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Ninja Gaiden II
i already know i'm gonna get flamed for this review and i've accepted that, so let's get right into itagaki's swan song.
Okay so the now controversial final tecmo/itagaki game has released. we've all heard that he's quitting tecmo and suing the company. and much of the buzz about that has translated directly to buzz over ryu's latest adven... Read Full Review
7 of 9 users found the following review helpful
GRID
GRID is a hybrid of arcade and sim goodness brimming with enough tension to require a sedative. Kudos to codemasters.
Let's get this outta the way...i fell for this game after my first online race where i came from last place to win, and got the "beat codies" achievement denoting i beat a developer first time out. eggcellent. now tha... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Commanders: Attack
ah turn based goodness. i haven't even seen a tbs since front mission4. it's not bad...clearly for the kids, but not bad
attack of the genos is the perfect time killing short-stint arcade game. it's an eggcellent diversion while you're microwaving taquitos or having your roommate make salsa from scratch. it is awfully simplistic, but wh... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Forza Motorsport 2
finest racing game i've ever played. period.
Forza motorsport 2 is stellar. from training to application, graphics to collision detection, textures to details, implementation to execution...you will not find a better game in any genre that melds reality into fantas... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Xenosaga Episode I Reloaded: Chikara e no Ishi
Say what you will. whether true or not this is the spiritual successor to one of ps1's best all time rpg's.
Xenosaga has it's problems. It's somewhat rudamentary for namco's first real outing on an rpg of note. it lacks a visceral feel in all it's insanely clean environments...cmon even in the belly of a moon sized alien it lo... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Platinum)
ok eidos you are begininning to creep me out. that's 2 good TR games in a row! are you feeling alright?
eidos, i hope you gave everyone at crystal dynamics a raise, because they've now nailed it twice. sure it's a tragedy they can't make a good legacy of kain game to save their lives, but at least we've got tomb raider ann... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Tenchu Senran
is there much new here? not really. is it still bad a$$ ninja killing fun? yeah! GS was waay harsh in their review.
tenchu z is not a perfect game. they did some really goofy things with some of the control aspects, and even veterans will need a numbers of plays thru the training level to get it right. but once u do it seems more like... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
DOOM
Doom. hell hath no fury like a good emulator
the original doom was one of the first games i played on my pc. well besides digdug. and aside from a little known sprite inspired mysty-like adventure called burn cycle, it's the most memorable. ever play a game so ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Aegis Wing
aegis wing is a decent sidescrolling shooter but the real value is in it's multiplayer. if you can snag 4 folks for it.
so aegis wing, reminds me of philosoma, which reminds me of midway 1942, reminds me of triggerheart, reminds me of ikaruga...etc. it's a side scrolling shooter. the design and presentation will not change your life. it's... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Hexic HD
i am not a fan of puzzle games, but hexic turn my opinion all up on it's head. suddenly i'm color coding my shoes?
yeah, i'm color coding my shoes. i'm rearranging food in my fridge...for fun. what have you done to me hexic?!? hexic is a deceptively simple puzzle game, that can become overtly complicated and challenging as you pro... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Battlestar Galactica
the first arcade game i bought. not too shabby, and particularly fun if you're a galactica fan-addict.
so xbl arcade games are pretty much a way to waste time when u don't have the time or energy for a real game...or you're way poor....or the game is for nostalgia: i.e. street fighter 2 frogger pacman and the like, right?... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Red Ninja: End of Honour
red ninja is like tenchu's little sister who was given up for adoption. it's sad, but what can you do?
let's rephrase. red ninja is like tenchu had a little sister who was kicked in the head by a mule. she tries really hard, and you can tell she's tenchu's kin, but she just doesn't work quite right. first of all the ca... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
God of War (Greatest Hits)
god of war is awesome. i have over 100 games in my library and this is easily one of the best. why'd i wait so long?!
This is one of those games that reminds you why you started playing games in the first place. After an hour with this game it was like..... -the first time you played a final fantasy. -that giddy feeling you got when... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Saints Row
it's no gta 4, but it'll give you more open world goodness. strangely it has a lot of gta 4's control mechanics too.
this game is no gta. it's way too cartoony, and comes off as goofy more often than not. but it's not bad...just simple. the story is like merceanries with the different factions, and i have to suggest i'm a little insult... Read Full Review
0 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
my first tactical shooter, kinda...strangely realistic how few bullets are needed to kill folks. yay strategy!
so i played rainbow six vegas 2 first. i'd heard rsv1 was essentially the same game, so i picked this up, and hawt damn it is! this is great for folks like me who didn't play this one before. it takes very little time to... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
Excellent follow up. if it ain't broke don't fix it eh? not that they had time to between the two releases.
DDS2 is a more than worthy follow up to the original game. The engine remains virtually identical with the exception of some additions to the combat engine, but they're additions not changes. and all good. The storyli... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
this is my first c&c, and i'm impressed. i was always spooked to play these on console, but they did a great job.
not being able to to open and expand a box to select large groups en masse is kind of a pain, but other than that it works really well. i'm a turn based kind of player, but once u get used to the frenetic gameplay, an... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Grand Theft Auto IV
I waited to really get into the gta4 experience before this...so I ended up finishing it instead. It really is fantastic
GTA4 is not a game. Not really. It's an experience instead. You turn yourself over to the game and set into some exploration of a surprisingly realistic and well-crafted world. I got into the game bracing for some sen... Read Full Review
0 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
I didn't play RSV 1, but if this one really is the same game...then I need to go back to the used section at the store!
Vegas 2 may be an expansion, but I wouldn't know. Let's get this out of the way: I have never been a Clancy games fan. Too tactical for me usually. But Vegas 2, is considerably more accomodating, to the rest of us. And i... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Frontlines: Fuel of War
There were some good ideas here...but they did so many things, they ended up doing none of them well. FOW? Ur relieved!
Frontlines tries to revolutionize the fps formula. Let's get this out of the way now. It doesn't. I've played worse games, and mechanically it's sound...but it just isn't fun, and certainly not worth 60$. So here we go: ... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
BloodRayne
I wanted this to be amazing. So much potential! But it fell very short. Get satisfaction in the sequel, leave this alone
Bloodrayne was ambitious to a fault. A big fault. It wanted to do too much with too little time. The premise was great, an excellent story, character designs and enemies...i mean who doesn't want to ice nazi's? tee hee. ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Halo 2
well hello chief. how the heck r ya? where ya been? oh u have a new game? well how could it top the last....holy $%^&
it does everything better...put simply it improved everything from halo combat evolved. and at that time, no one, believed halo could ever be de-throned...ever. and yet. the storyline comes up a lil less meaty than the f... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Halo (Xbox Collection)
kinda wish i'd played this before gears of war, but i do think it gives me a unique pov. and it still holds up!!
ah the mythical halo. i played thru this a month ago for the first time. by the time i did i had beaten gears of wars over ten times, and yes i'd managed to kill raam on insane, so i was expecting the world from halo. of... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Hitman: Blood Money
i won't lie i picked up this version to exploit the achievements, and for the graphic tweaks ovr the ps2 version.
but even so, the game is still as stellar as ever. the control scheme for the 360 is as usual superior to sony's. the graphical tweaks aren't overtly noticeable and where they are it's unnecessary. some npc's hair has ad... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Stella Deus
stella deus is interesting. it's not bad, it's not amazing, but it is a lot of fun to play. but can you find it??
The largest problem with stella deus: gate of eternity is the difficulty you'll have just tracking the game down. It's rather rare, and i think it has only gotten one printing release so far. plus a lot of people were su... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Tomb Raiders (PSOne Books)
Ah, the mother of all 3-d adventure games. Tomb Raider started it all. Story, gameplay, all is unforgettable!
Tomb Raider was the first real 3-d adventure blockbuster. If you play videogames you know Lara Croft, whether you want or not. TR's influence pervades the industry anywhere you look. Most of the tomb raider's have a p... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell. A great game, but not the best port! I expected more thought to be put into the ps2 version. Arghhhhh!
At first i thought i hated splinter cell because i'm a metal gear fanatic. However the truth is more fundamental in nature. The ps2 port was poorly made. chief amongst the problems was the lack of any customization i... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
BioHazard: Code Veronica (Limited Edition)
The Dreamcast was an ill-fated machine with not enough support, but code veronica proves it should have succeeded. :(
Code Veronica was one of the finest games released for Dreamcast in it's short run of life. It was a major blockbuster hit on a system at it's height of technological prowess. So it's a real mystery as to how with all th... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Onimusha 2
Easily the best of the Onimusha series. Best story, best characters (even w/o samanosuke).
Onimusha 2 is a classic. The graphics, game engine, collision detection are all grade-A. The additional playable characters coupled with the strange-but-effective gift system make every adventure new and different offer... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Onimusha 3
Demon Siege; the end of an era. It's weird that Onimusha 3 improves on both previous games, yet somehow it's lackluster?
Demon Siege ends the Onimusha trilogy. It brings us closure and opposition that is intended to be more powerful than the Onimusha has ever seen...... And yet; somehow Oni3 just isn't as good a game as Oni2 was. Demon ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
Genji is absolutely gorgeous! and it's a joy to play. it is however kinda short. But it is -very much- worth your time.
Genji is short. Let's get that out of the way. However, it's not metal gear solid, short. MGS can be finished in a single sitting if you know what you're doing. Genji takes at least two full nights worth of work to do it... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
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