Shiny Things » Games http://www.andrewgrant.org Andrew Grant Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:37:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Silent Hill Origins http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/12/06/silent-hill-origins.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/12/06/silent-hill-origins.html#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:00:34 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/12/06/silent-hill-origins.html While i havent played it yet, I have noticed on Metacritic that Silent Hill Origins is getting some pretty good reviews from the press.

What’s never mentioned is that the team at Climax UK did the whole game in around 12 months, after inheriting it from the previous team who’d wasted a year of development. I saw that teams effort and it wasn’t pretty. There was really nothing in the way of code, art, or even design that was worth salvaging.

That the team in the UK not only managed to turn out a worthy entry in the Silent Hill series, but did so in a year is truly impressive.

Kudos guys, kudos.

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Sheer brilliance.

Cute and Lego-y, simple yet engaging gameplay, and wonderfully tongue-in-cheek cutscenes. Lego Star wars is one of the best games I’ve played in a long time, and certainly the best game based on the Star Wars franchise.

The size of the game is a little intimidating, and I suspect many people will never reach that 100% complete mark, but just playing through all the episodes is easily worth the price of the game. Coop mode is a blast, and the cuteness factor of the game has even my girlfriend picking up the second controller.

Now, how about Lego Indy?

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