Category: Xbox

  • Review: Still Life (XB)

    Review: Still Life Developer: Microids Distributor: The Adventure Company Genre: Adventure Release Date: 6/7/05 Still Life is the newest in a long line of point-and-click style games whose lineage dates back to the original Nintendo. It also happens to contain copious amounts of blood, gore, and foul language. Not to mention challenging puzzles and some…

  • Review: Forza Motorsport (Microsoft Xbox)

    Forza Motorsport Developer: Microsoft Games Studios Publisher: Microsoft Genre: Racing Release Date: 05/03/05 So yeah…this is a bit late isn’t it? Well, funny story. Microsoft sent the game to my name, but to Chris Pankonin’s address in Kansas. Chris was the old head of games who works for Huskervision now down there. And Chris got…

  • Review: Digimon World 4 (XB)

    Review: Digimon World 4 Developer: Bandai Distributor: Bandai Genre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 5/31/05 Let me get this out of the way right off the bat. As far as I am concerned, Digimon is just a rip off of Pokemon that, for whatever reason, has a pretty decent following. Really the only difference between the two…

  • Review: Pariah (XB)

    Game: Pariah Developer: Digital Extremes Distributor: Groove Games Genre: FPS Release Date: 05/03/05 Well, this is my first official review, so I just want to say… Look ma! I’m on Inside Pulse! Whooooooo! Ok, now that we have that out of the way… For the longest time I refused to play a First Person Shooter…

  • THE TRIBUNAL: Jade Empire (Microsoft Xbox)

    THIS SESSION HAS NOW BEEN CONVENED Order! Order in the Tribunal Court! *Looks for gavel* Well it looks like I forgot to borrow the gavel from Alex. Anyway, welcome one and all to the Tribunal Hall, we gather here today to take a second and third look at the newest RPG on the Xbox. Jade…

  • Review: Psychonauts (XB)

    Psychonauts Publisher: Majesco Developer: Double Fine Productions Genre: 3-D platformer Release Date: 4/19/05 Originally Widro was supposed to review this, but he never had the chance. Well, that and Majesco sent me the game on April 29th, so I popped it in and beat it. It’s odd, because I really didn’t expect Majesco to send…

  • Review: Spy Vs Spy (XB)

    Xbox Global Star Software 4 Player Split Screen/System Link/Live Ah Spy Vs Spy. That brings back some cherished memories. Both in its original game form and in Mad Magazine form, Spy Vs Spy is a guilty pleasure for me. Which is why I was hesitant to give this one a review. After all, if the…

  • Review: Jade Empire (XB) (2)

    Lucard’s Note: We normally never do second reviews here at IP, saying other opinions for THE TRIBUNAL. But after my review in which I called the game good, worthy playing through once, and gave it a respectable score of a 7, Bioware’s PR firm called Pankonin, Bebito, Widro, and myself whining like babies saying “A…

  • Review: Raze’s Hell (XB)

    Raze’s Hell Developer: Artech Studios Publisher: Majesco Genre: 3-D Action Adventure Release Date: 4/22/05 Every so often a trend comes up that makes me ashamed to be a gamer. The graphics over gameplay trend. The “OMG! LARA CROFT NUDE CHEAT CODE! I WANT ONE!” trend, the “let’s release 12 version of the same game with…

  • Wrestlemania XXI (Microsoft Xbox)

    Wreslemania XXI Developer: Studio Gigante Publisher: THQ Genre: Sports/Wrestling Release Date: 4/21/05 By now you’ve heard it from other sites and even my First Impressions: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. It is hands down the worst Wrestling game ever made. THQ needs to issue a formal apology and a recall for allowing this level of…

  • Review: Jade Empire (XB)

    Publisher: Microsoft Developer: Bioware System: Microsoft Xbox Genre: Role-Playing Release: 04-14-05 Jade Empire is one of those games you can’t help but hear about. Thanks to a ton of money spent on advertising and a lot of attention given to Bioware’s latest project by gaming sites across the globs (We’re no exception. We’ve interviewed Bioware…

  • Review: Obscure (XB, PS2)

    Obscure Developer: Hydravision Publisher: Dreamcatcher Genre: Survival Horror Release Date: 04/06/05 I loves me some sweet sweet horror. But true horror games. Ones that focus on plot in addition to gore and gameplay. The Resident Evil series lacks plot and good controls (Save for 4 and then its only got controls), and focuses purely on…

  • Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee (GC, XB)

    Genre: Fighting Platform: Nintendo Gamecube (Also On: XB) Rating: T (Teen) Publisher: Ubi-Soft Release Date: 03/22/2005 Some people might shy away from reviewing a game like TMNT: Mutant Melee if they were in my position. I have certain loyalties to 4Kids but on this occasion, I was NOT afforded a free copy of this game,…

  • Review: Lego Star Wars (PS2, XB)

    Genre: Action Platform Platform: Sony Playstation 2 (Also On: XB) Rating: E (Everyone) Publisher: Eidos Release Date: 04/04/2005 At first glance, it seems like Lego Star Wars is one of the most sickeningly transparent attempt at product placement in recent video game memory. However, once the game starts up and the graphics and music begin,…

  • Review: Iron Phoenix (XB)

    Game: Iron Phoenix System: Microsoft XBox Genre: Online Action/Combat Developer: InterServ International Publisher: Sega Release: 3/22/05 Lucard was 100% correct when he made the infamous quote “Bad Sammy-controlled-Sega of evil!” Ever since the takeover, Sega games have dropped in quality by quite a lot. And this is after a few releases that were a bit…

  • Review: Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (XB, PS2)

    Super Monkey Ball Deluxe Platforms: XBox (Also On: PS2) Developer: Amusement Vision Publisher: Sega Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 03/16/05 My first game for the Game Cube was Super Monkey Ball. No, let me correct that. Super Monkey Ball was one of my first games for the Game Cube. But really, the only one I kept…

  • Review: Phantom Dust (XB)

    Phantom Dust Developer: Majesco/Microsoft Japan Publisher: Microsoft Genre: Action RPG Release Date: 03/16/05 I’ll admit, I tend to find a lot of games that develop a cult following to be shallow, insipid and boring. Beyond Good and Evil, the Final Fantasy series, and Advance Guardian Heroes are just some examples. To me the stories in…

  • Review: FIFA Street (PS2, XB, GC)

    FIFA Street Platform: PS2, X-Box, GC Developer: EA Big Publisher: Electronic Arts Genre: Sports I consider myself a bit of a connoisseur of sports that nobody cares about. I set my sleeping schedule every two years for the Olympic sports that no one regularly cares about. Professional table tennis is unbelievably cool. I live for…

  • Review: Worms 3D (XB)

    Worms 3D Publisher: Sega Developer: Team 17 Genre: Strategy Release Date: 03-01-05 Hi. My name is Geli and I am a Worms addict. Back in the stone age, I played it with friends and family alike. There’s nothing more satisfying than ninja roping yourself over to an enemy only to fire punch him in the…

  • Review: Star Wars: Republic Commando (XB, PC)

    Star Wars: Republic Commando Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts Genre: First Person Shooter Release Date: 2/25/2005 Well, if you look at Dictionary.com’s 2nd definition of ‘synergism,’ you might almost think that LucasArts tried to do: “The doctrine that individual salvation is achieved through a combination of human will and divine grace.” Taking one part ‘human will’…