Rating:9.5

ICO

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Jun 10, 2009 | PS2

Its only real flaw is the length of gameplay

This is without doubt, one of the most beautiful games I've ever played. Enjoyed Shadow of the Colossus? This is where it started. Take SotC, remove the huge beasts, change the setting to a huge castle, add two very memo... Read Full Review

2 of 2 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9.5

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Jun 08, 2009 | PS2

A much better game than what its first impression shows. Quite simply, the creepiest RPG I've ever played.

SMT: Nocturne is a classic turn-based RPG, with a heavy element of strategy involved. The story is about how the modern Tokyo (and the rest of the world) went through something called Conception, which is the destruction... Read Full Review

3 of 4 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Jun 01, 2009 | PS2

A game that will literally last "till the end of time"

SO3 is probably one of the longest RPGs ever made. I finished the game (as in beat the final boss) in 50+ hours, and my characters levels were in the 70s. However, after beating the boss, bonus dungeons and such will be ... Read Full Review

4 of 6 users found the following review helpful

Rating:10

Shadow Hearts II

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: May 22, 2009 | PS2

My favorite RPG on the PS2, for a good reason. Powerful story, with the ending(s) that will leave you pondering for days

First of all, this is a continuation of the first Shadow Hearts game, with many character/event recaps throughout the game. You'll do fine without ever playing the first game, but in order to get a full understanding, it... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.5

Grandia II

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Jan 25, 2009 | PS2

Wow, a game with voice acting that doesn't make me cringe. The flaws in the game can be overlooked by an amazing story.

Don't let looks fool you, this game is quite good despite its age. When you first start the game, you realize the graphics is very bland, and looks like a typical PS1 game. But after a while, the characters become very l... Read Full Review

3 of 3 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Dec 29, 2008 | PS2

Play it for the awesome soundtrack and the dating-sim aspects, not so much as a RPG

Ok first of all, the soundtrack is AMAZING, it is possible that this is THE game with the best music I have ever heard in a video game. Even if you decide not to play the game, I recommend giving the OST a try. Just l... Read Full Review

1 of 2 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper (Megamori Box)

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Nov 16, 2008 | PSP

This is a nauseatingly cute game, see all your favorite Fate characters in chibi form!

I've never played the first Fate/Tiger game, so I have nothing to compare this with, but this game is not a bad one. Fate/Tiger is obviously meant mostly for the fans of the Fate series (plenty of them out there, me incl... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.5

Me & My Katamari

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Nov 08, 2008 | PSP

All the goodness of Katamari, now hand-held.

In my opinion, the Me & My Katamari is a good port from PS2, featuring a different story but essentially the same gameplay. The game contains the same lovable Prince and the eccentric King (although the Queen didn't make... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:10

Demon's Souls

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Jul 20, 2010 | PS3

Oh, where to begin...<br /> Simply the best game on the PS3 so far.

I admit, when I first picked up the game, I didn't think much of it, and put it aside after dying one too many times. A short while later though, I decided to go back to it, and played a bit more strategically this time... Read Full Review

7 of 12 users found the following review helpful

Rating:10

BeatMania IIDX 13: DistorteD

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Nov 06, 2008 | PS2

Now this is what a rhythm game should be!

I've been waiting a long time to play this game (mainly because I had to hunt down a Beatmania controller) and I have to say, it definitely was worth the wait. The most striking thing about this game is its amazing sele... Read Full Review

0 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Dragon Quest III

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Oct 19, 2008 | GBC

For those with lots of time and patience.

There is nothing new in the game, just your everyday old-school RPG, although it's a very memorable one. Dragon Warrior III is a rather hard game, requiring lots of level griding in order to survive certain boss battle, ... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:10

Final Fantasy IX

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Oct 14, 2008 | PS

Just about the best RPG I've ever played.

There was something very charming about the game, and I realized it as soon as I started playing. It was my first Final Fantasy, and no other Final Fantasy that came after (or before) it was as good in my opinion. FFIX w... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:1

Unlimited Saga (Collector's Edition)

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Oct 14, 2008 | PS2

I still don't get how the game is supposed to work...

So I picked up the game one day at Gamestop, mainly because it was for $5 and it was made by Square. I have heard of the Saga series before, but not about Unlimited Saga specifically. After I got home, I put it into my ... Read Full Review

1 of 2 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Bokura wa Kaseki Horida

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Dec 14, 2009 | DS

Fun for a while, until you realize that you've been doing the same thing over and over again since the beginning.

Fossil Fighters is a pretty ambitious Pokemon-esque game. The main objective is to dig up fossils and then revive them to obtain your own dinosaurs. You then use them to battle other people on the island. The graphics... Read Full Review

1 of 5 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Theresia: Dear Emile

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Dec 06, 2009 | DS

Can be quite graphic at times; not for the faint of heart.

I mainly bought the game because I was wanting to play a good point and click game, and it's exactly what I got. The game can easily last at least 10 hours, so it can keep you occupied for a long time for a game of the g... Read Full Review

6 of 6 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9.5

Suikoden III (Konami the Best)

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Nov 04, 2009 | PS2

An otherwise near-perfect game ruined by a little bit too much back-tracking.

Suikoden III was the series' first entry into the PS2 system, and it was a job very well done. The game is very unique in that you get to play the game and experience all the events in the perspective of different charac... Read Full Review

4 of 4 users found the following review helpful

Rating:6.5

Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Oct 26, 2009 | DS

This is a game to be read, not be played. Generally not worth the price of admission.

First of all, let me speak about the genre of the game. At first I thought it was a point and click adventure, but it's not. The game is filled with 3 detective stories, where pretty much all you do is to read text. On t... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.5

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Sep 07, 2009 | DS

A very good point-and-click adventure for new players. A nice update for those who have played the GBA version.

This DS game is update of the GBA game of the same name that was released years ago. There were changes made and extra contents added to it, hence the Director's Cut part of the title. The original game however was first... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Shining Force NEO

By cookie_on_fire | Review Date: Aug 24, 2009 | PS2

Good for more than 60 hours of mindless fun, but don't expect anything amazing.

Shining Force Neo is a hack and slash of the simplest kind - attack with the circle button, cast magic/using special weapon abilities with the triangle button, use items with the square button, and pick up items dropped ... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful