Category: Video Game Reviews
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Review: NFL Fever 2004 (XB)
Microsoft surprised the sports gaming world back in November 2001 with its rookie football effort NFL Fever 2002. The fast gameplay, impressive graphics, and decent features made it a football franchise to be watched closely in the future. Last season, Fever disappointed some critics, citing not enough improvement from the previous version to get up…
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Review: Wrestlemania XIX (Nintendo Gamecube)
Game: Wrestlemania XIX System: Nintendo Game Cube Genre:Wrestling Developer: Yukes Publisher:THQ Released:09/08/03 Okay. I’ll be honest up front. My three favorite wrestling games are AJPW vs. Virtua Fighter, Touken Retsuden 4, and Fire Pro Wrestling: Six Man Scramble. Note that all are on Sega Systems. As well, I have not been a fan of any…
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Review: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Game Boy Advance)
System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Strategy RPG Developer: Product Development Division 4 Publisher: Square-Enix Released: 9/8/03 Oh god. Oh god oh god oh god. Do you see what I do for you people? Do you see what hells and tortures I am willing to suffer so that you can get every bit of video game…
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Review: F-Zero GX (Nintendo Gamecube)
Game: F-Zero GX System: Game Cube Genre: Racing Developer: Amusement Vision Publisher: Nintendo Released: 8/26/03 Okay. Before I begin, let me just say that whoever can name where the tagline comes from gets a mention in the RG Mailbag. Now, it’s been a while since we’ve seen an FZero game, and now it’s back both…
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Review: ESPN NFL Football (PS2)
ESPN NFL Football 2K4 Genre: Sports (Football) Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Everyone Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: Sega Release Date: 9/3/03 Early on in the lifespan of the Dreamcast, Sega decided to get into an area where they had previously never ventured seriously. They wanted to make sports games. Even though the road ahead of…
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Review: Soul Calibur II (Nintendo Gamecube)
When it comes to certain kinds of games, I am ruthlessly hard. It would be exceedingly difficult for me not to treat each and every fighting, wrestling, and puzzle game that comes my way with a healthy level of skepticism and not call things the way I see them. This means that a beautiful, professionally…
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Review: Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Pinball Developer: Jupiter Corp. Publisher: Nintendo Released: 08/28/03 I love handheld Pinball. Sonic Pinball Party. Pinball of the Dead. Pokemon Pinball for the GBC. It’s cute, easy to learn but hard to master, and requires very little thought process once you get the physics…
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Review: NCAA GameBreaker 2004 (PS2)
NCAA GameBreaker 2004 System: Playstation 2 Genre: Sports — Football Release Date: August 26, 2002 Publisher/Developer: 989 Sports/Sony Official Web Site Like all great college dynasties of the past, there comes a time when the program must rebuild, take a few years out of the national scene, and gradually bring their program back up to…
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Review: Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (PS2)
Game: Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution System: Playstation 2 Genre: Fighting Developed By: Sega AM2 Published By: Sega Released: 8/12/03 When it comes to the fighting game genre, there are two extreme camps: The Tekken camp, and the Virtua Fighter camp. Those who belong to the Tekken camp prefer fighting games that don’t require too much…
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Review: Madden NFL 2004 (PS2)
Madden NFL 2004 Genre: Sports (Football) Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: Official Home Page: Madden2004.com I know what you’re thinking right now. Why is the humping RPG guy reviewing a sports game? Well, it’s a little known fact that I used to be quite the fan of football games. In…
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Review: Sonic Pinball Party (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Sonic Pinball Party System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Pinball Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Released: 6/1/03 Video game mascots seem to have this tendency to venture into uncharted territories in between the action/adventure games they are usually associated with. The Mario franchise alone has branched out into kart racing, interactive board games, golf, tennis,…
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Review: Phantasy Star Collection (Game Boy Advance)
Originally posted in Retrograding 12.24.02 Now. Phantasy Star. You all know it made it on to my list of best RPG franchises, and at least two of you went out and bought the GBA cartridge when I mentioned it was now out. Shame on Sega and video game writers in general for not making PS…
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Review: Sega Arcade Gallery (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Sega Arcade Gallery System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Compilation (Action Racing/Shooting) Developer: Sega Publisher: THQ Released: 5/21/03 I’m sure that in some gaming circles, it’s quite fun to bash Sega games and Sega as a company. “Haha, the Dreamcast is dead. Haha, they’re losing money. Haha, their mascot games are lame now,” is what…
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Review: Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow (Game Boy Advance)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Genre: Platform Action RPG Platform: Gameboy Advance ESRB Rating: Teen (Animated Blood, Violence) Publisher: Konami Release Date: 5/7/2003 The Castlevania franchise has been one of the most popular and prolific series to date. Spanning many different consoles, the series has had quite a few titles and they range from incredible, to…
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Review: Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ (Game Boy Advance)
Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Compilation Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Released: 5/22/03 Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve been in the middle of several games at once, but never found the time to finish them all? I know I have. At the moment, I’m in the middle…
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Review: Wario World (Nintendo Gamecube)
Game: Wario World System: Nintendo GameCube Genre: Action / Platformer Developer: Treasure Publisher: Nintendo Released: 6/24/03 Wario is an interesting character in the Nintendo universe. He made his first appearance in Super Mario Land 2 as the main villain, and Mario’s evil double. He then took over the Super Mario Land series, and turned it…
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Review: Space Channel 5 (Game Boy Advance)
Hmmm. You know I had a choice between doing the Jet Grind Radio GBA review and this one. And guess what went through my head? ?Well, the play control on JGR is going to lose something in the port. And SC5 is a Rhythm game. How hard can THAT be to do correctly?? And therein…
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Jet Grind Radio (Game Boy Advance) Review
Jet Grind Radio Genre: Skating Platform: Game Boy Advance Developer: Vicarious Visions Publisher: THQ Release Date: June 23, 2003 In Jet Grind Radio, we have a game that was a hit for a home console that has been ported to the Game Boy Advance. Jet Grind Radio was a Dreamcast classic – will the GBA…
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Review: Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy Of Goku II (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Action RPG Developer: Webfoot Technologies Publisher: Atari Release Date: 6/17/03 Let’s face it. Fans of the show Dragon Ball Z (Even you. You know who you are.) in the United States have it rough when it comes to games based on…
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Review: Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Game Boy Advance)
Golden Sun: The Lost Age Genre: Traditional RPG Platform: Game Boy Advance ESRB Rating: Everyone (Violence) Developer: Camelot Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: April 15, 2003 Official Home Page: www.goldensun-games.com When it was released, Golden Sun was the first RPG available for the Game Boy Advance (not counting previous Game Boy and Game Boy Color games),…