Act One: Excitement!
While browsing through the narrow alleyways and dark catacombs of the newly discovered ”Game Revolution” site, I stumbled upon ”24:The Game”.
Apparently, they are making a video game based off of my demoted favourite show. Since 24 was shunned from my good graces, the producers have bartered and begged with the video game industry to assault me in an entirely too familiar medium.
24: The Game is exactly what I wanted 24: Season Three to be. It will explain who arranged to have President Palmer killed at the end of Season Two, how Kim got a job at CTU, how Chase and Jack began working together, and other delightful tidbits. With this game, it seems 24 creators and writers want to fill many of their enormous plot holes with some glue or putty to hold their universe together.
Overall, the game looks interesting. It combines the variety of missions you’d expect from a 007 game with the visuals and controls of Max Payne. Since I highly enjoy both genres, I think I will be pleased with 24.
Tony Almeada and Michelle Dessler crowd around this guy…whoever he is.
The game looks engaging and entertaining. Is it enough to make me spring 80 bucks for its November release date. No. I’ll hold out until Christmas, when I’ll most likely find either 24: The Game or the Sin City Extended Edition under my tree.
Both would be awesome.
Act Two: Out Of This World Excitement!
In addition to the release of 24: The Game in November, the long-awaited Stargate SG-1 game will be released in October. Taking place during the Anubis conflict, Stargate SG-1: The Alliance looks like it will be a combination of Rainbow Six controls with Half-Life 2 graphics. This game should prove to be interesting, simply because of its computer release - meaning that I won’t necessarily have to purchase it.
In addition, I’m a big fan of the series, and I hope that this game will live up to it. It looks good.
The largest problem is, the entire story will feel pointless. Stargate SG-1 has moved on past Anubis. He has long since been dealt with, and the Goauld (of which Anubis was the most powerful) have been overthrown. They’ve moved on in the series. General Jack O’Neil (Richard Dean Anderson) has left the show to be with his family. Colonel Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) is absent from the show’s first few episodes to start a family (she’s pregnant). Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) is still on the show, and so is Christopher Judge (Teal’c). Otherwise, things have changed. The game seems a little dated.
Hence, I’ll download it.
Act Three: Project Karma
Front running names for the dog include the following:
Elly Sophie
That is all.