Fantavision neither revolutionizes nor damages the genre, it simply comes out somewhere in between.
Valkyrie Profile is a complex, ambitious, and gorgeous title that offers much to like: beautiful aesthetics, an entertaining battle system, engaging characters, and a creatively balanced "dual" scenario.
Scandal's three-hour narrative will revolve around a couple of freelance photographers who snap a shot that threatens the operations of certain underworld organizations.
IMPORT: TVDJ is a minigame posing as a complete game, as it has neither the gameplay depth nor the length to qualify it as a game in and of itself.
While it's a good first try, Sony's inexperience with the genre shows through, resulting in a highly generic RPG with some out-of-this-world FMV.
Not a company known for letting the competition eat an entire pie, Sony has its own survival-horror title in the works, Aconcagua. Instead of monsters and mutants though, your enemies ...
Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn can be written off as a survival-horror game sans the horror: In place of unholy biological mutations, you have fanatical terrorists crawling around a cramped bullet ...
Wild Arms 2 isn't bad, but it doesn't begin to approach today's standard of good, either.
I.Q. Remix+ fails in that it subtracts from what made the original formula so worthy, and it tries to blindside you with tons of techno trickery but fools practically no ...
While it's true that almost all games are created as profit machines, some transcend - Alundra 2 is an unkind reminder that pulls us back into the base clay.
Hot Shots Golf 2 has some big shoes to fill. But not only does it fill those shoes, it also stretches them a little - as Hot Shots Golf 2 ...
This action game for the PSP will be published by Sony.
This title for the PSP focuses on communication.
Ape Escape: Million Monkeys pits players against mech-equipped monkeys in real Japanese locations.
The third installment of the Mortal Kombat series introduced a new run button to the gameplay, as well as an all-new combo system.
At a moment when cheap visual fluff is all too often framed by derivative game mechanics, ICO stands sound and elegant.
IMPORT: A delightful little game recently inducted into Sony's PlayStation The Best series, Ore no Ryori is a quirk-fest that just about anyone can pick up and enjoy.
Those that are willing to overlook the game's graphical imperfections and can grapple with its relatively steep learning curve will be rewarded with a fully satisfying game experience.
It's not the most visually astounding game, but it finds middle ground between being a rigid sim and a strap-in-and-stomp-it arcade racer.
Phase Paradox is Sony's second entry into the survival horror genre, and takes place on a futuristic spaceship filled with hazards and menacing monsters.
Many of the interesting concepts in Tsugunai: Atonement lose their appeal shortly after the umpteenth quest to help some tortured soul in town.
An almost total lack of innovation makes the game seem pretty dated when compared with other games on the market.
The Metal Slug games represent a high watermark for arcade side-scrolling shooter graphics, and the PlayStation port of X does not disappoint.
Fans of the series, or anyone looking for a consistently goofy, lighthearted golf game, will surely be pleased.
Even with its flaws, Okage remains a breath of fresh air for a genre in desperate need of the kind of originality and variety that it provides.
It plays really well a lot of the time, and the game itself is action-packed and interesting enough to warrant looking past its problems.
Poinie's Poin will be a PS2 action game that takes place in a colorful area called Jellytown.
It's a well-made game that defies a few aesthetic conventions but leaves most tried-and-true Japanese RPG gameplay elements well enough alone.
SOCOM is surprisingly deep but extremely easy to get into, making it an excellent game regardless of whether you've played other multiplayer shooters before.
Next to Rayman 2, Jak and Daxter is the best 3D platformer available for the PlayStation 2.
Legaia 2 is a good game that can be recommended to hard-core fans of console role-playing. But it's suitable only for that crowd.
The follow-up to Ape Escape will include a lot more primates and larger environments.
If games such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil interest you, this should be right up your alley.
Players must fullfil mission objectives using surveillance footage. The animated cut-scenes in the game were designed by Production I.G.
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