As the game progresses, the actions you need to perform become more arcane, and the storyline more preposterous. The dialogue and music are good, and some of the puzzles will induce bouts of head-scratching. Those weaned on a diet of instant gratification may find it the most frustrating experience of their lives, but more mature gamers could get sucked into its storyline, which takes place in locations including the Congo, Glastonbury and Paris.Īs before, you play two characters: American patent lawyer George Stobbart and curvy French journalist Nico Collard, who must save the world. That is not to say the Sleeping Dragon is action-packed, although it does have sequences where you must perform an action within a certain time-frame. The third Broken Sword game exhumes this genre, and brings modern technology to bear. By interacting with characters and solving puzzles, you would wend your way to the end of an invariably tortuous storyline. In the 80s, when 3D graphics were a pipedream, point-and-click adventures held sway. And, as always, you are unable to fine tune any cars, although with more than 100 on offer, including Porsches, BMWs and Ferraris, this is not much of a problem.Īll in all, it is another triumph for XBox, which finds itself home to the best shoot-'em-up (Halo), best beat-'em-up (Soul Calibur2) and now best racer this Christmas. You now have 10 cities to choose from (including a breakneck tour of Edinburgh). Add to this two playing modes (arcade and career) and you have a slick and intense game you will be returning to for months. Xbox Live players, meanwhile, can enjoy an even richer interpretation of Kudos, with global leagues and extra points for challenging higher ranked players.
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Judging the perfect racing line, competing a circuit with no bumps, setting fastest laps, driving on two wheels or slip-streaming your opponent all count towards Kudos. Driving fast is much less important than driving flawlessly, something that is down to Kudos - an ingenious points system that takes nearly a dozen factors into account when calculating your score. Speed alone will get you only so far through the 15 tournaments that make up the single-player challenge. Now safely entrenched with Microsoft, they are still noticeably different from other race games, but a taste well worth acquiring. The Project Gotham games have been winning fans since their debut four years ago on the ill-fated Sega Dreamcast.
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Xbox, £39.99 Bizarre Creations/Microsoft, *****