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Alright, alright, I haven't played Symphony of the Night. I know it's one of the best games of all time and helped pioneer a genre, but I just never got around to it. That said, does it really matter, considering Aria of Sorrow just rips it off? If I miss the chance to date a beautiful blonde supermodel, but instead get to date her best friend who's also a model, but just has brunette hair and a slightly smaller…
I got Strider as part of the Humble Capcom bundle earlier this year. After being disappointed with Resident Evil 0 and the Devil May Cry collection (apparently those games didn't age as well as I'd hoped), I booted up Strider just out of curiosity. To my surprise, I've put more time into it than any other game in the bundle, but that still doesn't mean I'd recommend it. To the game's credit, it doesn't waste any…
I've been a fan of the Ace Attorney series ever since the first one was released on the DS way back in 2005. The games in the series have been consistently funny and interesting (although Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney was, in my opinion, the low point of the series), and I've always looked forward to each new game in the series. Having said that, while Spirit of Justice was fun, and I'd recommend it to hardcore fans,…
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Resident Evil 4 is one of the few games I've played that actually lived up to the hype. Strangely, I hadn't actually played any Resident Evil game before that (mostly because my parents were opposed to me playing M-rated games, and RE4 came out shortly before my 17th birthday). The graphics looked amazing, I loved the art style, the enemy and boss designs, and the Gamecube was sorely lacking in shooters…
I didn't own an SNES when I was a kid, so when I saw screenshots of Paper Mario in Nintendo Power, I thought it looked like garbage. I had played games like Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, and Goldeneye, so when I saw these 2D character models in a 3D world I thought the game would be awful. However, the only RPG I had played at the time was Pokemon, so I didn't realize the main appeal of this type of game was the story…
A couple of things to know about me up front: 1) I've never played a Doom game before, and 2) I'm not a fan of shooters. The only Call of Duty I've played is the first Modern Warfare , and I only found it decent. I tried Wolfenstein: The New Order a few years ago and couldn't get into it. I like the Bioshock games, but more for their environment and stories than their gameplay. I don't inherently dislike shooters,…
I'll say straight-up that I've never seen any of the Nightmare on Elm Street/Friday the 13th/Halloween movies that this game is based on. I love horror, but I've always been more of a fan of the creeping psychological horror than the gorefests. That existential dread of being faced with something beyond your comprehension. While gore and jump scares have their place in horror, Until Dawn relies on them far too…
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a frustrating game. On one hand, the premise is incredibly unique. Fifteen Japanese high school students arrive at Hope's Peak Academy, a high school for the best of the best. Each of them were chosen for being the "Ultimate" at what they do, whether it's being a popstar, baseball player, swimmer, gang leader (um, what?), etc, with the exception of the main character, Makoto, who…
Corpse Party is the most disturbing game I have ever played. I mean, I've played some pretty gory games before. I've played God of War games, Mortal Kombat, Outlast, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc. But even with pixelated Super Nintendo-style sprites, Corpse Party managed to get under my skin in a way no other games have. At times, I found myself gasping, feeling sick to my stomach. One sequence had me so shaken I…
