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Review date: 18 October, 2011. Review by: Darren Allan Ever seen ? A thoroughly unpleasant film, and one Rise of Nightmares reminded us of. The game is set in an eastern European dungeon where unspeakable horrors are acted out. Except instead of wealt...
Kinect technology works well to give full freedom of movement with only the odd niggle...
Slow to start and a bit repetitive in some sections.
It's rather slow to warm up, but Sega's horror outing definitely builds momentum and in the end we found ourselves very much enjoying its blend of zombie bashing and reflex testing. The full movement motion controls are occasionally problematic, but th...
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Decades of cinema has made even the dumbest of movie-goers aware of the cast of stereotypes that have charmed and plagued their way into our minds. In the conventional horror, you have loads to choose from, from the braveish and slightly lucky protag...
Combat motion controls are a fun novelty to begin with, Fair amount of collectables to those who endear to it...
Combat controls soon screw up at the worst of times, Walking controls soon grate thanks to inaccuracy and unimaginative level design, Not scary in the slightest...
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Ive been wanting more variety in my Kinect games for a while now thats why I was so glad Child of Eden came along. But sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for, lest you end up with a game like Rise of Nightmares.Rise of Nightmares is a f...
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While some games allow us to play with a controller or Kinect Rise of Nightmares very much pushes us down the latter route, Kinect is a requirement and everything within the game relies on it including the menu's and loading screen interactivity. Upon...
Looking at the screenshots and game description on their own it would be easy to write off Rise of Nightmares as a low budget, basic horror game with little value but that is actually part of the charm when playing. Essentially what we have here is a g...
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Rise of Nightmares deserves some credit for trying to be different. Unlike most other Kinect titles, Sega's horror title eschews the device's on-rails standard, instead putting you in control of your character as you work your way through its monster-f...
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The Kinect is riddled with games aimed at children and more particularly some of the third party games are rather lacklustre and basic. The Kinect is easily one of the most unique and innovative control systems of the 21st century, however many develop...
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The Kinect hasn’t offered much in the way of a hardcore, Mature-rated, motion-controlled experience, as of yet. However, Sega’s new first-person horror game, Rise of Nightmares, aims to give Kinect owners another reason to get up off their couch other...
Chopping zombies to bits, The autowalk feature, Unexpected plot twists...
Awkward control scheme, Lack of enemy variety, Too much hack, not enough horror...
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Over the years, game players have faced many horrors. We’ve run away from zombies of , had our blood curdled by the twisted creatures of Silent Hill and even gibbered quietly to ourselves while hiding in the cupboards of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. B...
The promise of better engagement is left unfulfilled, but there’s a glimpse of the future of gaming here...
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It's Microsoft's pre-E3 party in a swanky club in downtown LA. Kinect titles line the walls, wannabe Hollywood starlets strut their stuff to Dance Central, car lovers test out Forza 4, a special glass room hosts Disney and Star Wars in the back. Gears...
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TOOLS YOU CAN USE advertisementThe horror ... the horror. I can remember when there were only two preeminent game console systems, Nintendo and Sega. The latter arguably had a better selection of games, ranging from Sonic the Hedgehog, Mortal Kombat 2...
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Rise of Nightmares is one of those games you are either going to love or hate for one simple reason – the control scheme. During the past several weeks I’ve been playing this game as well as recruiting several other co-workers and friends who have take...
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A survival horror involving fighting your way through the dark, dank halls of an eastern European castle? Sounds pretty good. Zombies? Well, they've been done to death (chortle) but they're still fun to kill, especially if you get to use swords and kni...
A survival horror involving fighting your way through the dark, dank halls of an eastern European castle? Sounds pretty good. Zombies? Well, they've been done to death (chortle) but they're still fun to kill, especially if you get to use swords and kni...
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To be honest, picking up the Kinect camera was more of an excuse for my fiancée to get a hold of the “new” S-style Xbox 360. While the launch window had a couple of above average games, the “Wii shovelware train” reared its head and I can’t say I’ve fi...
Rise of Nightmares gets a satisfactory nod for crafting a core game around the Kinect concept. The results create some interesting, if repetitive, combat, and the gesture work is some of the most sensical and responsive I’ve seen among Kinect games. Od...
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Making a 'proper' game using Kinect seemingly isn't very easy to do. While some of the peripheral's better titles have managed to capture your movements modestly well, none have been able to put you into a virtual world and let you actually explore. SE...
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The demand for Kinect games that appeal to the core Xbox 360 audience - who are far more comfortable with a machine gun in hand than they are throwing a virtual Frisbee to a cartoon dog - hasn’t gone unnoticed by the SEGA camp. In fact, the Japanese de...
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This grindhouse gore-fest may be generic schlock, but the unique control scheme will pave the way for more interesting gaming fare in the near future.Rise of Nightmares deserves some credit for trying to be different. Unlike most other Kinect titles, S...
One of the few adultfocused games for Kinect; unique control scheme.
Generic story; repetitive combat; quirky controls occasionally leave you spinning in place.
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2012-01-25 06:39:51
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A good survival horror game can suck you in, maybe more than many horror films. You sit in the dark, tension rising as you peek slowly around every corner, wondering what new terror awaits. You desperately hope there's ammo in the next room, and not th...
I’ll hand it to SEGA: Rise of Nightmares is an ambitious title, and it’s even functional for the most part (aside from the most basic of actions, walking). But ambition and basic functionality alone don’t make a game good. The ironic thing about Rise o...
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Mad scientists often have the dangerous habit of combining things that don't naturally belong together, in an attempt to create new forms of life. So it is with Viktor, the disturbed doctor who fuses corpses and machines to create creatures that cause...
Good variety of weapons, Creepy atmosphere.
Motion controls are limiting and awkward, Shallow, easy combat.
Awkward motion controls and shallow combat make Rise of Nightmares a frighteningly unremarkable adventure in zombie killing...
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The horror game experience is one that just about all gamers are familiar with. Playing in the dead of night, lights off, with the volume turned up is a sure-fire way to get into a horror game. Unfortunately, you cannot play Rise of nightmares this way...
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gaming-age.com Updated:
2012-01-25 06:39:51
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Rise of Nightmares has genuinely impressed me. I had become accustomed to the idea that any action game on the Kinect would only work if it was presented as an on-rails adventure, something like Child of Eden for instance. The concept of being able to...
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