I have to admit that I probably wouldn’t have picked up God Mode if a.) Justin Lacey didn’t suggest it and b.) it was more than $9.99. That being said, I’m glad that those two conditions contributed to my latest purchase as God Mode is a pretty good example on how to do a budget game right. Whether that’s a compliment or a dig will depend entirely on what sort of gamer you happen to be. We Were Dead, Now We’re Fighting [...]
I took part in the Defiance Beta event that occurred this past weekend, something that I’ve looked forward to since first hearing about the MMO-ish third person shooter. Trion has set out to do something that very few have gotten right in the past in ditching traditional MMO functionality for fast paced, reactive combat on a grand scale. Whether or not Defiance will be able to stand the test of time is not something I feel comfortable saying at this [...]
Warframe came straight out of left field. The name couldn’t be more generic, yet the game is a surprisingly competent mix of co-op, third person shooting and acrobatic sword slashing. Best of all, it’s free. Josh and Justin are joined by community member Verdian for some fun times in space with Digital Extreme’s Warframe Beta. This video is intended for a mature audience as our commentary is not kid-friendly: For more video content from Horrible Night: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Join [...]
To this day, I don’t really know what Blue Stinger was actually about. I was an angsty teenager when I last played it so my emotional pursuit of the opposite sex and a tendency to fall asleep listening to Linkin Park more than muffled the intricate details of my semi-adulthood. I can piece together bits and pieces of the plot; remote island, bio-tech company, apocalyptic meteor impact. Outside of that, it was a third person, dare I say “survival horror” [...]
What made the dudes at 5th Cell decide to take a break from Drawing and Scribbling to create a futuristic third person shooter? You won’t find that answer in this video! What you will find, though, is Hybrid – a wholly competent competitive shooter with a tactical movement mechanic that actually works. Even if I am not the most wholly competent player at competitive shooters as evidenced by my miserable performance: This video is intended for a mature audience as [...]
Transformers were easily my favorite action figures while growing up. I was obsessed with anything to do with them. If you went back and told me that Transformers would be a bigger deal after the year 2000 than they were in the 80′s, I’d have a hard time understanding you. “How could Transformers possibly get any bigger?” For better and for worse Michael Bay has reignited Transformers in the minds of grown-up and child geeks the world over. While I [...]
For the average man, the breaking point is when he’s had enough, gives up and admits weakness in the face of insurmountable odds. For Max Payne, it’s an excuse to drink more, grow a beard and take an electric razor to his scalp. Max Payne 3 is both about escalation and sliding farther down into a heap of mess, trading one problem for another and solving them with firearms. While an excuse to pump bullets into waves of nameless thugs and [...]
I haven’t always been in Rockstar’s corner. Originally, it drew me in with its knack for fun and addictive gameplay in gritty realistic worlds. Over the next few years though, the gameplay started to wane and every sandbox felt the same, just as its true talent for dramatic narrative and memorable characters took over. I began to respect Rockstar’s projects as much more than just chaotic tragedies, and now I just found myself waiting for the gameplay to catch back [...]
Spec Ops: The Line has been in my peripherals since I learned about it a year or two ago. When more details hit about the moral choices gamers would have to make due to the horrors of war, you could color me intrigued. I sat feverishly waiting for the chance to play a demo or something to give me a sense of what “the line” was or would offer. When I got my hands on the demo on the Xbox 360, [...]
As if joining the ranks of the industry changing free-to-play games wasn’t enough, Super Monday Night Combat recently underwent a non-traditional launch as well. Uber Entertainment had planned on issuing a series of beta invites but those invites created some “silliness” and “wonkiness” so Uber just ran with it and opened up the game to everyone last week. As in you can go play SMNC on Steam right now. Super Monday Night Combat builds off the third person shooter MOBA platform [...]
