Reviews In Retrospect - GameSmith Plays Dead Rising 2, New Guitar Hero
Dead Rising 2
Xbox 360, PS3 ($59.99)
Rated M For MatureLike
last year's undead-heavy "Zombieland" movie - "Dead Rising 2" is more
spoofy-comedy than a straight jump-out-of-your-seat horror game. Sure,
there's buckets of blood and gore oozing out of every pore of the game,
but it's hard to take your character's plight too seriously when he's
dressed in a waitress outfit or bikini and tossing a bowling ball to
knock down hapless zombies like pins. If you can look past the game's
slightly frustrating save system and perfunctory story - "Dead Rising 2"
is a ridiculously fun way to spend a zombie apocalypse.
Score: 8 out of 10
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
($59.99) PC, PS3, Wii
Rated T for Teen
The
music game genre is starting to grow a bit stale, but Activision tries
to liven things up in its new Guitar Hero by attaching an outlandish
plot to it (narrated by Gene Simmons) involving defeating a giant beast
with your axe of rock. But who cares about the story? The main
attraction, of course, is the more hard rockin' soundtrack which
jettisons some of the more pop friendly track selection of "Band Hero"
and "Guitar Hero 5" for more finger blistering metal like Black Sabbath,
Anthrax, and Dragonforce. And yes, prog metal nerds, there's the entire
Rush album "2112" as well.
Score 7 out of 10
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf '11 W/ Sony "Move"
($59.99) PS3
Rated E for Everyone
Tiger
Woods' latest video game feels like a brand new experience when paired
with Sony's new "Move" motion control system. Instead of pressing
buttons and jiggling a control stick, you use the Move's wand to swing
like a golf club. It theory it sounds a lot like "Wii Sports" golf, but
Sony's Move detects depth and speed and makes this kind of virtual golf
about 10 times more accurate and realistic. Now that the weather is
cooling, "Tiger Woods" might be the best way to keep your game in shape
over the winter.
Score 8 out of 10
(Disclaimer: A copy of the retail versions of these games were given to GameSmith for review purposes)
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