DesertEagleXIX
03-23-2009, 03:59 PM
At last Spring’s E3 convention Sega unveiled two upcoming, headline titles: MadWorld and Bayoneta. Both looked derivative and needlessly hyperviolent, as if to mask some gameplay deficiency. To make matters worse, we didn’t get to actually play the two games, but watched a representative walk us through a demonstration. As we left, we overheard another member of the press divisively state, “I liked the games better when they were called Manhunt and Devil May Cry.”
At first glance Madworld, a recent release for the Nintendo Wii has a number of similarities with Rockstar’s Manhunt. Both are framed within a dystopian television show that places its contestants in a kill or be killed challenge. Each game lingers on the violent execution of enemies, ratcheting up the Grand Guignol spectacle with each subsequent level. Whereas Manhunt and its sequel were set in a pseudo-realistic environment, MadWorld wisely strives for a darkly comical tone. This oblique path (with apologies to Robert Frost) has made all the difference.
The game’s narrative seems initially skeletal; terrorists known as the Organizers have sprayed the citizens of Varrigan city with a nasty viral weapon that will kill them within a few hours. The game’s protagonist, Jack, enters the gladiatorial bout with one goal- to slaughter enough enemies necessary to gain an antidote. However, as we played through the seven-hour storyline, we became increasingly interested in the motivations of Jack and those behind the Organizers.
Continued: http://tech-gaming.com/2009/03/23/mad-world-reviewed.aspx
At first glance Madworld, a recent release for the Nintendo Wii has a number of similarities with Rockstar’s Manhunt. Both are framed within a dystopian television show that places its contestants in a kill or be killed challenge. Each game lingers on the violent execution of enemies, ratcheting up the Grand Guignol spectacle with each subsequent level. Whereas Manhunt and its sequel were set in a pseudo-realistic environment, MadWorld wisely strives for a darkly comical tone. This oblique path (with apologies to Robert Frost) has made all the difference.
The game’s narrative seems initially skeletal; terrorists known as the Organizers have sprayed the citizens of Varrigan city with a nasty viral weapon that will kill them within a few hours. The game’s protagonist, Jack, enters the gladiatorial bout with one goal- to slaughter enough enemies necessary to gain an antidote. However, as we played through the seven-hour storyline, we became increasingly interested in the motivations of Jack and those behind the Organizers.
Continued: http://tech-gaming.com/2009/03/23/mad-world-reviewed.aspx