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Dante’s Inferno Preview - Page 4 Disclaimer: The content featured throughout this magazine may contain links to our forum where there may be unsuitable language for children or those of a sensitive nature. We highly suggest that you are at least of the age 13 to visit the forums or click the links within the magazine. ISSUE 17 First off, happy new decade! In case you are more into your flaming demons of hell kinda 2010 has finally arrived and game, we have a preview of is set to be one of the best the new Dante’s Inferno which Meet the Team years for gaming yet. With the is set to be hot, hot, hot! Project Director much anticipated Bioshock 2 Steve Greenfield and Alien vs Predator due for To chill you too your bones (Rasher) release this year the GameOn we’ve an exclusive interview Chief Editor team are bouncing in their with the makes of Penumbra, Heather Cook chairs with excitement. Frictional Games, who have (FoxyStoat) given us an insiders look at Editor If you can’t wait that long their horrifying new game. Steven Dawson though we ‘ve brought (djdawsonuk) together some of the best So settle yourself down, put Graphics reviews from across the the kids to bed; make sure the Steven Dawson gaming world this issue. With boss is busy and the other half (djdawsonuk) an indepth look at the new is sat infront of their favourite Journalists online multiplayer Shattered tv show and tuck into this Chris Wakefield Horizon that will see you game filled issue of the mag. (evilgiraffeman) floating around space, to Matt Studd the more sexy gunslinging Happy gaming. (Beanz) Bayonetta which has been Sarah Collings a huge hit on all platforms The Ed. (angelfromabove) so far since it’s release. Pete O’Brien (POBMaestro) Neil Hetherington (Wedgeh) Adam Barnes (timmyshire) Kevin Malone (Dead Alive) James Bralant (TheGingerKid) Simon Poulton- Bonds (Si^) Chris West (kaostic) Steven Greenfield (Rasher) CONteNTS P4 PREVIEWS 4 dead 2 Dante’s Inferno.................................. 4 left P6 P6 REVIEWS Left 4 Dead: 2............................................................................6 Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues.......12 Bayonetta..................................................................................16 Shattered Horizon ................................................................ 20 James Cameron’s: Avatar................................................... 26 P38 REVIEWS Tony Hawks: Ride.................................................................... 38 Planet 51: The Game............................................................. 30 Cities XL .................................................................................... 42 FIFA Manager 10..................................................................... 34 Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games........... 46 Kings Bounty ........................................................................... 52 Jambo Safari.............................................................................. 56 Scribblenauts ........................................................................... 60 P38 P12 TONY hawK: RIde avatar: the game P26 CONteNTS DANTE’S INFERNO P4 INteRVIew WIth FRIctIONal gameS P68 P63 FEATURES Games on the Horizon for 2010 .........63 Gaming Heaven and Hell – Hell..........64 Interview with Frictional Games ........68 P72 COFFEE BREAK Crossword................................................ 72 Caption Competition Winner.............73 Game Charts........................................... 74 Back Issues............................................... 75 BAYonetta P16 maRIO AND SONIC P 46 pReVIew daNte’S INfeRNO and Spartan: Total Warrior in which you rapidly smash the face buttons to completely mutilate your enemies (in this case, demons and souls from the underworld). You use fountains to rejuvenate your health and mana by Dante’s Inferno follows a Knight in the Third inserting your scythe into them and hastily Crusade (a real-life character by the name of bashing the face buttons, hoping not to be Dante Alighieri who wrote about his vision attacked by any enemies in the process. of the afterlife in the 13th Mana is used to cast your century) who has a red spells that seem a tad out of crucifix sewn onto his “Take out rather large the ordinary for a holy man chest which depicts the such as a charge attack that events of the crusade. demons by slotting leaves behind an ice trail but Dante is stabbed in the they are quite fun to disfigure back (literarily) and is faced your scythe into their demons with. Along with with the Grim Reaper. your magical spells you get a skill called ‘Redemption’. Dante refuses to comply with temporal lobe.” While killing enemies Death so decides to fight him you build up redemption on a one-on-one dual. After many jumps and swings, Death is defeated and Dante claims his scythe for himself and the power that comes with it. With the scythe, you may pull off awesome combos, reap the souls of the eternally damned and gain magical powers (for some reason). You must use this scythe and newly acquired magical powers to fight your way through the nine rings of hell to reach your ideal woman, Beatrice. Gameplay wise, this game is fairly simple and unoriginal. It mirrors the likes of God of War pReVIew daNte’S INfeRNO “The gameplay is simple and addictive and the graphics are incredible.” and when your bar becomes full you can use it, speeding up your attack rate massively and causing more damage. On top of all of this, you can take control of rather The graphics both in-game and during the large demons by slotting your scythe into their cinematics are pretty decent as well. The in- temporal lobe. These control the same way as you game graphics are what we expect from a game would Dante. To do so, you enter an interactive now-days but the cinematics are something fight-scene where you must press specific buttons to see. They match that of Modern Warfare 2 when prompted. This is also how you can do a or Uncharted 2. They are simply brilliant. sort of finishing move on some larger enemies. In all, this game is nothing greatly new, but enough Just because this game has mirrored others, I am so that it’s certainly one to add to the collection. not saying that it isn’t a good game because that The gameplay is simple and addictive and the would be far from the truth. Dante’s Inferno is a graphics are incredible. Who wouldn’t want to very impressive game – if not a little adult due to enter hell and decapitate demons after all? the mature content. The developers do not seem to be able to keep a female’s top on within this game. ReVIew ReVIew Left 4 dead 2 left 4 dead 2 The original Left 4 Dead proved to be one of the The sequel takes place in the Southern United most popular and original multiplayer games of States which immediately gives it a different and 2008, so it was something of a surprise when its very unique flavour. Largely gone are the original’s sequel’s announcement was met with a barrier constantly dark and gritty environments, instead of scepticism and concern from members of the they are replaced by a wide range of different community. Most of the cynicism stemmed from locales and settings. During the course of the a perceived lack of variation, new content, little game you’ll fight your way through a Dawn of support for the original and, perhaps worst of the Dead inspired shopping mall, fight off hordes all, the inclusion of banjo music. So, does Left 4 of infected in muddy swamps and face some Dead 2 manage to shake off these worries and adrenaline-pumping finale sequences. Many of prove to be one of this year’s must play titles? the campaigns feature daylight elements, which create a strange sense of familiarity and heighten Perhaps the most obvious differences between the game’s intense atmosphere as you see normal Left 4 Dead 2 and its predecessor is the setting. streets populated by swarms of bloody creatures. ScReeNSHOTS ReVIew left 4 dead 2 To go alongside Visually, the game has received a significant these radically overhaul which is a testament to the variability of different “You can now the Source engine. While Left 4 Dead 2’s graphics locations, can’t quite compete with some of the latest Left 4 Dead 2 send them to their high-end next generation graphics, they can introduces a new still impress. Both day and night look fantastic motley crew of grave in ever more with some excellent lighting effects and even survivors. It was the filthy swamp water has a certain charm to always going gruesome ways!” it. Most noticeable are the new animations of to be difficult the infected who have found more ways to claw to create a and climb after you. However, you can now send group who had them to thier grave in ever more gruesome ways the charisma thanks to a new dismemberments engine which and character of the previous survivors and this usually sends limbs and bodily organs flying. fresh bunch can’t quite compete. They are all warm and likeable and their writing and voice Thankfully, the fresh gameplay additions can acting is constantly superb, Elis and Coach match up to the visual overhaul. The greater especially; however the remaining two, Rochelle variety in the weapons has a dramatic increase on and Nick seem a tad bland by their counterpart’s standard. As the game progresses though, there does become an attachment which becomes evident partly due to the inclusion of a more regimented story. In the previous title, the campaigns were nothing more than a series of “films”: you picked one, played it and moved on. Here the campaigns are woven together into a story, with each finale leading into the next. This was a great move and gives you a greater sense of progression and achievement and a sense that the overarching story is being advanced. TRAIleRS ReVIew ReVIew left 4 dead 2 left 4 dead 2 gameplay and most display distinct advantages ridden body suddenly vomit on you from behind and disadvantages. Not only do you have to make a corner.