Category: Xbox

  • Review: NBA Inside Drive 2004

    Game: NBA Inside Drive 2004 System: Microsoft X-Box Genre: Sports/Basketball Developer: High Voltage Software Publisher: Microsoft Date of Release: November 18, 2003 In recent years, it has been a dead heat between Electronic Arts’ NBA Live series and Sega Sports’ NBA 2K/ESPN NBA Basketball series for the title of the year’s best basketball game. Some…

  • Review: Beyond Good & Evil (XB)

    Wow. I’ve just beaten the game twice now and I have to get my thoughts on paper. It is an absolute mystery to me how many people love this game. I can’t fathom it. I can’t. Never has a game pissed me off so much with shoddy controls, the worst camera angles I have ever…

  • Review: Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds (XB)

    Game: Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds System: Microsoft X-Box Genre: Fantasy / Real-Time Strategy Developer: Secret Level Publisher: Atari Release Date: 11/18/03 Way back in the year of 1993, a little collectable card game known as Magic: The Gathering was released upon the unsuspecting public. The game quickly gained cult status, and made players out of…

  • Review: Top Spin (XB)

    Platform: Xbox Category: Tennis Developer: PAM Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Release: Nov. 2003 The Down-Lo: Tennis lovin’ for the Xbox. Surprisingly good? Let it be known now that there’s a bar to live up to with tennis titles. It was set by Sega in 1998, is still in effect, and is known as Virtua Tennis…

  • Review: True Crime: Streets Of LA (XB)

    True Crime: Streets of LA Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Xbox (Also available on PS2 & Gamecube) Rating: Mature Publisher: Activision Release: November 2003 Prior to its release, True Crime: Streets of LA had been one of the most buzzworthy games in the minds of industry insiders and gamers alike. Some were calling it the next…

  • Review: Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix (XB)

    Game: Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix System: Microsoft X-Box Genre: Rhythm-Based Music Game Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment of Hawaii (KCEH) Publisher: Konami of America (KOA) Released: 11/18/03 (w/pad), 12/10/03 (game only) Those who know me know of my undying passion for Dance Dance Revolution. Out of all the games I play, it’s the only series I’ll…

  • Review: Amped 2 (XB)

    Amped 2 Genre: Extreme Sports – Snowboarding Platform: Xbox Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios The original Amped was an Xbox launch title back in November of 2001. Snowboarding fans looking for a more realistic alternative to EA’s SSX series finally had an option with the debut of the new snowboarding franchise. With the launch of Xbox…

  • Review: Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge (XB)

    Game: Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge System: X-Box Genre: Aerial Combat Developer: Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Released: 10/21/03 When I got to buy games, I won’t lie to you. I’ll go and stick to the same genres I enjoy and never look back. (Music games, RPGs, platformers, and the occasional extreme skateboarding title). I’ll rarely…

  • Review: The Simpsons: Hit & Run (XB)

    Game: The Simpsons: Hit & Run System: X-Box Genre: Mission-Based Driving Developer: Radical Entertainment Publisher: VU Games Release Date: 9/16/03 The Simpsons video game franchise has never really set the world on fire. I mean, do YOU claim to play Virtual Bart or Simpsons Pro Wrestling on a consistent basis? Well, do you? The good…

  • Review: NFL Fever 2004 (XB)

    Microsoft surprised the sports gaming world back in November 2001 with its rookie football effort NFL Fever 2002. The fast gameplay, impressive graphics, and decent features made it a football franchise to be watched closely in the future. Last season, Fever disappointed some critics, citing not enough improvement from the previous version to get up…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Review: Blinx The Time Sweeper

    Blinx The Time Sweeper System: Microsoft Xbox Genre: Action Platform Release: November, 2002 It’s amazing to think that Microsoft has only been in the video game console business for about a year, because its presence in the industry has been so pervasive and the marketing machine is in full effect. But beneath all the hype…

  • Review: Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (Microsoft Xbox)

    The latest installment in the now decade-old Mortal Kombat series reinvents the series and gives the give of gore to a whole new generation. Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance System: Microsoft Xbox Genre: Fighting Release: November, 2002 Mortal Kombat burst onto the video game scene in 1992 with motion captured graphics and gory fatalities, giving Street…

  • Review: ToeJam & Earl III: Mission To Earth

    ToeJam and Earl 3: Mission To Earth System: Microsoft Xbox Genre: Platform Release: October 2002 When ToeJam and Earl was first released on Sega Genesis in the early 1990s, it was totally new and unique. It followed two aliens, ToeJam and Earl on their quest to find pieces of their broken spaceship. Encompassing a cool…

  • Review: NBA 2K3

    Game Title: NBA 2K3 System: Microsoft Xbox Genre: Sports – Basketball Publisher: Sega Sports Release Date: October 8, 2002 Basketball season is right around the corner, and with the new season comes the latest batch of NBA games for your enjoyment. Among the returnees for the new season is Sega Sports’ NBA 2K3, and it…