It’s often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that is the case, I don’t quite understand what happened with Inversion. It almost seems as if the designers wanted to take some of the best parts of certain games and put them together. But as unfortunately I’ve learned, that doesn’t necessarily equal a good game.
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It’s true that this generation has no shortage of video games in the zombie genre. It seems as if zombies are added to almost everything to the point that it’s almost mandatory. The trick though is to create something that is unique enough to draw attention to it. So from the minds of Creative Director Goichi Suda “51” and filmmaker James Gunn comes Lollipop Chainsaw; a game that if you don’t take seriously, with a grain of salt, you might miss out on a really terrific game.
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Lightbox Interactive has been hard at work on their first release, Starhawk, a spiritual successor to 2007’s Warhawk. In fact Lightbox Interactive is actually made up of Dylan Jobe and some of the former members of Incognito Entertainment (the studio behind Warhawk). And with it being one of the first multiplayer-only games for the PlayStation 3, it developed a huge following and support from the community. And there is still some support to this day. With a game that has such a cult following, would Lightbox be able to make something that would appeal to both veteran players along with new ones?
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Brendon Small’s Galaktikon is arguably the greatest divorce story ever told. Or at least the most entertaining ever heard. At this point you might be thinking, “What?” but it’s true. The co-creator of popular shows Home Movies and Metalocalypse, and fictional band Dethklok, has released his first solo album and has put together what is probably his best work so far.
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Creating video games off of licensed products can be a very tricky thing. Most games based off of movies and shows are usually panned and met with disappointment. After all, some of these simply feel like an attempt to cash in without much care to the actual game. But when Telltale Games announced that they would be making a video game based in the world of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead series, the game was met with some enthusiasm. Having already worked on licensed games such as Sam and Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Back to the Future and Jurassic Park series, Telltale stuck with the point-and-click style instead of making another zombie action game. But would this equal success for both Telltale and The Walking Dead fans alike?
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