Testseek.com have collected 40 expert reviews of the Rise of Nightmares and the average rating is 56%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Rise of Nightmares.
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Kinect technology works well to give full freedom of movement with only the odd niggle,
Slow to start and a bit repetitive in some sections.
It's rather slow to warm up, but Sega's horror outing definitely builds momentum and in the end we found ourselves very much enjoying its blend of zombie bashing and reflex testing. The full movement motion controls are occasionally problematic, but th...
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Published: 2011-09-29, Author: Andrew , review by: theregister.co.uk
The over-reliance on QTEs typifies Rise of Nightmares' sensibilities. There's nothing within its gameplay that wouldn't have been better achieved through a conventional control scheme. Sega has proved developers can use Kinect to control a full first-pers...
Combat motion controls are a fun novelty to begin with, Fair amount of collectables to those who endear to it
Combat controls soon screw up at the worst of times, Walking controls soon grate thanks to inaccuracy and unimaginative level design, Not scary in the slightest
Abstract: The demand for Kinect games that appeal to the core Xbox 360 audience - who are far more comfortable with a machine gun in hand than they are throwing a virtual Frisbee to a cartoon dog - hasn’t gone unnoticed by the SEGA camp. In fact, the Japanese de...
Looking at the screenshots and game description on their own it would be easy to write off Rise of Nightmares as a low budget, basic horror game with little value but that is actually part of the charm when playing. Essentially what we have here is a g...
The promise of better engagement is left unfulfilled, but there’s a glimpse of the future of gaming here ...
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Published: 2011-06-17, Author: Tom , review by: telegraph.co.uk
Abstract: It's Microsoft's pre-E3 party in a swanky club in downtown LA. Kinect titles line the walls, wannabe Hollywood starlets strut their stuff to Dance Central, car lovers test out Forza 4, a special glass room hosts Disney and Star Wars in the back. Gears ...
Abstract: TOOLS YOU CAN USE advertisementThe horror ... the horror. I can remember when there were only two preeminent game console systems, Nintendo and Sega. The latter arguably had a better selection of games, ranging from Sonic the Hedgehog, Mortal Kombat 2,...
