“Stranger’s Wrath” was one of the original Xbox’s greatest releases, in my humble opinion, and it now looks even better thanks to the HD remake! This is an immersing game with high quality graphics, an ambient soundtrack, and a descent story to boot. Think of it as “Red Dead Redemption” meets “The Muppet Show”. If you’re looking for a good, light FPS and 3rd Person Action Game without the doom and gloom of “Call of Duty”, “Battlefield” and the like, you owe it to yourself to check this game out!
Fantastic modern rendition of classic dungeon crawlers from the 90s. If “Stonekeep” (one of my teenage favorites, along with the Realms of Arkania series) could be remade today, it would be called “Grimrock”. There is no epic storyline to contend with; it is a straight forward, grid based, atmospheric, dungeon exploration and action RPG game with little puzzles here and there to figure out. It is a great game for old school casual gamers to jump into to kill 10-15 minutes, or turn the lights off and delve into it for an hour or more. Though, I don’t need a Mass Effect epic story to enjoy a game, I do think that at least some interaction with NPCs (which there aren’t any) with some B+ standard voice acting (which there is none either) would draw players in more. “Stonekeep”, which “Grimrock” borrows heavily from, did at least introduce a more structured story with some memorable characters (which I remember to this day – nearly 20 years later). Getting old. :(
