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UK Game Charts - March 27th - Just Because
Chart-Track have released the UK Sales charts for the week ending 27th March. We don't usually report on this, but I thought Josh would be happy to see that people other than him are obsessed with Just Cause 2 too. The people of the UK are sometimes known to dance, albeit poorly, so it is no surprise that Just Dance is continuing to dominate the chart. Maybe there is some sort of brand confusion or synergy between Just Cause and Just Dance. I personally hope we are about to see a wave of games that start with the word 'Just', like 'Just Stab' and 'Just Auto-Attack'.
Read on for the chart!
Chart-Track have released the UK Sales charts for the week ending 27th March. We don't usually report on this, but I thought Josh would be happy to see that people other than him are obsessed with Just Cause 2 too. The people of the UK are sometimes known to dance, albeit poorly, so it is no surprise that Just Dance is continuing to dominate the chart. Maybe there is some sort of brand confusion or synergy between Just Cause and Just Dance. I personally hope we are about to see a wave of games that start with the word 'Just', like 'Just Stab' and 'Just Auto-Attack'.
Read on for the chart!
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Daily Grind: Splinter Cell Conviction Demo
Ubisoft must have had some sort of renaissance recently and discovered the lost art of making Splinter Cell games. I've been a long time fan of the series, and have played every game including both versions of Double Agent. While I'm glad they didn't go with the totally crazy Hobo-Sam Fisher version from 2007, I have been a bit worried about the direction they've been talking about taking the franchise in over the last few months. To boil it down, everything they've said has sounded like they are planning on making it more of a shooter than a stealth game. While I can see how a shooter will almost certainly have more general appeal these days, there are a million other shooters around so it would be a shame to lose the one thing that made Splinter Cell unique.
I'm please to report that yes there is some stealth left in the game if the demo is anything to go by, but at the same time you can get through the entire demo with relatively little problem just by immediately shooting everyone you come across. In fact it's probably considerably faster to shoot everyone. The only real reward for being stealthy is that you build up a way of making the shooting even easier, so it's clearly been designed with gun use in mind. My general play style for the previous games was to pick off the guards in each area quietly one by one without alerting anyone until no-one was left remotely conscious. I'm not sure if that's how I'll end up playing this game though.
Awesome: Mission Control - Last Known Position
Boresome: Is this set to low detail? - Get Your Murder On
The Big Deal: Mark and Execute
Read on for the big deal, apparently.
Ubisoft must have had some sort of renaissance recently and discovered the lost art of making Splinter Cell games. I've been a long time fan of the series, and have played every game including both versions of Double Agent. While I'm glad they didn't go with the totally crazy Hobo-Sam Fisher version from 2007, I have been a bit worried about the direction they've been talking about taking the franchise in over the last few months. To boil it down, everything they've said has sounded like they are planning on making it more of a shooter than a stealth game. While I can see how a shooter will almost certainly have more general appeal these days, there are a million other shooters around so it would be a shame to lose the one thing that made Splinter Cell unique.
I'm please to report that yes there is some stealth left in the game if the demo is anything to go by, but at the same time you can get through the entire demo with relatively little problem just by immediately shooting everyone you come across. In fact it's probably considerably faster to shoot everyone. The only real reward for being stealthy is that you build up a way of making the shooting even easier, so it's clearly been designed with gun use in mind. My general play style for the previous games was to pick off the guards in each area quietly one by one without alerting anyone until no-one was left remotely conscious. I'm not sure if that's how I'll end up playing this game though.
Awesome: Mission Control - Last Known Position
Boresome: Is this set to low detail? - Get Your Murder On
The Big Deal: Mark and Execute
Read on for the big deal, apparently.
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