Quick Look:- Ghost Recon Future Soldier

Ahead of Ghost Recon Future Soldier’s UK launch newbreview.com’s Luke Mears and Adam Radcliffe got together to record a short video looking at some of the key gameplay elements in the game.

Anyone that has read our full review will know that we think the game is fantastic, but there are some out there that have criticised what they have seen of the game because they feel that it is too action oriented, with little or no skill required.

With this is mind we felt we could allay those concerns by showing some of the stealth and tactical options that are open to players to use as they see fit.

And for those that aren’t at all bothered with stealthy gameplay we’re also showing off some of the intense action that can be found in both the main story mode and the wave-based survival Guerrilla mode. (more…)

Tags: Adam Radcliffe, Ghost Recon, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Luke Mears, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Red Storm, video, XBox 360

Competition:- Win a Signed Ghost Recon Future Soldier Poster

To celebrate the release of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier we are offering one lucky reader the chance to win a Ghost Recon Future Soldier poster that has been signed by key members of the development teams as Ubisoft Paris and Ubisoft Red Storm.

As an added bonus this poster has also been used on a firing range by the team, and has been penetrated with bullet fire, making it an extra special collectable item.

To stand a chance of winning you simply need to head on over to our full review of the game and leave a comment describing your dream weapon of the future. The newbreview.com team will then pick their favourite comment and will be in touch with the winner via email (so please, when posting a comment make sure you use a working email address!)

Full terms and conditions can be found at www.newbreview.com/competitions.

Please note that due to shipping charges this competition is open only to those with an address in the UK.

The competition will close at 5pm GMT on Monday 28th May 2012.

Tags: competitions, Ghost Recon, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Redstorm

Underrated:- Metro 2033

The world as we know it is over. Civilisation has fallen. All is crumbled and decayed. Massive radiation a constant threat as the mutated creatures it has created hunt us at every turn. The few of us that survive must struggle daily to scrape an existence and avoid sudden and merciless death in this most hostile of environs.

For many this situation is the stuff of nightmares, but for me, and countless other gamers, it sends shivers down the spine… in a good way…

With the Fallout series leading the way in sales figures for the genre many have not had an opportunity to enjoy any of other available post-apocalyptic options.

Perhaps chief amongst these is the excellent, and highly admired (by me anyway!), STALKER series of games, which present a far starker (;-)), darker and grittier post-nuclear survival experience.

But if ever there were a hidden gem of the genre it must be Metro 2033. (more…)

Tags: 360, 4A Games, FPS, Metro 2033, PC, Rax, Richard Burley, Survival, THQ, XBox 360

Review:- Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Game: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Format: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Developer: Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Red Storm, Ubisoft Bucharest
Publisher: Ubisoft

Is there a genre more over populated than the military shooter? It’s entirely understandable really, what with the gigantic sales figures achieved by Activision’s Call of Duty titles, that every publisher under the sun would want to get jump on that cash cow. But then, at the same time, the sheer number of modern era shooters could very easily lead to consumer fatigue (some would argue that it already has based on the lower than expected sales of Modern Warfare 3).

One publisher not to succumb to peer pressure is Ubisoft, who tend to stay away from the over-crowded first person shooter genre as a whole, instead preferring to release more varied third person action games. Their latest foray in to the third person military world of Tom Clancy is Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and, as the name suggests, this game takes place in the not too distant future, arming you and your squad with an arsenal of weapons that we could very well see on battlefields in a few years time.

It’s the use of these believably advanced weapons that makes Future Soldier such a fresh experience. Yes, Call of Duty and Battlefield have for the current weaponry down, and there are a multitude of futuristic shooters that have all sorts of wonderful glowing weapons in their repertoire, but Future Soldier brings the best of both worlds – realistic but advanced weaponry – and couples it with some really tight and satisfying tactical gameplay. (more…)

Tags: Ghost Recon, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Kinect, Luke Mears, PC, PS3, Review, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Red Storm, XBox 360

The Secret Diary of a Gamer’s Wife

OK so I married a man that has more games than we have room for in our meager closet storage space. So naturally, in the name of marital harmony, it would make sense for me to dabble in his main interest, considering it’s literally everywhere I look.

You see I’ve always liked video games but I have never loved them. I mean, come on, I played Super Mario World (coolest game ever in my humble opinion) for 15 years without thinking “Could these graphics be better?”. I have always enjoyed the odd video game here and there, such as Rock Band 3 and Left 4 Dead 2, but I doubt I’ll ever care about them to the same extent that my husband does.

I knew before I married my husband that he took a lot of enjoyment from playing video games. I just didn’t know at the time how someone could get so involved in a simulation. (more…)

Tags: Mary Mears, PS3, The Secret Diary of a Gamer's Wife, The Sims, The Sims 3, The Sims 3 Pets, XBox 360