LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
I, the understand, do solemnly swear on pain of death by robotic rottweiler mauling, that the following review shall contain no poor rubbish based puns, including, but not limited to ‘Gomibako is (not) rubbish’ ‘Gomibako should (not) be consigned to the rubbish bin’ and ‘ Gomibako is (no) more than a collection of puzzle game mechanics recycled from other successful titles.’
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Boot up Space Invaders Infinity Gene for the first time, and you’re welcomed by the attract screen from the 1978 original Space Invaders. A tap of the screen and a brief load later, and you’re playing, well, Space Invaders,or a variant with no shields, at least, with tiny black and white graphics that would make an Atari 2600 blush. Fortunately, ten seconds in, and just as you start to believe you’ve been had for 600 Yen for a sub par thirty year old arcade conversion, the game flashes in colour and clean, sharp lines. A famous Darwin quote from the ‘Origin of Species’ appears, and things kick off for real. For the first time, Infinity Gene has changed the rules of the game. It will do it a lot more, and there’s rarely, if ever a time when said change isn’t refreshing and welcome.
Ever wondered how is the video game market in other places beside US, Japan or European countries? What about Korea? We know they have TV shows dedicated to Starcraft but what about Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii?.
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First of all, you can’t beat the title. Or the concept. A game called Miami Law (or Miami Crisiswhen it gets released here next month) about Cuban drug deals, terrorist conspiracies and undercover police work, wherein a gun ho misogynistic male cop is forced to work with a female FBI detective who has to do everything by the book and learns a little about himself in the process (natch). It could be the elevator pitch for any number of 80s movies or TV shows. Especially ‘Miami Vice’. Or, umm, ‘Martial Law’
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Unfortunately, the opportunity to be a slightly tongue in cheek 80s parody in a Vice Citymould, or to be about a fat kung fu detective in a channel 5 mid afternoon drama series is passed up by Miami Law, which takes itself all too seriously from the moment you put the game in. Start the game up, and it begins to aspire to more gritty crime dramas. Like ‘CSI: Miami’, perhaps, if it were written by a team of monkeys locked in a room with typewriters.
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