Category: Video Game Reviews
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Review: Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3: Rebel Strike (Nintendo Gamecube)
Rogue Squadron 3: Rebel Strike Genre: Space/Arcade Platform: Gamecube 2 players Publisher: LucasArts Developer: Factor Five Plot Rebel Strike is another game set in that galaxy far far away, focusing on the exploits of Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles as they struggle valiantly to free the galaxy from oppression. Taking a page from Jedi Academy,…
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Review: Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance)
Platform: Game Boy Advance Category: Platformer Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: SEGA Release: Sept. 2003 The Down-Lo: Hands down the best Sonic title of the new millennium. Period. I hate hardcore Sonic fanboys. Oh yes. I do. “Wha? Oh come on, isn’t that the teapot calling the kettle black, Bebito? You’re totally a Sonic fanboy.” WRONG.…
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Review: Arx Fatalis (XB)
Ah Dreamcatcher. A publisher I have a strange love-hate relationship for. They’ve given me some incredible games I’ve fallen in love with like Dracula: Resurrection, Dracula: Last Sanctuary and Necronomicon. However, they’ve also released some real crap like Jekyll and Hyde. And now they’ve given us Arx Fatalis. In truth, Arx has been out for…
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Review: Space Channel 5: Special Edition (PS2)
Space Channel 5: Special Edition Sony Playstation 2 Genre: Music/Rhythm Developer: Sega/UGA Publisher: Agetec Released: 11/18/03 I remember when I first experienced the music-gaming bliss that was Space Channel 5. It was the summer that I graduated high school, and the Dreamcast game was my first purchase I made with my new check card. I…
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Review: I-Ninja (All)
I-Ninja Platform: Xbox, PlayStation2, GameCube Publisher: Namco Developer: Argonaut Games Genre: Action-Platformer Release Date: 12/04/2003 Cheap Plug for Realultimatepower.net. I like ninjas. Love ’em in fact. My business cards at Charthouse do not hold a fancy title like Director of OutBound Sales or Internet Marketing Analyst. No, they in fact read ‘SNEAKY NINJA.’ I-Ninja is…
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Review: NBA Inside Drive 2004
Game: NBA Inside Drive 2004 System: Microsoft X-Box Genre: Sports/Basketball Developer: High Voltage Software Publisher: Microsoft Date of Release: November 18, 2003 In recent years, it has been a dead heat between Electronic Arts’ NBA Live series and Sega Sports’ NBA 2K/ESPN NBA Basketball series for the title of the year’s best basketball game. Some…
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Review: Beyond Good & Evil (XB)
Wow. I’ve just beaten the game twice now and I have to get my thoughts on paper. It is an absolute mystery to me how many people love this game. I can’t fathom it. I can’t. Never has a game pissed me off so much with shoddy controls, the worst camera angles I have ever…
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Review: Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds (XB)
Game: Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds System: Microsoft X-Box Genre: Fantasy / Real-Time Strategy Developer: Secret Level Publisher: Atari Release Date: 11/18/03 Way back in the year of 1993, a little collectable card game known as Magic: The Gathering was released upon the unsuspecting public. The game quickly gained cult status, and made players out of…
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Review: Top Spin (XB)
Platform: Xbox Category: Tennis Developer: PAM Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Release: Nov. 2003 The Down-Lo: Tennis lovin’ for the Xbox. Surprisingly good? Let it be known now that there’s a bar to live up to with tennis titles. It was set by Sega in 1998, is still in effect, and is known as Virtua Tennis…
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Review: Sword Of Mana (Game Boy Advance)
Wow. It’s been a long time since I picked up this game. And this is by far my favorite Square series. I first picked this game up on a flight to my moms when in the winter of 1991. This was before Final Fantasy had the big “overrated pile of crap’ label I have placed…
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Review: CIMA: The Enemy (Game Boy Advance)
Right. I’ve had this game for over a month. I’ve tried to review it. I honestly, honestly have. But I can’t do it. It’s too hard. I trusted Natsume. They’ve never steered me wrong before. They gave me Harvest Moon. They gave me Legend of the River King. They gave me Wizardry: Summoner. For god’s…
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Review: Midway Arcade Treasures (Nintendo Gamecube)
God bless you Midway. That’s all I can say. God bless you for giving us amazing classic games that I spent large quantities of my single digit years. God bless you for re-releasing them all on one disc for all systems. And most of all, god bless you for having games that were made nigh…
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Review: True Crime: Streets Of LA (XB)
True Crime: Streets of LA Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Xbox (Also available on PS2 & Gamecube) Rating: Mature Publisher: Activision Release: November 2003 Prior to its release, True Crime: Streets of LA had been one of the most buzzworthy games in the minds of industry insiders and gamers alike. Some were calling it the next…
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Review: Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix (XB)
Game: Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix System: Microsoft X-Box Genre: Rhythm-Based Music Game Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment of Hawaii (KCEH) Publisher: Konami of America (KOA) Released: 11/18/03 (w/pad), 12/10/03 (game only) Those who know me know of my undying passion for Dance Dance Revolution. Out of all the games I play, it’s the only series I’ll…
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Review: Mario & Luigi: Super Star Saga (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Mario & Luigi: Super Star Saga System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Role-Playing Game Developed By: Nintendo Published By: Nintendo Released: 11/17/03 Whenever I hear that Mario is going to be put in an RPG environment, I get a good feeling about what is to come. I’ve played both Super Mario RPG on the Super…
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Review: Onimusha Tactics (Game Boy Advance)
You know, Onimusha Tactics was released with little to no fanfare by Capcom. Not only is it the latest game in one of Capcom’s more under-rated series, they turned it into a full blown Strategy RPG. Onimusha Tactics goes back to the days of Shining Force CD in terms of the style of Tactics RPG…
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Review: Pokemon Channel (Nintendo Gamecube)
It was the summer of 1996. Still a full year and some change before it came to the States, when it completely changed the face of video gaming, merchandising and with modest still in tact, the world. I’d finished my Freshman year of college and while my ex was visiting relatives, I ended up going…
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Review: Medal Of Honor: Rising Sun
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: PlayStation 2 EA Games 1-4 Players, 2 Player Co-Op, Online Play. Plot Medal of Honor: Rising Sun takes you across the world to the Pacific Ocean, and plunks you down in the shoes of a Marine named Joe Griffin, who is aboard the USS California…
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Review: Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Nintendo Gamecube)
Game: Mario Kart: Double Dash! System: Nintendo GameCube Genre: Kart Racing (“Fun” Racing) Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: November 18th, 2003 It’s no secret that the Mario Kart franchise is an incredible one. It took the traditional racing formula, added some creative weaponry, and made it accessible to everyone. Not only that, but the…
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Review: Jak II (PS2)
Platform: PlayStation 2 Category: Platformer Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: SCEA Release: Oct. 2003 The Down-Lo: The dynamic duo returns, but this time it’s not all smiles, lollypops, and candy canes. The original Jak & Daxter was great fun and well deserving of a successor. But if you were among the millions that bought J&D back…