Game Review : Colin McRae :Dirt 2

If you like driving simulation, you going to love this game. Alright, before we started, I am going to give you some detail about the game.

Title : Colin McRae : Dirt 2
Developer : Codemasters
Genre : Driving Simulation
Release Date : 8 September in North America

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The Good : Solid Driving, great graphics, very forgiving, great damage model.
The Bad : To few Cars, to few tracks, not much of improvement from previous game "Grid"

Colin McRae : Dirt 2 is an off road driving sim racing game. The graphics in the game is exactly the same from the previous game from Codemaster "Grid". The Different is "Dirt 2" you will be driving in dirt, meanwhile "Grid" use to be in Tarmac. The two driving mechanics are quite different from each other, in Dirt 2 you have to think how to power slide in to corner, while in "Grid" we have to learn how stick you car to the tarmac as much as possible.

"Flash Back Mode"
How many time you guys out there who play a racing game, doing every corner perfectly only mess it up at the last corner and lost the race? Dirt 2 eliminate this frustration by giving you the "Flash Back Mode". So when you made a mistake in your race, you just simply use this mode to Flash back couple of seconds and start over. When you reach that corner for the second time, you can slow your car down and drive it more carefully through the corner. You can use these Flash Back Mode 4 times in a race in casual difficulty and it will take one off if you choose harder difficulty.

Cars
Unfortunately, Dirt2 don't have as many cars as "Grid" in term of selection. There are several categories of cars in Dirt2, eg Rally Cars, Buggies, Trucks, etc. And each category has couple selections of cars. In every race event, they have their own categories cars that allowed to enter. Other things, your car looks exactly the same when you got them as rookies, and have no visual changes at all when you reach Pro or world tour event. The difference can only be seen in the performance of the car.

Tracks
Even though all the tracks in Dirt2 are beautifully build, there are only a hand full of tracks can
be race on. All they did is just to make you race from A to B or B to A. even though it feel different, it still the same track.

Overall
Dirt2 is a solid Driving Sim game. it will keep you busy for quite some times. so if you are a Driving Sim Fans, Dirt2 is recommended by me.

Score
Dirt2 Score High 8 / 10

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Game Review : Batman Arkham Asylum

Hallo again. I am going to give my first game review "Batman Arkham Asylum".
Before we start, I am going to lay out some details.

Tittle : Batman Arkham Asylum
Developer : Rocksteady Studio
Publisher : Warner Bros / DC Comics & EIDOS Interactive
Release Date : 25 August 2009

When I first heard that they are making a new Batman games, I am not really excited at all and my expectation are very low. In my past experiences in gaming world, nearly all Superhero games has been a let down. Sorry to say, but Spiderman, Hulk, Ironman are all rubbish. Some are still ok, but you can let it pass without even regrettin g it.

It all changed when I try Batman Arkham Asylum at PS3 Demo, every thing is very smooth and very responsive. I can't wait for it to come out and try it out.

Give me time to finish the game ok!
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Alright! All Done. I finish the game. Here comes the review.

Batman Arkham Asylum score high on my rating : 8.5 /10

The Good : BAA (Batman Arkham Asylum) Combats mechanic are simple, fast paced and looks very good. It mix from Assassin Creed and Tenchu. Graphic and Audio are amazing! Good 10 - 12 hours game play.

The Bad : Joker can be anoying sometimes. (but isn't he always?) its very tempting to play the hole game in Detective Mode vision. You're not going to see all the Super villains in the game. You can see their presents and are not in their cell but you never get a chance to face them. There are only small replay value.

Batman in BAA are quite different from the Movie by Christopher Nolan. In BAA, Batman is not as dark as in the Nolan's movies. So if you read the Batman Comics in the past you will feel right at home in BAA.

Here you are trying to capture Joker... AGAIN... who loose in Arkham Asylum where all the super villains are in prison. It's really a bad situation but it is a perfect job for the Bat.
you start in the beginning of the game only equipped by your Bat suit and Batarang. But as you progress and gaining experience, you will be start getting more Batman gadgets and attack combos so you can access some areas that you can't access before.

In the Arkham Asylum you're not only going to kick bad guys butts. Eddy Eygma or so called The Riddler will keep you busy for hours trying to solve all the puzzles he created for the greatest detective in Gotham City and finding his Riddler Trophy.

So what are you guys waiting for? Go and help Batman save Gotham City and Arkham Asylum from psycho killers
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