Sentences with phrase «games of this genre around»

There aren't many games of this genre around, but there is a big revival coming and this is another rare game that is fit for all the family.

Not exact matches

[Update 11:23 AM: In a press release Tuesday morning, Nintendo noted that the length of the rewind depends on the genre of game: «Players can go back a few minutes in role - playing games such as Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, while action titles such as Super Mario World offer around 40 seconds, ideal for re-trying short segments of gameplay.»

The platform game has been around for so long that it's easy to assume that the genre has run out of surprises.

If this is the sort of game quality that should be expected from the best adventure games around, I think the genre is already dead as we know it.

If you haven't played the original Dishonoured - and please do, as it is another great game - the franchise is orientated around the first - person, stealth - action genre, in which you are given a ridiculous amount of freedom to approach a mission any way you want.

Although it adds twists like depth - of - field effects, rendering in full 3D, and a good amount of cut - scenes, there's no getting around the fact that Shadow Complex will feel extremely familiar to players who've spent time with other games in the so - called «Metroidvania» genre.

BAFTA defines the strategy category as honouring games «centred around the use of strategic gameplay,» rather than simply those that fall into the strategy genre.

A golden age of comic book movies may be dominating Hollywood right now, but over the past few years there have also been signs of an effort to turn around the thus - far lackluster genre of video game - turned film adaptations.

Anyone that has already played the game will have long since started taking this for granted, but Nintendo's ability to take the shooter genre and infuse it with platforming elements, thanks to the genius mechanic of shooting and swimming through your own ink — up the sides of platforms, around obstacles to take foes by surprise — it's a simple mechanic, that can be used in a shocking variety of ways.

At today's upfronts, Crackle unveiled upcoming programming — season two The Art of More and Supermansion; a new movie based on popular video game Dead Rising and seven channels — each based around genres that are popular with viewers (Comedy, Action, Drama, Thriller, Sports, Fandom and Anime),

The toys - to - life genre is a relatively new segment of the video game market revolving around the gimmick of physical toys can be ported through various means into video games, becoming playable characters in virtual adventures.

Though a handful of games like Tomb Raider and Ratchet and Clank took 3D platforming in new directions, the genre still had many of the same problems that had been around since Super Mario 64.

There are myriad reasons people like to throw around for that dark time: Microsoft focusing on the Xbox and paying less attention to the PC, Windows XP breaking compatibility with a bunch of older games from the «90s, fewer companies in the CPU / GPU markets, the increasing popularity of PC - centric genres (like shooters) on consoles, the fact that consoles actually provided the PC with some reasonable competition in terms of graphics, the rise of DRM, Steam looking like garbage in its infancy.

Ragtag Adventurers was built around one of the core mechanics of many popular games from the MMO and RPG genre — boss fights.

Since Infinity Ward laid a blitzkrieg on FPS gaming with the first Call of Duty in 2003, the wartime shooter has been passed around developers like a contraband porno mag, cycling through a slew notable game makers who have each added their own touch to the series while maintaining its genre - defining multiplayer and single - player experiences.

So when I heard that Dead by Daylight was finally making the transition to consoles I couldn't help but get excited; as a massive Horror Hound the prospect of playing a game that allowed you to take control of Michael Myers, The Shape from the Halloween films, amongst an assortment of other antagonists crafted from different genre archetypes definitely appealed to me and would serve as a nice counterpoint to stalking around Crystal Lake.

Publishers Paradox Interactive are well known for their role in the strategy genre, bringing arguably the most detailed strategy games around in the form of Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron and Crusader Kings.

To make sure you're never left idly moving the cursor around the environment in order to discover what can be interacted with Darkestville Castle employs one of the adventure game genres few innovations in the form of a button that highlights everything of interest.

Short Pause: «In the video version of this week's show, Brent, Ben, Bender, and Frankie get together to discuss Tuesday's release of Sea of Thieves, the announcement of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the rumors surrounding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered, the possibility of Call of Duty tackling the battle royale genre, Geralt of Rivia in Soul Calibur VI, Bluepoint's next game, the rumors swirling around the next Splinter Cell, the latest update to Destiny 2's development roadmap, this week's new releases, and lots more!»

Initially, Aporia seems to fit into the walking - simulator genre, a game based primarily around the exploration of a fallen civilisation, but it doesn't take long before you're solving puzzles and even dealing with an enemy that floats around like the much angrier version of Casper the Friendly Ghost.

It's very easy to lump this game in with all of the rest of the myriad of Strat - RPGs being released around that time, but what made this one stand out to me was the fact that despite the epic story going on around the characters, it kept a very childlike and innocent tone that you don't see too much in newer titles of the same genre.

The first two are basically irrelevant in this discussion, since this is not a debate about each person's own tastes and preferences in gaming that's happening around SF0 and particularly its controls but more a debate about their relative quality to game controls in general and certainly relative to the whole shmup or on - rails - shooter genre — and, since I started this particular discussion here with my first post, I'm telling you it's not about personal opinions of the game; it's about analysing its merits more objectively that that.

Previously, in earlier titles and even in other games in the same genre, you would feel that the world revolves around you at times — you're in the centre and everything happens because of you... Monster Hunter World plays differently, it makes you part of an eco-system which is happily surviving without you — creatures hunting other creatures and even eating each other in some cases.

If you've read any of my articles, it's painfully obvious Horror is a favourite genre of mine, and, considering the season, this seemed like the proper time to tell the world my view on the ten best horror games around.

Built around Masahiro Sakurai's crazy dream of making a four - player brawler at a time when the fighting genre wasn't selling particularly well, Super Smash Bros. carved out it own place among both fighting and party games by introducing unique mechanics that catered to fans of both.

Being that there hasn't really been a light - gun game of any kind (well, not specifically anyway) for a good long time in console land, this is a pretty rare opportunity for fans of the genre to dig in - and it certainly seems like it's not a bad game all around either.

At the same time, it also modernizes the genre to strip out much of the frustration that went along with early games of its kind, leaving you with a genuinely heartfelt, warm and very funny story, nicely voice - acted, wrapped around a set of super clever puzzles.

Outland can be a game that speaks for this generation of game consoles and what can be done for a genre of games that has been around for almost as long as gaming it's self.

Whether it was by getting ahold of the guys who made the FPS genre with games like DOOM and Quake, or by getting a little more money to throw around, both sides were pleased with the deal.

Zelda Breath of the Wild falls in the Action / Adventure with RPG elements type of game although we could put the game in the Action genres which accounts for approximately 34 % popularity around the world.

PlayStation Mobile game prices will range from around $ 2 to $ 20 and be available in a variety of popular genres, including Adventure, Action, Puzzle, Sports, and Simulation.

Side scrolling games have been around since the mid 80's and Super Time Force Ultra does a lot of things you'd expect from the decades - old genre.

Publishers Paradox Interactive are well known for their role in the strategy genre, bringing arguably the most detailed strategy games around in the form of Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron and Crusader Kings.

The princess - saving, Bowser - defeating hero is one of the most memorable characters in video game history, and throughout the Super Mario games his character design has been one of the few things to stay relatively finite as gameplay elements and genres change around him.

In this game in the genre Action, you can not only wander around the world, solve puzzles and fight with enemies, but also love, communicate with the outside world, grow up and simply lead the life of an ordinary person, living it as you see fit.

Endless Space 2 is one of the most inclusive games of its type around and manages this without losing any of the complexity that comes with the genre or setting.

Unlike many other games of this genre, the exploration isn't limited to a few corridors dotted around with a few dead ends to poke your nose into.

Alternatives: While «Cupcake Corner» offered up a refreshingly sweet take on the social genre, there are plenty of similar games still kicking around on Facebook, such as «Farmville 2» and «Dragon City.»

The beat -»em - up is among the most heavily populated video game genres, replete with example after example of how to make an exceptionally fun game about walking around and punching bad guys into blinking submission.

Anyone that has already played the game will have long since started taking this for granted, but Nintendo's ability to take the shooter genre and infuse it with platforming elements, thanks to the genius mechanic of shooting and swimming through your own ink — up the sides of platforms, around obstacles to take foes by surprise — it's a simple mechanic, that can be used in a shocking variety of ways.

Thrown together for laughs during a gamejam, the title was also, in its way, an earnest celebration of the second generation Kinect's finesse - unchecked, as so many Kinect games are, by the expectations of genres that have coalesced around controllers or mouse - and - keyboard.

A genre of game that should be filled with fast action racing going around dirt tracks and aiming for the win, with some issues that effect the overall enjoyment of the game and taking away its full potential.

The truth of the matter is that, while players tend to think of themselves as all - around hardcore gamers, in actuality they tend to be invested in only a few genres or titles.

Yes, I wish topic selection was more robust, genre selection was more varied, and that you could actually see other game companies being formed around you and their successes (you get almost no perspective on what's going on in the rest of the gaming world outside of console development), but these limits are understandable given its an indie studio that's never done anything like this before.

My first experience with the horror genre was on the PC, with Hugo's House of Horrors: an adventure game that had its tendrils primarily wrapped around the pillar of horror, no matter the snippets of humor that managed to rear its ugly head.

Legendary British developer Peter Molyneux, one of the most renowned game designers around, is famous as the inventor of the god game genre and has secured his place in computer game history with innovative and successful titles such as Populous, Black & White, and Fable.

The graphic adventure game has been around since the very early 1980s, but the genre really found its footing, and both brilliant critical acclaim and great commercial success, with the implementation of point - and - click control.

After playing a variety of platformers, shooters, role - playing games and racing titles, we found some controllers that are great for specific genres, and others that are all - around excellent.

It takes a genre that has been around since the beginning of video games and manages to do something pretty unique with it.

I finally got around to playing Bulletstorm last month, and it makes up the majority of my gaming time (with the rest split between Rayman Origins, an admittedly high - profile puzzle platformer, and Neon XZS, an indie game in the 6 - DOF genre, which we are still experiencing a dire lack of games in).