Category: Video Game Reviews
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Review: Dead Man’s Hand (XB)
Dead Man’s Hand (Xbox) Teaser: Did you know in North Dakota it’s still legal to shoot Native Americans if you do so from within the confines of a Stagecoach? Dead Man’s Hand Developer: Human Head Studios Publisher: Atari Release Date: 03/02/04 Genre: FPS You know, it’s funny. I generally have disdain for First Person Shooters.…
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Review: Drakengard (PS2)
Drakengard Japanese Title: Drag On Dragoon Genre: Action “RPG”/Shooter Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Mature (Blood and Gore) Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: 03/02/04 When originally announced in Japan, the title “Drag On Dragoon” simply sounded lame. Like many, I didn’t know what to expect. Would the game itself be lame? Would the name alone…
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Review: Wallace & Gromit Project Zoo (PS2)
Platform: Sony PlayStation2 Category: Platformer Developer: Frontier Dev. Publisher: Bam! Entertainment Also On: Xbox, GameCube The Down-Lo: A perfect Wallace & Gromit adventure, but a so-so videogame. Out of the many things that elude me in life… Goths. Wealth. Ryan Seacrest’s Success. Disney’s Wuzzles Getting Cancelled. Otherkin. Integrity. Common Sense. Writing talent. Etc. Miraculously, British…
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Review: Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time (XB, PS2, GC, PC)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Platform: Xbox Rating: Teen Developer: Ubisoft Release Date: 11/23/2003 Thanks to having learned about the middle east almost exclusively from Disney and Video Games, I’ve always wondered why all viziers weren’t just shot as soon as they accepted the job (especially if they are named Jaffar). They’re going…
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Review: Intellivision Lives! (XBX)
Game: Intellivision Lives! System: Microsoft X-Box Genre: Compilation Developer: Intellivision Productions Publisher Crave Entertainment Released: 2/2/04 I’ve been on an incredible retro kick as of late. All of my gaming-related purchases between mid-January and mid-February of this year have had some kind of retro connotation with them. Three classic Sega Genesis games. Konami Collectors Series…
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Review: Ninja Gaiden (XB)
Ninja Gaiden Developer: Team Ninja Publisher: Tecmo Release Date: 03/02/04 Genre: Action Adventure It’s hard to believe it has been nine years since a new Ninja Gaiden game. And even then, the last game in the series before this one was merely a compilation on the Super Nintendo. In truth, it has been 12 years…
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Review: Rise To Honor (PS2)
Rise to Honor Genre: Action Platform: PS2 Rating: Teen Developer: SCEA Release Date: 02/17/04 Games based on movies generally suck. While there are a few exceptions like Goldeneye and a couple of the Lord of the Rings games, on average the games are just rushed half-assed pieces of garbage to make a few extra bucks…
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Review: Metroid: Zero Mission (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Metroid: Zero Mission System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Action-Platforming Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Released: 2/9/04 I have to admit that I was a “late bloomer” when it came to the Metroid series. I had previously skipped the first three games (Metroid, Metroid II, Super Metroid), and wasn’t that interested until the games that much…
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Review: R-Type Final (PS2)
R-Type Final Release Date: 02/03/04 Developer: Irem Publisher: Eidos Genre: SHOOTER Sorry this review is a bit late. With my recent forays into the music section and everyone’s favorite countdown, I’ve just not had the time to do a review. Hell, we’ve all been slacking in the review area, but that changes now. R-Type Final.…
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Review: SOCOM 2 (PS2)
SOCOM 2 Genre: Action Platform: PS2 Rating: Mature Publisher: SCEA Developer: Zipper Interactive Release Date: 11/04/2003 To those who’ve been living in a hole, don’t have the network adaptor, or have just been playing better games, SOCOM 2 is the sequel the highly successful SOCOM game from 2002. The original game was the first online…
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Review: Sonic Battle (Game Boy Advance)
Game: Sonic Battle System: Game Boy Advance Genre: Fighting (Non-Traditional Developer: Sega / Sonic Team Publisher: THQ Released: 1/6/04 Much like Mario Party 5 was overlooked when Mario Kart DD was released last year, Sonic Battle is a game that currently lives under the shadow of a much bigger title, Sonic Heroes. Quite a few…
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Review: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3 (XB)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox) Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: Xbox Rating: Mature Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date: 10/30/2003 Let me get this out first, I don’t like First Person Shooters very much. I don’t hate them, but the majority of them feel the same to me. You walk, you shoot, and if you’re me…
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Review: XIII (XB)
I love Adam West. I think this is the first video game he’s ever been in to boot. And that was the sole reason I went to pick up this game. I generally don’t enjoy First Person Shooters, unless they are RAIL shooters. I find Cell Shading way overdone and it’s never been something that…
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Review: Maximo Vs. The Army Of Zin (PS2)
A little while ago Capcom America went and developed a tribute to the old Ghost’s and Goblins games from long, long ago. Titled Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, the game was true to its roots by being as hard as or harder than anything to come out on this generation of systems. Because of this, word…
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Review: Baldur’s Gate 2: Dark Alliance (XB)
Interplay, Interplay, Interplay. You’re no stranger to stupid decisions. You piss off Fallout fans by not giving them the game they wanted. Granted you gave them a good hack N slash game, and something to introduce new fans to the series, but in the end you wanked off a large portion of your fan base.…
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Review: Sonic Heroes (Nintendo Gamecube)
Platform: Nintendo GameCube Category: Platformer Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: SEGA Release: Jan. 04 The Down-Lo: The closest attempt at classic old-school 2D Sonic gameplay within the 3D realm. Right. So. After waiting over three years for an original next-generation Sonic title to bless our lives, it’s finally here. Sonic Heroes. By far the most ambitious…
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Review: NFL Street (PS2)
Game: NFL Street System: Playstation 2 Developer: EA Tiburon Publisher: EA Sports/Big Release Date: January 15, 2004 Recent years have shown a change in the focus of EA Sports. Instead of dealing exclusively with simulation titles, EA has created the Big line to provide gamers with an arcade-style approach. One of EA Big’s flagship titles…
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Review: Mario Party 5 (Nintendo Gamecube)
Mario Party 5 Genre: Party Game Platform: Gamecube Rating: Everyone Publisher: Nintendo Release: November 2003 In 1998 Nintendo formed a partnership with developer Hudson games. The first of the games released under this new partnership was a completely new style of Mario Game and that game was the first Mario Party in 1999. Since then…
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Review: Curse: The Eye Of Isis (XB)
As always, if you can name the quote I paraphrased as my tagline, I’ll but you in the MAILBAG. Okay. I admit, I’d never heard a peep of this game until I saw it in the stores going for twenty bucks. I saw the Dreamcatcher logo and decided to pick it up. And it looked…
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Review: Fallout: Brotherhood Of Steel (XB)
It’s been labeled Fallout for Non-Fallout fans, Fallout for Non-PC gamers, a festering sack of crap, Spelljammer but not in space, Baldur’s Gate: Nuclear Alliance, and a decent game. And it’s only been out for a week. Fallout: BoS is the latest game in the series that started in 1997 to critical acclaim. Fallout Tactics…