OXCGN’s Dead Space 3 Review

dead space 3 review

OXCGN’s Dead Space 3 Review

A ‘visceral’ stomp?

by Daniel Geikowski

©2013 Daniel Geikowski

dead space 3 3It seems that during the course of gaming, various trends come and go, much like everything nowadays.

Whether they are visual styles, aesthetics, themes, mechanics or gameplay styles, many publishers attempt to incorporate these current trends into their games and franchises, with mixed results.

The Darkness II altered its visual style from a realistic to cell-shaded effect, reminiscent of the game’s comic origins.

Splinter Cell: Conviction ditched its primary focus on stealth and silence, opting to turn to a more “Bourne-like” action theme.

dead space 3 screenshots oxcgn #1The Fallout series was originally a top-down RPG, however Bethesda mixed things up in Fallout 3 by utilising a first person perspective, used in titles such as Oblivion, and later Skyrim.

Some hit the jackpot, while others damage their franchises by incorporating something which feels seemingly out-of-place.

Dead Space 3 is no different.

Dead Space 3 review

Skyrim Creation Kit “Surprise” Revealed as Portal 2 Space Core, Gets Removed

Skyrim Creation Kit

Portal 2′s Space Core Appears, Gets Removed

by exterminat

©2012 Nicholas Laborde

UPDATE #2: The initial stress on the servers has been alleviated, and you should be able to download it easily. You can find the Space Core here. Simply hit “subscribe”, it’ll download the next time you start the game, and then he should fall out of the sky near the Western Watchtower near Whiterun.

UPDATE #1: Bethesda informs us that the content has not been removed; there is simply a lot of traffic at the moment causing the content to become unavailable. We will update when things cool down. The original article is as follows.

Today, fans of Skyrim around the world have rejoiced: Bethesda has officially, at long last, released the Creation Kit, the official mod tools for the community to take full advantage of the game and create crazy custom content.

The mods themselves can be easily located via a nifty new place on Steam called the Workshop. Players can find a mod, easily install it, subscribe to the author, write recommendations, et cetera.

Do you remember the zany Space Core from Portal 2‘s ending?

A rather mysterious companion mod appeared, and was almost immediately removed. (more…)

OXCGN’s Game Of The Year Awards 2011

OXCGN’s Game Of The Year Awards 2011

Did the VGAs get it wrong?

by: dkpatriarch

©2011 David Hilton

For many of us the VGAs were a bit underwhelming.

Which games stood head-n-shoulders above the others?

We had new announcements in the form of new ‘post-apocaliptic’ zombie survival type games (sigh), and new footage of some upcoming games that look either very promising (Bioshock Infinite, Hitman Absolution) or incredibly silly (Metal Gear Rising: Revengance, or as I call it: Devil May Rise: Cryvengance).

Then we had the idiocy that made our gaming industry look even more puerile with ‘tea bagging’ those whose speech went a little long and bad jokes.  Are we still all supposed to be childish teens?  Or am I just getting way too old for such ‘humour’?

Anyway, for the last week or so we at OXCGN have been nominating and tallying our own Game Of The Year Awards for 2011.  

If last year was the year of the sequel, this year was the year of the three-quel (Uncharted 3, Gears of War 3, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, Resistance 3Dungeon Siege 3Serious Sam 3…I’m sure there are others…).

These are just our individual opinions scored together using a complex mathematical formula involving each of us picking a Top 3 and scoring them with a 5, 3 or 1.  I’m sure the VGAs had a much more sophisticated methodology…

Without any more rambling, here are OXCGN’s Game Of The Year Awards for 2011.

Feel free to discuss your opinions of the VGAs and our picks in the comments section below.

Do you agree with our GOTY picks? here

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