Wow. It's been three months since we've done a round-up of our Beyond Co-Op Reviews. For that, we apologize. It was a pretty busy time up until a few weeks ago, but now we're back with a huge batch of reviews of the latest games that don't necessarily feature co-op play. Without further ado, here are 8 game reviews for your reading pleasure from our staff.
Not to be outdone by the bevy of sales from Microsoft, the PlayStation Network has announced their "11 for 11" sale. That's right, eleven PS3 games for half the price, in honor of 2011. (Personally, I can't wait for 2099. That sale should be incredible.) There is a smattering of co-op goodies sprinkled into the lineup, including Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue, Hoard, Soldner-X2: Final Prototype, Comet Crash, and Shatter. These offers are only available until the end of the month. For a full list of pricing and games getting the half off treatment, read on.
Apparently there was a long and storied saga for our little Soldner Final Protoype. It was a tale wrought with heroics, bad guys, explosions, and umlauts. Sadly like all good stories, it must come to an end. Soldner X-2: Final Prototype is getting a piece of DLC called The Last Chapter which tells this fateful tale.
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype takes you on a wild Shoot 'em Up ride through space, under the sea, and through a variety of beautiful environments. We take a moment to play this with a buddy, and offer you the chance to do the same. Check out the review, and enter for a chance to win a PSN code.
Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype plans on hitting the PlayStation Network on May 25th for $12.99. With it you get a side scrolling shooter with a handful of game modes including two player local co-op play.
The Original Söldner-X: Himmelssturmer has possibly the longest and hardest name to say for a side scrolling shooter ever. Seriously, it sounds like you have a mouth full of hot taco beef and tried to recite Shakespeare. But there's a sequel now, one that isn't as hard to pronounce, it's called Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype and it's an upgrade from it's predecessor in a handful of ways.
This month in our Beyond Co-Op Reviews we take a look at quite a few solid titles. We compare the open worlds of Prototype against inFAMOUS; we look at what happens when Plants and Zombies mix. We also check out Knights in the Nightmare, Bionic Commando and the latest Indiana Jones title. ...
Last night we were lucky enough to get some hands on time with upcoming Activision games for a pre-NY Comic Con event. We examined the ex co-op game Prototype, slashed some bad guys in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and met our old friend BJ Blaskowitz it's Wolfenstein. While there's no co-op to ...
I remember when they announced the co-op mode of Prototype was cancelled. They left us with a glimmer of hope, hope that perhaps they would come to their senses and add back in some sort of cooperative mode. We all had visions of Crackdown in our heads, and despite a possibility of a sequel, this was as close as we were going to get. But now a recent 1UP interview with Radical Entertainment's Chris Ansell, well it looks like there's no chance in hell.
Why was multiplayer cut from PROTOTYPE? Tim Bennison: From its inception PROTOTYPE was planned first and foremost as a single player open-world/action game. Naturally, with Alex’s genetically mutated shape-shifting abilities, we started to explore what would happen if he were to sub-divide into two PROTOTYPEs and what kind of multiplayer gameplay we could create around that concept. We’ve been looking at this potential multiplayer idea much more closely as PROTOTYPE’s development has been progressing, and while it’s a great concept and gameplay bonus, our conclusion is that we won’t be able to pull it off with the same level of quality and polish that we’re aiming for with the original single player story.
