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Enchanted Arms
enchanted arms is a perfectly competant old school rpg. it's no final fantasy, but it's shiny and new....?
the game is a great way to flex 360 muscle. it's very pretty. the character designs are so typically japanese it's almost funny. the golems are a cool addition as you can earn build and mold party members essentially...... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
ok this recent trend of good superhero games is really starting to freak me out. it may be bizarro land, but it's good!
okay it's a dungeon crawler, and yes we've seen it all before. m/u/a changes it up by appealing to dorks everywhere. stat building of individuals can fast become as addictive as crack. also unlocking all the playable cha... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Dead or Alive 4 (Platinum Hits)
pretty as punch. hard as hell. that really sums this game up...oh itagaki, why must u do this to us?
doa4 is -not- a bad game. it's a great fighter. it's fast and gorgeous, and unfortunately designed only for those inhuman super reflex clones that i'm sure george lucas will make another movie about. doa4 is hard. it'... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
F.E.A.R.
Find the fear. yes the game is creepy, but as a an fps it's serviceable at best.
graphically speaking, fear isn't going to drive you to cheat on better games. the blur effects in reflex-time are nifty but nowhere near enough of a gimmick to carry the entire title. fortunately it plays pretty well. th... Read Full Review
1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Shadow Hearts: From the New World
hmm. okay, weird...but good. very good actually. why did it take me so long to discover shadow hearts?
shadow hearts is an excellent if not eccentric type of rpg. this game sat on my shelf for three months before i finally decided to give it a try. the game is surprisingly solid. it takes a little getting used to sure. pa... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
oblivion is an all encompassing form of rpg heroine. you can never get enough and there's always something new to find!!
oblivion does everything well. name it...the answer is hell yes. i could go on about the beautiful environments the excellent stories, the character depth in design, the online aspects, or the great combat. i'm not going... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Riot Act
fun. the game is very very fun. don't go looking for a lot of depth and you won't be dissapointed.
crackdown is a gta clone. this is true, but it does things so much better....in many ways. of course it's got that fine 360 polish to it, so it's very easy on the eyes. it does the free-roaming so well that right out of ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Chromehounds
chromehounds is about as sim-oriented as you can get. if you came here for gundam action u in the wrong place.
well actually...if you came here for gundam action; first i want you to slap yourself. then i want you to go home and throw away all your naruto games too. bwahaha. oh anyhoo, chromehounds is for a military mech sim. it ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
have you played secret weapons over normandy? this is prettier, and a little faster. that's really it in a nutshell.
blazing angels is very similar to s.w.o.n. i actually wish it had some of the time effects and zoom that swon had. but it does run smoother. it offers solid challenge and gameplay; the voiceovers ar all well done, and th... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Hitman: Blood Money
Hella fun. 47 is back; visiting exotic new places, meeting new and interesting people...and of course killing them. hehe
The fourth iteration in the hitman series is easily worth the 40$ discount pricing. the crowd dynamic alone on the mardi gras level is worth all the wait for bloodmoney. 47 is imbued with gorgeous new vistas and some ... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Rogue Galaxy
Hmmm... surprisingly good. It won't change ur life, but it's a fine rpg adventure and it looks fantastic for a ps2 game.
Rogue Galaxy is very pretty for a ps2 game. It levels well, and by and large it's a very traditional japanese built game of the genre. then it starts to get different. the action/menu combat mechanics seem really awkward... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Lost indeed. Where has this game been all my life? a lack of online coop after Gears did it is dissapointing, but ohwell
Lost Planet is stellar. Ok it's real pretty. I admit the game is so beautiful i've considered having relations with my tv. Fortunately the meds are working well enough for me to fight the urges. The dynamic lighting, wea... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Mass Effect
"Choice. That is the problem." Mass Effect takes this quote to a wonderful new place where every decision affects you...
Mass Effect is one of those games that can easily be misconstrude as pretentious. It can be easily dismissed by KOTOR fans who are annoyed this wasn't kotor 2. Casual gamers can get intimidated by the vast sprawling deep... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Soul Edge (PSOne Books)
tho we didn't know it at the time...this was the beginning of where fighters would go in the next decade.
Now it's a dynasty. soul blade started it all. this game was one of the first to do 3-d weapons combat properly. battle arena toshinden was summarily executed by this franchise. the moves, breakable weapons, collision de... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Okami (French)
gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous...did i mention it's gorgeous? it happens to be a very solid game too...
tho i could do w/o the gibberish talk, it's still a blast to play...like living a fairy tale really. it's a shame the door has closed on clover now, because this was a stellar offering. i can honestly say i've never p... Read Full Review
0 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Star Trek: Legacy
best trek game i've ever played. still not perfect but you can get passed that pretty quick with a warp drive.
ok lemme get my major gripe out of the way first. cmon bethesda! i was home on a snow day and had a buddy walk a mile thru the blizzard to come play my new trek game cause it has cool multiplayer. oh whoops, did you forg... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
excellent! gameplay is superb. the story? not so much. but it's easy to overlook this little bit of turbulence in ACZ.
Ah, ace combat. excellent presentation, the flight physics retain the perfection achieved in ac5 and for those of you who know the series... the su-37 got even cooler. i know it's hard to believe but it's true! the... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Disney/Pixar Cars
oh goodie. one more reason to want to straighten owen wilson's nose.
i haven't played a racer this uninspired since sanfrancisco rush. sure it's pretty...it's on next gen hardware. but honestly, do i need schizophrenic controls to hinder the eye candy? yup, it gears itself as controlling ... Read Full Review
0 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Assassin's Creed
Very impressive! The game brings new real meaning to the term ''artificial intelligence''. Phenomenal title no doubt!
wow. ok creed is about many things; much of it is innovative in nature. chief amongst the games' accomplishments is the a.i. now everybody critiques a.i. so often that the term itself has lost meaning which is integral t... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Hi there Battlefield. Thanx for comin to ur annual performance review. We have some issues to discuss. Please sit down.
Now then. I see you actually did pretty well on last year's performance review, which is why I have to say management is surprised and concerned at how you've slipped this time around. We're assuming you're not taking ex... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Shin Sangoku Musou 2 Mushouden
dw3-xtreme. wow, a new coat of paint. pretty. how does koei keep getting away with these add ons?! it's ridiculous......
-insert here: every dynasty warriors review that came before this- yes, there's new costumes. nothing more elaborate than different colors on the same themes, more or less. there are three new characters...i think. ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Dead or Alive 2
the first in the current incarnation of doa games. oh tomonobu itagaki, why must you torture us so? pick a system!! stay
The game's good, but the system is dead. everything that doa2 has doa2 hardcore has in spades. this one appears a bit more crisp in the animations, but that's it's only discernable advantage. it's largest disadvantage...... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Kingdom Hearts
i never thought i'd buy a disney game, but i keep thinking it's much more squaresoft, and it happens to be wonderful too
Kingdom Hearts is everything i'd heard it would be. the combat is sometimes great, sometimes wonky. the camera -does- have some serious issues with accessibility. and that's about the end of the bad news. I expected a... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Tomb Raider: Legend
Remember when tomb raider was cool? I never thought i'd say this, but she's back baby! TR Legend is stellar! Well done!!
This game is excellent. it will remind you of how cool the 1st tomb raider was, but without any of the -pull your hair out- difficulty. all the fun of exploration remains, with oodles of extras to find that make it even ... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Holy moses. It definitely leaves you wanting more awfully quick but wow! COD4 is fps heaven, and I want more of it!!
Every great game has that one defining "whoa" moment. A feeling of a great idea coming together, an evocation of gaming bliss, or emotional immersion, or graphical genius in design. COD4 had 8 of these moments for me ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Spy Fiction
Spies? Hmmm, perhaps Thieves is more like it. I imagine Fox productions is a bit annoyed at the copy-cat-ing goin' on.
Okay, let's get this out of the way. Spy Fiction is -not- a bad game. It's competant, it's solid...kind of...metal gear solid anyway. If the game were better, i imagine kojima-san would be annoyed that so much of the gam... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
WarHawk
Warhawk is toted as a cult classic, with a huge underground following. I don't get it. It doesn't control well at all!!
So why the hype? I dunno, mebbe it was sony's first foray into 3-D air combat, mebbe they never later played ace combat when it came out...i just don't know. i do know that warhawk controlled more like a chicken hawk wit... Read Full Review
1 of 18 users found the following review helpful
Dead or Alive
Ahhh, the bouncy mode. Admit it, that's why you bought this game and tecmo paid close attention to that decision. thanx.
Dead or alive bases it's fame and fortune on the crazy breast physics. this is a fact. Now, it doesn't hurt that the gameplay is amazingly fluid and the game had some of the first interactive stages in videogames, but fi... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (PSOne Books)
This was an excellent castlevania game. unfortunately i dont like castlevania games, and i wasn't impressed here.
Symphony of the night does a lot of stuff really well. it's only major mistake was releasing on the ps1. people were just starting to enjoy the magnificence of 3-d games. symphony didnt make that jump. instead it decided... Read Full Review
1 of 10 users found the following review helpful
Castlevania
I dunno why i thought i'd like castlevania just cause it went to 3-d. i dont. its not any better than 2-d. curses.
So i wasn't a fan of the castlevania games when they were 2-d. i dunno what posessed me to believe that adding a 3rd dimension with the same gameplay was going to change my opinion...cause it didn't. in fact now it's act... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (CapKore)
Gee whiz, another tomb raider. and yup, this one's a clone too! How stupid do you think gamers are Eidos?!!
Ok, i'm just thankful this was the last tomb raider i bought, which makes -last revelation- an apt title. i finally got the revelation that i was wasting money. Eidos should have stopped producing this series after tomb ... Read Full Review
1 of 6 users found the following review helpful
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
This game was not bad. It wasn't great either, but it's still an improvement over most of the dismal bond game entries.
I have played most of the bond games ever released. Usually every time i do i ask myself why i didn't learn from the last horrible release. Not so with "Everything or Nothing" This was surprisingly well done...at least f... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Front Mission 4
Whatever reviewer said only FM fans will learn to love FM4 is wholly mistaken. I was new to the series and I love it!!!
Mech battles? cool. strategy? great! But a turn-based-strategy game? I never thought i'd enjoy all those menus, but i fell in love with FM4. it's surprisingly fast-paced for a TBS game. The graphics are relativly, goo... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Innovative, yes! Soul Reaver is a really creative way to make a game. It also was one I never could beat.
Reaver was well made, back when Eidos was in a throne, rather than a hotseat. The game was well crafted with a system that allows Raziel to switch his existence between the real world and underworld, which depending on w... Read Full Review
1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Philosoma
One of the last good 2-D shooters made for PSX
I have never been a fan of games like philosoma, and yet there was something strangely addictive here. i spent a full week habitually getting blasted on my quest to beat this game, but no matter how many times my fighter... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Ka (PlayStation 2 the Best)
Mister Mosquito is a prefect example why some games don't cross the pond from Japan, and yet this one did. Weird? Yessir
Mr. Mosquito is the weirdest...........flight sim? I don't even know what to call it. You play a mosquito and your job is to suck blood from different members of this one specific suburban japanese family. Honestly, i do... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Masterful! Everything about the game is easily the best work Kojima-san has ever done! Bow down before Kojima-san!
Best in series? uhh.....yeah! Kojima san has out done himself. Once again we're not really playing as Solid Snake, but Big Boss is noone to mock. heheheh. The storline here is easily the deepest, and makes the most sense... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Mega Hits!)
MGS2, was a great title, and Kojima-san's first foray on PS2 for the series. It was excellent, although a weird story.
MGS2's only real failing was in the decptive manuever of replacing snake for 60% of the game with raiden. It's not that i hate raiden, but being duped into believing this was snake's adventure, only to discover it wasn't... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
Metal Gear Solid (Premium Package)
MGS, not only gave new life to the series...it actually granted Solid Snake Immortality! "There can be only one!!" hehe
MGS...what do you say about it? You really have to experience it to understand the majesty of the title, Konami, and Kojima-san! This was one of two games that created the stealth genre on PSX. I can never remember of... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
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