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What happens when you have the works of Warren Spector mixed with our beloved Disney character Mickey Mouse ? The result is a video game that may look familiar to fans of Spector's and Mickey's but at the same time, it's something completely different that takes you in a bizarre journey from start to finish. "We're in a...video game?" There is an essence of Warren Spector's work in Epic Mickey even though you don't…
Bad to the bone once again! Dementium: The Ward is hailed as one of the best looking games for the Nintendo DS but it does has its misses. Dementium II attempts to correct all the mistakes by listening to all the feedbacks from press and fans alike and put them all together into the game. Taking place after the events of Dementium: The Ward, you once again assume the role of William Redmoor , the main protagonist…
If you have played Kane & Lynch: Dead Men before then you're familiar with the two characters in the front cover who look like they're ready for war. It's a game about two guys who had to cooperate with one another for survival and love, among other things. Dog Days takes place after the events of Dead Men and the setting is now in Shanghai. Tom & Jerry with attitudes You play as Lynch , the medicated psychopath who…
I'm back! Metroid: Other M is the highly anticipated game from Nintendo which lets you once again take control of Samus Aran , one of the most powerful bounty hunters in the galaxy. It is co-developed by Team Ninja , the same people who created the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series and Other M follows the same formula with those games in some shape or form. Like Metroid Prime , many people showed signs of doubts…
From the publishers of Dementium: The Ward and Insecticide comes yet another original game for the handheld market but with a few misses. Mushroom Men: Rise of The Fungi is a side-scrolling platform game which acts as a prequel to its successor: The Spore Wars on the Wii . The premise is that a meteor crashes down on Earth, causing the aftershock to rain down a strange green dust to the atmosphere. This dust is…
Ghostbusters on the NES is abysmal. Nothing about it is good. Not even average. All the important aspects in a video game are not present in Ghostbusters. If you haven't experience Ghostbusters on the NES, you're one lucky sonnafa gun. Ghostbusters is a very very boring game with limited sound effects, repetitive music, dull graphics and broken controls. Map of doomThe moment you boot up Ghostbusters to your console…
One that has the most realistic storyline with compelling characters, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is a gripping video game that may deliver too much senseless swearing and mediocre replay value, but the dark humor and non-stop action are so cool that you may be willing to forgive Kane & Lynch's shortcomings. Help me. Help you. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is the latest instalment from the creators of the Hitman series. You…
Bad business in space From the creators of the award-winning Dementium: The Ward , Renegade Kid has unleashed a new First-Person Shooter called Moon. This new installment is much more story-driven than Dementium with slightly better graphics, some decent voice overs and terrific replay value. The year is 2058 and you play as Major Edward Kane, a gun-wielding astronaut who is send to the Moon along with his other…
Making a good adventure game is not easy. It takes a lot of creativity and patient to put everything together. There are three things that designers must always tackle with: storylines, graphics, and sounds. Without these core mechanics, no games will ever be a true game and it's replay value will be at a minimal- and Grim Fandango is no exception. Be a good boy...or else In Grim Fandango, you play as Manny Calavera…
Dementium: The Ward is a First Person Shooter made exclusively for the Nintendo DS . It's a survival horror game that has a blend of such popular titles like Doom 3 and Silent Hill , just like what the front cover says. While it contains such creepy elements as the mentioned games but it somehow lacks certain aspects that make it worth playing. At least he died with a smile on his face The game lets you begin as a…
What do you get if you combine both Shinji Mikami and Hiroyuki Kobayashi (The geniuses of the Resident Evil series), and the twisted mind of Mr. Suda 51 ? The result is Killer7 . This game takes you to a whole new level that you think it might not be possible, but they did it anyways. And if you think games like Metal Gear Solid or Silent Hill is weird...think again! The Smiths Killer7 is about Harman Smith , a…
Ninja Gaiden is based on the classic arcade game that was released in 1988 and was known as the first video game to introduce cutscenes to the industry. You play as Ryu Hayabusa , a vindictive ninja who not only is the main character of the Ninja Gaiden series, but also a combatant in the Dead or Alive Series. He's on a hot trail for Doku , a mysterious and powerful being who's responsible for the massacre of the…
Batman: Dark Tomorrow is a game from Kemco that puts you in the role of the Dark Knight we all know as Batman . He receives a distress call from Commissioner Gordon about a group of bandits going catastrophic in Gotham City and it's up to the vigilante to stop this madness. After he puts those crooks out of mischief, he then receives another call from Oracle saying that her father, the Commissioner has gone missing.…
Never in my entire gaming life have I encountered such a brutal and violent video game. Manhunt is definitely the most violent, gruesome and sadistic video game ever made, not just graphically but also mentally. It's sick, twisted and evil...but the worst part of it - it's fun! Say cheese and die In Manhunt, you play as James Earl Cash , a high-time criminal who was about to be sentenced to death at the beginning of…
Have you seen the movie Rat Race ? Remember how these twelve regular people were gambling in a casino and suddenly they were specially being selected to participate in a race that's worth two million dollars? Their goal was to reach from Las Vegas to New Mexico by whatever means necessary to claim their price, but little did they know they were under the surveillance of the owner of the casino and his group of rich…
If you happen to be a fan of survival horror games and the Cthulhu Mythos , look no further. The year is 1922 and Call of Cthulhu sets you as Jack Walters , a private detective who is hired to investigate a missing person case on the small fishing town called Innsmouth. Bringing no weapons but only his wits, little does he know that the locals in Innsmouth isn't your typical residents who are a cult group and are…
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