Patrician IV Review (PC)
You like trading simulators? You might like Patrician IV, if you haven't already heard about it already. Otherwise...well, let's just say the genre doesn't really bring a broad audience. Read More.
Reviews By Nicholas Bale
R.U.S.E Review (PS3)
R.U.S.E. is the kind of game a real-time strategist might enjoy and be bored of at the same time. It's a game that relies on strategy and thinking ahead, rather than fast reflexes and actions-per-minute, but it manages to create problems for itself, at least on the consoles, due to the limitations of the controls and what you're actually able to do. Read More.
Metroid: Other M Review (Wii)
It's hard to say exactly what is so enticing about the Metroid series. Ever since its conception on the NES, it's been a wild ride with Samus, seeing her take on planets of enemies, crazy aliens, villanous races, and a host of various aliens that just seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Read More.
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Review (DS)
The Dragon Quest series has been around forever, it seems. Released even before Final Fantasy, the series has practically defined the jRPG genre, though change has not come readily to the games. But Dragon Quest IX, the latest game in the series (and the first to be developed for the Nintendo DS) is changing things up in more ways than one. Read More.
Young Thor Review (PSP)
Young Thor is a game that takes a look at some of the god's heroic deeds we all know as the God of Thunder, Thor. Presented as a fairly simple platforming/combat experience, it's a game with a surprising amount of content, but one with crippling gameplay flaws and a repetitive nature that really gets in the way. Read More.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Review (Wii)
Mario. Mario of the Mario brothers. He's become one of the most iconic video game characters in history, instantly recognizable on site, and always a source of great platforming gameplay. Released in 2007, the first Super Mario Galaxy put our heroic plumber on the galactic stage, finding him at gravity's whim, rotating around planets, walking to the dark side of moons, and in general being a pretty enjoyable platformer. Read More.
Hexyz Force Review (PSP)
Sometimes you just want to play an old-school RPG, where you get into battles, kill hordes of enemies, and save the world from some dark evil god or something. Hexyz Force is just the game for you in this situation, and though it even comes with some depth to the combat, it also comes with a lot of flaws that prevent it from being more than just a stereotypical jRPG. Read More.
Toy Story 3 Review (PS3)
So I'm not sure what to think of the video game adaptation of Toy Story 3. See, movie tie-ins have a history of being...well, let's just say 'not that great'. Some are decent, some are mediocre, but rarely are they any good. I've played a good amount of these games, and generally I've expected exactly what I've gotten. Read More.
Blur Review (X360)
Blur is a thoughtful melding of two unexpected genres: racing and RPGs. Well, less of a mix, more like someone added in a dash of role-playing elements to a big pot labeled 'racer', and did a pretty good job of it too. It's got its issues, but we'll get to those in a bit. Read More.
Dementium II Review (DS)
When Dementium: The Ward came out in 2007, it certainly had its flaws, but it showed off the power of the Nintendo DS and proved that a psychological horror could be done, though maybe not perfectly, on a handheld device. Read More.
Din's Curse Review (PC)
Din's Curse is a game I'd never heard of, but one that I certainly found myself interested in as I played it. An action-RPG, at first glance it simply looks like a Diablo-clone, but it's definitely willing to surprise those that play it with new ideas and different conventions. Read More.
Trauma Team Review (Wii)
Welcome to the hospital! Here's your crazy storyline, extremely eccentric doctors, and more medical jargon than you can shake your stethoscope at. The Trauma series is back, this time with Trauma Team. You're not simply a lone doctor this time; now the entire hospital is under your control. Read More.
How to Train Your Dragon Review (PS3)
How to Train Your Dragon, released earlier this year, is a good animated film about a Viking boy and how he comes to be not quite a wimp. Also there are dragons. It's a great film, you should see it! Read More.
Guitar Hero: Van Halen Review (PS3)
Guitar Hero: Van Halen is the fourth release in the Guitar Hero franchise in 2009. Right there, one should be able to see that this may not be the wisest of purchases. Read More.
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Review (PSP)
This ain't your daddy's Persona.
Well, wait, it is, technically. But it's not like...okay let me start again. Read More.
