January 06, 2009
Wii Homebrew - Piero's Wiicross v0.2
From Scognito comes this picture logic puzzles game for the Wii, Piero's Wiicross v0.2. Here, cells in a grid have to be colored or left blank, depending on what the numbers at the side of the grid indicate, in order for you to reveal the hidden picture. Think Minesweeper, minus the bombs.
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A Collection of Scarface Game Reviews
A collection of Scarface game review links:
1up give it 6 out of ten.
Scarface is a good enough open-world game. It tweaks a lot of flaws in the genre and even goes so far as to bring a few new ideas to the thing, even if they don’t work out very well most of the time. Worth a tour if you really loved the movie, but maybe less so if you’ve already played the hell out of Vice City. We can’t really blame Scarface for the familiarity of the setting, but the fact remains that we’ve been here before.
Gamespy says 4 out of 5.
There’s a lot to praise, but despite being fun and interesting, the game isn’t perfect. Gamers who are getting used to the next-generation of console visuals aren’t going to be impressed with either the PS2 or the Xbox version of the game, although options like widescreen and progressive scan are supported on both. Past superficial faults, there are bound to be a few duller moments in the game where you need to work hard banking drug money or pumping your reputation to move on to something more interesting. Controlling your henchmen for side-missions isn’t very interesting or enjoyable. The game’s outrageous tone does dull a bit as you move on, and the action and dialogue eventually start to repeat themselves. Still, Scarface is a long-lasting experience that’s simply a lot of fun. Part guilty pleasure, part blazingly successful experiment in game design, Scarface: The World is Yours is definitely worth a shot.
Gamespot gives Scarface: The World is Your 6.4 out of 10.
Overall, Scarface: The World Is Yours is more a victim of some poor design choices than any glaring technical issues. The developers accomplished the task of bringing Tony Montana back to life. But by taking the focus off of the gameplay elements that you’d want in an open-city game and putting it more on the game’s bland mission design and all the dull side tasks you’ll have to do to earn a reputation, Scarface doesn’t play to its potential strengths. The end result is a functional game that presents an interesting premise, but underneath you’ll find a wholly uninteresting game.
IGN thinks the Scarface game is 8.7 out of 10.
There are a whole lot of little things about Scarface: The World is Yours that make it fun, but it’s the sum of its parts that make it the overall great game that it is. It does a whole lot to fix many of the problems with other games in the genre, and it does an absolutely fantastic job of bring the world of Scarface to gamers. While it isn’t quite perfect, we won’t hesitate for a second to recommend it to action fans everywhere.
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