A few recent reviews
I haven’t been posting on here as frequently as I’d like, but I’ve written a few reviews for Thunderbolt in the last few weeks which you may be interested in:
FIFA 09
“Football fans are a loyal, optimistic bunch. Each year they pin their hopes on their team, praying that their support with finally pay off. Yet each season, early promise gives way to inevitable failure. The parallels with football games are uncanny; each year we hope and we’re told that this time we’ll get the title we deserve. In fact, FIFA 07′s motto was “This is the season”; it wasn’t. Euro 2008 was a surprisingly decent improvement over last year’s title, but has FIFA finally become the game we so want it to be?”
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway
“A girl in a plain white dress swings from the rafters of the barn roof above, swaying in the wind; the soldiers who hung her there long gone. Such unexpected brutality makes you stop for a second and think. Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway is defined by moments like this, showing a level of maturity unmatched by its peers. It takes inspiration from the likes of Band of Brothers, but is brave enough to carve out its own story rather than duplicating someone else’s.”
Jumper: Griffin’s Story
“Just as sports games are perennially mocked for being more of the same, film adaptions are often ridiculed for not living up to the material they’re based on. Yet with Jumper, the two are perfectly aligned. The movie was a horrendous mess, with a predictable and poorly written script, dire acting and more plot holes than you could shake a stick at. It’s fitting then, that the game is just as shoddy.”
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