What I’ve been playing this Winter

You might say that it’s been a rather slow couple of months for gaming.  Of course, there’s been loads of gaming news going on but I’m not a news website and in all honesty I haven’t really been bothered passing comment on any news items.

However…   I do have an opinion on the whole Next Generation Portable/PSP2 situation, but it’s going to have to wait until I get round to scribbling something for an article on ‘The future of portable gaming’.

The Nintendo 3DS is also a non-event for me as it’s more-or-less a DS but with 3D capabilities isn’t it?  You can change the memory card format it takes and call it a new console, but come on.  After the innovation with the Wii I have to say that Nintendo has really dropped the ball with this one.  Again, I’m not going to explain why until my future article on portable gaming.

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Hands-on with Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

I like my racing games, and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is no exception; I love it!    You certainly feel the sheer speed and power of the licensed motors you’re driving and if anything, it certainly feels a lot faster than Burnout Paradise if that’s at all possible.

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit has been two years in development by Criterion Games, the developers of the Burnout series.  Whilst this latest title in the Need for Speed series is a homage of sorts to 3DO’s original Need for Speed series in the late 90s, the game also evokes memories of Burnout 2: Point of Impact for me.  It really does beg the question then: where does Need for Speed begin, and Burnout end?

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