Boo! Yeah, Halloween's behind us, but it's time to update the
ShackReviews database!
This week we've got eight big new releases, including a new shooter from the
people behind Allied Assault and this year's Tony Hawk game.
As
usual,
if
there's a
game you
want to review but don't
see in the database,
check
first and then
submit
it!
(And don't blame me if a game you never submitted isn't added!)
Please note that in keeping with tradition around here, I will not be adding
Final Fantasy XI for at least another week to stave off the knee-jerk reviews
that are inevitable with any MMORPG launch. This week I spent playing Max Payne
2, and I have very mixed feelings about the game. On the one hand, it's a masterful
action game. It moves by with blinding speed, and never slows down for a second,
and it's got a great storyline. But then it's all over much too quickly, and
aside from replaying it at higher difficulty levels, there's nothing left to
do. I'll be posting my review soon, and that's basically the gist of it right
there. This is a great, great game, but woefully short. It actually felt shorter
to me than the first game (which was pretty darn short to begin with) which
was definitely a surprise. I usually like games that don't drag on too long,
but Max Payne 2 is just too short to recommend at full price. My advice? Wait
for the price to come down a bit, and buy both games at the same time.
Combined, the two games will still be shorter than something like
Half-Life, but at least you'll get more than a week's gameplay out of it (for
the record, I got just five days of gameplay out of Max Payne 2).
