(XBOX 360, PS3, Wii) Games you might have missed

Alice: Madness Returns
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Action-Adventure
About the game:
Eleven years ago a horrific fire took Alice’s family from her and left her mind horrifically scarred. Afterwards she was confined to Rutledge Asylum, where she struggled to confront her demons by slipping further into her fantasy world of Wonderland. Now, after ten years, she has finally secured her release—yet she still bears the heavy psychological burden of that tragic event.
With her mind in tatters, she is unable to resolve the fear prompted by her strange memories, dreams, and visions. Perhaps she’ll do better in Wonderland. She always has. She travels there, seeking what the “real” world can’t provide: security, knowledge, and the truth about the past. But in her absence, Wonderland too has suffered. Something has gone horribly wrong, and now a great evil is descending upon what once was her beautiful refuge. Can Alice save Wonderland—and herself—from the madness that consumes them both?
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfEwlZdAakg

American McGee's Alice is also available on PS3 & XBOX 360.

Puppeteer
Platforms: PS3
Genre: Platformer
About the game:
Puppeteer is a side-scrolling platformer in which the player controls the character 'Kutaro': a boy changed into an animated puppet, and immediately decapitated. Throughout the game, Kutaro obtains various heads to replace his own, each enabling access to certain animations, and referring to the adjacent scenery. If Kutaro is damaged by an enemy or obstacle, he loses his head. Should the player not retrieve the head within a few seconds, it will disappear. Kutaro can hold three heads at a time, and when they are all lost, he restarts from the last checkpoint. The player can earn an extra life by collecting 100 "Moonsparkles" in a given section of the game. Throughout most of the story, Kutaro is armed with a pair of magical scissors, known as 'Calibrus', enabling him to cut through some portions of the scenery, and thus to reach otherwise inaccessible areas. His stated object is to acquire the shards of 'Moonstone' from the game's villains (in the process removing their influence from the scenery) and to free the souls of children like himself, from the malevolent figures containing them, all the while saving a Goddess in distress.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUmzzCSLs5o

Resonance of Fate
Platforms: PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Japanese Role-Playing
About the game:
Resonance of Fate takes place on Earth in the distant future. When atmospheric pollution nearly annihilates life on Earth, the remnants of humanity construct a purification system called Basel. In time, the surviving human population create a civilization around Basel's central tower, watched over by its mechanical core Zenith. Zenith ties human lives to quartz stones, making them immune to the pollution while giving them predetermined social status and lifespans. The three protagonists—Zephyr, Leanne, and Vashyron—form a mercenary group that take odd jobs for the populace of Basel. During their missions, they discover a plan by the city's ruling Cardinals to subvert Zenith's rule, and discover their own connections to the Cardinals' plans.
The core concepts for Resonance of Fate are an RPG set in a steampunk environment and combat involving guns rather than swords and magic.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWZrG08xVJ0

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Platforms: Wii
Genre: Point and Click
About the game:
The game stars the aspiring pirate Zack and his monkey friend Wiki. Shortly after joining a pirate gang called "The Sea Rabbits", the pair discovers a talking skull belonging to the pirate captain Barbaros. In exchange for helping find all the pieces of the captain's cursed body, Barbaros promises to lead Zack and Wiki to the coveted "Treasure Island" and his legendary pirate ship.
Inspired by traditional graphic adventure games, Zack & Wiki features a unique way of puzzle-solving by coupling a point-and-click interface with gesture mechanics using the Wii Remote. In each level, the player is tasked with reaching a treasure chest by guiding Zack with an onscreen cursor and then interacting with objects to solve puzzles leading to the treasure. The Remote is used for mimicking actions such as pulling levers, turning keys, and pouring liquids. Shaking the Remote also rings Zack's companion Wiki like a bell, which transforms any nearby enemies into usable tools for solving each level's numerous puzzles.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU9L7wWVLSE

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Platforms: Wii
Genre: Role-Playing
About the game:
The game is set in abandoned areas of Tokyo and the surrounding land. Many of the locations the player ventures into are dark, with little to no lighting, and in a decrepit state, owing to the disappearance of mankind. Much of the settings are faithful recreations of real-world locations, especially the tunnels and utility systems underneath Tokyo. Aside from desolate ruins, Seto also visits more colorful locales and the game emphasizes the beauty of overgrowth and the natural sky after the disappearance of humans.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPAUmEUmC8M

WET
Platforms: PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Third-Person Action/Shooter
About the game:
As the story begins, Rubi is hired by the son of Mr. Ackers to retrieve a briefcase, which contains a heart that Mr. Ackers needs for an emergency heart transplant. Rubi is successful, and returns to her home in Texas afterward. Some time later, Rubi is approached by Mr. Ackers, to retrieve his son, who he worries has fallen in with a drug cartel in China, and wishes for him to be retrieved, so that he can return to being the heir to the Ackers' drug organization.
Wet is an action game that combines shooting and swordplay with acrobatics and gore. The main character, Rubi, carries twin pistols and a sword (she can also carry dual shotguns, submachine guns, or crossbows), and can fire while jumping, sliding on her knees, and running on walls. During these acrobatic actions, the game enters slow motion, and she will automatically aim at a second enemy, allowing the player to shoot at two enemies at once. She can also combine her attacks, such as wall running off a person or performing a sword uppercut while sliding. Racking up kills and collecting multiplier icons gains multipliers, which increase score and the rate at which Rubi regenerates health. Rubi can also regain health by finding bottles of whiskey.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdnWV_gC3KU

Split/Second
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Racing
About the game:
Split/Second is an intense action racing game set within a reality television show. Competitors will vie to be the first to the finish line in a made-for-TV city set rigged to blow with the ultimate goal of becoming the season champion. Players in Split/Second don’t just collide with other vehicles to knock them from the track, but can also trigger devastating events that drastically alter the dynamics of the race. Players must use pinpoint timing to obliterate huge structures and towering TV set pieces to tactically alter the track or create entirely new routes.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8gdUldwD0I

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Binary Domain
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Third-Person Shooter
About the game:
THE MACHINE AGE HAS BEGUN in this immersive and atmospheric squad-based shooter in which you need to regain control of a futuristic Tokyo from an emerging robotic threat.
Set in 2080, the story starts when Dan Marshall and his squad are sent to bring the robotic community under control as they begin to infiltrate society and slowly take over undetected, leaving humans redundant in their wake.
Thrilling encounters with highly intelligent robotic enemies require you to think tactically, make challenging, real-time moral decisions and build up trust with your team mates in order to guide your squad to safety and success.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY4jXOOeXGI

The Darkness
Platforms: XBOX 360, PS3
Genre: First-Person Shooter
About the game:
On his 21st birthday, the awesome and terrible powers of the Darkness awaken within Jackie Estacado, a mafia hitman for the Franchetti crime family.
Jackie must learn to fully command the Darkness so he can take back control of the Franchetti family, which is ruled by his uncle Paulie, a despicable man who is almost universally despised.
Though his supernatural entity lets him wreak terrible havoc on his enemies, The Darkness also has a strong will of its own. Jackie must learn to control The Darkness that lurks within him while harnessing its power to overthrow Paulie and fulfill his Destiny.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8XLa4frcxc

Heavenly Sword
Platforms: PS3
Genre: Action-Adventure, Hack&Slash
About the game:
Heavenly Sword follows the story of a young girl named Nariko (voiced by Anna Torv) who is part of a clan destined to guard the Heavenly Sword; a sword of unimaginable and wicked power. Nariko is, however, disliked by her clan, because of a prophecy that was made about her birth had not come true. Nariko was to be born a boy an to wield the Heavenly Sword to fight against King Bohan and his evil army who wished to possess the sword for evil. Unfortunately and unluckily Nariko was born a girl which shattered all the hope that had been slowly growing in the biding time by her clan. However when King Bohan can wait no more and attacks the clan, Nariko does the unimaginable and wields the Heavenly Sword against him. Now her fight has begun not only against a massive army, but against the sword itself which is slowly draining her life away.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JYtrqkIWKY

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Action-Adventure
About the game:
Enslaved is set 150 years in the future where a global war has ravaged the Earth, destroying most of the human race and leaving the world to be plagued by robots left over from the war, known as "mechs". Mechs still follow their programming and seek to eradicate hostiles, now surviving humans.
The game opens with the main character, Monkey (Andy Serkis), awakening in a containment cell aboard a slave ship. He escapes and accidentally causes the vessel to crash. He reaches Trip (Lindsey Shaw) leaving the ship via escape pod, but she ejects the pod without allowing him to enter. When Monkey regains consciousness after the pod's landing, he discovers that Trip has placed a slave headband on him, which provides a combat heads-up display but forces him to follow her orders; a dead man's switch will kill him if she dies. Trip explains that she wants to return to her village, which is 300 miles away, and that she needs his help to get there. Monkey is angry, but has no other choice. The two travel across New York City toward the crash site, where Monkey hopes to recover his motorcycle. As they avoid hazards and defeat mechs, glitches in the headband expose Monkey to visions of what appears to be life before the war, and he and Trip learn to trust and rely on each other.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZXEaUx2qS8

Kirby's Epic Yarn
Platforms: Wii
Genre: 2D Platformer
About the game:
The game's story follows Kirby, who after eating a metameto belonging to the evil wizard Yin-Yarn, is sucked into a magic sock and transported to a world where everything is made of yarn, textiles, and buttons. Kirby himself is transformed into a being made of yarn, and as a result has also lost the ability to inhale his enemies to absorb their powers.
Upon arriving in this strange new world, Kirby encounters Prince Fluff, joining forces with him to defeat Yin-Yarn. Kirby also discovers that the metameto has given himself the power to transform into new shapes, such as a car, parachute and submarine.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbtz8HFwUMI

Mini Ninjas
Platforms: XBOX 360, PS3, Wii, PC
Genre: Action-Adventure
About the game:
For over 300 years the empire has been at peace, this was due to the banishment of the Evil Samurai Warlord, the structures that were built under his time were now left abandoned and was slowly turning into ruins. But one day this all changed. Storms and natural disasters not seen for many hundred years started to become a frequent sight. The Ninja Master who resided at the Ninja Mountain could feel that something evil had awakened.
The Evil Samurai Warlord had once again awakened and was using his forbidden Kuji magic to transform innocent animals into mindless samurai warriors so that he can take over the world. The larger his army was the more violent the storms are.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIFNLDQU0VQ

Stranglehold
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Third-Person Shooter
About the game:
In latter-day Hong Kong, a policeman goes missing. The department is dumbfounded by the disappearance until they receive a ransom call from an unnamed source. The kidnappers request that a single officer appear at Kowloon market. Lee, the chief of police, believes this request to be a trap and plans to send in a squad. One officer, Jerry Ying, disqualifies himself from this role, claiming that an appearance as an officer will blow the cover he's used to infiltrate a Triad group called Dragon Claw. Instead, Inspector Tequila Yuen decides to go to Kowloon alone, despite Lee's order for him to bring a team. Once in the market, Tequila is attacked by a number of triads, proving Lee's hunch correct.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUgdhuhCVis

Singularity
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: First-Person Shooter
About the game:
The game takes place during both the past and present, hurling you back and forth between the 1950's and present day, with the main story being focused on the Cold War and some of the secrets that the Soviet Union had been hiding from the rest of the world. The biggest secret of all turns out to be time manipulation, the game's selling point, which was discovered on the remote Soviet island of Katorga-12. The game has many aspects of a first person shooter, including puzzles that you must use your abilities to solve, and aging and renewing items either organic or non-organic, while also bringing in "old-school" shooter elements such as non-regenerating health and med kits that the player has to pick up throughout the levels.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBl0PH_4_90

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Action Role-Playing
About the game:
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning begins with a short scene involving the disposal of the player's corpse, followed by the player's resurrection through The Well of Souls, invented by Fomorous Hugues, a gnome.
At this point in the history of the Faelands, the ten year Crystal War is taking place. The Fae, an immortal elven race split into the growth of Summer and the decay of Winter, are in turmoil. One of the Winter Fae, Gadflow, has usurped the Winter Court and now leads his army of Tuatha Deohn in the destruction of the Faelands and Amalur itself.
Gadflow's army changes the very makeup of Amalur. The Tuatha have become a third faction, unbalancing the strict harmony between Summer and Winter Fae. They are unmitigated evil, given no sympathy by any character and acting as pure, immortal agressors in a seemingly hopeless war.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEdc3NWq2io

Deadly Premonition
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Comedy Survival Horror
About the game:
The story follows FBI Special Agent Francis York Morgan, who (along with his imaginary friend Zach) investigates a brutal murder in the small fictional American town of Greenvale, finding information about the mysterious Raincoat Killer while uncovering the town's deep, dark secrets.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGbgSVNHUbE

Rhythm Heaven Fever
Platforms: Wii
Genre: Rhythm
About the game:
As with Rhythm Tengoku and its DS sequel, RH Fever features various levels with their own set of rules, requiring the player to play in time to the rhythm in order to clear them. These levels range from stabbing peas with a fork, to attacking evil spirits with a sword and playing badminton in midair. The game is played by either tapping the A button, or squeezing the A and B buttons together. At the end of each level, players are ranked on their performance, with at least an 'OK' rank required to clear the level and progress onto the next. Each set of levels culminates in a Remix stage, which combines all of the gameplay elements of the previous levels in one stage.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFATbuOsar0

MadWorld
Platforms: Wii
Genre: Beat'em Up
About the game:
The events of the game are set into motion when a terrorist attack hits the water bound Jefferson Island, destroying all contact to the outside world. The terrorist group, called The Organizers, then instates a sadistic competition for survival, which is then turned into a TV show, called "Death Watch". The prize for the last man on the island is a ticket out of the city and a cash sum of $100 million. Players control Jack Cayman, a bounty hunter and participant in the competition. The player's goal, as of now, is either to win the $100 million or stop The Organizers.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiW0hRRmBc4

Catherine
Platforms: XBOX 360, PS3
Genre: Puzzle-Platformer
About the game:
Catherine is a puzzle platformer adventure game in which players control Vincent Brooks, who begins having strange nightmares after his girlfriend, Katherine, begins to talk about marriage and commitment. This matter becomes more complicated for him when he meets a girl named Catherine, and begins an affair with her, and the nightmares get more and more intense.
The main gameplay takes place in the Nightmare stages. In a nightmarish dreamworld inhabited by other men, who are represented as anthropomorphic sheep, Vincent must climb up giant staircases that are slowly collapsing underneath him and safely reach the top.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61YZCbSjQUQ

Lost in Shadow (A Shadow's Tale in Australia and Europe)
Platforms: Wii
Genre: Puzzle-Platformer
About the game:
Lost in Shadow is a 2D puzzle-platformer. The majority of the game takes place in the background of the game world. The player is in control of a boy's shadow which must scale the shadows of a tall tower. This is laid out in a level-to-level structure wherein the player must solve puzzles and fight enemies along the way.
The boy is also accompanied by a mythological air spirit known as a Sylph. This companion offers varying elements of gameplay through the alteration of foreground light sources which in turn alters the arrangement of the shadows in the 2D world.
Occasionally, the player is able to step the boy out of his 2D world of shadows, and into a 3D version of the shadow world where the boy may interact with the objects themselves as opposed to simply their shadows.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTxhjogVYPM

Eternal Sonata
Platforms: XBOX 360, PS3
Genre: Japanese Role-Playing
About the game:
The game takes place outside and inside a dream world which is divided into chapters, each one based upon Chopin's most famous works such as 'Raindrops' or 'Revolution'. As Chopin rests during his final hours on his deathbed, the player is taken on a journey through his dreams which resemble the life of Chopin in a fictional manner. Each chapter is accompanied with a melody and historical information about his difficult life which gives insight on the development of the storyline.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXL9tBXEE7U

Dead Space: Extraction
Platforms: Wii, PS3
Genre: Rail Shooter
About the game:
Set three weeks before the events of the original Dead Space, the story begins with a small group of space colonists on Aegis VII experiencing the origins of the Necromorph infection, which begins after the excavation of The Marker from the planet and bringing it aboard the Ishimura. Players take control of several different survivors that are trying to not only survive the Necromorph attacks, but also escort a woman named Lexine back to the Ishimura.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7AAuOqW1Mo

No More Heroes
Platforms: Wii
Genre: Hack and Slash
About the game:
In No More Heroes, players take control of Travis Touchdown, a wanna-be assassin/wrestler/otaku. After winning a "beam katana" (read: Lightsaber) from an online auction, Travis is pulled into a mysterious assassins' league by the sensual Silvia Christel.
Silvia challenges Travis to become the number one assassin in the world, and to do that, Travis will have to battle an army of minions while killing the ten powerful assassins in his way. Travis will also take on small odd jobs such as mowing lawns, picking up trash, and washing graffiti to earn the cash needed to vie for the top spot in the guild and a night in bed with Silvia herself.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTEfRi7bwA

Brutal Legend
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Action-Adventure, Real-Time Strategy
About the game:
The vivid and wildly creative world of Brutal Legend is brought to life through a spate of chrome, leather, rocker babes, epic music, fire-breathing/stud-wearing beasts, mountains made of guitar amps, and more. Follow Eddie as he embarks on a tour of epic destruction with an axe, a guitar, and his minions as he commands the power of rock in epic band battles. It’s lighter-flicking awesomeness that will melt your face clean off.
Brutal Legend’s combat is a combination of classic action slasher and real time strategy mechanics. Melee and ranged combat come from your double-sided broadaxe and demon-slaying, pyrotechnic-creating guitar. Add that 1-2 punch to a guitar solo mechanic that can summon objects, buff your teammates, or cripple your opponents, and you have a deep, gratifying core gameplay combat loop that is fun for the hardcore and accessible for the casual. On top of that, players will journey from Roadie to Rock God by commanding legions of metalheads into Brutal Victory and sending troops charging into battle.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8cPOhIEwTM

Kameo: Elements of Power
Platforms: XBOX 360
Genre: Action-Adventure
About the game:
Kameo: Elements of Power puts you in the skirt of a youngest of the Elfin family, Kameo. As the daughter of King Solon and Queen Theena, the right to command Elemental Warriors will eventually be passed on to Kameo or her older sister, Kalus. Kalus had always been spiteful and self-centered person, and when Theena decides to pass the Element of Power to Kameo, Kalus reaches her tipping point. As a revenge she frees Thorn, the evil Troll King, once imprisoned by King Solon with the help of the Elemental Warriors. Thorn quickly masses his army and begins an assault on the Elfin lands with machinery unlike anyone had seen. Kameo's ancestors are captured, and when Kameo rushes to help them, she is beaten and loses all 3 of her Warriors.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXV0UYiygLY

The Kore Gang
Platforms: Wii
Genre: 3D Platformers
About the game:
The Kore Gang is a 3D action platformer, starring three different characters--Pixie, Rex, and Madboy--all stuck inside the same robot body. They are out to stop the evil Krank Brothers, evil rulers from a civilization at the center of the Earth who now want to take over the planet's surface. Players can switch between Pixie, Rex, and Madboy to use their individual abilities and complete the levels.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=125WJZOihZY

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Third-Person Shooter
About the game:
Forge Worlds are planets designated by the Imperium as worldwide factories. These worlds produce everything for the Imperium, from the smallest house hold device to Emperor-class Battle Titans. One such world is under siege by a force of Orks, who are intent on its plunder to continue their slaughter of the galaxy. As Captain Titus, you lead your company of Ultramarines with assistance from the Imperial Guard in the defence of key locations across the planet. If the Battle Titan Factory and other Imperial weapons located on the planet were to fall into Ork hands, countless more worlds would be in danger of the Ork threat. Unbeknownst to the defenders, a sinister Chaos plot is also unfolding under the cover of this alien invasion, and you must discover it before it's too late.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdR4AOThe68

I Am Alive
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Survival
About the game:
I Am Alive casts the player as a lone survivor in a believable, dark and insecure post-apocalyptic world. One year after the Event, a worldwide cataclysmic event that wiped most of the human race, a man struggles for survival in a desolate city as he tries to reunite with his long lost wife and daughter.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xHV0l-YMHA

Shadows of the Damned
Platforms: XBOX 360, PS3
Genre: Third-Person Shooter
About the game:
Demon hunter Garcia Hotspur comes home to find his girlfriend, Paula, being abducted by the Lord of Demons, Fleming, who brags that he will take Paula with him to kill her again and again. Garcia is powerless to stop Fleming, but instead follows him back to the underworld along with his demon sidekick, Johnson, who also acts as his gun, torch and motorcycle. In the demon world, Johnson helps guide Garcia through the twisted nature of the demon realm, defeating numerous enemies that try to feed on Garcia's flesh, and keeping him away from the darkness that destroys the human flesh. As they travel, they witness numerous deaths of Paula by Fleming and other demons, all to toy with Garcia's senses. Another human demon hunter, who simply goes by the name "Colonel", temporarily aids Garcia, but then leaves to get revenge on the death of his loved one, only to be brutally killed later. Garcia also encounters an ally in Christopher, a half-human, half-demon that sells Garcia valuable goods to boost his demon-fighting powers.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2DW-cVxroU

blur
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Racing
About the game:
In Blur's career mode, the player will encounter numerous characters and many licensed cars ranging from Dodge Vipers to Lotus Exiges to Ford Transit vans fitted with F1 engines, all of which have full damage modeling and separate traits such as Acceleration, Speed, Drift, Grip and Stability. Some special car models have been designed by Bizarre Creations themselves. Albeit simplified, the tracks are also based on real-world environments, such as the Los Angeles river canals and several parts of London. Depending on the character(s) the player races against or tags along with in team races, they will have their own racing styles, power-up set ups, match types, locales and cars. As the player races well, performs stunts and uses power-ups in certain ways during races, the player will gain 'fan points'. These points help the player progress through the career, purchase more cars and parts and earn more fans for the user base. During the career, challenges will take place midrace when the player drives through a fan icon. Completing these short challenges (e.g. shoot another car with a certain weapon, or perform a long drift) will reward the player with a fan points boost. During the career mode, each challenge features a final boss, which, once defeated will yield access to their specific mods (mods being upgrades that provide enhanced functionality to a standard powerup e.g. Khan's titanium shield), and customized cars. At the final boss challenge, all the bosses meet together for a final race.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2sv2SqTyJ4

Red Steel 2
Platforms: Wii
Genre: Hack and Slash, First-Person Shooter
About the game:
The game begins as an unnamed Hero, the last member of the Kusagari Clan, is being dragged across the desert, tied to the back of a motorcycle. He manages to break free, but Payne, the leader of the Jackals - a vast gang of thugs, murderers and thieves - steals the Hero's katana. While running from the Jackals, the Hero rescues his old swordsmaster Jian who was to soon be executed by the Jackals. After the rescue, Jian allows the Hero to borrow his sword until the Hero can recover his own from Payne.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-titSCAoxc

Tales of Vesperia
Platforms: XBOX 360
Genre: Japanese Role-Playing
About the game:
The people of Terca Lumireis rely on Blastia, which are a form of technology made by inscribing a "Formula" on a blastia "Core". The people use these blastia to carry out different things that go on in their daily life. Cities use the blastia to draw water from the ground or to create fire from a stone. The knights and guilds of the land use blastia to carry out the sole duty to kill monsters that attack citizens. Blastia have been used to create barriers protecting these cities from impending monster attacks; however, they have kept most people from travelling outside the barriers to see distant lands.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOpT98qll9M

Vanquish
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Third-Person Shooter
About the game:
Vanquish is set on far-future Earth where its populations has reached critical levels, creating a shortage of resources and real estate. To solve this problem, United States of America has launched SC-01 Providence, a self-sustaining space station that harnesses solar energy and is capable of supporting millions of people inside a fully functional eco-system. Meanwhile, Victor Zaitsev of the Order of the Russian Star leads a coup in Russia. His first act as their new leader is to promptly declare war on USA by capturing Providence and turning its solar generators into a giant death ray. He destroys San Francisco with the warning shot, threatening to destroy New York next unless the USA surrenders unconditionally.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfiAYBA49jU

Outland
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Platformer
About the game:
In the present day, one man had started to experience dreams and visions of the past. He attempted to take medicine to stop it, thinking that this was a medical problem, but the medicine was ineffective; something larger was at play here. The man decided to find a shaman to find out what the problem was, what these dreams and visions meant, and to cure him of them. However, the shaman told the man of the ancient stories of a battle 30,000 years ago between a great hero and the two Sisters of Chaos - one who controls Light from the Sun, and one who controls Darkness from the Moon. The Sisters were imprisoned after the battle, but the hero had perished in the process. The shaman informed the man that he was the hero's reincarnation, and that the Sisters of Chaos have apparently escaped their imprisonment. This man was now the only one who could stop them, and so he went forth on the journey.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOsyTBhp4Hs

Condemned: Criminal Origins
Platforms: XBOX 360, PC
Genre: First-Person Horror
About the game:
What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?
Assigned to the Serial Crimes Unit, Agent Ethan Thomas must answer this question, and bring the worst of society to justice. His solve rate is the best in the bureau....perhaps too good.
While investigating the growing list of serial killers, Agent Thomas concludes that something is twisting the bodies and souls of those that society has left behind. The homeless, addicted and deranged are rising from the city’s underbelly and committing mindless acts of violence. Could there be an unseen connection between the increasing brutality of the latest serial killings and the increasing crime rate? This question is pushed to the forefront after Agent Thomas is framed for the murder of two police officers. Now he must solve the murders to stop the killings, and exonerate himself from the crimes of which he is accused.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYXWiYDaXqE

Spec Ops: The Line
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Third-Person Shooter
About the game:
When word first started getting out that Dubai was under threat of being destroyed by catastrophic sandstorms, it was already too late. The government had long since abandoned the people when evacuation was necessary. United States Army Lt. Col. John Konrad, fresh off a tour in Afghanistan with his 33rd Battalion, disobeyed orders to return home and volunteered his battalion to lead the evacuation effort. Some labeled them traitors; others proclaimed them heroes. Nevertheless, the Damned 33rd headed for Dubai and orchestrated a convoy to take people out of the city. But then the storms hit. Furious sandstorms with wind speeds over 80 mph ravaged the Persian Gulf surrounding Dubai, essentially creating a wall around the city. No radio signal could get in or out of the city and no vehicle could get close enough to provide aid. Worst of all, Konrad, the Damned 33rd and the convoy had vanished, never surfacing from the sandstorms.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paITOK7sdc8

Cursed Mountain
Platforms: Wii, PC
Genre: Survival Horror
About the game:
Frank Simmons is one of the worlds best high-altitude climbers. He is sent on an expedition to climb the Himalayan peak Chomolonzo with his climbing partner Paul Ward. Their benefactor, Edward Bennett, wants them to retrieve an ancient artifact from the mountain. After after finding the artifact, however, Frank and Paul have some kind of argument; Paul returns to basecamp alone, leaving Frank on the mountain. At basecamp, the artifact, a stone, blows up, and the Sherpas refuse to set foot on the mountain they call 'the sacred one' to find Frank. The player takes on the role of Frank's brother Eric, who takes on his own expedition to find Frank and figure out what happened.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6ogOtDHVYg

Lost Odyssey
Platforms: XBOX 360
Genre: Japanese Roe-Playing
About the game:
Lost Odyssey is set in a fantasy world nearing a magical industrial revolution. Magic is starting to be used at all levels to advance technology. The story takes place at a time of hostile posturing between the rival nations of Uhra, Numara and Gohtza.
Throughout the world there are five immortals. These beings are: Kaim the main protagonist, Ming the thousand-year queen, Seth a former pirate, Sarah Kaim's wife and Gongora a magic adviser and the main antagonist. These are spirits from another world that have taken human form and in fact age at a vastly slower rate. (Their age rate: 1000 normal years = 1 year of the immortals life.)
The immortal characters have no memories of their past, however, throughout the game different events will trigger characters to remember different memories and help build the story.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgtBM23ltuw

Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Platforms: Wii
Genre: Rail Shooter
About the game:
Set a number of years after the original game, Sin and Punishment: Star Successor takes place in a universe where space is divided between two factions at war, the Inner-Space and Outer-Space. To defend themselves from the Outer, the Inner created multiple planet Earths and inhabited them with humanity. Occasionally, the humans would try to be friends with the Outer instead of fighting with them like the Inner wanted them to. Whenever they did this, the Inner would wipe the planet clean and start humanity again.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhWGfaTJoJM

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: Third-Person Shooter
About the game:
The game's story centers mainly around two convicts, Kane, a former mercenary, and Lynch, a man whose psychotic rages are held in check only by prescription drugs. On the way to their execution, Kane and Lynch are broken out of a prison van by The7, Kane's old mercenary group. There is a catch, however: The7, believing Kane betrayed them, want Kane to get them their money back, and threaten to kill his wife and daughter, Jenny, if he does not comply.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGLSpNApm6s

'Splosion Man
Platforms: XBOX 360
Genre: Platformer
About the game:
The game's title character, 'Splosion Man, was created by the fictional laboratory Big Science. The character is made entirely of explosive material. The aim of the game is to "splode" through a series of levels consisting of puzzles, traps, and enemies to escape the facility. A splode is effectively a jump, and can also be used to kill enemies, such as scientists and robots, demolish walls, detonate explosive barrels or trigger other effects. The character can explode up to three times in quick succession at which point he will need to take a breather to replenish his supply.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGWC30mmK14

Starhawk
Platforms: PS3
Genre: Third-Person Shooter, Real-Time Strategy
About the game:
In the distant future, humans are colonizing on other planets across the galaxy. At the same time, humans are mining a valuable energy source called Rift Energy. The rift energy miners, known as Rifters, began mining the Rift Energy from the planets of the Outer Spur, but some of the Rifters were exposed to the Rift Energy, which transformed them into savage-like mutants known as Outcasts. The Outcasts, protective of the Rift Energy, attacked Rifter mining sites, including an outpost on the broken planet of Sever, owned by brothers Emmett and Logan Graves. An Outcast war party destroyed their rig, and both brothers became exposed to Rift Energy. Logan, unfortunately, mutated into an Outcast, but Emmett was able to remain human thanks to his friend Sydney Cutter, who created a regulator to implant into Emmett’s spine to keep him from transforming into an Outcast. Emmett and Cutter soon become hired gunslingers who travel from planet to planet to protect the Rifter mining sites from Outcast war bands.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4NDO49Tmc4

Mark of the Ninja
Platforms: XBOX 360, PC
Genre: Stealth
About the game:
A nameless ninja of the Hisomu Clan is awakened by a fellow female companion, as an emergency bell is ringing. They learn that the clan village is under attack by an organization called Hessian Services, who have sent a mercenary team headed by Corporal Kelly. Shortly after being rescued, Azai, the ninja leader, reveals that the attack on the village was orchestrated by Count Karajan, who runs Hessian Services and is seeking to retrieve a stolen item from the Hisomu Clan. Azai then reveals the player to be the current Champion of the Hisomu clan.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-uDXojwdno

HARD CORPS: UPRISING
Platforms: XBOX 360, PS3
Genre: Run and Gun
About the game:
In 2613, twenty years before the events of the original Contra, the world is ruled by an empire known as the Commonwealth, under the reign of Tiberius. Neighboring nations have suffered under the Commonwealth's oppression and resistance forces rise across the land. However, so many resistance fighters have fallen to the overwhelming might of the empire, that their strength is now severely diminished. A group of elite soldiers rise through the ranks of the resistance and band together to execute a desperate plan. The leader of this group is the war hero Bahamut.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jHu4GNYwwQ

Tokyo Jungle
Platforms: PS3
Genre: Action
About the game:
Some time in the twenty-first century, humankind is extinct, leaving animals to fend for themselves. The once busy streets of Tokyo are now home to lions, tigers, chickens, and various other animals. All of them are now fighting for survival.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OV9qSjCiA4

Explodemon
Platforms: PC, PS3
Genre: Action-Platformer
About the game:
Explodemon combines the retro style of 16-bit platform games and Japanese action titles with the upgradable skills, hidden collectables and clever puzzles from more modern titles. Players use Explodemon's self-destructive nature to combat enemies and fly through the air, all the while solving a huge variety of physics-based puzzles.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvB6Hf7GmtQ

Asura's Wrath
Platforms: XBOX 360, PS3
Genre: Action
About the game:
Asura's Wrath is the tale of the demigod Asura, one of the Eight Guardian generals who protect the Shinkoku Tristrium from the evil Gohma on Gaea. After scoring a decisive, but temporary, victory against the Gohma's Vitra, Asura is summoned to Emperor Strada's throne room. However, when he arrives, he discovers the Emperor has been murdered, and he is framed for the crime. After escaping the imperial forces, he rushes home to his family only to find his wife Durga murdered and his daughter Mithra kidnapped. In a rage, he attacks his former allies and comrades, the other seven Guardian Generals, who have his daughter imprisoned. When Asura learns that the top general, Deus, is responsible for the coup, he attacks, but is quickly defeated and thrown to Gaea below. As he falls, Asura swears his vengeance.
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrie2wlu8hM