steve kwan user experience designer

Reviews of The Suffering, Gun and Indigo Prophecy

(December 8th, 2005 - 8:27PM)

I'm going to be out of town for the weekend, so I figured I'd put some content up here to make it up to my fans.

I've got a lot to say, but a lot of it probably shouldn't make it onto the site yet. The problem with a public journal is you have to censor yourself. As much as I want to just run my mouth on here, I have to think about what I say.

I've been finishing games faster than I can review them, which is a testament to my laziness in updating this site. And to how much free time I have.

Reviews for The Suffering: Ties That Bind, Gun, and Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit) are below.

Review: The Suffering: Ties That Bind

Torque is such a badass that it's easy to forget his name is Torque.

(4 / 5 stars)

A sequel to The Suffering, a sleeper hit from 2004. It was a great game with a few minor flaws. The Suffering: Ties That Bind addresses most of the original game's problems and provides a compelling single-player experience.

If you haven't played The Suffering, I highly recommend it. Unfortunately, you might have trouble finding the original a year after its release. Fortunately, you can play The Suffering: Ties That Bind without much prior knowledge of the original.

The game looks good and the controls are responsive. Considering that this game was released for consoles as well as the PC, I'm impressed at how well it plays on my box. I have no idea how it plays on other systems.

The voice acting is decent. Michael Clarke Duncan lends his voice to the game's antagonist. The rest of the characters are decent, but not compelling.

Overall, I recommend giving it a shot.

Review: Gun

Yeehaw!

(3 / 5 stars)

The commercials have probably made it obvious that Gun is a western shooter.

The game has a lot of good ideas and can be fun, but also has a lot of boring, uninteresting missions.

The gunplay is actually quite exciting and the "splat" noise from a headshot is really satisfying, but overall Gun is a really mediocre game with a few high points.

Review: Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit)

He's not Asian, actually.

(4.5 / 5 stars)

Indigo Prophecy, also known as Fahrenheit, is a third-person cinematic adventure about a murder suspect on the run and the police trying to catch him.

The gameplay is stupid, pointless, and boring. The controls are awkward. But you won't care, because the plot is so compelling and the characters are so well developed.

I highly recommend Indigo Prophecy. Not because it's a great game, but because it's a great cinematic experience.