http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:08:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have thought long and hard about how to approach this review, as there is an extra layer of subjectivity when critiquing music games which can unfairly influence perspective. In order to present a fair representation of the game as a game, rather than, say, a compilation album, one must ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2009/07/17/guitar-hero-greatest-hits/ Rarely has a game caused me so much indecision. When I enjoy something, I usually support it whole-heartedly, regardless of its flaws. My favourite game of last year, for example, was Mirror's Edge – a game which brought me closer to hurling my controller at the TV than anything I ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2009/03/23/tom-clancys-hawx/ True story: a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (ok, not really), I used to enjoy real time strategy games. Then something happened. Call it, oh I don't know, call it Tiberian Sun, for want of a better name. Crushed by disappointment, I gave up the genre ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2008/11/23/multiwinia/ The importance of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved cannot be overstated. What started life as an in-game diversion in Project Gotham Racing 2 became the standout game for the launch of Xbox Live Arcade, and arguably for the 360 as a whole. Since then it has maintained its position as one ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2008/09/03/geometry-wars-retro-evolved-2/ Here's an interesting question: which games have redefined your expectations for what a game should contain? Obviously this is somewhat subjective, but when applied specifically to the FPS genre, a number of titles will probably appear in most people's lists. Doom, for 3D graphics – not the first, but arguably ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2008/01/07/crysis/ The galaxy is in danger. This seems to happen quite a lot. If one was to examine all existing works of science fiction, the galaxy (or at least it's human or human-friendly inhabitants) being in danger would probably form basis for the vast majority of the genre's stories. It's amazing we ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2007/12/11/mass-effect/ Let's start, appropriately, with an introduction. Many of you may not have heard of CD Projekt before - they are a Polish company who, since their founding in 1994, have released over 300 fully localised games. Among these are the likes of the Baldur's Gate series, Planescape: Torment and many ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2007/12/06/the-witcher/ An aeroplane crashes into an ocean. You struggle out of the wreckage and swim desperately to the surface. Then, tiredly treading water, everything stops. You stare in confusion. What's gone wrong? And then realisation slowly dawns, and with it a creeping sense of wonder. Surely not? You reach for the ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2007/09/17/bioshock/ Blizzard Entertainment has a lot to answer for. In Diablo the studio created the computer game equivalent of Helen of Troy: the game that launched a thousand clones. There seems to be at least one every year – hack-and-slash fantasy RPGs which borrow, with varying degrees of shamelessness, from Blizzard's ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2007/04/26/silverfall/ Two years ago amid much wailing, gnashing of teeth and, quite possibly, rending of flesh from their PC fan base, Bioware released Jade Empire – their latest in a string of high quality RPGs – as an Xbox exclusive. It was a triumph of story-driven game, set in a lush ... http://www.fractured-reality.com/reviews/2007/04/17/jade-empire-special-edition/