New Releases 06/24

[bigkev]

New goodies for the weekend with Gregorick giving us 360 magazine issues 16 and 42.

 

Badass Lara is best era. Modern era she's 'vulnerable' --- processing heavy emotional issues while still taking out entire armies of private security goons. And they go all in with the suffering, falling down cliffs, beaten up aspect. Replacing Desert Eagles with bow and arrow? Come on man. I completed all three of the 2010 games, they're still decent but I fear the peak has been reached.

Speaking of Tomb Raider. Am I one of the rare few who actually thought Angel of Darkness was decent? Despite its technical glitches which had Lara walking through buildings and falling under the screen to her death, I always enjoyed the character interaction with its choice of dialogue responses and the investigative Parisian scenes which reminded me of those classic point n click adventures.

[zaraned]

New goodies for the weekend with Gregorick giving us 360 magazine issues 16 and 42.

 

Badass Lara is best era. Modern era she's 'vulnerable' --- processing heavy emotional issues while still taking out entire armies of private security goons. And they go all in with the suffering, falling down cliffs, beaten up aspect. Replacing Desert Eagles with bow and arrow? Come on man. I completed all three of the 2010 games, they're still decent but I fear the peak has been reached.

Speaking of Tomb Raider. Am I one of the rare few who actually thought Angel of Darkness was decent? Despite its technical glitches which had Lara walking through buildings and falling under the screen to her death, I always enjoyed the character interaction with its choice of dialogue responses and the investigative Parisian scenes which reminded me of those classic point n click adventures.

I played it on and off and besides the tech issues, aesthetically it's top stuff. The opening theme is fire. As great if not better than the original theme. I guess it has a dark early 2000's edge to it and I'm fine with that, I'll take that any day over some of the stuff releasing now. That gothic vibe was going around back then. Reminds me of a few Evanescence  tunes which released around the same time.   

[bigkev]

New goodies for the weekend with Gregorick giving us 360 magazine issues 16 and 42.

 

Badass Lara is best era. Modern era she's 'vulnerable' --- processing heavy emotional issues while still taking out entire armies of private security goons. And they go all in with the suffering, falling down cliffs, beaten up aspect. Replacing Desert Eagles with bow and arrow? Come on man. I completed all three of the 2010 games, they're still decent but I fear the peak has been reached.

Speaking of Tomb Raider. Am I one of the rare few who actually thought Angel of Darkness was decent? Despite its technical glitches which had Lara walking through buildings and falling under the screen to her death, I always enjoyed the character interaction with its choice of dialogue responses and the investigative Parisian scenes which reminded me of those classic point n click adventures.

I played it on and off and besides the tech issues, aesthetically it's top stuff. The opening theme is fire. As great if not better than the original theme. I guess it has a dark early 2000's edge to it and I'm fine with that, I'll take that any day some of the stuff releasing now. That gothic vibe was going around back then. Reminds me of a few Evanescence  tunes which released around the same time.   

Spot on about the dark edge comment. Everything from the moody murder plotting to the rain-drizzled settings injected the game with that grungy noir flavor. There were a few titles adopting that early 2000-era goth vibe too; Primal and BloodRayne are two that come to mind during that period.

[Kiwi]

Another seven issues of Comptiq have been added to the site thanks to Hubz...

[Kiwi]

Finally well enough from my recent bout of Covid to start scanning again so the August 1990 issue of Bits & Bytes is now available.

[Kiwi]

Three issues of Play Meter have been added to the site thanks to Hubz. Gotta love those arcade mags!!...

   

[kitsunebi]

Family Computer Magazine #13 and #14 are now available.  Scans by Hubz and edits by moi. 

These mags are read right-to-left, so set your CBR reader to manga/Japanese mode.

 

[slider1983]

Badass Lara is best era. Modern era she's 'vulnerable' --- processing heavy emotional issues while still taking out entire armies of private security goons. And they go all in with the suffering, falling down cliffs, beaten up aspect. Replacing Desert Eagles with bow and arrow? Come on man. I completed all three of the 2010 games, they're still decent but I fear the peak has been reached.

One of the reasons I can't stand the reboot Tomb Raider games. The other being the gameplay. Unfortunately I feel Crystal Dynamics find everything about the game series that made the series a success 'problematic' which is why they're rebooting her again differently. 

[zaraned]

Badass Lara is best era. Modern era she's 'vulnerable' --- processing heavy emotional issues while still taking out entire armies of private security goons. And they go all in with the suffering, falling down cliffs, beaten up aspect. Replacing Desert Eagles with bow and arrow? Come on man. I completed all three of the 2010 games, they're still decent but I fear the peak has been reached.

One of the reasons I can't stand the reboot Tomb Raider games. The other being the gameplay. Unfortunately I feel Crystal Dynamics find everything about the game series that made the series a success 'problematic' which is why they're rebooting her again differently. 

I'm going to take a stab in the dark here for a moment and say envy for Core Design. Maybe even old Crystal Dynamics. They couldn't produce a series with a fraction of the legacy of Tomb Raider even if someone held a Desert Eagle to their heads.

[Kiwi]

The September 1992 issue of Bits & Bytes is now available.

[Kiwi]

The March 1984 issue of Your Computer (UK) has been scanned and added to the site.

[Kiwi]

Micro User #85 is now available.

[Kiwi]

Ten issues of Play Meter have been added to the site thanks to Hubz.

[Kiwi]

The September 1991 issue of Bits & Bytes is now available.

[Kiwi]

All of Gregorick's acquired issues of 360Zine are now available with 26 issues added today.