CLASH OF THE TITANS Xbox, PS3
Bandai Games If you’ve ever wanted to go head-to-
head with Medusa, or take on a caval- cade of other beasties from Greek mythology, this tie-in game will give you that opportunity while also expanding on the plot of the 2010 film. The star of the show is Perseus, who must complete a variety of monster-
slaying missions in order to save the town of Argos and its princess from Hades’ wrath. To accomplish this, you’ll fight your way across a number of well-rendered exterior locales, including plains, deserts and mountain ranges (though oftentimes they are just the same maps dressed differently), testing your skills against centaurs, cyclops and other monstrous foes before the end-boss showdown with the hulking Kraken. While the combat controls are easy to learn (one gets the impression this is meant to be
kid-friendly), there’s also great potential here for overthinking the level puzzles. Many maps feature dead ends that seem like they should go somewhere and some bosses can only be killed at certain, not well-defined times. Still, the weapon enhancement system, which is ad- vanced through power-ups gained from kills and special kill sequences that occur when the right button is pressed at the right moment, is actually quite well done.
00000 HEADSHOTS: EXPANDS ON THE MOVIE’S PLOT, GOOD WEAPON ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM
VAMPIRE SAGA: PANDORA’S BOX iPhone, iPad
Alawar Entertainment Vampire Saga’s app store summary prom-
ises a game with a spellbinding story that’s not for the faint of heart. What you get is much more mundane... and far from frightening. Players are tasked with untangling a
decades-old mystery surrounding a massacre at sea and the unusual (read: vampire) cargo that may have incited it. This makes for a serviceable, atmospheric plot, but gameplay is too simple and repetitive – almost entirely
limited to environmental puzzle-solving (find object, use object to overcome obstacle) and visual mini-games, where you must locate and tap certain objects on the screen in order to gain items that unlock the next location. The music is adequately eerie, and the graphics decent if a little dark
(like the undead, Vampire Saga does not fare well in the sun), but there’s no getting around the fact that regardless of whether you’re exploring a decrepit old mansion, an abandoned ocean liner or a mysterious island, you’re essentially doing the thing same over and over and over again. Yawn. ALYX KENDLE
00000 HEADSHOTS: EASY TO LEARN, GOOD TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLS MISFIRES: EXTREMELY REPETITIVE GAMEPLAY, VERY SHORT MISFIRES: UNDERDEVELOPED TWO-PLAYER MODE, USELESS MANUAL, REPETITIVE MAPS
What isn’t so hot is the completely useless manual (forget
going there for help) and the painfully underdeveloped two- player mode, which doesn’t kick in for several levels and only requires skill-less button-mashing. Clash of the Titans has much in common with its recent cin-
ematic counterpart, in that it had the potential to be some- thing good, but just couldn’t pull it off. Mediocre sword-and-sandals action, recommended only if God of War III is already out on rental. MONICA S. KUEBLER AND BRENTON BENTZ
THE SERIAL KILLER TRIVIA GAME Board Game
Culture Heroes Do you know who the Son of Sam is? Or
how many prostitutes Jack the Ripper butchered? These are just a couple of the questions you’ll face playing the Serial Killer Trivia Game.
Players begin by choosing the murderer they want to be, either Richard Ramirez,
Ed Gein, Ted Bundy, Aileen Wuornos or Albert Fish. The next step is to move around the game board looking for a victim. Once you’ve found one, you must correctly answer one of 500 trivia questions to win a victim token before proceeding to the nearest dump to dispose of the evidence. Then it’s time to move on to the next neighbourhood. Along the way, you’ll also encounter Scenario Cards, which you have to read
and react to. For example, one states that you’ve been busted for indecent expo- sure while masturbating in the bushes of an elderly woman’s house, so you lose a turn. The first player to collect a kill from all five neighbourhoods is declared the winner. The game can be played by up to five people and is crammed full of historical
facts about various serial killers, something that’s sure to please the morbid minded. ANDREW LEE
00000 HEADSHOTS: QUICK TO LEARN, LOTS OF INTERESTING INFO, FUN TO PLAY MISFIRES: SOME TRIVIA QUESTIONS ARE EXTREMELY HARD, NOT SCARY
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