Category: Xbox

Full Spectrum Warrior Developer: Pandemic Studios Publisher: THQ Multiplayer: 2 Player Co-op on X-Box Live The US Military has seen the potential for using videogames as training tools ever since The Marines had somebody modify Doom way back when. Even before then, the Air Force had been using simulators to train its pilots. These simulators…

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Release Date: 06/15/04 Genre: 3rd Person Action Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway Systems Released on: Xbox, PS2 Midway’s last title, THE SUFFERING, blew me away and it’s still my GOTY for 2004 at this halfway point. And needless to say that plus the trail for Psi-Ops made me believe the hype for…

Metal Slug 3 Genre: 2D Shooter Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Release Date: 5/26/04 You know it makes why retrogaming 2D loving heart proud to see that for the week of 5/24 to 5/31 Metal Slug 3 was the second best selling game in America, beaten only by another Xbox only game, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows.…

Van Helsing (Xbox) Platform: Xbox Rating: Teen Developer: Saffire Publisher: VU Games Release Date: 05/06/04 **I don’t know if this has ever been done for the site before, if not, welcome to the first dual-review of a video game and the movie it was based off of, so don’t click back to the site after…

Manhunt (Xbox) Platform: Xbox Rating: Mature Developer: Rockstar North Publisher: Rockstar Games Release Date: 4/20/2004 One of the biggest modern urban legends is that of the snuff film. What is a snuff film? Read below for the long answer or skip ahead for the short answer. Trust me this does actually have to do with…

ESPN Major League Baseball Platform: Xbox (also available on PS2) Rating: E Developer: Sega Release Date: April 7, 2004 Graphics The player models in ESPN MLB are probably the best of any baseball game released thus far. All of the player faces are true to their real life counterparts, as well as their swing and…

Game: MTX: Mototrax System: Microsoft X-Box Genre: Extreme Sports / Motorcycles Developer: Left-Field Productions Publisher: Activision Released: 3/2/04 Activision managed to capture lightning in a jar in regards to the Tony Hawk series. The easy control scheme and fun gameplay managed to capture the hearts of MILLIONS of closet “extreme sport” followers, and managed to…

Developer: Surreal Software Publisher: Midway Genre: Survival Horror Systems Released on: PS2, Xbox There are good survival horror games. And there are bad ones. Sadly the bad games get the attention; games like Dino Crisis, Resident Evil, and The Ring: Terror’s Realm. The great ones, like the original Clock Tower, Koudelka, Fatal Frame and Hell…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

Ah Dreamcatcher. A publisher I have a strange love-hate relationship for. They’ve given me some incredible games I’ve fallen in love with like Dracula: Resurrection, Dracula: Last Sanctuary and Necronomicon. However, they’ve also released some real crap like Jekyll and Hyde. And now they’ve given us Arx Fatalis. In truth, Arx has been out for…