Games you didnt’ know anything about
By blog on Apr. 1, 2009.
As a gamer, occasionally you will stumble onto a game that you have never heard anything about. A game that has, for you at least, seen no mass marketing of any kind, has slipped under your precursory glance of IGN every other day, and has so far completely escaped your notice.
In the past two weeks, this has happened with two games. There is, of course, the thrill of finding these great games late in the game. Especially with the slew of PC and console games released with so many bugs they are unplayable! Yes, I am still annoyed about Assassin’s creed.
Anyway, the other day, I stumbled onto a game called Mount & Blade. I hadn’t ever heard of this game, in spite of it being around for some time in one form or another, and it did get a pretty good score, so I don’t know what happened there. I couldn’t believe how much fun I had with this game, not to mention for once, easy to download to Australia – I hate Direct to Drive for that very reason – and didn’t cost a fortune! This game has the best, by a long, long way, mounted combat I have experienced in a game to date!
It is fluid, there are no bugs, there is a plethora of free user made mods if you are interested, and the game is still being worked on! There is a certain… lack of polish to the game. Nothing is wrong with it, but a once over might make it a little better visually and the story a little more captivating. However, that has allowed Taleworlds, the developers, to focus on what makes this game great, bloody great battles! I haven’t seen this game hitch once, even with over 150 NPCs in a battle.
There is just something about this game that makes it really fun, the fact that your skill at blocking and directing hits is actually important is fantastic. It is tiring after a while when game after game just has you point your character in the right direction and then left click like a mad hatter until your opponent is dead. I have been playing Mount & Blade for much of the past three days straight!
The only other game getting a great deal of my time, is another surprising bolt out the blue, Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure. Now I know, I know, what’s with the name, right? Well, as soon as you watch the opening sequence, no wait, as soon as you turn it on and hear that English voice say ‘Good show’ you know you are in for a treat!
I mentioned earlier my penchant for puzzle games, Professor Layton still takes the cake there, but this is really quite fun. It is a combined platformer, with a Planet Puzzle League like aspect going on on the touch screen. You have to flip between these two aspects of the game to keep progressing through. What I like about this, is that you get the bonuses for both this kind of puzzle game, and a platformer. Being able to switch between the two allows you to not play too much of the one style for too long. This means you play for a lot longer! I will say this though, the learning curve is a bit steep! :yes: All in all though, this is a fabulous DS game, and keeps me so happy with the console in general.
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