Urban warfare games always hand us policemen or crooks to play with, but I'm still holding out for a civilian class with cover-based "cower" and "flee" abilities.
Video Blips:
• Join the hardened cops or cunning criminals in Call of Juarez: The Cartel's multiplayer modes. Hopefully this game gains enough favor for a Dog the Bounty Hunter spin-off.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1jtUWRACo?rel=0&hd=1]
Continue after the break for Rain's wetness in Mortal Kombat, Storm's weather-based puzzle system, and a demon fox's invasion of Pockie Ninja.
• Rain holds the power to seriously break your umbrella in Mortal Kombat. It's as if Seattle channeled its shower patterns into a man-shaped avatar of soakage. But don't say that to his face.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR5OOdt9Vzc?rel=0&hd=1]
• More rain, you say? Yep, Storm's puzzles require deft control of drizzles, sunlight, and lightning for victory. I thought X-Men's Storm might factor into this somehow, but unless she embraced the almighty power of the hippie while I wasn't looking, I'm out of luck.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5tDic-OQ7Q?rel=0&hd=1]
• Who needs throwing knives or an impractical, spiky hairdo when you've got a demonic fox on your side in Pockie Ninja? Transforming into a monstrous creature looks way cooler than having it pop out of a little ball, I say.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ibU6yWlhE?rel=0&hd=1]