Us gamers have a vast knowledge of what to do when the earth is in danger – whether it’s an alien invasion, an airborne Zombie Virus or a nuclear holocaust, we have the gaming knowledge to keep our virtual selves alive in desperate times. But what if one day a virus does break out, turning the whole world into zombies? Or nuclear war does hit, taking the all the world’s population by surprise and turning everything into a barren wasteland? [...]
Contributed by MarkuzR A gentleman by the name of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe is not only responsible for the aphorism “God is in the details” but also for “less is more”. It’s rare to find such mutually applicable contradictions outside of the Bible but it has to be said that both maxims can easily apply to a number of video games in recent years, and nowhere is it more appropriate than Fallout 3. Amid the sparsity of the wastelands [...]
It’s been over 10 years since I played the original Fallout on my old Windows 95 computer. It kept me up for hours with its interesting story, identifiable characters and cheeky combat system. I was happy to see the series revitalised in 2008, but while Fallout 3 was fun, I found it lacking in substance. The sudden ending and lack of coverage for the side quests left me feeling frustrated. I was excited about New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment along with [...]
New Vegas has had its share of image problems. Mainly that it looks like a simple mod of Fallout 3, as many loud and annoying fans were happy to declare ad infinitum behind me while I was trying to enjoy that damn thing. Yes, New Vegas looks and plays very much like Fallout 3 because Obsidian is using a modded version of the engine of F3. But! Because they had the engine pretty much all set up and easy for [...]
I have been looking through the Plus XP archive and I have realised that me being the keen FPS player I am, I haven’t mentioned anything about Rage yet. Now seeing as id software is one of the grandfathers of the FPS genre and they have indeed been working on Rage for a long time. So what is Rage? Are we going to see if this is the next FPS marvel from the original creators of the FPS genre? Well [...]
Nearly every RPG in the last ten years has had a touted moral choice system in game. That is not to say that it didn’t exist before, but there certainly seemed to be less emphasis on it when compared to the more recent releases. It has become accepted as standard that almost every game should give you the choice to be good or evil in some way shape or form. Even action games like Infamous or FPS’s like Bioshock feel [...]
Ah, shotguns. Shotguns shotguns shotguns. I love shotguns. In videogames, I mean. When it comes to games where shooting is a primary feature, there’s always one kind of gun I will seek out, and keep with me no matter how pointless or useless it is in the current situation. This only makes the situation worse in the current era, where so many games are adamant on copying the Halo system of two weapons at a time. Still, I can’t deny [...]
Disclaimer: The interviews for Inside Look are the ideas of the Plus XP Team ONLY and are not the ideas of the creators and developers of the games. All characters interviewed in Inside Look remain the property of the video game developers and creators. Basically we are sorry if we took your characters guys, we promise we’ll give them back. Beanie: Greetings one and all welcome again to inside look. Now this week I am interviewing someone who I first [...]
Us gamers have a vast knowledge of what to do when the earth is in danger - wether it’s an alien invasion, an airborne Zombie Virus or a nuclear holocaust, we have the gaming knowledge to keep our virtual selves alive in desperate times. But what if one day a virus does break out, turning the whole world into zombies? Or nuclear war does hit, taking the all the world’s population by surprise and turning everything into a barren wasteland? Will us gamers [...]
We have all seen our fair share of game clones over the years. Grand Theft Auto had The Get Away and True Crime, Mario Party has Raving Rabbids. Basically once one game has a great selling idea, another developer wants to get in on the idea. May I introduce Borderlands, a new game from Gearbox Software that combines First Person Shooting and Role Playing game into a nice combination in a post apocalyptic world. Yes basically the same idea as [...]
