Where do we begin? Do I put this one up against the previous Splinter Cell games, or do I take it as a standalone game with barely a passing resemblance to the series whose name it bears? It’s a tough question, but let’s face it, the Splinter Cell series has a pedigree unlike most games out there. So let’s get both out of the way right at the start. As a Splinter Cell sequel, the game is an abject failure. Forget about the name, it’s not even the same genre anymore. As a standalone game, it does a little better, but in trying to please both the core Splinter Cell fans and trying to bring in the Call of Duty fans, it ends up doing neither very well. Jack of all trades and master of none – that phrase sums up Splinter Cell: Conviction better than anything else I could write.
The first FIFA World Cup to take place in Africa is still over a month away, but the official game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is just around the corner. Initial previews and early reviews suggest that it’s a significant improvement over FIFA 10, so in the lead-up to the game’s release, we bring you the IVG Contest for 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Just Cause 2 is a game that lets you tether together a chain of vehicles, attach them to an airliner, fly it high up into the sky and then jump off it to watch the whole thing come crashing to the ground in a big glorious explosion. It also lets you string a helpless enemy to an explosive canister, set if off and watch it drag him all over the place before exploding. Not to mention the routine activities like flying a helicopter, and landing on the tallest building and base-jumping off it.
This is how it used to be. No, no, stay with me. It’s not another one of those “Gaming was so much better in 1980/1990/2000 than it is in 2010″ rants. What I am trying to say is that this is how post-release content used to be. Developers used to make actual add-on campaigns instead of one-hour side missions and pointless costumes. But then somewhere along the past five years, what used to be the norm pretty much became extinct, and what used to be the modding community’s job became legitimate DLC to be sold for loose change. Dragon Age: Awakening makes an excellent case for why the old way was better.
Final Fantasy XIII is the thirteenth iteration in the long running successful role playing franchise that has delighted millions of fans worldwide. For those of you new to Final Fantasy, the games consist of a few defining characteristics; a band of adventurers thrown together by chance, out to save the world from an unknown horrible fate orchestrated by a near omnipotent being in fantastic locations. While the story is usually heavily scripted, the role-playing element comes from the many classes available, lots of weapons and accessories to play around with, and complex battle systems that offer a lot of flexibility for those who possess an advanced mathematics degree. Plus there’s the engaging characters, the outstanding music, and groundbreaking graphics, all wrapped up in an epic story. Now that you’ve got a primer for the series, let’s start with number thirteen.
While platform owner Microsoft continues to enjoy its extended leave of absence from the Indian gaming scene, third party distributors are taking it upon themselves to bring some momentum back into the seemingly floundering fortunes of the Xbox 360 in India. E-Xpress Interactive represents some of the world’s leading publishers; Ubisoft being one of them. Starting this month, four of Ubisoft’s blockbuster titles will be available at just Rs 699.
Splinter Cell: Conviction for Xbox 360 is on its way to stores across India now, with the PC version set to follow later this month. Besides Sam Fisher’s exploits in the single-player campaign, Conviction also packs in several missions in its Deniable Ops multi-player mode. And here on IVG, you can get yourself an unlock code for the exclusive 3rd Echelon Headquarters map, which is playable in all Deniable Ops co-op game modes.
We have hundreds of codes to give away for both Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game. While the map can only be unlocked on May 13, you can book yourself a code well in advance. To find out how, head over to our special Splinter Cell: Conviction page.
Assassin’s Creed II, one of last year’s best action-adventure titles, finally hits PCs months after its console release. PC gamers finally get to find out what happens after the cryptic ending of the first game, and embark on a brand new career as an assassin against the gorgeous backdrop of the Italian renaissance. The story and gameplay largely remains the same as the console version, which we’ve already reviewed earlier (and liked a lot), so this particular review will only focus on the PC-specific changes; mainly Ubisoft’s notorious new DRM.
Behold ye all lovers of horror and action alike. The survivor horror-turned-action shooter franchise, Resident Evil makes another comeback, this time in the form of an extended version of its 2009′s excellent action-oriented iteration, Resident Evil 5. Featuring even more infected African natives to shoot down, bits of competitive multiplayer, a familiar spooky mansion to roam about in, and the return of a fan-favourite female protagonist, is this mysteriously suffixed Gold Edition truly worth the upgrade?
There have been quite a few games set in a post-apocalypse scenario, where the world as we know it has been devastated by nuclear war and human beings are forced to retreat to underground shelters to escape from the hostile surface environment and survive. The Fallout series is perhaps the most well known, with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. being a more recent addition to the genre. While Fallout and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. both propound an open-world hospitable surface environment, Metro 2033 paints a bleak, unforgiving view of the world and sets up a completely linear route through the game to ensure that the player is always immersed in atmosphere that the developers have created.
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