Giants

Every video game on this site was chosen for review based on the fact that I had some sarcastic remarks or a silly story to relate about it. Giants forced me to break the trend, I've got nothing amusing to say about this game. It's simply the best thing I've played in a long time.

Giants is everything in one. At different times, it's an action game, a first-person shooter, a base-building strategy game, and a racer. Except for maybe the base building, which is a little weak, it plays all the other roles as good or better than anything else out there. The action is fast paced, and with three tremendously different characters to play, it does not get old fast.

But that's just the beginning: Giants has a story, and it's a really good one. Compared to Unreal Tournament 2003, which has perhaps the shittiest ending of all PC games, Giants tells an interesting, humorous story through cutscenes in between each mission.

We're not done yet, Giants has beautiful graphics and well done animation. Everything looks wonderful on a normal computer, and the graphic detail can be bumped up to 'stunning' if you have a workhorse PC. Nicely done voicework is another plus.

I can't think of anything bad to say about Giants. It could have been longer, maybe. Multiplayer isn't all that engaging, it seems like more of an afterthought. Other that that, everything is first class. If you've never played Giants, go get the damn thing right away, it's also out for Playstation 2 if you want to rent it.

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