When I first heard about the Endangered Species expansion pack for Zoo Tycoon 2, I had a lot of mixed feelings. The original had just left me incredibly frustrated after my fences weren't working out, and the animals kept eating each other. So it was with hesitation that I installed the expansion pack onto my PC. Read More.
Readers of Burnout Revenge reviews should fall into one of two very clear categories: those who are buying Burnout Revenge for the first time and those who are pondering an upgrade from their existing PS2 or Xbox versions. Originally released some 6 months ago, the PS2/Xbox Burnout Revenge can be considered, without hesitation, one of the greatest games (racing or other) that each console has ever had. Read More.
Vietcong 2 is a game put together by 2K Games and Pteradon Studios after what I can assume was months of painstaking research and programming, and is an interesting beast. On one hand, it absolutely drips Vietnam all over your monitor. You can smell the lush jungles and blasted cities. Read More.
It goes without argument that the Quake franchise has been one of the most successful and widely known series ever produced. From its releases, or simply the fact that many successful titles utilize the various Quake engines, the series is legendary. The evolution of first person shooters has been a long journey, from the days of DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D to highly dynamic and jaw-dropping games like Half-Life 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and the entire Quake franchise. Read More.
It goes without argument that the Quake franchise has been one of the most successful and widely known series ever produced. From its releases, or simply the fact that many successful titles utilize the various Quake engines, the series is legendary. The evolution of first person shooters has been a long journey, from the days of DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D to highly dynamic and jaw-dropping games like Half-Life 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and the entire Quake franchise. Read More.
The Gas Powered Games developers are best known for their work on Dungeon Siege, an RPG game with enough depth to best many others. While this did seem to be a high point in role playing games, I couldn't wait to see how the original's sequel would shape up. After many consecutive hours of uninterrupted gameplay, I could only come to one conclusion: the sequel is even better than the original. Read More.
The game of basketball is a relatively simple one. You have two sides (be it five on five or one on one), a ball-like object, and an elevated hoop-like object. The goal of the game is simple; somehow put the ball into the hoop more times than your opponent. This simple game, which started out using wicker baskets, has developed into a multi-billion dollar industry. Read More.
It's been a long time since we've seen a new city management title, SimCity is legendary in this genre but even then the last major release was back in 2003 (later followed by it's expansion), with no notable new releases on the horizon. Thankfully, UK-based developer Deep Red and Atari noticed this trend, and tried to capitalize on it, producing the "ultimate New York experience" in Tycoon City: New York. Read More.
While there is obviously a fan-base for the Ape Escape franchise, the two previous outings (not to mention the two terrible PSP games) have all left me with wondering who buys these games. I've had a hate/hate relationship with the monkeys since the PSOne and so it should not be taken lightly that I actually enjoyed Ape Escape 3 as a game, a platformer and a diversion. Read More.
I'm not even going to bother wasting my time writing some creative, over the top, interesting introduction here. In fact, I'm not even going to bother writing a review for this game (Just kidding on the latter item; our hard-working editor here would not be too impressed if I chose to do that). Read More.
To many, myself included, boxing seems very much like a sport in which grown men pound each other senseless for others' enjoyment. Of course there's more to boxing than that, but besides the movies we've seen, the sparse terminology we've picked up and the few recognizable faces of the sport, we don't really know what it's all about. Read More.
As the title suggests, The Darkest Faerie is part of a larger universe and one that may frighten away parents. While I myself knew nothing about it, I'd hoped it had nothing to do with card battles or monster collection or a lengthy anime or Manga series that I'd have to research. Read More.
You are a young English boatman who has been hired to ferry ten guests to a mysterious rainy island. After you arrive though, your boat is wrecked. How will you ever go home to your dinner of fish and chips? Later that night a recorded message left for the guests by their absent host accuses each of crimes most foul. Read More.
I'll come right out and say it: Ape Escape Academy is the worst game I have ever played for the simple reason that it's insulting in every way. There are many bad games out there, but deep down inside each one, you can see the group of intelligent people who worked on them and the ideas they were trying (in varying degrees of success) to implement. Read More.
Midway shocked the gaming world when, in March 2004, The Suffering was unleashed on an unsuspecting audience. The game had great action moments and was more than just an average horror game. Instead of just using bizarre monsters to scare gamers, The Suffering took an approach seen in a lot of Japanese horror movies and attempted to frighten the gamer psychologically. Read More.
