The Impossible Game
If you’re a fan of mindless frustration, pick up The Impossible Game. You may have already played this button-timing / level-memorizing game on your mobile device, where it was first released. If so, you know that it’s one of the most terribly frustrating and crazy-inducing games ever crafted. If you haven’t you can try out the ‘lite’ edition as a flash game over here. Don’t worry, you only need the one button.
Dead Island
Dead Island is the controversial zombie game—which had some super-awesome-face trailers, but which looks pretty mediocre itself. In this title, players are dropped into the Royal Palms resort on the island of Banoi, where zombies have broken out and must be blasted. There is a mix of melee combat and customizable gunnery. The challenges take place in the open-world environment of Banoi, and four players can work together over the internet. Nothing about it looks particularly compelling compared to L4D, however, so it will likely have a tough time dislodging players from that popular co-op zombie slayer. The only thing it has going for it is what seems to be a deeper development system, through which the characters will level up and get better with their chosen weapons.
Crimson Alliance
Crimson Alliance is a goofy co-operative dungeon crawler, which resembles the visual style of Torchlight. The focus in this title, however, is simplicity. Level-ups are fast, spec’ing is easy, and deciding who should get which piece of treasure is as easy as looking at the class symbol on the outside of the treasure chest—although, if you want to play 4-player, you’ll have to share, since there are only three classes to choose from. Hopefully, they haven’t simplified it to the point of boredom. It also seems to have some throwbacks to earlier games in the genre, like trapping all of the players on one screen, even when playing over the internet.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
This week’s Icrontic Spotlight blankets the hundred worlds of The Imperium of Man in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. This Warhammer title breaks from the previous titles in the franchise, in that it is not an RTS. The player takes on the role of a single Space Marine, and follows his adventure through a combat on an Imperial forge world, where the Orks are trying to steal a valuable and powerful ship. The main gimmick seems to be a ‘seamless’ transition between melee and ranged fighting. Some players are also very excited about the multiplayer modes, which will cover the typical deathmatch, king of the hill, and capture the flag modes through class-based, team combat. Each player will be able to customize the color and insignia of their armor, just as they could do in the table-top game. One could also play through the campaign co-operatively. There is already a big discussion on Icrontic about this game, and Pete flew out to THQ to preview it, so head over there for some discourse.
Following is a full list of this week’s announced North American releases:
Windows
- Air Conflicts: Secret Wars
- Dead Island
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Wii
- Driver: San Francisco
- Get Fit With Mel B
- Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns
DS
- ATV X-Treme World Challenge
- Chess Attack
- Hoppies
- Junior Island Adventure
- Junior Mystery Stories
- Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns
- thinkSmart: Chess for Kids
- Veggy World
3DS
- Driver: Renegade
- Star Fox 64 3D
Xbox 360
- Crimson Alliance
- Dead Island
- Driver: San Francisco
- Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns
- Rise of Nightmares
- Skydrift
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
PS3
- Dead Island
- Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
- Driver: San Francisco
- Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns
- Resistance 3
- Rugby World Cup 2011
- Skydrift
- The Impossible Game
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
PSP
- The Impossible Game
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