There's something that I have to admit as an avid fan of action games. It's not easy but I really need to come clean about it. I think the God of War series is fairly overrated. Wait, wait! Put down those tomatoes and give me a chance to explain myself before I'm hung out to dry. Read More.
When Serious Sam first debuted on the PC in 2001 many gamers were quite enthralled with the title. Let's ignore the fact that it featured a really high draw distance for the time making it easy to see enemies coming instead of them just popping up. Let's also ignore the fact that it managed to be very pleasing graphically for its time, although you could put an eye out on those jagged polygons now. Read More.
As one of the few remaining sports game franchises that hasn't yet brutally eliminated its competitors, the NBA Live series has gone neck and neck with the NBA 2K series in recent years on terms of quality. For fans of both basketball and free market economics, the resulting competition in incremental upgrade one-upmanship has definitely been beneficial. Read More.
If you find yourself becoming bored with the cookie cutter games being released these days, the ones that lack any sense of story and simply have you killing endless waves of mindless minions, then you'll love Dragon Age. Why? Cause it has both! Bioware's latest gives us what we've come to expect from one of their stories with all the bloody violence you can handle to boot. Read More.
Infinity Ward has a seemingly impossible task in front of them. When Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare hit, it quickly became a huge success. It was a best-selling game and rivaled the likes of Halo 3 in online multiplayer. When its sequel was announced, hype quickly swelled around it. Read More.
Don't get me wrong, I love video games, but I find most of them represent junk food for the mind. You pop the game in, you shut your brain off, have some fun, and you don't really come out any richer from the experience. Shoot some enemies, solve a puzzle or two, and then put the game out of your mind forever. Read More.
There are few games out there as fun to play and as utterly frustrating as the Forza Motorsport games. With the serious amount of customization you could get lost in painting, designing, upgrading and tuning all of the various aspects of your car for hours. But unless you're a huge fan of this sort of thing then you will likely have no idea what any of this stuff means and having any meaningful interaction with it is virtually impossible. Read More.
It's been a couple of years since MX vs. ATV Untamed hit the shelves, and while I'm sure the game had its fans, it was generally received by mixed reviews, including our own. Many of the criticisms leveled against the game were simply that the gameplay was getting stale; visually the game needed an upgrade, that the freestyle tricks system was far too complicated, and frankly not a whole lot of fun. Read More.
Having absolute control over countless of little lives can be daunting and perhaps frightening to some. For those of you who are totally unphased by the concept of being responsible for some small electronic person dying (or being ruthlessly murdered for political gain) this game is for you. Read More.
It's that time of year again.
Like clockwork for the last two decades or so, EA has put out an improved version of last year's hockey title. Unlike in years past, with minor enhancements and upgrades from edition to edition, EA has put out a hockey title that plays so well, offers so many options, and is so incredibly deep, you may never buy another hockey video game again. Read More.
One of the biggest surprises of last year's holiday releases was Left 4 Dead; a first person shooter developed by Valve taking place after a zombie apocalypse. Though critically acclaimed for its focus on co-operative play, limitless replay value, and intense zombie-slaughtering action, many felt that when the game launched, it felt incomplete. Read More.
When the first Overlord was released in 2007 it was regarded as quite the mixed bag. While it was well received many reviewers had issue with one part of the game or another. On one hand you had an interesting premise, that of actually playing the bad guy. However on the other hand there were a myriad of small but noticeable issues that really held the game back from being all it could be. Read More.
At the time of Modern Hits' release, it is the third version of On Tour in less than a year.
The game is, well, Guitar Hero. You play songs, progress further, play more songs. Modern Hits uses the same hardware as previous On Tour titles, the handheld four-button piece of equipment that you slot into your GBA slot in the DS and DS Lite (keep in mind, this means that it won't work on the DSi). Read More.
As someone who has purchased the latest hockey video game every season since NHL 94, I sometimes feel like a real sucker for falling for this sort of thing. Essentially we are paying for a full priced game every year just for a few minor enhancements and roster updates. Read More.
Imagine my excitement when I was handed my first review assignment, gleefully I trekked home, already eager to install and play the game. Flight simulators aren't normally my thing. In fact, the last one I played, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, was nearly a decade ago. Read More.
