Screenshots: The Suffering: Ties That Bind, RIP3, Darkstar One, Alpha Prime

I've been playing a lot of console games which meant not too many screen shots as of late. So to make up for that a bit, here are some belated screen shots of random stuff.


Here's a tastefully obscured shot of some bad guys from The Suffering: Ties That Bind. Trust me, you don't want a better picture.


Here's a more pleasant picture. It would actually be horribly bloody, but the RIP games let you substitute blood splats with flowers. How pleasant.


Here's a mildly majestic shot from Darkstar One. The game in general is mildly majestic. Meh. Space.


This is Alpha Prime, new on GameTap. You are looking at the best element of the game, the graphics. This game does metals and plastics as well as Doom 3, and does weathered metals and concrete a bit better, by my reckoning. The gameplay however, is so great I decided to ignore it and engage god mode. Running around and killing everyone by hitting them in the head with the game's solitary melee weapon (a rock hammer) was much more satisfying, mostly thanks to the humorous clanging sound it made. The plot was actually somewhat interesting. There's a lot of chatty cut scenes. But the translation and characterization didn't do the game any favors.

So there's four screen shots and one mini-review. Don't say I never gave you anything. :)