1. Quick review: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
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... a thrill-a-minute bombardment of enemies, fun traps and puzzles, speed runs and boss battles, chopped and tossed in a salad of beautifully-rendered graphics, piss-easy controls and a heavy lean towards ...

2. Nintendo 3DS - hand on!
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... worth it; I like the face recognition feature as well.  I was slightly disappointed by Mario Kart and PilotWings Resort with the 3D and controls being a bit all over the place. ...

3. Review: LIMBO
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... sending curiosity through the roof and driving your exploration forward. Controls are very simple. The right stick moves you either left or right, A is jump and B is either grab or activate. Most ...

4. Quick review: Modern Conflict
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... mentality and touch-screen controls. It does contain a story, one of invasion and political strife that tries to echo the current state of affairs around the globe but any form of narrative is presented ...

5. Review: Split/Second Velocity (PS3)
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... the controls; which is a necessity. The game gets more difficult as you progress and a casual split-screen mode is available for multiplayer action. All in all, Split/Second Velocity is a great example ...

6. Bouncy bouncy
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If anyone were to include breast-jiggling motion-controls for the Nintendo 3DS it would be Tecmo. An investor who had some hands-on with Dead or Alive on the 3DS overheard a Tecmo rep state that shaking ...

7. Nintendo on releasing the beast
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... way it went bananas for motion controls when the Wii released. Itprintsmoney.gif, anyone? [Source: Shacknews] "The one thing, for sure, is that we will launch in all of our major markets by March ...

8. Casting 'BOLT 3' by hand
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... he'd like to see the Move motion controls do their thing in their upcoming Final Fantasy MMORPG. "Unfortunately, we haven't had the chance to try it out yet but we've heard very interesting things about ...

9. Heavy Rain DLC on "indefinite hold", Move patch in the works
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... on implementing Move controls in Heavy Rain instead of letting them support their product post-launch. It is as if the gaming community put their hand up for a 'high five' and Quantic Dream left them hanging ...

10. LittleBigPlanet 2 lets you Move people
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... Molecule confirmed that they'll release a patch post-launch that will let players implement Move controls into their levels. Hooray! "For us, I think the Direct Control Seat is the obvious answer to how ...

11. Nintendo E3 press conference
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... though and works very well. Certain enemies can only be killed if cut in specific ways like top to bottom or left to right etc. All weapons shown like bow & arrow, bombs etc. This is where the controls ...

12. Sony E3 press conference
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Motion controls again take centre stage at E3 with Sony hyping up their PS Move. As impressive as it could be, it didn't quite win me over and did come across exactly how Sony didn't want it to - like ...

13. Microsoft E3 press conference
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... opens. He says 'Zune' and Zune opens. Cool stuff. Uses hands again to select movie. Waves over it and it loads. Impressive. Moves hands up and controls the movie's timeline by dragging with his hands. ...

14. Quick review: Doctor Who: The adventure games (PC)
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... gave a great sense of interaction and realism to the game, as opposed to the BBC using impressionists, which I fear would have killed the atmosphere almost immediately. The controls must be applauded; ...

15. Review: Fret Nice demo (PSN)
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... see it. The demo is far from perfect, I did find myself getting stuck and the controls are a bit dodgy at times. For example, you have to tap □ in order to run and by doing so your character doesn't ...

16. GTA: Chinatown Wars demo on App Store
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... Huang Lee will get up to in the full game. Even with its slightly clunky controls, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is so very addictive and definitely worth a look. ...

17. Alan Wake vs Heavy Rain
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... shooters and Alan Wake does shooting very well with great controls whereas the PS3 (or more to the point, PSN,) has been delivering more experimental titles sharing some ideology with Heavy Rain. But in ...

18. Review: Just Cause 2 (PS3, PC, Xbox 360)
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... Just Cause 2 is a fun, hand-on affair with controls that are pretty standard and so easy to familiarise yourself with.  The mechanics of grappling can take some getting used to, however and at times the ...

19. Review: God of War III (PS3)
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... is that fact that the right analogue stick controls Kratos's evasion moves and not the camera.  This means that there is a fixed camera you simply cannot control which can occasionally lead to some sticky ...

20. Review: Aftermath (iPhone)
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... Shine your light on a zombie and you'll automatically shoot at it. No need to press another button just shine and shoot. Your left thumb controls the forward, back, strafe left and right movements and ...

21. No LBP2 for you
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... mentioned as a possible benefiter from motion controls with Sony even giving specific details as to the implementation. One idea was to allow a second player to manipulate objects within the world making ...

22. Review: Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
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... long-established Final Fantasy elements, such as Chocobos, summons and a character called Cid. The gameplay is all very familiar if you've played some of the previous games, and outside of battle the controls ...

23. Review: Muscle March (Wii)
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... here's the part where everything starts to fall apart. The controls aren't good. When a game is centered around motion controls, they shouldn't be anything less than great. Muscle March is. And by quite ...

24. Square Enix goes chaotic
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... a preview in this week's issue saying "I was surprised at how smooth the 3D graphics were. I honestly didn't think that the iPhone was capable of such pretty 3D visuals. The controls are also innovative ...

25. UFO Gamers Show: 79 - Final Fantasy XIII and Xander gets drunk
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... has some neat controls for the platform.  Onward to Final Fantasy XIII and retro craziness with Crystal Kingdom Dizzy on the Amiga 500.  The 'guess what' segment is a real treat as non-drinker ...

26. Review: Street Fighter IV (iPhone)
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... dislike having the controls on screen, the opacity can be adjusted so they're completely invisible. If you'd rather move them to suit your hand size than there's an option for that too. It's evident that ...

27. Scribblenauts 2 confirmed for this autumn
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... words, a new hint system and more merits, the game will also feature 120 new levels, improved controls and a "fleshed out level editor." There's also talk about the par system being removed which, in my ...

28. Quick review: Revenge of the Wounded Dragons
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... But the good news doesn't end there.  Its 2.5D interface and bright, clear and cleanly-executed graphics are a joy to behold, while the controls feel natural and easy.  Playing to its ...

29. Heavy Rain ends Cage's trilogy
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... very exciting." Motion controls could also factor into whatever comes next since Cage has been openly interested in the PlayStation Arc (or wand or whatever they call their peripheral!): "all of Heavy ...

30. Quick review: Frogger Returns (PSN)
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... no it can't. Visually it looks okay; the usual thing you'd expect from a twenty-nine-year-old, re-retro arcade game in 3D. The controls are also very similar to what you might expect from the game, using ...

31. Heavy Rain: hands-on
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... Read on to find out more. But how does it play? Is it even meant to be played? Much like Fahrenheit before it, Heavy Rain controls by using your head to steer. Hold R2 makes the character walk ...

32. NIER to be released 23.04.10
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... time) easy and precise controls over the gameplay. So, it should be very interesting to see what Square Enix do with their latest title, NIER (no, that doesn't stand for anything, that is in fact the name ...

33. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars iPhone trailer
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... GTA experience. Controls, minigames and of course, impressive graphics make up the 54 seconds video for your enjoyment, so, enjoy!  ...

34. GTA: Chinatown Wars hits iPhone
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... DS/PSP port slipped quietly onto the store last night for the princely sum of £5.99 leading to some glowing early impressions. It controls much like you' d expect; virtual stick and on screen buttons control ...

35. Review: The Simpsons Arcade (iPhone)
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... lot of fun with The Simpsons Arcade and found the £2.99 price to be quite fitting. After some time of continuous button mashing, repetitive enemies and slightly frustrating controls at times, my experience ...

36. 00s top ten: Hooty
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... Solid Snake's last poetic tale perfected the applaudable ideas of the previous three games. Controls felt spot on with no more crippling finger poses, graphics far surpassed what everyone was expecting ...

37. Review: N.O.V.A (iPhone)
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... than following mission objectives. Still, the last to worlds I visited had me more interested in why I was actually there in the first place. Controls are similar to previous Gameloft shooter, Modern ...

38. 00s top ten: Xander
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... Rikku. The limited controls outside of battle made the game so much easier to play, and the turn-based combat allowed time to plan your characters' attacks and defenses. The summoning of Aeons too was ...

39. Quick review: Scribblenauts
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... you can't stretch the bridge to span the gap, unless you employ more than one bridge and some glue.  UFOs are annoyingly large and while on the subject of vehicles, the controls in-vehicle (and occasionally ...

40. Review: Assassin's Creed II
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... I became so bored I had to give it a second go... And I absolutley loved it! The spectacular open world and the cast of thousands were just jaw dropping, and the simple controls made the game very easy ...

41. No More Heroes 'confirmed' for Xbox 360 and PS3
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... original game just with sparkly HD graphics emphasizing the slick art-style and dare I say, better controls. For the time being, Wii owners get to enjoy No More Heroes 2 in privacy but If the port proves ...

42. Review: Shattered Horizon (PC) or 'the game I changed OS for'
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... might not be a game for everyone. Some might be bothered by the game's learning curve or 'lack' of firepower, some might find the zero-gravity controls a very disorienting mess and others just might not ...

43. Review: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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... and so the gameplay is all very familiar. The traditional action/adventure type controls allow Drake to run, jump, crouch and hang, among others; there aren't any spectacular new moves that can be executed ...

44. Quick review: Torchlight
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... really good fun!  The controls can sometimes leave you wishing it had a WASD-type control interface; the click-and-follow system does work quite well, except when you're trying to attack, when you ...

45. Review: Earthworm Jim (iPhone)
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... do with the controls. Once again, the solution of an on-screen D-pad and buttons isn't as capable as is having the real thing. There may be the option of an analog stick rather than D-pad but it's not ...

46. Review: EyePet
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... be able to draw cars and planes, and they magically become solidly rendered 3D objects.  You can watch your pet fly or drive across you room, with a nice use of the PlayStation 3's analogue controls. ...

47. Two Worlds II...screenshots screen
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... an accolade with poor graphics, poor controls and laughable sound effects. Not one to be beaten and sure of the potential, Reality Pump has been busy creating a sequel, Two Worlds II, and even given it ...

48. Cell division
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... to him, it only took a year and three months to make Scribblenauts from start to finish which is a pretty impressive feat though does explain the slightly dodgy controls and collision detection. Slaczka ...

49. Review: Saint's Row 2
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... person shooters or driving games. The car controls may seem hasty at first. I finally figured out where this type of driving can be found: there is a striking resemblance between the controls in SR2 and ...

50. Review: Trine
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... was meant to be amazing.  And I was not disappointed. While the feel of the controls was a bit alien to me (it has been a couple of years since I actually played a game seriously on the PC) I was instantly ...