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God of War: Ascension
As a complete package, God of War Ascension has its fair shares of excitement and disappointment.
There is no doubt that this generation has been lengthy compared to what we have experienced in the past, but as the year moves on towards the release of the PS4 and whatever Microsoft are going to call their next Xbox, ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Ragnarok Odyssey
It's a different style of hunting – an experience that is based on fast speed rather than methodical strategy.
There is no doubt that the Monster Hunter games were the killer app for Sony's PSP in Japan. It sold buckets upon buckets of copies, as the Japanese ate every version of the game. By the look of things the Monster Hunter... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army
I think you will find it a pleasantly surprising cooperative game, here.
In this day and age, nearly every zombie-based videogame slots into the "unoriginal" category. We've had these walking undead featured in first-person shooters, survival horror, tower defence, puzzlers, twin-stick shoote... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Test Drive Unlimited
No no, no no no no, no no there's no limit. My review I did for Darkzero.co.uk
The aspect of playing with thousands of other people online is always an interesting proposition. First there was the Massively Multiplayer Online RPG genre. It arrived on the scene to much praise from video game players... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Special Forces: Team X
Zombie Studios needs to rethink the future for Special Forces: Team X, because it will soon go the way of the Dodo.
In this day and age, you can just about play any type of multiplayer, first-person shooter (FPS) on the PC, ranging from popular military shooters, such as Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty titles, to games like the sci-fi-... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is an example of Platinum Games showing how they understand the genre so well.
Watching Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance move through its development process has been quite a ride since the game was first announcement back at E3 2009. Originally, the game began as Metal Gear Solid: Rising and was fla... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Battlefield: Bad Company
There's solid gold to be found in this disc. My DarkZero review of Battlefield: Bad Company.
It's probably safe for me to say that the console Battlefield game that came out a couple years ago was never as good as the ones released on PC. It suffered from being downgraded, which is what happens to a lot of the m... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
This is not a bad attempt at a "fill in the details" follow up to Corpse Party. I just wish it was a true sequel.
After playing through the fantastic Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward on the 3DS, I had been looking to find more visual novel/adventure games to play. When I was told that I should check out Corpse Party on the PSP, I e... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
The Cave
The Cave is an amusing title that on the first time through is entertaining enough to warrant attention.
As soon as you start up The Cave and hear a deep voice speaking at you, only then to find out that it is the cave itself that is narrating, that is when you begin to realise you are in for a strange and amusing adventure... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Strike Suit Zero
Strike Suit Zero is a decent game, with a visually pleasing look and some fast combat.
Strike Suit Zero is another successful Kickstarter project that was funded back in November of 2012. The developers used the Kickstarter platform to tap into a field that has somewhat been forgotten on the PC: the space ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Ninokuni: Shiroki Seihai no Joou
Ni No Kuni, despite its slow start, is one of the best, if not the best, take on the old JRPG formula this generation.
There is a unique, characteristic art style with a Studio Ghibli animated film that shows it was produced by Hayao Miyazaki and his legendary motion picture studio. What is even more impressive is that this art style emb... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
DmC: Devil May Cry
This new world is interesting, well-produced, stylish and full of character. I hope Ninja Theory get a 2nd to improve it
From its initial reveal, DmC: Devil May Cry (DmC) was slapped in the face with a lot of negativity. Let's be honest with each other: As gamers, we shout out for refreshing new ideas and mechanics, but some fans hate it w... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Guardians of Middle-Earth
There is definitely something to like with Guardians of Middle-Earth.
Multiplayer online battle arena, or MOBA for short, have become a big thing for PC gaming. A few months ago, the developers for League of Legends threw out a picture with statistics that showed it was the most-played gam... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Darksiders
The armageddon is coming and it's great! My DarkZero review of Darksiders
Imagine a scenario in your head. There's Legend of Zelda in one hand and God of War in another. If you put those two in bed together (Zelda and Kratos sex, ewww), what would you spawn out? The answer is Darksiders, creat... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
LEGO The Lord of the Rings
As far as LEGO games go, LOTR is one of the better titles.
The LEGO videogames are a collection of titles that I never thought would be as fun or as popular as they ended up being. After the success of blending the charmingly cute building blocks with the Star Wars franchise, th... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Hitman: Absolution
Absolution is a decent stealth game, but not a fantastic Hitman game.
Agent 47 has been on a hiatus for the past six years. During his break, the developers of the stealth franchise have brought us a couple of third-person shooters with the Kane & Lynchtitles, and also brought us the surpr... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale is a cool, if limited, way to celebrate the history of Sony's time in videogames
From its first announcement, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale was always going to have an uphill struggle against the waves of gamers calling it out as a Super Smash Bros. clone. Even the official PlayStation YouTube ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Nano Assault Neo
If anyone is looking for some quick arcade action on the Wii U, you can't go wrong with Nano Assault Neo.
When it comes to pushing the graphical capabilities on a Nintendo system, Shin'en has done wonders for the Wii and 3DS. Now with the Wii U released around the world, the German developer is looking to show off some of th... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Shattered Horizon
Space, the final....death battle? My DarkZero review of Shattered Horizon
If you are a PC gamer, then you'll probably know Shattered Horizon's developer Futuremark. They are well known for their 3DMark computer benchmark software, which determines how much of a monster your PC really is at gam... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Can Quake Wars break the Richter scale in the crowed FPS market? My Darkzero review.
When you think about consoles and online together, only one thing should really enter your mind, and that is Xbox Live. The service really did justice for the console market; it showed how a dedicated online service coul... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Kyokugen Dasshutsu ADV: Zennin Shiboudesu
if you like reading and solving puzzles and are looking for one of 2012's best told stories, then you should get VLR.
A couple of years ago I was surprised by a relatively unknown DS game called 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors – a visual novel, adventure game that was developed by Chunsoft and published by Aksys Games. As a vi... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed blasts to the front of the kart genre pack with its own style and identity.
In early 2010, Sega surprised me with the rather good Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, a kart racer developed by Sumo Digital that was fast, great to play and full of quality fan service for Sega fans of any age. It's also... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection
This collection is a good investment for people who never had a chance to play these games before.
The Dragon Ball Z franchise has been spawning out games every year for a while now. In fact, 2012 is the first time since 2002 that a brand-new Dragon Ball Z fighting game has not hit the market. I am not including Drago... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
LittleBigPlanet Karting
Fans of LittleBigPlanet will surely enjoy LittleBigPlanet Karting.
I always found it strange that Sony did not brand Modnation Racers – a kart racer that was thrown into Sony's "Play Create Share" group of games – with LittleBigPlanet. It essentially did the same thing for the kart raci... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Silent Hill: Book of Memories is not what the franchise needed right now.
Silent Hill has been all over the place during the past five years. We have had titles ranging from the mediocre Silent Hill: Homecoming, through to the decent Silent Hill: Downpour, and the excellent Silent Hill: Shatte... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
F1 Race Stars
F1 Race Stars had the potential to be a great kart racer; sadly, some of the gameplay is hampering the experience.
A charming and bubbly racing game isn't something you'd expect from Codemasters, who normally go for pushing gorgeous graphics and realistic visuals for the motorsport games they publish. F1 Race Stars is a new style of ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Minna no Golf 5
A golf game that everybody can play. My DarkZero review of Everybody's Golf: World Tour.
I've never been interested in the sport known as golf. Sitting there watching a guy get his biggest wood out and then smacking a ball many yards, only then to set off walking towards it, taking his time, then smacking it... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Under Defeat HD
Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition manages to keep hold of that arcade inspired addictive mentality.
Even though the Dreamcast was a failure for Sega, the system itself had its fair share of diehard fans in Japan where games were still being developed and released for the console long after the system had died off in ot... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Assassin's Creed III
Assassin's Creed III is an ambitious monster of a game.
Assassin's Creed is a franchise that I have not got on well with. In fact, it is more to do with me not fully giving the games a chance. My first experience with the series was with Assassin's Creed, which came out in 20... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Football Manager 2013
2013 is the best Football Manager game to be ever released.
When you have a studio dedicated to creating the same type of digital entertainment every year, you expect them to become the masters of their creation. This is what Sports Interactive have done. Over the past 20 years, ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
007 Legends
I am very disappointed that such an iconic character has been given a below-par game to represent his 50 anniversary.
The idea of a James Bond game that celebrates 50 years of the iconic British spy by allowing players to participate in some of the older films, sounds like a great idea on paper. Sadly, implementing that into 007 Legends... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Ninety-Nine Nights
The next generation of wars will be fought and won by only bashing buttons.
Back at the start of May 2005, you may remember a shoddy MTV show that was supposedly all about Microsoft’s new next generation console, the Xbox 360. The show seemed to be more focus on celebrities rather than supplying... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz
I can proudly say that this is the best Super Monkey Ball experience since the brilliant Super Monkey Ball 2.
After the brilliance of Super Monkey Ball and its fantastic sequel, it seems Sega cannot hit the right note with the series any more, especially on the handheld, where the franchise has yet to supply a good enough game w... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation is a fun blast to the past. My darkzero review.
I always find myself getting a little giddy when a new first-person shooter (FPS) comes along that tries to re-sprout interest in the arcade, twitch-action genre. In the 90s and early 2000s, we had a collection of great ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
WRC 3: FIA World Rally Championship
WRC 3 supplies fans of rally games with a solid rallying experience that is entertaining. My darkzero review.
I have always enjoyed seeing cars being thrashed around unconventional tracks in the world of rally. I find the sport to be exhilarating to watch, but I also relish videogames that are based on the motorsport. There is s... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Pokemon Dream Radar
Dream Radar is a limited game that mainly appeals to kids or the hardcore Pokémon fan. My darkzero review.
I was disappointed when Nintendo announced Pokémon Black Version 2 and White version 2for the original DS. I understand why they did it. Most Pokémon fans have not migrated to the 3DS yet, so why spoil the chance for hug... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
LBP Vita is the next step in the series' evolution. My darkzero review.
The Vita has struggled to grasp consumers. The sales have been lacking and the games have not exactly been steamrolling towards the system. Sony have picked up their pace with support for the handheld – after the awful E... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAA!!! makes for a great title, but it's actually a solid fun game. My DarkZero review
You are probably wondering "what the hell?" right about now, but you did indeed just read the title right. AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity is probably this year's wackiest named game. I can't ev... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Tryst
Tryst is a title that could have done with some more time in development.
The realm of great real-time strategy games (RTS) seems to be limited to the PC; the use of keyboard and mouse is the perfect method to control your army, and trying to capture that on a console just does not work. Recen... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
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