Is Gaming Too Easy Today?

Posted on 27 January, 2013 by Deus Exer

ARTICLE_difficulty

Is Gaming Too Easy Today?

Are games less challenging?

by Daniel Geikowski

©2013 Daniel Geikowski

uncharted-3-screenshots-oxcgn-21I’m always after new experiences.

Therefore, I recently purchased a PS3 for Christmas, and one of the first games I bought was the highly-touted Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

I played through the original, and while I had an enjoyable experience, it was over rather quickly.

So therefore I decided that I better purchase Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I flew through  that also, which led me to getting my hands on Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.

I soon realised, that even though I’ve had my PS3 for just under a month, I’ve blasted through the Uncharted Series, as well as Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and DOOM 3: BFG Edition.

It got me thinking: have my skills as a gamer increased over time, or are games not as challenging as they once were?

Aging man’s rant, or legitimate concern?

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OXCGN’s Trials Evolution: Origin of Pain DLC Review

Posted on 23 October, 2012 by dkpatriarch

OXCGN’s Trials Evolution: Origin of Pain DLC Review

Like riding a bike with no saddle

by Chris Fox

©2012 Chris Fox

Origin of Pain adds more content to everyone’s real favourite Xbox exclusive with 36 new tracks (both regular and Supercross), brand new costumes for your biker, new skill games, a new vehicle and extra track creator objects in the triple figures.

With all that value, you’d expect this hefty chunk of DLC to cost you an equally hefty figure.

Save that loans website for later; Origin of Pain will only set you back an unbelievably reasonable 400 MSP.

Why, Ubisoft, are you trying to seduce me…?

Trials revew here

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OXCGN’s Trials Evolution XBLA Review

Posted on 26 April, 2012 by dkpatriarch

OXCGN’s Trials Evolution XBLA Review

Survival of the Fastest

by: psychofox

©2012 Chris Fox

Trials Evolution is the hotly anticipated sequel to Trials HD, an Xbox Live Arcade exclusive that refined the always popular Motorcross formula back in 2009.

Developer RedLynx have built on their solid foundations to bring us the most viscerally enjoyable single and multiplayer experience to be found on XBLA or anywhere else.

Trials Evolution doesn’t just overtake it’s predecessor, it leaves it behind in the dust.

Happy Trials this way

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OXCGN’s Trials HD XBLA Review

Posted on 17 August, 2009 by Ben Cad

Speed, Flip and Crash to your Hearts Content.

shadow waveby Shadow Wave:

©2009 Ben Cadwallader

trials-hd-riderIf you’re like me, in moments of extreme boredom you have resorted to playing an online flash game.  Dirt Bike; one of the many flash games was my game of choice. Where you simply controlled a 2d dirt bike and guided it over an obstacle course, which was extremely addictive and fun and sometimes very frustrating.

Trials HD, developed by RedLynx takes that awesomeness and times’ it by 10, bringing HD graphics, physics, level creators, frustration and fun to the Xbox 360 console as a fully fledged arcade title. This is a game that everyone can enjoy if they give it a go as its so simple to play.

Essentially the goal is simple, get your bike across the 2d plane obstacle course and cross the finish line without crashing, and thanks to its very simple controls, almost anyone can give this a go, the right trigger accelerates, left trigger brakes, and the left joystick adjusts the angle of the bike. And that’s it, 4 buttons, this is a ‘pick up and play’ game at its finest.

• Trials HD Trailer

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