Things are better than they used to be but there are still far too many games releases crammed into Q4. From now until Christmas we'll be seeing big titles like Little Big Planet, FIFA/PES, Fallout 3, Fable 2, Gears of War 2 (yawn), Lich King, Resistance 2, Call of Duty 5, Guitar Hero World Tour and Far Cry 2. Never mind finding the money to play all of those, what about the time? And I've missed out a couple of what look like potential must-plays from that list – Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider: Underworld.
I had a hands-on with the rather impressive Prince of Persia today - more thoughts in a separate blog - while Tomb Raider: Underworld is looking looking similarly interesting. Steve Boxer has had a play and sounds impressed.
It's Tomb Raider with its strengths emphasised and the annoying aspects removed or neutralised.
From what I've seen it looks great too. Personally I always thought the standing-in-a-temple-gawping-at-the-view element of Tomb Raider works better than the often clunky action stuff. So Underworld sounds hugely promising.
Plaforming style games may be slightly out of fashion these days - sadly - but could Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider: Underworld herald a revival of the genre?
