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VIRTUALISATION Review: Watchman: The End Is Nigh - if only
VIRTUALISATION Review: Watchman: The End Is Nigh - if only | Review: Watchman: The End Is Nigh - if only |
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| by Mike Bantick | ||||||||||||||||
| Sunday, 16 August 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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Hence we end up with games that have obviously had a great deal of work put into them, but come out feeling unpolished and uninspired or forced. Witness Terminator: Salvation , well Watchman: The End is Nigh out-uninspires even the soulless Terminator offering. When I received this compilation of the two downloadable W:TEIN parts, I was ready to immerse myself in the Watchman mythos. You know, ready the graphic novel, watch the movie and then relive the universe in-game. Having not ventured down the fictional path of Watchman, I was looking forward to it, but a few hours in I realised I needed to treat this game as purely a game, and in no way encourage Watchman fans to consider checking this out. Combined, parts 1 & 2 feature nine chapters of cartoon introduced grime. Taking place 10 years before the recent movies’ timeline, players can choose either to run around with your hands in your pockets as Rorschach the down-on-society brawler or as Nite Owl with his more positive outlook and higher tech approach to battle. Either way it won’t take long to be bored. There is a premise of co-op, which the game is built around, but this is so lamely implemented as joint door opening, switch pulling or the occasional - very directed – splitting of directions that you wonder why they bothered. Playing solo, will see the AI take control of your buddy, and do an okay job, mainly due to the simpleton game-play and enemy AI that you will find yourself up against. Nothing was funnier than standing next to a riverside dock edge and watch the enemy charge at my heroes only to fall off into the water before reaching them – hilarious.  CONTINUED on PAGE 2 |
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