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Gaming: "Cars" and "Prey Demo" |
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Written by McClatchy-Tribune
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Wednesday, 12 July 2006 |
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CARS
Grade: B
For Nintendo DS, rated for all ages, $29
START YOUR ENGINES: The video-game adaptation of Pixar’s latest movie on the DS is a collection of mini-games that will delight the young’uns
SHORT AND SWEET: Adult gamers will zip through most of the challenges on first or second try. But this isn’t a game for adults.
BOTTOM LINE: The game manages to reproduce a lot of the appeal of the film. The characters are engaging, and the games make pretty good use of the stylus and touch screen. But even kids might find that the ride is over sooner than they’d like.
PREY DEMO
Grade: B +
For Xbox 360, rated for ages 17 and older, free from Xbox Live Marketplace
ALIEN PROBE: This is an odd tale of alien invasion meets American Indian mystic weirdness.
OFF THE RESERVATION: You are a young Cherokee stuck in a reservation when aliens attack and you are beamed aboard the alien ship.
SHOOT TO KILL: The neatest parts of combat are magnetic walkways that let you run up ceilings and walls and buttons that flip gravity around.
BOTTOM LINE: This early Prey is promising, because it proves that there’s still room for innovation in the shooter genre. | Only registered users can write comments.
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