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Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arland, the newest in a long running list of Atelier titles and the first of the Alchemist series created by Gust and NIS America, but if you have never heard of any of these games before don’t fret cause neither have I. Our story begins with a history lesson of how the city or Arland was a failing city until they were taught of how to use Machines to make work easier and create better…
It’s been three console generations since the last Splatterhouse was released, but was the time this game was sleeping spent wisely to continue in an already known franchise or should it have stayed just a classic. For those who are familiar with the original Splatterhouse this game is re-imagining of the original story. You play as Rick, you and your girlfriend Jen go and visit Dr. West in his mansion, obviously…
It has only been a year since the last Assassin title and know with a large emphasis on team mates and multiplayer is there enough to make this a must buy on your holiday list or is it just a quick cash in. This game’s is a continuation of Ezio’s story, starting off with a quick recap of the first two games and then quickly getting back into the game play by starting just before the final cut scene in the second…
With the final Harry Potter book being split into a two parts can EA prove that they aren’t just selling us half a game at full price? For those that aren’t exactly sure what the story is here’s a quick rundown of what you’ll be hearing quite a bit over and over. You and your friends are out to destroy a dark evil wizard by finding pieces of his soul hidden around the world, and of course dark evil wizard doesn’t…
Read the full review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
For anyone who has heard of what the Saw franchise is like, Konami’s second title will be more or the less the same as all others that came before it. You’ve done bad things in life so now you are being punished in hopes that you will see the light and if by chance you do survive you will go on to lead a long and good life. You play as the son of Detective Tapp, the main character from the first game, a reporter who…
We begin by seeing a nice view of San Francisco. Family’s walking through the park, sunlight glistening off the water, which is soon abrupted by a giant space station that by using a power much like the Death Star to destroy the city, from here Russia demands The United States to surrender or else they will fall. Obviously with this being the United States, and a video game surrender is not an option. So you, Sam,…
The Forced Unleashed 2 Review With the first game holding so much promise and possibly unlimited potential towards a unknown part of history to the Star Wars history and the new characters that came with it, it’s horrible failure was a true shock, can the new sequel shed life back into the force. With the last game ending off with two different endings it was announced that the option where Darth Vader doesn’t die…
Fable 3 Review With the last two games in the Fable franchise promising far more then they could hope to keep, can their newest title be the shinning beacon in an already crumbling Albion. You are the prince or princess of the Kingdom of Albion, with your older brother right off the bat showing off how much of a tyrannical ruler his is you set off to start a rebellion with the people of Albion, but before you can do…
Heavy Rain Review Not much known about this game, it promises to be more of an interactive movie experience with a captivating story, will it be a new idea for other games for future years or will it follow the line of other movie/video game adaptations? In the games Epilogue we see Ethan Mars in his old life, while getting used to this games unique style of controls. To move you point your head in a direction using…
RE5: Lost in the Nightmare The first piece of Resident Evil 5 DLC brought a lot of controversy over the fact it should have been a part of the original game disk, will this be worth buying or should you just let this one slide. Lost in the Nightmare takes place during the time Chris and Jill infiltrated the Spencer Mansion, seen many times during flashback cutscenes in the actual Resident Evil 5 game. For those who…
White Knight Chronicles: Review With the International Version now being released 14 months after its original release in Japan and a sequel already announced in development will this knight shine overseas despite the wait or has the rust already started to set. The story is a JRPG at its simplest, princess gets kidnapped by an evil secret organization, therefore you, the simple peasant boy somehow end up being the…
Read the full review White Knight Chronicles: International Edition
Dante’s Inferno: Review This game has been called an obvious clone of the infamous God of War series, taking a different perspective on a famous, half millennium old story about a man who delves into the realms of hell, does this game just take more then it gives or does it do something to give itself its own identity. The story begins with seeing the main protagonist, Dante, sewing a cross onto his chest showing…
With the first game staring an anime loving, beam katana swinging Otaku, in a world filled with assassins that he needs to kill in order to reach his goal of scoring with the UAA's secretary is there any way this sequal can get any lower? Apparently, yes. The story takes off right away with a ranked assassin battle easing you into the games controls, with the end of the fight you learned that it's been a few years…
