Posts Tagged ‘adventure games’
A Game Hero Should Be Voiceless: Part Two
Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game writer
The Rude Game Hero
The voiceless game hero? He’s an ass.
Well, inadvertently. Have you ever noticed how a voiceless game hero fails to respond to mid-mission communications?
I recently finished Resistance on the PS3, and the game’s avatar, Nathan Hale, is a classic, cliche game hero with little to say and a lot to do. When he [...]
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Uncharted 2 Steals Hearts
Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under gameplay
Uncharted 2 and Naughty Dog Revive the Adventure Genre
The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves SKU and its action/adventure gameplay are dominating the ratings at Metacritic. Adventure games? Zork? Monkey Island? Indiana Jones? Hello again. We’ve missed you.
Uncharted 2 brings back Nathan Drake (Indiana Jones?) for another round of high-stakes artifact hunting, this time to the fabled [...]
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