It’s not often that I get surprised by a game — and even less frequently when its a game on the Wii. But this week, after popping in Disaster: Day of Crisis, I was quite blown away.
Here is a game that should, by rights, be something of a mess. The on-rails shooting, the third-person running around and the gesture-controlled action sequences put plenty of ideas into the pot. Add to this pretty much every cataclysmic plot idea you can imagine and you have a recipe for disaster (excuse the pun).
However, playing the game soon shows how well directed the whole experience is. Because it understands what sort of game it is, it can deliver. What results is a well-balanced shooting game with a perfectly brash arcade style. It’s an experience that easily won me over and had me playing for many hours in my first sitting.
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