Episode 122
This week on Gamesweasel we review Uncharted 2 Among Thieves and Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, take a look at the news about Modern Warfare 2, Black Wii and , plus you get the chance to win 4 t-shirts from Dark Bunny Tees. On Gamesweasel.com this week we have a review of Tales of Monkey Island Episode 4, a rundown of the top 10 Wii hardcore games, a second opinion of Uncharted 2 Among Thieves and a look at the best Wii games for girls.

• Uncharted 2 Among Thieves review
• Win T-shirts from Dark Bunny Tees
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 review
• Splinter Cell Conviction review

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To play any of the games reviewed in this episode you can buy from the Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Amazon and Uncharted 2 Among Thieves Amazon pages.

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YouTube Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 review

Last year’s Pro Evo was a big disappointment, so much so that I didn’t play it once after I finished reviewing it. FIFA was my footy game of choice last year so what can Pro Evo do this time to win my affections once again?

The first thing you’ll notice before you get into the actual game is the way the stats are displayed. Gone is the graphical representation and numbers up to 100 are back. So far, at least for me, so good. Presentation, at least in terms of player looks has taken a big leap too. Liverpool’s my team and players such as Gerrard, Torres and even Kuyt and Carragher look great. They look less ‘waxy’ than the FIFA games and far more photo-realistic. Player animations are a bit hit and miss though. Standard running and walking still looks a bit awkward but some of the animations when players poke out a toe to score a goal or fall over to get a cross in are sublime.

Like FIFA, Pro Evo also has full 360’ movement but the game still feels a lot more like an arcade game and therefore it’s easier to try to follow a set strategy for getting balls into the penalty area and score. It’s also worth upping the difficulty because I’ve been banging goals in against the AI left right and centre.

The Champions League is back and this time it’s a lot slicker and you can also take part in that, and the new Europa League in the Master League mode. You also have the ability to play as an individual but to be honest this feels like a blatant copy of what FIFA introduced a couple of years back (and since then of course, EA have expanded on it with Game Face and the like).

Commentary’s still a sore point and not much better than last year, and some of the chants from the fans are once again non-authentic and off-putting.

If you’re a fan of one of the licensed teams it won’t really bother you that the game’s not fully licensed, however, if you support a team that’s not in there you can always edit your own teams if you’ve got enough time in the edit mode.

Sorry Konami but despite a good effort, FIFA 10 is still very much in the lead. If you want a footy game where it’s easier to score that feels more immediate, I would definitely recommend this over last year’s effort. PES 2010 gets a very good 7 out of 10.

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Tags: Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC, PES 2010, PES 10, FIFA 10

YouTube Review of Uncharted 2 Among Thieves

The original Uncharted took me by surprise as I’d never heard of it when I put it in my PS3 and absolutely loved it from the moment I started playing. It goes without saying I’ve been looking forward to this sequel and a couple of years on it’s bigger and better than the last game.

This time, Nathan Drake’s on the search for Marco Polo’s treasure. Of course this leads him on a journey around the world with a few twists and turns in the storyline and of course some very different locales to visit. There are jungles, underground caverns, cities and snowy mountains to explore and the gameplay’s very much a mix of platforming and third-person shooting.

Climbing and jumping is somewhere in between Tomb Raider and InFamous. Nathan won’t usually jump into oblivion even if you try to tell him to and he can now hang and shoot at the same time and use riot shields to walk towards enemies and stay in cover. There’s also a new stealthy way to play which you’re shown how to use when you break into a museum. You can choose to take people out from behind without alerting anyone and can even get into fisticuffs and have a good face to face scrap.

There are also some fantastic set-pieces in the game too. Fighting a gunship, battling on top of a train and jumping from jeep to jeep during a car chase all spring to mind and the set-pieces and action blend seamlessly into each other to create something akin to taking part in your very own action movie. The story’s also well told and the voice acting and camera direction isn’t quite up to the standards of the Metal Gear games but they’re pretty close.

And once you complete the game you can go back into the chapters and try to find all the hidden treasure and play the game with tweaks you can buy including infinite ammo, one shot kills etc. There’s also multiplayer in there for good measure so the game should keep on giving for a bit even after you’ve finished the 10 hour story mode.

The game’s not perfect – there was a moment during the final boss fight when it glitched on me and there are some frustrating ‘instant death’ moments and difficulty spikes. Still, if you want to be taken on adventure that’s far more fun than any Indiana Jones movie, you need this game. Uncharted 2 gets 9 out of 10.

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Related: Uncharted Drakes Fortune review, Uncharted 2 wins best of E3, Youtube Uncharted 2 Among Thieves review

Tags: Uncharted 2 Among Thieves, Uncharted 2, Among Thieves, Playstation 3, Uncharted, Uncharted 2 Among Thieves review

The results of the Games Media awards are in and…we didn’t win. We did make it into the Games Media Awards finalists, I did get to drink a lot and there’s always next year.

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Want a Wii that won’t show up the dirt? Well wait until November and you can bag yourself a limited edition black Wii complete with Remote, Motion Plus, Nunchuck and both Wii Sports games. Get in!

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Infinity Ward are defending the length of the single-player campaign of Modern Warfare 2. Expected to come in at around 6 hours, gamers have been signing petitions to get it made longer. They’ve responded by saying that the story affects the game’s length and not the demands of the gamer. Those looking for extra length had better respond to some of the junk mail in their email inbox.

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