There were a few demos released yesterday on the PlayStation Network. One was a very disappointing third person beat-them-up Watchmen: The End is Nigh. All you do is perform light/heavy/throw attack on your enemies, it was actually interesting for the first 5 minutes but then it got so repetitive I lost interest of the game. The demo allows you to play for 30 minutes (there is a big timer on top), frankly I think it doesn’t take 30 minutes to figure out the game needs to end, right now! If you are not convinced, IGN rated this game a 5.5.
Luckily, the other demo, which is one of the highly anticipated games, also based on the movie – Wanted: Weapons of Fate. Its a third person shooter with a twist, just like in the movie, you can carve your bullets to travel at ridiculous angles before hitting your target. Initially, you can perform two carves before needing to refill them by killing your enemies. If its a kill shot, the camera will follow the bullet up close and in slow motion before hitting the target’s head. Based on screenshots I saw over the Internet, you can have more than two carves as you progress through the game.
The demo is pretty short as well, but at least its sweet and short not sour and short like Watchmen: The End is Nigh. In my opinion, Wanted: Weapons of Fate has one of the best cover systems out there. You can move quickly behind one object to another by a press of a button. You can also perform one hit melee kill when you walk up to your enemy, again in slow motion and your screen ends up with a splash of blood after the execution.
I love the graphics, specially the black suit your character is wearing. The interior of the plane, which is where the demo takes place, is also pretty detailed.
One complain I have for this game is the background music. It switches between two tracks, one is the normal situation and the other for during gun fights. It gets annoying when you go in and out of battles, meaning the two tracks are starting, stopping and restarting within a small time frame.
Wanted: Weapons of Fate will be released on March 24th, I’m not sure if I want to get it though. Its certainly fun but I’m just not sure how long before I get bored of bullet carving.
I am still wondering who the female unlockable character you can get though.
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