NL: Gaming Review Roundups

For some unknown reason this first game should appeal to the Ninjalane anime crowd rather well. I just don't know why.

The Bikini Slasher: X-Blades for PC Review @ OCModShop

Hack and Slash games have been around for a while; even some classic video games like Gauntles, Altered Beast and Castlevania could be considered part of the genre. The premise of these games is to cut up opponents into tiny kibbles in as many satisfyingly gory ways as possible. As hardware become more complex, so did the Hack-and-Slash.

Many recent games pit a super-warrior against a literal army of foes, which can be awe-inspring.There's nothing really complicated about these types of games, and many of them have redundant gameplay ad nauseum. But I guess that's part of the genre's charm. One way developers have made new games more appealing is to churn out the eye-candy, in terms of graphical visuals and scantily-clad heroines.

GTA IV Game Review @ QuentinRademaker

Four years after the GTA: San Andres, Rockstar Games finally finished GTA IV for the PC. I already played the game for some hours half a year ago on a PS3 but I wasn't impressed at all. So now, 2 months after the PC version was released I gave it a try and bought it. And I have to say: You need a keyboard and a mouse to enjoy the game.

But, sadly, the PC version isn't perfect, too. For example it took me some hours to get the game starting at first. After downloading 15GB for the game I had to register for Rockstar's Social Club (don't ask me what I need it for). But you have to tell them in which country you live and they also want to know your ZIP Code and phone number. But the person who made the site where you can register failed: you can only enter US ZIP Codes and US phone numbers. So that took me about 45 minutes to find out (I now live in New York Liberty City :D). So now I was able to start the game I thought....