3D Dot Game Heroes Review
June 3, 2010
Dear jaded Zelda fans, have I got a game for you.
Heavy Rain Review
May 19, 2010
Heavy Rain asks a simple, yet powerful question - “how far would you go to save someone you love?”. The proposition is paralyzing when extended beyond mere thought and brought into the realm of actuality. This emotion is what Heavy Rain attempts to draw you in with and drives its narrative heavily laden doubt, fear, anger, and love. The big question is whether this interactive drama sinks or swims.
God of War III Review
April 7, 2010
Never has a man been so despicable, brutal, and polarizing to everyone around him yet revered and celebrated by millions. Kratos walks this path alone and in his wake, as usual, leaves behind a trail of blood, death, and despair. If in the end there will only be chaos, then the journey should be one helluva ride.
Final Fantasy XIII Review
March 22, 2010
Have you ever stop to ask yourself what it is that you like about Role Playing Games? Is it the epic battles? The story? Exploring another world? The ability to play around with your party’s stats? The sense of leveling and getting stronger? Put it this way, if you don’t know what it is that you like about RPGs, you will after playing Final Fantasy 13.
TEKKEN 6 Review
November 16, 2009
Between Namco Bandai’s two fighting franchises: Soul Calibur and Tekken, I’ve always preferred Soul Calibur. I like the full 3D movement and more natural, instinctual feel of it. Tekken is more dial-a-combo and is also more accurately a 2.5D fighter. However, that in no way detracts from the excellence that is Tekken 6. It is deep and refined in its own combo-happy way.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Review
November 12, 2009
Do you remember when the Xbox 360 first came out, and the one game that made the 360 worth buying was Call of Duty 2? I remember playing that game well into the morning hours for a good week. I couldn’t believe just how good the game looked, and the way the game immersed you into World War II was just unreal. At that time, I honestly didn’t think that games could look any better. Of course, a couple of Gears of Wars and a Call of Duty 4 later, games did look better, but I’ll never forget that feeling the first time I walked around a little French hamlet and just being in awe of all the details on the houses and the streets. Or that part when the Germans were storming a Russian building and the Russians inside starts screaming and shouting to steel themselves for the assault. Why am I bringing this up? Because, I felt it again. After all these years and all the games that came out in between, I am once again find myself in awe.
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Review
November 11, 2009
The platforming game genre has had its ups and downs, however throughout the years it has had one constant – Super Mario. Mario games are the pinnacle of the platform genre and have been the gold standard to which the genre has been judged upon since its inception. I say that to compare the greatness that is Ratchet and Clank. The Ratchet and Clank series has very quickly rocketed toward the top of the genre. A Crack in Time only enhances the resume of an already very solid game series and only gets the series closer toward the top dog.
Borderlands Review
November 11, 2009
I received a writing book, the new Ray Stantz toy, and Borderlands in the same day. I thoroughly enjoyed only two of those and neither of them was Borderlands.
Madden NFL 10 Review
November 4, 2009
If you can’t get enough football like me, then no doubt you’ve already gotten you hands on NCAA Football 10, and now it’s time to graduate to the big boys. That’s right, what should now be considered a yearly rite of passage for football gamers everywhere is back. Madden NFL 10 the King of football Sims returns, but unfortunately again it feels like we are getting “taxation without enough representation” from our king, and that’s so not cool.
MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 2 Review
October 30, 2009
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 delves into the Civil War storyline, pitting heroes led by Captain America against heroes led by Iron Man. What caused this rift between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark? A difference of opinion.
