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After Burner Climax is essentially a port of the arcade game. I have never played the arcade game but after seeing the quick look on Giant Bomb i loved the fast intense craziness of it. It was one of the first purchases after i bought more microsoft points and played it immediately. Graphics: The graphics aren't top notch but are pretty good since its a 2006 arcade game. But more than the graphics its the performace…
GTA4 second downloadable content is The Ballad of Gay Tony and my oh my was it a fun Ballad. I really enjoyed this content much much more than the lost and damned. Like many other reviews say, it goes back to the San Andreas feel of having the player do a lot of crazy things which was why many people were disappointed that GTA4 didn't have much of that. TBoGT takes care of those people even though the plot lays a…
It has been a long time coming. Remedy takes a long time with their games but Alan Wake has finally woken up (pun intended). While it showcases itself as a thriller-horror this games plays out very much like an action game. That’s not to say it is a bad thing, as a matter of fact it’s a good game that everyone should play but there are some issues to it. First let us start with the story since this game is very very…
Red Dead Redemption is a western sandbox style game developed by Rockstar San Diego. While Rockstar tries to avoid comparing it to GTA it is essentially, like everyone else says, Grand Theft Horse. It’s a wonderful game, with a strong story, good (and improved) gameplay and great graphics. Red Dead Redemption has the player playing as John Marston. In the intro scene all we know is that he is being forced to find…
The legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is a DS zelda game. It’s a solid Zelda game although it has some missteps which may make it hard to finish through the game. But for those who tread on, it’s a great game to add to your Nintendo collection. All Zelda games have the same story that just pan out in different ways. In this case, Tetra and her crew encounter a ghost ship, she gets kidnap, Link needs to save her.…
Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story is the second DS Mario RPG game. It improves on every aspect of the previous game giving an engaging story, fun gameplay, unique graphics and good sound. The story is based on Fawful trying to take over the world making Bowser intake all the people in the Mushroom Kingdom. This leads to Mario and Luigi battling inside Bowser which inevitably forces them to team up with Bowser to…
Mario and Luigi Partners in Time is a solid RPG much like its previous game Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga. The gameplay is solid, graphics are solid along with the sound. Unfortunately its not the best in the series due to the fact that there isn't much innovation from the previous game. The story is the same ol' Mario story with the villain being Elder Princess Shroob and the story revolving around travelling to…
Splinter Cell Conviction continues the Tom Clancy series pushing the stealth action into a new direction. Its a risky move but its the right direction. Unfortunately it doesn't follow this direction all the time and you can tell the developers are trying to keep up with other action games when it starts to throw the player in more action sequences than stealth sequences. Like other games in the series, the game…
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is the second game in the Professor Layton series developed Level 5. It follows the archeologist and his protoge Luke on a mystery of the Elysian Box. The game plays much like the first one in the series with a great engaging plot and some quality puzzles to solve. Professor Layton mentor has died after opening the Elysian Box, a box that is said to kill someone when anyone…
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The lost and damned is part of the episodes of liberty city that follow Johnny Klebitz who is part of the The Lost Bike Gang. Its the same GTA4 gameplay with a few tweaks and new story but what it lacks is a strong story that the GTA series is extremely good at. The lost and damned story was not as engaging as the second one. You are Johnny Klebitz the vice president of the lost gang who has been in charge of it.…
Shadow Complex is a 2d exploration action adventure developed by Chair Entertainment with the Unreal 3 engine. Its a homage to the Metroid and castlevania series but it keeps the genre fresh and alive for people who have not played this type of games (like me). Shadow Complex follows Jason Flemming who met a girl at a bar and go out hiking. When they are playing hide and seek they reach a underground complex run by…
Infamous is a super hero sand box game by Sucker Punch studios (they made the Sly cooper series). Although the game isn't polished graphics wise, it is amazing. Its like GTA with super powers with a good story. You are Cole MacGrath, a courior who is delivering package when a explosion happens at the center of Empire City. But somehow you survive and gain electric super powers. The city is cut off from the rest of…
Apollo Justice is a spin off of the Phoenix Wright series. Apollo Justice is a new character and the game is built with the DS in mind (unlike the previous games which were originally built for the GBA). It takes the phoenix wright gameplay and gives new gameplay to it giving it a breath of fresh air yet still retaining to the core gameplay. And like other games in the series the story is very engrossing. Apollo…
Uncharted 2 is a superb game. From the graphics, the gamplay the audio and the story. It has such a top notch production that the single player is one of the most engaging games i've ever played. If that wasn't enough the multiplayer is just as good as the single player making the package well worth the price. The story follows Nathan Drake, a Indiana Jones like character out to look for ancient mysteries, but he…
Modern Warfare 2 is the successor to the famous Modern Warfare game and it makes enough fixes to make it a better game than the first to make Modern Warfare 2 a must buy. The story plays out like the previous game following certain people either from the US rangers or a special task group called Task Force 141. I won't get too much into the story but the games is like a top notch action hollywood movie and it is…
Heavy Rain is not the typical game. You don't collect coins, beat up guys or finish missions. It calls itself an interactive drama and Quantic Dream are the pioneers to bascially a quck time event based adventure game. First off i will say i am a huge fan of QuanticDream, their first game of this genre, Indigo Prochecy (or Farenheit as it is called in Europe) was a real fresh and progressive take on the adventure…
God of War 3 is an amazing game. The gameplay is solid, the story is engaging and the graphics are amazing. This is a great send off game for one of the best franchises Sony has ever produced. Lets first talk about the graphics because when you first pop the disc in and start the game, it looks amazing and i really feel thats an understatement. Santa Monica studios probably have some of the best programmers since…
Batman Arkham Asylum isn't just a good comic book game. Its just a good game period. Rocksteady really took the time and effort to make a quality game and after playing through the game i can say this is one of the top games of 2009. First off, the story is great. When they took the time to flesh out a story of one of comic' book favorite villian its hard to have a bad story. While the main is engaging enough to…
