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Batman Arkham Asylum is another amazing game I ignored upon it's original release. I did play the demo prior to its release but didn't think much of it. However, after seeing the game get such high praise all over the internet, I decided to give it another go once the Game of the Year Edition came around. To fully appreciate the main protagonist, I decided to watch every Batman movie ever, a decision which seemed to…
This review is for the PSN version of the game. For me, this is the first enjoyable game I've bought for the PSP. If you own a PSP and you feel like there are no good games for it, you might want to give this one a try. It's the perfect way to kill time while travelling or even when you're just sitting at home. Presentation GTA: CW's presentation is similar to the original GTA games prior to GTA 3, meaning you'll be…
I was completely ignoring this game when it came out because I wasn't generally into RPG's, and I hadn't played the previous Fallouts. It took me half a year to finally look it up, being inspired by all the praise it had received. So I got it used for about 20 € and popped it in my ps3 with no expectations whatsoever. Now, you can probably see from my rating that I was far from disappointed. It really opened my eyes…
Metal Gear Solid 3 tells the story of the legendary Big Boss, who was sent on a solo mission to save the world from nuclear war. If you're unfamiliar with the story, you might think this Big Boss looks a lot like Solid Snake. Well, that's because it is Snake, though this is the original Snake from whom Solid Snake was cloned. This time the story is set in 1964, in a russian jungle. That's right, Snake is finally…
Metal Gear Solid 2 is such a uniquely crafted masterpiece of a game that it's not like anything I've ever experienced. It just blows my mind to pieces. It's a 20 hour long movie/game full of clever twists and interesting characters, coupled with a gameplay that is definitely superior to the original MGS. I played the game through the other day for the 8th or 9th time, and it did not let me down. I was still finding…
Before I go any further, I should let you know that I'm not a fan of UFC, but the demo was good enough to convince me into buying this game. What really impressed me was the realistic ragdoll physics that also showed some actual damage to the opponent with top notch graphics, and also it was a lot of fun playing against friends. Probably the first thing you'll notice when you start the game is how horrible the menus…
There's really not much to this game. It's a simple arcade racer with fast cars. These cars don't really differ from each other very much other than visually. Some are slightly faster while others steer better. Even though the multiplayer is well executed for a racing game on N64, it's still somehow more enjoyable playing alone because it just looks a lot better like that, and for an N64 game, it's not a bad looking…
When you start the game it might actually seem kind of promising, but the minute you start playing you'll realize they weren't very serious. You'll see goalies turn into brickwalls, goals burst into flames and skaters looking hilarious with their cartoony animations and large faces. The pros actually have their own faces, at least most of them, but somehow they all look pretty much the same. The game is actually…
It's THUG2 with some bonus levels. THUG2 was a great game on the PS2, but it's another fail on the PSP. I play THPS games a certain way, I like to do combos that last several minutes. But wiht the PSP the screen shakes a lot when you're pushing several buttons each second and thus makes my eyes hurt and the game becomes unplayable. Also, no spin buttons in the shoulder buttons. As a hardcore fan of the series, I…
It's impressive how much Neversoft improved on their first game within just one year of development. THPS 2 had more skaters, more levels, more tricks, more everything. Finishing the game with each skater was enough to keep you playing the game for dozens of hours, even though that did get repititive, but after that you could look for every hidden gap in the game or create your own skate parks and skaters or save…
What was revolutionary about THPS, skateboarding-game-wise, was the fun gameplay and easy to learn controls, the very same basic controls the series has had ever since. For every trick you get a multiplier and a specific amount of base score. Special tricks give you more points than regular tricks, but are harder to pull off. Grinds allowed you to link tricks together for more points. However, Neversoft slightly…
For me, this was the most frustrating Zelda game ever and one of the most frustrating games overall, but I still loved it. I think the game looks spectacular but still something about the design makes the gameplay inaccurate. Maybe Link's limbs are too short or the cartoony animations and colors of the game make it harder to realize the game in a third dimension. Maybe I needed Navi to help me out in the dungeouns.…
If you never owned an N64 or a Nintendo, well here's your chance to experience the best games of these consoles on your Gamecube. I used to own the original Zelda for the NES but was stupid enough to trade it in for Tiny Toons... Also I've never played the second Zelda or Majora's Mask. Ocarina of Time has been my no.1 game ever since it game out over 10 years ago, but I never felt like buying Majora's Mask until…
Read the full review The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition
The Bouncer was one of the first games I had for ps2. Back then I was into fighting games and this one seemed impressive with its ragdoll physics -- a fairly new feature in games those days. It also featured elements of RPG and beat 'em up and a cinematic story. Sounds pretty good right? Well the story mode is about half an hour long and the ragdoll physics are really limp, as if they had no joints or muscles.…
Well, there's a bunch of new tricks and gameplay mechanics, such as skitching, handplants, footplants and walking. They'd promised the ability to walk early on in the game's development, but still managed to fuck it up pretty badly. Even the update that was supposed to fix the walking was very lazily done and hardly made it any better. The career mode was as frustrating as before, but free skate still remains the…
The first skateboarding game that really nailed the feeling of riding a skateboard with the limitations of a controller. Landing even simple tricks in this game feels extremely rewarding in comparison to all the previous skating games where you could just push buttons with some more forgiving physics. The game offers a lenghty career mode which isn't exactly fun, well some goals were pretty fun but for the most part…
Just like everyone has said, it's not much of a horror game like the previous installments in the series but it is one hell of an action game with plenty of excitement especially when playing with a friend. To be honest, I haven't even tried the single player but you know, but to hell with that when the game was very much built on co-op. Although I don't really mind the direction the game took as I'm not a hardcore…
Mirror's Edge failed to live up to the hype on a lot of areas but it still succeeded at its main purpose which is parkouring in first person view. It's a stylish game and you can really feel the flow when running through the levels, but the quick-time-event heavy combat is where the game fails most and is enough to slow down the pace of the game to ruin the experience for most players. Another criticizable element…
This game tells the exact same story as the first Metal Gear Solid. Unless you're into this kind of visual presentation (the very same you can find from the game's box art) and you don't mind the fact that this game isn't really a game at all but an interactive comic book, then I suggest you just stick with your MGS 1. I really love the story and the artistic design of this title but gameplay-wise it has very little…
Read the full review Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel
After re-adjusting to the old unperfected gameplay of MGS, I was ready to re-experience this unforgettable classic. MGS was the definitive movie-like game. It's obvious once you realize there's only a few hours of gameplay and the rest is just cutscences. This was something that had never been done before properly, and MGS more than proved that games and movies could be merged into something more than just an…
I like the idea behind this game and I love the community-created levels, but I hate how slippery the controls are. The sackboys and girls have "realistic" physics in a 2D platformer which is the biggest mistake the game developers made. If LBP had the tight and accurate controls of games like Mega Man, it would've been much more enjoyable for me. Also when there's more than 1 player on the screen and they are far…
About a year ago when this game came out, my initial impressions were that controlling the character and cars was a bit clumsy. Also I couldn't help but feel that San Andreas had so much more to offer. But I understand they're probably just saving all these removed features for the next San Andreas and Vice City, after all it must have been a LOT of work to start over when moving on to the next gen consoles. And I…
Gran Turismo 3's main goal was to go for ultimate realism, and I'd have to say it wasn't far off from that. Sure there have been new and bettered installments to the franchise, but this one really outdid it's expectations in realism. The only thing where it fails in comparison to GT2 is the amount of cars. That doesn't mean there's not plenty to choose from, and you also get to tune them in detail. There's so much…
