They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but don’t tell that to us gamers. We love to find copycats and string them up. Whether it is this year’s triple-A game taking ideas from last year’s, or some media darling that stole its innovations from an ancient and obscure release, we …
Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Review – Ninja Blade
Monday, November 9th, 2009 by christianReview – 100 Classic Book Collection
Friday, November 6th, 2009 by cunzy1 1100 Classic Book Collection for the DS is awesomesauce. That’s the gist of this whole review for those of you unwilling or unable to read further. However, for those with some staying power I will qualify why it is such an amazing condiment after I clarify that it isn’t a game.
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Review – Persona
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 by chrisNothing but Playstation remakes. The PSP seems to be relegated to the unusual role of a “Remake system”. Nearly all the RPGs (which are, of course, the only real games out there) on the system are remakes, or generally reputed to be bad. And Persona is falls neatly in the first category, …
Review – Wheelman
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 by christianWheelman is a straightforward looking Grand Theft Auto clone, made by a dying publisher and featuring the voice and likeness of Vin “I End Lives” Diesel. A recipe for failure if there ever was one, save for the fact that Diesel’s track record with the game industry has been stellar. After the two …
Review – Another Code: R A Journey Into Lost Memories
Monday, October 12th, 2009 by cunzy1 1Another Code:R A Journey Into Lost Memories (herein abbreviated to AC:RAJILM) is from the same developer behind the rather excellent Hotel Dusk. So I was somewhat excited when AC:RAJILM was announced for the Wii.
After an extensive playthrough, it seems that this excitement was altogether misplaced. This is not necessarily to say that the game is …
Review – Digital Devil Saga 2
Monday, October 5th, 2009 by chrisI have heard it said that the second Digital Devil Saga was rushed. The four hour long final dungeon might be evidence of this, given that the whole game is still only about 25 hours long total. This makes DDS2 only a bit longer than the first one. While DDS2 maintains the …
Review – Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 by jackson“An ancient pond. A frog jumps in. The splash of water. Hmm… Not a bad haiku.” -Old Man living in Sagami
Muramasa is like a haiku. It’s simple and concise. It comes from an ancient era where a direction pad and a button or two were all anyone needed to escape into virtual reality. Its three …
Review – Silent Hill: Homecoming
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 by christianThe last time I reviewed a Silent Hill game, I was playing through SH:Origins, a PSP original developed by an American team with a greater focus on combat than previous games in the series. At the time, I made two points which I thought encapsulated the nature of Silent Hill games. Firstly, I …
Review – Cursed Mountain
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 by jacksonCursed Mountain is the latest game in the survival horror mountain climbing genre. It really wants to let everyone know that it’s scary, it has angry contorted faces all over the place, deep dramatic music, and lots of dark shadowy stuff everywhere. It also really wants to recreate the feeling of climbing up a mountain. …
Review – Digital Devil Saga
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 by chrisAtlus has a reputation for releasing games that appreciate in value. They print a bunch of copies, but they sell slowly at first but eventually you’ll need to trade in a console or two to have enough credit to pick them up.
Recently, they have been trying to curb that reputation – partly by printing …
