Bad guys. They’re the ones you love to hate and hate to love. Throughout our years of gaming we've had so many despots and dictators trying to destroy the world, gain money or just generally be a dick. Let’s have a look at the ten best (worst?) antagonists of this gaming generation. Oh, and just to warn you, SPOILERS BELOW!
By Graham Osborne
Bad guys. They’re the ones you love to hate and hate to love. Throughout our years of gaming we've had so many despots and dictators trying to destroy the world, gain money or just generally be a dick. Let’s have a look at the ten best (worst?) antagonists of this gaming generation. Oh, and just to warn you, SPOILERS BELOW! By Matthew Battles It’s with deep regret that I’m With Geek reflects on the death of Hiroshi Yamauchi. Mr Yamauchi, who died last Thursday from pneumonia, was one of the men responsible for the revolution of the gaming industry. By Christopher Money Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell first came to our screens in 2002 and has had a massive following ever since. Thus far, there have been six mainstream releases in the franchise and one handheld exclusive. When it first came into being, while stealth was by no means a new game genre with the likes of Metal Gear and Thief in years past, Splinter Cell learned from both the mistakes and successes of its predecessors, and subsequently delivered a gaming experience that was like no other. That’s not to say it was without its problems by any means – every game has its flaws; in my experience, the game suffered from a tendency to expect utter perfection from the player, which improved as the franchise continued. Here comes Blacklist, then – a new, "revised" Splinter Cell in the form of another cover-based shooter with some stealth aspects, but its a tried and tested formula. By Reece Merryweather-Brown Dragon’s Dogma is an action-RPG by Capcom (who I still think did a good job on Bionic Commando, regardless of what others say). I will say this just to start; it’s not original. It’s your typical story; you are the fabled hero of old, the "Arisen"/Dragonborn. You have an immense power that you can use to slay the mystical dragon that plagues Cassardis/Skyrim, in the form of commanding pawns/Shouting. But aside from that the game is very enjoyable, with a lot of unique features. By Reece Merryweather-Brown Without its lead protagonist, a video game is nothing but a shallow husk of code. And so, I created this list to showcase the best of the best; the crème de la crème of videogame heroes, and anti-heroes. By Jamie Kennett Last Tuesday saw the release of the latest instalment in the Creative Assembly’s genre-defying strategy series; Total War. After the 19th century Japan of the previous game, Shogun 2, the latest one takes us back to that old crowd-pleaser; Ancient Rome. Total War: Rome II is set during the same period of the infamous nation’s history as its predecessor from 2004, being that the player oversees control of the faction from the late 3rd Century BC -towards the end of the Roman Republic- and well into the establishment of the world-changing Roman Empire. Utilising the same game engine as the honourable Shogun 2, whilst at the same time revisiting some of the [better] gameplay from the first Rome game, there is many a good feature of this latest release, and only a few bad ones. Read on for the rest, naturally. By Graham Osborne. Deadly Premonition is my game of this generation, hands down. There are so many other games which probably deserve this title (Last of Us, Skyrim, GTA V - depending on how it turns out!) but for me, they pale in comparison to this bit of uniqueness. The only question that can decide whether or not you would enjoy this game is: what do you think of Twin Peaks? If your answer to that question is even the slightest bit of an affirmative, then you need to play this game. But I’ll discuss the similarities more in a bit... By Reece Merryweather-Brown Well, September’s here. After 6 weeks of waiting the dreaded month has arrived. With it comes school and the horrifying feeling of ‘do I have enough shirts’ and ‘what happened to my pencil case?’ However, it’s not all doom and gloom, at least not for the gaming community. So, without further ado, I present to you some of the most promising games of September 2013. |
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