May 26, 2009

Save your money, or burn it, but whatever you do ...

... don't buy what Grin are selling:
It's easy to be bitter about seeing Grin's name at the beginning of a game. This is the developer behind the recent Wanted movie tie-in, the updated Bionic Commando, and now Terminator Salvation. These are three big-name licenses, and each one is ripe with potential and promise. What have we seen? Grin has squandered them all, never rising above a "Rent" rating.
ArsTechnica's full review is here, but the opening says all that needs to be said. Well, except for this: "You can beat it in under five hours, if you take your time."

This is why it pays to remember the names of developers and publishers. If you don't have a blacklist in your head when you're scanning the shelves for something new to play, you'll have no one to blame but yourself when you get burned.

I speak from experience.

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