Sentences with phrase «bombastic games»

Every week, a series of fast - paced, spectacularly bombastic games release, all competing for your attention.

Amid the indefatigable barrage of bombastic games that deliver adrenaline - soaked, white knuckle experiences, there's Gust's Atelier franchise.

Platinum Games is known for their crazy bombastic games, having made Vanquish and Bayonetta.

Not exact matches

Add in an epic, bombastic orchestral score by Kevin Riepl (he also worked on Gears of War) and a surprisingly robust and easy - to - use level creation tool and you have one of the better games to be released so far in 2011.

«Sitting alongside the snappy and at times genuinely funny dialogue are the ridiculous, bombastic set - pieces you expect from a God of War game.

We've got a pretty good selection for you this week: a bombastic smash»em up video game adaptation, a throwaway horror with creepy faces and a delightful stop motion animation that's one of my favourites of the year so far:

Finally, we can return to the video game landscape one decade ago, when there existed a spot for action games that were neither pixelated indie titles nor bombastic AAA behemoths.

One of the things we mention in our review is how the game has a bit more of a bombastic, action - packed opening than Monster Hunter fans might be used to — but that quickly gives way to more traditional monster hunts as the game sends you out tracking smaller beasts and then larger, more threatening creatures.

Director Peter Berg kneels at the altar of Michael Bay and lovingly creates a clone of his most bombastic, military - fetish, slo - mo obsessed, whiplash - cut - driven movies with Battleship, based on the Hasbro (the same company behind the Transformers movies and yes, it definitely shows) board game of the same name.

is a bombastic battle - party game where you will find a fantastic armament of tanks and weapons at your disposal to dispatch the enemy threat.

Eviscerating common enemies is consistently gratifying over Revengeance's eight chapters, but it's the handful of boss fights with Desperado cyborgs and giant mechs that deliver the game's best, most bombastic encounters.

However, just like the Pirates sequels arguably crossed over from being good hammy fun to becoming a bit too bombastic in style and scope, there's reason to be concerned that A Game of Shadows might follow a similar path.

Heroes of Normandie [$ 14.99], the digital port of the Devil Pig Games» board game with the same name, is precisely the kind of wargame that creates stories not only because it usually has you command a very small number of units over a pretty small battlefield, but also because the game is constantly celebrating its inspiration: the classic, bombastic WWII movies like The Dirty Dozen and A Bridge Too Far...

While triple - A titles offer bombastic action, things like Papers Please, Gone Home and the Stanley Parable present unique experiences that don't always fall into the category of traditional video games.

The first half of the game is a much more compelling affair, sticking with the cop theme more faithfully than the bombastic second half where it EA's own insecurity can be felt in every idiotic moment of bombastic mayhem.

While epic action set - pieces are so common these days as to illicit heavy groans from critics and gamers alike, it's easy to forget that Modern Warfare was the game that essentially pioneered the bombastic formula, and that back then it was something never really seen before.

At the same time the action is bombastic, the tale being told is big and the artwork is pretty lively, so there's a nice contrast going on that ensures the book never becomes too dark or depressing, something which Game of Thrones is absolutely atrocious for doing.

If you're looking for some truly bombastic or even unique units to bring to the table here then this isn't the game for you, keeping it relatively realistic in terms of tanks, infantry and choppers with only a few tame super weapons in the later game, but each of three factions feel quite different from one another.

However, unlike previous games in the franchise, Black Ops actually knows how to pause — however briefly — to develop the events and characters that these bombastic battles and setpieces are based around.

But it's the story missions that are the strongest, using characters from the three previous games to make them bombastic, funny and imaginative.

Duel of the Planeswalkers (DotP) is a difficult game to review as its expectations as a game will vary wildly depending on what camp you are in; do you want a bombastic interpretation of the Magic series that utilises the Xbox 360's graphics alongside high end strategy, or do you want a near carbon copy of the actual card game that is already out there, but with the ease of an internet conne...

I'd often kill myself intentionally in the hopes that I'd load back to a previous checkpoint, just so I could play through one of the game's many bombastic scenes again and enjoy the great work that Crystal Dynamics has done here.

I think they are a bombastic, overblown, and ridiculously over-hyped display of most, if not all, of the things I like least about gaming and gamers.

highly refined gaming headset that focuses on providing excellent sound quality that captures the complex and bombastic soundscape of games at an affordable MSRP of $ 100

The new inclusion of Limit Breaks also adds a much needed bombastic spark that all Final Fantasy games should have.

Further complicating things is the fact that there are various factions within the Darkness that are not above shooting at each other and it's never quite clear why, and the game has a love of bombastic dialog filled with references to things that make you feel like you're watching the third movie in a trilogy without having seen the first two films.

When you look at the games released today, it feels like they're all trying to make everything huge and bombastic.

Wolfenstein: The New Order was a good shout for Game of the Year in 2014 thanks to it providing a classic bombastic old school shooter experience.

Dead Space's final boss fight is a loud, bombastic battle that clashes with the rest of the game's claustrophobic mood.

It appears we won't have to wait long for the next much - hyped bombastic EA shooter after Battlefield 3 is released, with a leaflet inside the BF3 box apparently outing the next Medal of Honor game.

The Adventure Pals wears its love for Jake and Finn like a badge of honour and while it lacks originality, it's still a bombastic, endearingly bonkers, thoroughly enjoyable game.

For example, the opening theme delivers soft, ominous tones which capture the mystery behind the game's time travel elements, while the bombastic beat of drums later on helps convey a sense of adventure and danger.

With the year winding down, and the relative calm of December — at least from a game release perspective — settling over us, it's a great opportunity to discover some of those gems that may have slipped through the metaphorical cracks; a victim of our wandering eyes gravitating to more bombastic and flashy affairs.

Previous trailers for EA's next Medal of Honour game have been exciting, bombastic and action - packed in an effort to compete with Activision's Call of Duty.

Winner: Final Fantasy XV Final Fantasy is one of the few game franchises that's able to support its own concert series, and Square Enix managed to produce yet another bombastic and orchestral soundtrack for Final Fantasy XV.

Touted as one of the largest open - world third - person action role - playing games on the market, this bombastic title is one with which players should expect to spend at least 100 hours.

This game is less bombastic.

With the growing emergence of higher quality JRPGs, games like Vagrant Story and Thousand Arms also basked in the same style of having weapons that were huge and bombastic to say the least.

Fire Emblem Fates takes the big bombastic story of a Fire Emblem game and spreads it across two games, Conquest and Birthright.

Whilst there are no overtly bombastic orchestral scores permeating your every beat, Hellblade's astonishing use of binaural audio puts it in front of most other games on our shortlist.

Entirely opposed to this, is the far more bombastic ability to dual wield nearly every weapon in the game, from knives to automatic shotguns and sniper rifles.

I can tell you right now that I will very likely play just enough of Just Cause 3 to warrant penning up a Short Take on it a week or so after this bombastic open - world game drops.

True to the setting of the game, the matches are bombastic; the fighting is dirty and maybe just a little bit rash.

Heroes of Normandie [$ 14.99], the digital port of the Devil Pig Games» board game with the same name, is precisely the kind of wargame that creates stories not only because it usually has you command a very small number of units over a pretty small battlefield, but also because the game is constantly celebrating its inspiration: the classic, bombastic WWII movies like The Dirty Dozen and A Bridge Too Far...

Its cheap - looking interface is a far - cry from the vibrant comic book look of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and its graphics are a mixed bag of gorgeous, colorful stages and bombastic in - game effects but mostly bland character models.

In its original guise as Overstrike, players loved the bright and bombastic action on show in the game's initial reveal trailer.

All of these reasons leave Titanfall feeling like a game that was hyped on the spectacle of its bombastic launch trailer, but one that ultimately failed to be compelling enough to differentiate itself from the competition in a meaningful enough way.

It treads a fine balance between simulation and arcade — bombastic and silly at times, but also an accomplished populist racing game.

This four - player co-op game is a classic feel - good romp with bombastic weapons and an over-the-top story and characters.

There may have been question marks surrounding last week's annual video games expo — E3 in Los Angeles — with some publishers not hosting booths, but gamers need not fear: it was as bombastic as ever and promised much for the year ahead.