7.0 out of 10
There are three things necessary for a first-person shooterto be "good." Here they are, in no particular order:
- The enemies have to be smart. They can't wander in circles and they have to react to your character.
- The controls have to be crisp. When you pull the trigger button, your gun needs to fire. I know this may seem like a given, but unfortunately it's not.
- Things need to happen when they're supposed to happen. That means your character shouldn't be getting stuck in invisible walls and the other guys on your side need to do what they're supposed to do.
Homefront has all these and one more special bonus: it has areally interesting story. Heck, it was more or less written by the guy who did"Red Dawn," so that should give you an idea of what you're in for. Korea hasinvaded the United Statescrazy, right? Well, a lot of effort has been put intomaking this idea plausible, and on top of that, a lot of story-relateddetaillabor camps, passing through a neighborhood where soldiers are shootingU.S. civilianshas been added throughout. Awesome.
But beyond all that, there's one more thing needed for afirst-person shooter to transcend into greatness: something "more." Somethingspecial that really makes the game its own and become something more than justa first-person clone. Homefront is missing this, andalthough you'll have fun playing it (both single-player and multiplayer), youwon't come crawling back in the middle of the night yearning for more.
The Sugar Killerz (Downloadable)
5.0 out of 10
Since there's no actual dialogue (or text) explaining thestory when I started the game, I'll try to interpret the pictures I saw:
- Everything is awesome!
- Whoops, some corporate guy wants higher profits
- This has a profound effect on four multi-colored blobs of goo, who use their goo arms to grab the nearest rifle so they can shoot at stuff.
From there, the game turns into a side-scrolling shooter,kind of like those old Japanese jet games like R-Type. Only you're a blob witha gun. Various things pop up on the screen and you shoot them, but none of theguns has a continuous fire so it all comes out in bursts (incredibly annoying).Add onto that the fact that the other three blobs are computer-controlled andyou have absolute chaos.
Fortune Cookies in Bed (Downloadable)
2.0 out of 10
This is not a "game," per se, unless something like "SuperMario Brothers" is too complicated for you. And while the game suggested Iinvite people over and enjoy Fortune Cookies while drinking, I most certainlydid not follow that advice for fear my friends would kick me out of my ownhouse.
The premise is simple: you "unlock" ancient fortune cookiesby pressing a different combination of four buttons. Then, you get the choiceof adding "in bed" or "while drunk" or "on drugs" or "when farting."
Here's a sample. I pushed some random buttons and thisancient fortune came up: "He who falls in love with himself will have norivals." I then added "in bed." That was it. Time to choose another ancientfortune to defile.
So in other words, this is about what you'd expect from thecompany that made a game called "Try Not to Fart."
