http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com I don't remember it, but I don't like it! Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:15:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After tons of conjecture created by Valve's newest patch additions to Portal, today, Portal 2 has been announced officially. Considering Portal was god damn perfect, this is a big deal. Does it also herald Half-Life 2:Episode 3? A new Orange Box? Only time and press releases will tell. VALVE ANNOUNCES PORTAL ... http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2010/03/05/portal-2-is-official/ Short version: Did you play the first? Get the expansions. Long version: Do you like 4X games? Do you like RTS games, and are you potentially cynical about them like me? Get this. Verbose version: Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity is the original Sins of a Solar Empire game combined with its ... http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2010/03/03/sins-of-a-solar-empiretrinity/ Without question, Mass Effect was one of the strongest releases of 2007. A groundbreaking RPG, it was recognized for great characters, a fully realized setting, top notch graphics, an excellent score, and some fun, if flawed, combat. While it wasn't perfect, players were definitely left wanting more, and after no ... http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2010/02/22/mass-effect-2/ God of Inferno. Dante of War. God of...Dante. Okay, you get it, it's a God of War clone. Perhaps the cloniest of the clones, even, whereas most God of War clones seem like the second or third generation down, this game feels just like someone grabbed that fairly lame Hades sequence from God ... http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2010/02/21/dantes-inferno/ Space dungeons ahoy! Greed:Black Border is a recently released dungeon crawler available on Steam. The setting tends toward sci-fi, though from the start it's quick to throw in zombie horrors to match the security droids and giant alien insects/crustaceans. No surprise, it doesn't really deviate from the roots, though it focuses ... http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2010/02/09/greedblack-border/ Today only (1/16/2010), 100% of your spendings at PopCap games go to Haiti. $20 or less gets you a great game AND does something important with the money. Go on. Buy something. http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2010/01/16/need-an-excuse-to-buy-a-popcap-game/ Oh boy. Disappointment. A bullshot loaded trailer is always a hint toward disappointment. In this case, the game's footage has been sped up for the trailers, making it look a lot more engaging than it is. And a lot more entertaining, considering most of the minigames move at a glacial pace, and ... http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2010/01/05/101-in-1-party-megamix/ Well, the name is misleading. You drive through them, not for them. Nor are you one. But when the game is about plowing down the undead, I can forgive the little things, like...well, a bad camera angle, odd controls when reversing, and a few clipping issues. Unfortunately, there's also a few ... http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2009/12/07/zombie-driver/ The Complete Overlord Package is available on Steam right now for $8.75. That's 1, Raising Hell, and 2, for under 10 dollars, normally 35 dollars. Overlord is a ton of fun, best described as an evil Pikmin game, with adorable goblin minions who wear pumpkins as helmets and attack with ... http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2009/11/12/a-hell-of-a-deal/ Call of Duty 4 was great, don't get me wrong. But it was FAR from flawless, and a few points were absolutely frustrating. For one, as much as it's supposed to be a challenge, veteran mode was WAY out of line and it showed a few real weaknesses in level design. ... http://www.gamecurmudgeons.com/2009/11/05/what-i-want-fixed-in-call-of-dutymodern-warfare-2/