Blood Wake

Bloodwater was one of the microsoft games available at release. The Xbox proved that is a quality machine with some of the other release games so what went wrong here? The game involves you driving round in a boat shooting other boats and smashing crates to recieve power ups and additional health. That is basically where the games problems come from. It is one of the simplest games I have ever played. All that is required is you drive around with your thumb on fire and steer towards other boats. Most of the weapons use autoaim which ridicules the point of a shoot-em up. Also the sheer nature of boats means any skillful manoeveures are pretty much impossible as their turning circle is too large. It is not all bad as the game does feature some pretty realistic water effects and it is extremely easy to get into. It also has an o.k. multiplayer game where up to four players can battle it out against each other. However it soon becomes a bore as it is too repetitive. With a little bit of imagination this could have been one of the better launch titles. However, maybe as it was rushed for release at launch, I would say that it is an average game only enjoyable in small doses.