Category: Video Game Reviews
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Review: Unlimited Saga (PS2)
Unlimited SaGa Genre: Non-Traditional RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: 6/18/03 Official Home Page: U-Saga.com Squaresoft (and now Square Enix) is known for quite a few different series of games. There is of course Final Fantasy and Seiken Densetsu (the Mana series, in America) for Square, and on the…
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Review: The Hulk (PS2)
Game: The Hulk System: PS2 Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Radical Publisher: Universal Interactive Released: 5/28/03 It seems that there is one constant equation that links the movie world with the video game world: One hot summer movie ALWAYS equals a slew of video games to go with it. Let’s take a trip in the way-back machine…
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Review: Arc The Lad: Twilight Of The Spirits
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits Genre: Strategy RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Alcohol Reference, Mild Language, Violence) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Release Date: 6/24/03 Official Home Page: Arc the Lad @ Playstation.com In 2002, the popular American company Working Designs released their most ambitious project yet. Even though the games…
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Retrograding Weekend News 06.29.03
Right. I’ve spent most of this week doing interviews and resume sending so I haven’t had much free time. I’ve just learned my fiancee is going nuts back in the UK, and I realized no matter what I write, it’s going to be a let down compared to last weeks Adam Ryland interview. So I…
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Review: Sonic Adventure DX (Nintendo Gamecube)
Game: Sonic Adventure DX: Director’s Cut System: GameCube Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Released: 6/18/03 Sonic the Hedgehog has been seeing a LOT of re-releases as of late. First came Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, a remake of the original Dreamcast SA2. Fans loved the upgrades it received, while the naysayers lambasted it mostly…
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Review: Brute Force (XB)
Brute Force was first revealed at E3 2002 and was called “the next Halo” by many people. Several delays later, E3 2003 proved to be another taste of the yet to be released gem from Microsoft Game Studios. Finally, during the last week of May 2003, more than one year after its playable debut at…
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Retrograding Advance 06.16.03
Yeah, I know. I thought I’d be writing only once a week as well. Who knew? Well, everyone but me apparently. But seriously, I’m weekends only. This is just to make up for the time I was gone. As a lot of you may know, instead of getting a fee game with your Game Cube,…
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Review: MLB Inside Pitch 2003 (XB)
After releasing NFL Fever and NBA Inside Drive to moderate success, you knew it was only a matter of time before Microsoft released an MLB sister to its basketball and football counterparts. In May, the baseball version finally arrived with MLB Inside Pitch 2003, the ONLY online baseball game this season. Although the game suffers…
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Retrograding Review: Ikaruga (Nintendo Gamecube)
You know, I’m both happy and distraught right now. Happy because no one at 411 has reviewed this game even though it’s been out for a few weeks. Distraught for the same reason. This is Ikaruga people! Created by Treasure. The company who gave us Guardian Heroes and Radiant Silvergun, easily two of the greatest…
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Review: Ikaruga (Nintendo Gamecube)
Game: Ikaruga System: GameCube Genre: Shooter (Old-School!) Designer: Treasure Publisher: Infogrames (Atari) Released: 4/16/03 I miss the days of the old-school shooters. Games like Galaga, Galaxian, Gradius, Raiden, and others of that ilk kept me busy for hours at a time. Sadly, except for a few exceptions, these games nowadays seem to have all but…
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Review: The Hulk (XB)
Review: The Hulk (XB) After the success of Spider-Man in 2002, it was inevitable for another comic book hero to make a jump to the big screen. The latest Marvel creation gone Hollywood is The Hulk, and just like Spider-Man the movie has a video game of the same title. It probably isn’t surprising when…
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Review: Enter The Matrix (PS2)
Enter the Matrix Genre: Action Platform: PS2 ESRB Rating: Teen Developer: Shiny Publisher: Atari (Infogrames) and Warner Bros. Release Date: 5/15/03 Official Home Page: EntertheMatrixGame.com Typically, when a game is released that is based on a movie, it falls into one of two categories: bad or really bad. Most movie related games are just downright…
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Review: Amplitude (PS2)
Amplitude Genre: Rhythm/Music Platform: Playstation 2 Developer: Harmonix Publisher: Sony Release Date: 3/25/03 Like I said in one of my reports, I wanted to see this game reviewed. Well, no one has done so up till this point. If you want something done, you’ve gotta do it yourself. In 2001, Frequency was released for the…
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Review: Breath Of Fire: Dragon Quarter (PS2)
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter Genre: Role Playing Game Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Blood, Partial Nudity, Violence) Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 2/18/03 The Breath of Fire series has a storied history. The original, which was developed by Squaresoft, was regarded as one of the better RPGs for the Super Nintendo. For the rest…
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Review: Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille Zur Macht (PS2)
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Genre: Traditional Role Playing Game Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Blood and Gore, Violence) Developer: Monolith Soft Publisher: Namco Release Date: 2/25/03 Official Home Page: www.xenosaga.com In 1998, Squaresoft released Xenogears, a game that many consider to be one of the best games that the company ever…
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Review: World Tour Soccer 2003 (PS2)
World Tour Soccer 2003 System: Playstation 2 Company: 989 Sports Genre: Sports — Soccer Release Date: February 12, 2003 World Tour Soccer 2003 is the latest soccer game from 989 Sports. Loaded with features, modes, and an unbelievable array of players and teams, WTS has everything a soccer fan could ask for. Even people who…
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Review: Dark Cloud 2 (PS2)
Dark Cloud 2 Genre: Action Role Playing Game (Dungeon Crawl) Platform: Playstation 2 Developer: Level 5 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 2/18/03 Official Home Page: Dark Cloud 2 First of all, I want to say thank you for the support that has been given to me by the 411 Staff. I appreciate the kind words and…
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Review: .hack Infection (PS2)
.hack//Infection Genre: Role Playing Game (Dungeon Hack) Platform: Playstation 2 Publisher: Bandai Release Date: 2/11/03 Estimated Play Time: 15 hours to 40 hours Official Home Page: www.dothack.com A couple of years ago, Bandai (the makers of Gundam) announced a very ambitious, yet intriguing project. It was designed to be the ultimate crossover series, with games,…
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Review: Skies of Arcadia Legends (Nintendo Gamecube)
Whenever someone mentions the now deceased Dreamcast, fans of the console will think of their favorite game on the system. For some people, it’s Shenmue. For others, Jet Grind Radio. For me, and a whole lot of other people, it’s Skies of Arcadia. While not completely original, it was very unique in quite a few…
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Retrograding 01.28.03
Let’s see, first off I was in Stratford-upon-Avon this weekend. Nice little town. Probably the best I’ve seen in the UK so far. And not just because of Shakespeare. Anyways, I had one of my Spider-Sense tingling, like when I found FF Tactics and the Strategy guide for sale for $20 in a little down…