- Publisher: Paramount Digital Entertainment
- Release Date: Oct 26, 2011
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Oct 26, 2011It's an excellent story, but once you've played it once there's not much to do besides go back and do it again, trying not to die for the game's most challenging achievements.
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LEVEL (Czech Republic)Mar 8, 2012If you never read the original novel now you have the best opportunity to learn the story in more interactive form. Be ready find some serious challenge though! [Feb 2012]
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Nov 7, 2011H.G. Wells fantastic science fiction novel is interpreted as a retro-feeling action platformer reminiscent of Flashback or Another World, with fantastic voice acting by Patrick Stewart and music by the legendary Chris Huelsbeck. It draws upon its inspirations quite well, and delivers a moody, atmospheric experience.
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Oct 31, 2011This game has all the right pieces to be one of the top tier games on XBLA, but an incredibly frustrating control scheme holds it back.
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Oct 28, 2011The War of the Worlds is absolutely not for everyone – those with high blood pressure or weak wills need not apply - but if you fondly remember the games name-checked above, or if you enjoyed Limbo but want something less artsy, less creepy, and less spider-y, this is certainly worth a shot. I'm not going to pretend it doesn't have issues or that it didn't drive me half-mad with frustration, but equally I'm not going to hide the fact that I had a lot of fun dying my way through a ruined London.
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Nov 28, 2011War of the Worlds breaks my heart, because on one hand it has this nice dark setting and melts your face with Patrick Steward's awesome voice acting, yet its gameplay is so frustrating that you tend to toss your controller aside.
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Feb 6, 2012The War of the Worlds offers an interesting take on the old sci-fi classic. Great voice work and wonderful music combines perfectly with the 50's look to create a beautiful presentation. The game's mechanics however are very inaccurate and as the game is pretty difficult and unforgiving, what could be a great experience is ultimately ruined by frustration.
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Nov 2, 2011I want to recommend War of the Worlds to everyone, I want to slap a high score on it and call it a classic, but I can't because it made me too damn angry. When it works it's a wonderful and challenging experience, hence the still reasonable score, but it too often doesn't.
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Games Master UKDec 17, 2011It has its moments, but ultimately it's just not much fun. [Jan 2012, p.89]
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Oct 28, 2011The presentation is the game's highlight while the gameplay, unfortunately, doesn't meet that same degree.
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Nov 1, 2011The War of The Worlds is a stylish looking and sounding game that tells a story any H.G. Wells fan would be satisfied with. Sadly, the game is brought down by poor controls and design choices, making it extremely difficult for the wrong reasons.
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Oct 27, 2011In style, class, and atmosphere, The War of the Worlds nails it. There are exciting setpieces where you run from gigantic walkers as buildings collapse and heat rays vaporize civilians around you, and strangely those sections usually aren't difficult or plagued with control and checkpoint problems. It's sad to say that those sections make up the minority of the game. The rest is composed of dying repeatedly due to poor controls, poor visibility, cheap enemy ambushes, and ambiguous clues as to where you can hide safely, and then randomly getting screwed by checkpoints.