Category: Sony PS2

  • Review: From Russia With Love (PS2)

    From Russia With Love Developer: EA Publisher: EA System: Playstation 2 (Also on Xbox, Gamecube) Players: 1-4 (Split Screen Deathmatch) Ah From Russia With Love. “If I were doing the review I’d probably mention the horrible driving portions of the game and some other bits, but since I’m not, find out for yourself! HAH!” Typed…

  • Review: Karaoke Revolution Party (PS2)

    Karaoke Revolution Party Genre: Singing/Rhythm game Developer: Harmonix Publisher: Konami Release Date: 11/09/05 Before I start this review off, I’d like to say, simply, Godspeed Eddie, you will be missed. Nothing else I could possibly say otherwise hasn’t been said by other people here, and much better than I could say it. You were one…

  • Review: Fatal Frame III – The Tormented (PS2)

    Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Blood, Violence) Developer: Project Zero Publisher: Tecmo Release Date: 11/08/05 Official Website: Fatal Frame III on TecmoINC.com The survival horror genre has been going strong for several years, with the Resident Evil and Silent Hill series selling very well with every release. But the Fatal…

  • Review: Soul Calibur 3 (PS2)

    Soul Calibur 3 Genre: Fighting Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release Date: 10/26/05 Ah, another year, another Namco fighting game. They’re certainly consistent with their releases; with the exception of 2001 and 2004, Namco has been releasing a fighting game every year since 1995. For Namco fighting fans, this year has so far shaped up to…

  • Review: Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)

    Shadow of the Colossus Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: SCEI Publisher: SCEA Release Date: 10/18/05 I think it’s fairly safe to say that Fumito Udea is not your stereotypical video game concept creator. In September of 2001, his first brainchild, Ico, was unleashed stateside onto the PS2, and received critical acclaim for its beautiful graphics and superb…

  • Review: The Bible Game (PS2, XBX)

    The Bible Game Genre: Party game Developer: Mass Media Inc/Crave Entertainment Publisher: Crave Entertainment Release Date: 10/25/05 I’d like to start this review off with a little bit of personal observation. Feel free to skip to the “Game Modes” section if you like. I’ve been playing video games for, roughly, about twenty years. In that…

  • Review: Jak X: Combat Racing (PS2)

    Jak X: Combat Racing Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America System: Playstation 2 Players: 1 (6 Online) Ah Jak and Daxter, that series of games I tried once and couldn’t be bothered to play for longer than a half hour. Amazingly it lasted for three games. And just as amazingly Sony wanted a…

  • Review: Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (PS2, XB, GC)

    Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects Genre: Fighting/Beat-em-Up Developer: Nihilistic Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: 9/20/05 What do you get when you take Powerstone and stick Marvel characters in it? Apparently, you get Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects from Electronic Arts. Marvel Nemesis puts the player in the position of being able to answer…

  • Review: Shining Force Neo (PS2)

    Shining Force Neo Developer: Neverland Publisher: Sega Genre: Diablo Clone Release Date: 10/21/05 Look, if you’ve been a long time reader of 411mania or Insidepulse.com, there’s one thing you know: It’s that I’m a Shining Force-aholic. I own every version of the series, from the original Shining in the Darkness to finally the US version…

  • Review: Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (PS2)

    Genre: Turn Based RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes) Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: 10/11/05 Official Website: Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song The SaGa series has kind of gotten a bad reputation in America. The first two games released in the States under the SaGa banner were SaGa…

  • Review: Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (PS2)

    Game: Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 System: Sony Playstation 2 Genre: Music/Rhythm Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment (Japan) Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment America Released: 9/28/05 It’s that time of year again. The time of year when Konami puts out their now yearly offering of Dance Dance Revolution out on the PS2. We in the dance games…

  • Digital Devil Saga 2 (PS2)

    Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2 Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus Genre: Turn Based RPG Release Date: 10/5/05 A little over 7 months ago, I wrote that Digital Devil Saga 1 was “hands down the best RPG on this generation of consoles.” I still stand by that statement. There’s not a better RPG that I’ve played…

  • Review: Heroes of the Pacific (PS2)

    Heroes of the Pacific Developer: IR Gurus Interactive Ltd. Publisher: UbiSoft System: PS2 (Also on Xbox) Players: 8 Player Online The PS2 has long been the home of the arcade flight sim, largely thanks to Ace Combat making itself nice and cozy in the PS2’s disc drive. But while the single player flight game has…

  • Review: We Love Katamari (PS2)

    System: Sony Playstation 2 Genre: The King Of All Cosmos Developer: Namco (In conjunction with The King Of All Cosmos) Publisher: Namco Release Date: 9/20/05 (It’s when The King wanted it to come out!) I never expected Katamari Damacy to be such a huge success. Hell, I doubt ANYONE expected it to be so successful,…

  • Review: Capcom Classics Collection (PS2, XB)

    There’s two schools of thought for why companies are putting out large compilations nowadays. The first is that Midway, Namco, Tecmo and the like realize there is money to be made in retrogaming and that even selling a package of them for 20-30 bucks is better than letting them rot un-played and unloved by future…

  • Review: RPG Maker 3 (PS2)

    RPG Maker 3 Publisher: Agetec Developer: Enterbrain Genre: RPG Dev Kit Release Date: 9/29/05 It’s nice to see the RPG Maker make a return after the very lackluster RPG Maker 2. I had fun with the complex but creative RPG Maker 1 for the PSX, making short but adorable 8 bit adventures. RPG Maker 2…

  • Review: Ultimate Spider-Man (PS2)

    Ultimate Spider-Man Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision System: PS2 (also Xbox, Gamecube) Players: 1 It’s been a while since I’ve ventured into the realm of comic books. I used to collect them. Then I realized there were other things the money could be spent on (like videogames) and so I stopped buying them. I do know…

  • Pump It Up: Exceed (PS2)

    Pump It Up: Exceed System: PS2 Genre: Dance/Rhythm Developer: Andamiro Publisher: Mastiff Release Date: 9/15/05 Funny story. Last week, UPS knocked on my door, presenting me with a large package. I had no idea what it was, and when I brought it inside my home, I found that it was from Mastiff games, who wanted…

  • Review: NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control (PS2)

    NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control Developer: EA Sports Publisher: Electronic Arts System: PS2 (Also on Xbox) NASCAR has always been a bit strange to me. While racing has never really been my sport of choice, I found that when I did sit down to watch various events that NASCAR was always more about wondering who…

  • Review: Radiata Stories (PS2)

    Title: Radiata Stories Genre: Real-time RPG Platform: Playstation 2 ESRB Rating: Teen (Fantasy Violence, Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs and Alcohol) Developer: tri-Ace Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: 9/6/05 Official Website: Radiata Stories Tri-Ace has really made a name for themselves. While their first game was Star Ocean for the Super Famicom (which wasn’t…