There are games out there that value substance over style, simple-looking games that hide a lot of depth within their gameplay. There are also those games that value style over gameplay. Everything meshes well, stylistically speaking, whether it's music or graphics, and the game is fun to watch, though it may lack any real substance beneath. Read More.
Sometimes a game doesn't need to be innovative to be enjoyable. Sometimes you don't need new ideas and concepts and designs, something Katamari-esque to have fun with. Sometimes a game can take an old concept, add a little dash of idea here and there, and still be a satisfying experience to play. Read More.
Ever since the Raiden series drained my pockets of change at the local pizza joint when I was a young'n, I've been madly in love with scrolling arcade shooters. Back as far as Zanac for the NES, they have never failed to provide as much action as humanly possible, and this means you'll come back to them time and time again. Read More.
Hippies, vibrant colors, drugs, and the fast progression of auto racing were all a part of 60's history; GT Legends brings you into one of those worlds. Although a game about being able to take the biggest hit, having the grooviest style and attitude, and driving around in your bright orange and blue shaggin'-wagon would be a mind-blower of a title, sure to be sold in Wal-Mart's and Target's like hot-cakes, GT Legends' a racer, and a solid one at that. Read More.
How far would you go to save your best friend? Would you enter a world of magic and mystery? Befriend a talking dog? Accept the Guardians' challenges? Keepsake gives you a chance to do just that. Developed by Montreal based Wicked Studios and published by The Adventure Company, Keepsake is a game about Lydia, a young girl trying to find her friend Celeste as well as the other teachers and students at Dragonvale Academy, a magical land full of beauty and mystery. Read More.
Pioneered by the classic PC game SimCity by Will Wright, city-building simulation games have grown and evolved over the years from the original, very simplistic model of the early games, to a much more complex model, with a greater depth presented by new gameplay mechanics. Read More.
The original Painkiller came out for the PC back in 2004. It was very well received when released as it offered pure fun without the hassle. Now in 2006, Painkiller: Hellwars is trying to re-invent itself on the Xbox by combining expansion packs from the original and offering all of it in one package. Read More.
This is really just a standard city building game. It's set in the ancient Roman Empire, and there is a technology tree (The "Civ" part I guess.)
Build homes, farms, workshops, shops, entertainment, temples, barracks and lay down roads. That's pretty much the game. Read More.
The mid-1990's were a good time for the racing genre. I can remember wasting hundreds of hours playing the Destruction Derby series developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis (now SCE Studio Liverpool) in MS-DOS mode on my PC. These titles really established the destructible racer as a genre - since then it's branched into subgenres, but in the end Pgynosys started it all. Read More.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is Buena Vista's latest attempt to cash in on the highly successful movie franchise in videogame form. Having not seen the movie (yet), I can only assume that the single player campaign in Dead Man's Chest follows the plot line pretty closely. Read More.
Automotive racing simulations are not new and, if you're like me, you may be approaching this review with the thought of "here we go again, another racing game". I encourage you to set aside any assumptions and read this review with an open mind. While it may be difficult to imagine that another hit to the heavily-flogged horse that is racing simulations can feel fresh, somehow this title has defied the odds. Read More.
This one is beyond the most ridiculous of ideas, beyond the most inappropriate of actions and language, beyond the limit of tolerable lazily written story lines, and it's quite possibly the most fun you'll have in a long time. If you like flying high get this game. Read More.
As we draw closer to November, we are rapidly approaching the one year anniversary of the release of Microsoft's Xbox 360. When we take a look at the genres of games that have been released so far, Ninety Nine Nights (also commonly referred to as N3) is the very first hack and slash to run exclusively on this next generation console. Read More.
Once regarded as the premiere fighting franchise, Tekken made no qualms about being a fighter's fighter. But after a few poor showings on the PS2 and other franchises stepping up the flash, the fan service, the over-the-top brutality, the additional modes of play and the speed of fighting games, many fans of the 10-hit combo were left wondering if Tekken and Namco could mount a suitable comeback. Read More.
Dragon Ball Z is one of the largest and most successful anime series in the world. The anime is shown in a variety of countries and even to this day, you can still find it on television or DVD's. Naturally, there are tons of anime fans out there who want to get a piece of the action for their gaming consoles and there have been considerable attempts at bringing the DBZ experience home. Read More.
