Category: Video Game Reviews
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Review: Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2)
Final Fantasy X-2 Genre: Traditional RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Suggestive Themes, Violence) Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: 11/18/03 Official Home Page: FFX-2 @ Square Enix USA In 1987, a Japanese man by the name of Hironobu Sakaguchi was given the task of saving the failing company known as Square. He had one…
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Review: Amped 2 (XB)
Amped 2 Genre: Extreme Sports – Snowboarding Platform: Xbox Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios The original Amped was an Xbox launch title back in November of 2001. Snowboarding fans looking for a more realistic alternative to EA’s SSX series finally had an option with the debut of the new snowboarding franchise. With the launch of Xbox…
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Review: Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge (XB)
Game: Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge System: X-Box Genre: Aerial Combat Developer: Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Released: 10/21/03 When I got to buy games, I won’t lie to you. I’ll go and stick to the same genres I enjoy and never look back. (Music games, RPGs, platformers, and the occasional extreme skateboarding title). I’ll rarely…
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Review: Gladius (PS2)
Gladius Genre: Strategy RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Blood and Gore, Comic Mischief, Violence) Publisher: Lucasarts Release Date: 10/28/03 Official Home Page: Gladius @ Lucasarts Over the years, the Strategy RPG genre hasn’t been all that popular with the mainstream. Even amongst RPG fans, many prefer traditional RPGs to strategy RPGs. But as…
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Review: The Simpsons: Hit & Run (XB)
Game: The Simpsons: Hit & Run System: X-Box Genre: Mission-Based Driving Developer: Radical Entertainment Publisher: VU Games Release Date: 9/16/03 The Simpsons video game franchise has never really set the world on fire. I mean, do YOU claim to play Virtual Bart or Simpsons Pro Wrestling on a consistent basis? Well, do you? The good…
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Review: Double Dragon Advance (Game Boy Advance)
Double Dragon Advance Genre: Side Scrolling Beat ‘Em Up Platform: GBA ERSB Rating: T Developer: Million Publisher: Atlus Release Date: 11/11/03 Website: Double Dragon Advance Wow. Doing this review brings back a lot of memories. Can you believe this was once one of the biggest franchises in all video gaming. That people would crowd around…
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Review: True Crime: Streets Of LA (PS2)
True Crime: Streets of LA Genre: Mission Based Action Adventure Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Mature (Blood and Gore, Mature Sexual Themes, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, Violence) Developer: Luxoflux Publisher: Activision Release Date: 11/03/03 Official Home Page: True Crime LA Comparisons. To some developers, it is the bane of creating games. To others, it is…
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Review: Tony Hawk’s Underground (PS2)
Tony Hawk’s Underground Genre: Extreme Sports (Skating) Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Blood, Mild Violence, Strong Language) Developer: Neversoft Publisher: Activision Release Date: 10/27/03 Official Home Page: THUGonline When people think of professional skateboarders, they typically think of one man: Tony Hawk. And when people think of extreme sports games, they think of one…
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Review: Disney’s Haunted Mansion (Nintendo Gamecube)
Disney’s Haunted Mansion may share the same name as the upcoming Eddie Murphy film (and also comes with a free ticket to the film) but they have nothing at all in common. Except for their being a Haunted Mansion and all. High Voltage and TDK Mediactive have created a very odd Disney game indeed. The…
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Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nintendo Gamecube)
It’s interesting to see that the pop culture market peaked in the late 1980’s and by the mid to early 1990’s the quality of cartoons, and shows oriented towards kids took such a huge downward spiral that toy companies responded in the only way corporations know how when things get desperate. Retro-stalgia. First came Transformers.…
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Review: Castlevania: Lament Of Innocence (PS2)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Mature (Blood, Violence) Publisher: Konami Release Date: 10/21/03 Official Home Page: Lament of Innocence The Castlevania series has a very long and interesting history. Starting out as Vampire Killer on the MSX Computer System and progressing its way through more consoles than any…
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Review: Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children: Darkness Of Day (Game Boy Advance)
Alright people! It’s finally here! A Shin Megami Tensei game. IN ENGLISH! Something I’ve been waiting for Years. And truth be told, I never thought this day would come. The subject matter is almost taboo in the US thanks to how prevalent Christianity is here. That generally rules out most of the games. Many years…
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Review: Demikids: Light (Game Boy Advance)
Demikids: Light (White of Night) Genre: RPG Platform: Gameboy Advance ESRB Rating: Everyone (Cartoon Violence) Developer/Publisher: Atlus Release Date: 10/07/03 Official Home Page: Demikids @ Atlus.com If there is one series that Atlus is known for amongst major RPG fans, it is Shin Megami Tensei. A long running series in Japan, MegaTen is extremely popular…
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Review: Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Brothers 3 (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Brothers 3 System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Action Platformer Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 10/20/03 Super Mario Brothers 3 can be considered one of the all-time greatest games to ever be released. At the time, it was nothing like we’ve ever seen before. Levels upon levels, power-ups…
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Review: Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg (Nintendo Gamecube)
Platform: GameCube Category: Platformer Developer: SonicTeam Publisher: SEGA Release: Oct. 2003 The Down-Lo: Yuji Naka takes his first stab at an original 3D platformer since the days of Sega Saturn. Sonic Team. I admit it. Those two words alone are almost enough for me to start slobbering like a lunatic fanatical fanboy. Enough for me…
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Review: NBA Live 2004 (PS2)
NBA Live 2004 System: Playstation 2 (Also available on Xbox & Gamecube) Genre: Sports — Basketball Release Date: October 15, 2003 Last year’s NBA Live 2003 was considered a dunk fest, with fast paced action and little to no defense, suspect foul and traveling calls, and very few jump shots. In other words, it was…
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Review: Shining Soul (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Shining Soul System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Action RPG Developer : Sega Publisher: Sega (Japan), Atari (Europe), Atlus (USA) Three publishers for one game. 4 if you count the fact Atari publisher a horrible English translation in Europe then delayed the copy in England for a month or two to get it fixed. As…
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Review: Disagea (PS2)
Genre: Strategy RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Comic Mischief, Mild Language, Mild Violence) Developer: Nippon Ichi Software Publisher: Atlus Release Date: 8/27/03 Official Home Page: Disgaea @ Atlus.com Offbeat. Crazy. Unique. All of these descriptions can be used in either a good or bad manner, and all have been used when describing games…
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Review: DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution (PS2)
Game: DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution System: Playstation 2 Genre: Music/Rhythm Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (KCET) Publisher: Konami of America Release Date: 9/24/03 I remember the first game of Dance Dance Revolution I ever played. Over three years ago, on July 6th, 2000. I was vacationing in Las Vegas, and came across a US machine…
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Review: Doom 3 (PC)
Doom 3 Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: Windows PC ESRB Rating: Mature (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence) Developer: id Software Publisher: Activision Release Date: 8/3/04 Official Home Page: Doom3.com Minimum Reqirements: Pentium 4 1.5GHz (or equivalent) 384MB RAM GeForce 3 w/ 64MB RAM or Radeon 8500 w/ 64MB RAM 2GB Free Hard Drive Space Recommended…