Joe Danger: Bigger is Not Always Better

A nice little game called Joe Danger is out on the PSN. Per IGN, it's what you'd get if "Excitebike and Trials HD got together and totally did it. Their baby would be Joe Danger." With an overall rating of 9.5/10, that's a pretty awesome baby. The game itself follows a previously injured motorcycle stuntman trying to regain his moves through completing objectives like successfully performing tricks and collecting items. There is also a splitscreen mode for two-player races and a level editor (like in Excitebike). What I find most interesting about this little gem of a game is that it was developed by the 4 guys at newcomer Hello Games in less than a year. Think about it this way: we had to wait 4 years between Final Fantasy XII and XIII and the latter isn't even fun. All the pretty graphics and music and complex gameplay in the world couldn't make a game half as enjoyable as Joe Danger. This is a good lesson to keep an eye out on smaller, lesser-known developers as well as newcomers to the game.