And it’s a laugh-out-loud treat to hear them all cheer with glee when you finally lead them to safety. The game starts to get freakishly fun as the crowd of people following your character grows longer and longer, eventually trailing him down the streets and around buildings. Its clever use of aerial maps and some madcap music makes the whole thing a genuinely quirky and original package…not to mention an oddly addictive one. These throngs will follow you wherever you go and it’s your job to lead as many of them as you can to the Escape Zone while avoiding the various oversized zombie critters that stalk the streets.īelieve it or not, “The Last Guy” has far more in common with “Pac-Man” than it does with the usual zombie-fighting or horror games. The streets of the Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco or the National Mall in Washington DC, collecting throngs of people hiding in buildings, cars or beneath trees. Looking down on the world below from way up above, you maneuver a caped crusader through This bizarro little title – which can be downloaded to the PS3 through the PlayStation Network – uses real aerial maps of real cities (Los Angeles, Tokyo and London among them) to set the stage for a game in which you must save hordes of terrified citizens from marauding zombies and mutant monsters. “The Last Guy” is a zombie game unlike any zombie game I’ve seen. ” And “Castle Crashers,” which launched last week through Xbox Live Arcade, keeps things rolling with yet another dose of indie-driven inspiration. I’ve already gushed at length about indie games “ Braid” and “. Independent game developers have been the shining stars of recent months, offering up games that have been inventive, intelligent and utterly fun to play.
So before you start hoarding all your money for the coming onslaught of games, here’s a look at some recent top-notch offerings that deserve your attention and your dollars too. In fact, there have been so many superb games recently it would be a real shame to let the looming fall season steal the summer thunder.
If you want to find the gaming goodness, you’ll have to download it straight to your console or PC.ĭownloadable games – particularly those available through Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network – have been especially outstanding during these not-so-dog-days of summer. That is, if you’re used to walking into a store to pick up the latest and greatest games, forget it.
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