Games of January 2011
12 Jan, 2011, 1:56 pm IST | by Avinash Bali
Here are the games you could spend your hard earned money on this month.
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January is a cold month, as far as both the weather and video game releases are concerned. It’s a time when people have barely recovered from the “holiday mode”, so you don’t have a bunch of games lining up for release. This January, however, surprisingly has quite a few interesting titles in the pipelines and here are the best of the litter. Dead Space 2 (Xbox360 PS3 PC) - 25th January Space does have its advantages Taking a cue from cult classics like Event Horizon and Doom, Dead Space was a stellar and horrific romp through space fusing action, horror and all out gore perfectly. You played as Isaac Clarke, an engineer who finds himself on a derelict spaceship infected with all sorts of unpleasant alien life forms. Using unconventional weaponry forged from the tools of his trade, Isaac fought his way to safety. Dead Space 2 fast forwards to three years later and players find out that Isaac’s so called safe haven has been run over by the Necromorph invasion – once again. While core gameplay remains the same, expect newer monsters, weapons and a brand new multiplayer mode which we’re hoping won’t totally suck. LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3) - 19th January One happy, adorable family Bringing even more cuteness your way, LittleBigPlanet 2 (LBP) is back with the sack gang and their shenanigans. The game plays out like its predecessor which, in case you missed out on it, was an adorable platformer that also let players create their very own levels. Due to this, the game’s shelf life increased drastically as the community came up with thousands of entertaining levels, all of which were free to download. Now with LBP 2, players can actually create genre specific levels which means you can forge anything from a first person shooter to a racing game to a platformer - within a platformer. Yeah, some Inception sh*t going down in here. Mass Effect 2 (PS3) - 21st January Anorexic zombies FTL! After Mass Effect’s phenomenal success, BioWare knew it was wrong to deprive PlayStation 3 owners of such an enjoyable action RPG. And so after this rather compassionate revelation, they decided to port ME2 to the PS3. Even though the first game won't be switching platforms, the PS3 version of ME2 will include an interactive comic that’ll help players catch up with the Mass Effect lore. In addition to this, all the choices you make in this comic will be ported over to your ME2 save games as well. Cool stuff! And finally, all the DLC cooked up by BioWare over the course of this year will also be bundled with the PS3 version. Monday Night Combat (PC) – 24th January What exactly are we supposed to be shooting at? Simply put, Monday Night Combat could be called a shallower version of Team Fortress 2. Besides sharing the game’s visual style, MNC like TF2, is a class-based, team shooter. You play as one of two sides - Red or Blue – and are tasked with destroying the opposition and their MoneyBall (and no, that isn’t a euphemism). Besides killing one another, players can also team up to take on waves of enemy robots a la horde mode. The game’s essentially a downloadable title so don’t go expecting high production values akin to a proper retail game. If this sort of thing interests you, head on over to Steam to pick it up for $13.49 (Rs. 600). DC Universe Online (PC PS3) – Out now Superman doing his thing DC Universe Online is an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) in the same vein as World of Warcraft, except it takes place in the DC universe. Like any MMO out there, a significant chunk of gameplay is spent indulging in a bunch of solo PVE (Player vs. Environment) encounters, after which you can get on to the PVP (Player vs. Player) action. The game’s obviously banking on its cast of supporting characters like Batman, Superman, Joker etc. to draw comic lovers in. Even though the PS3 version is not hitting Indian stores, you could pick up the PC version from |
