{"id":1034,"date":"2013-12-10T20:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2013-12-10T20:00:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T19:00:26","slug":"xcom-enemy-within-wolf-among-us-alien-breed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/10\/xcom-enemy-within-wolf-among-us-alien-breed\/","title":{"rendered":"XCOM: Enemy Within \/ Wolf Among Us \/ Alien Breed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I\u2019ve finished a lot of games in the last couple of week\u2026<\/p>\n

First off, \u201cXCOM: Enemy Within\u201d:<\/p>\n

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As you might have noticed from my previous blog entry, this one was pretty good\u2026 this is how DLC should be done, even with all it\u2019s faults\u2026 It improved the game marginally on all fronts (graphics, bugs, etc), added some new gameplay mechanics (gene mods and mechs) and another storyline (parallel to the original). Would have liked to see that other storyline better worked\u2026 I didn\u2019t get some of the missions that apparently other people got, and I got them in the wrong order (it seemed).<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s still the XCom experience (which I jumped into in Ironman mode, for that extra punch), and I\u2019m really looking forward for another expansion or (please, please, please) a sequel (\u201cTerror From the Deep\u201d, anyone?)<\/p>\n

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Bought and finished the first episode of \u201cWolf Among Us\u201d, and I loved it\u2026 For those that don\u2019t know, \u201cThe Wolf Among Us\u201d is yet another Telltale graphic adventure, based on some comic book (don\u2019t know them, so I can\u2019t say how close to the original they are). The visuals are great (really amazing), they took the formula (visually and narratively) from \u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d and polished it further\u2026 Great writing, and if this was out 2 or 3 years ago, this would have been a breath of fresh air (the whole \u201cmythical creatures are real\u201d thing), but we\u2019ve had a lot of TV shows on that lately, so that part is a bit old news\u2026 Still, it\u2019s darker and grittier than most, with a very cool noir vibe to it. <\/p>\n

The story revolves around \u201cWolf\u201d, which is the famous \u201cBig Bad Wolf\u201d of myth that\u2019s decided to make a change in his life, and acts as a sheriff of sorts for the Fables (mythical creatures of fantasy that crossed over somehow from fairtytales). The story is the usual noir-esque plot: a damsel in distress, whodunnit sctick\u2026 <\/p>\n

Really good writing, though\u2026 I feel most of my decisions matter, which is pretty awesome! \"Open-mouthed<\/p>\n

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Also finished \u201cAlien Breed: Impact\u201d. This is a remake of the classic game by Team 17, which I played on the Amiga and loved!<\/p>\n

The game is an homage to the sci-fi alien movies, in which the ship where we are the engineer crashes into another dead ship, filled with alien lifeforms\u2026 <\/p>\n

The game features a third person control (similar actually to the one I\u2019m using on \u201cChrome Hunter\u201d), and it\u2019s quite fun\u2026 It\u2019s not brilliant, though, and the weakest part is actually the writing\u2026 You can almost see the ideas the writers had for character development and such, but for some reason they don\u2019t come across, and the story is just filler for alien killing\u2026 Missions are also a bit \u201csamey\u201d \u2013 turn on reactor A, and to that you have to go to three switches somewhere, etc\u2026 It\u2019s a bit contrived most of the time, and not enough focus on the alien infestation itself, in my opinion, but as I said, it\u2019s fun\u2026<\/p>\n

There\u2019s some good tension moments when you run out of bullets, etc, but that\u2019s a thing of the past in the middle of the game, and the monster placement\/appearance is a bit predictable (so the horror factor goes away).<\/p>\n

Still, for a budget title, it captures most of the great things of the 90\u2019s game (it\u2019s done by the same company, or at least one with the same name).<\/p>\n

Now playing the next title in the series (\u201cAlien Breed: Assault\u201d), it\u2019s a good way to kill some hours!<\/p>\n

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Well, I\u2019ve finished a lot of games in the last couple of week\u2026 First off, \u201cXCOM: Enemy Within\u201d: As you might have noticed from my previous blog entry, this one was pretty good\u2026 this is how DLC should be done, even with all it\u2019s faults\u2026 It improved the game marginally on all fronts (graphics, bugs, […]<\/p>\n

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