why. While the 2017 reboot is a great game in its own right, a direct sequel featuring an open world and bounty hunting missions was canceled in 2014, so it doesn’t look like we’ll be revisiting the original Prey any time soon. Add in regular clips of a faux alien conspiracy radio show hosted by the late Art Bell and you have an innovative title that no one has matched more than ten years later. This Prey plays a lot more like Quake 4, but with the addition of portals that transport you all over a vast alien ship and Native American spirit walking to aid you when solving puzzles. The closest you’ll get to dystopian science fiction Warhammer these days is 2016’s Space Hulk: Deathwing on PC.ĭon’t confuse this Prey with the reboot from Bethesda, the two titles have almost nothing in common aside from a name. Unfortunately, the game sold pretty poorly, and its publisher, THQ, went bankrupt soon after, so the chances of seeing a Space Marine sequel or even a remaster look extremely low right now. Admittedly, it wasn’t the most original concept or gameplay, but Warhammer just looked cooler, even if I didn’t really understand the wider universe. That’s why it was so refreshing to see a game that focused on a single space marine hacking and slashing through hordes of enemies. ![]() Warhammer has never been the most accessible property, and even the video games based on the franchise have tended to lean toward more strategic and time-consuming gameplay. Or motorcycles.Įvery now and then, a rumor surfaces online that Microsoft is looking to reboot the series or release a fifth entry, but unfortunately, that just doesn’t seem to be in the cards right now. Forza Horizon may have incorporated some ideas from Project Gotham, like gaining bonus points for skilled driving, but it still doesn’t have the same handling and style that Project Gotham Racing 4had. The only racing series that Microsoft backs anymore is Forza, but it was actually the Project Gotham series that helped put the Xbox on the map, and the fourth game is easily the best, featuring dynamic weather, motorcycles, and a killer soundtrack of licensed songs. It’s far from the best looking game on the Xbox 360, and the voice acting never won any awards either, but damn is it fun. There’s nothing fancy about Earth Defense Force 2017: it’s just you, a bunch of guns, and thousands of giant bugs across sprawling, fully-destructible cityscapes. With only occasional interludes set in the “real world,” Eternal Sonata weaves a whimsical tale about saving the world and facing one’s own mortality.Ĭlocking in at only about 20 hours, this is also one of the shorter JRPGs around, but the excellent soundtrack (of course filled with Chopin pieces) and beautiful graphics more than make up for the game’s slight shortcomings. Eternal SonataĪ game set on the deathbed of Polish composer Frederic Chopin doesn’t sound like a must-play, but somehow it works. ![]() Since it was released at the very beginning of the console cycle, Gun also showed up on the PS2, GameCube, and the original Xbox, but the Xbox 360 version is the only one in glorious HD. Admittedly, the story isn’t quite as good as Red Dead Redemption, and as a launch title, it doesn’t look nearly as good either.
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