Rating:7.4

Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Arcade)

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jul 20, 2007 | X360

Sonic The Hedgehog finally makes its way into XBOX Live Arcade and it is worth the year wait.

At E3 2006, the original Sonic The Hedgehog was shown during a XBOX Live Arcade montage. This year's E3, Sonic finally arrives on XBLA and it is worth the wait. Even to this day, the first Sonic game is still pretty good... Read Full Review

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Rating:6

Golden Axe

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jul 20, 2007 | X360

Golden Axe has finally made its way to XBOX Live Arcade, but the short replay value keeps it from being a hit.

Sega has finally released games for XBOX Live Arcade, but while Sonic The Hedgehog is still good today, Golden Axe just another beat-em up that is up for download being 400 Microsoft Points (cheaper than 800 Wii points f... Read Full Review

4 of 12 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Bundle)

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jul 07, 2008 | X360

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is more Guitar Hero, but it is overpriced being a shorter game with a hit and miss soundtrack.

The Guitar Hero juggernaut is pretty much everywhere being the cultural phenomenon it is in media today. With Activision and Neversoft in charge of the franchise, it feels like deja vu releasing game after game every yea... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7.5

SoulCalibur

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jul 02, 2008 | X360

Soulcalibur is still fun, but missing modes and lack of the online play prevent it from being a complete package.

1999 may seem like a long time ago, but it was the year Soul Calibur came out exclusively on Dreamcast and changed the fighting game landscape for a number of years. To this day, it is still the most critically acclaimed... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.5

Ninja Gaiden II

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jun 16, 2008 | X360

Despite being a technical nightmare, Ninja Gaiden II is still a great game with its deep and satisfying gameplay.

There are games that you feel you can get away from any situation unscathed. Then there are games that just wants to kill you at any instant. Ninja Gaiden II is that such game that where lots of skill and luck matters. T... Read Full Review

1 of 2 users found the following review helpful

Rating:6.5

Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jun 13, 2008 | X360

Commando 3 is just another twin stick shooter that plays it safe, but it is still a fun multiplayer experience.

Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 is actually the third game in Capcom's Commando series with Mercs as the last game. It definitely lives up to the Commando name of being an old-school style shooter with no story and a... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:10

Grand Theft Auto IV

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jun 01, 2008 | X360

Liberty City = America's New Playground

If anyone were to sum up gaming this decade, they would think of three words: Grand Theft Auto. These games that started with GTA III ushered a new era because of its open-world game design and pushed violence to a whole... Read Full Review

0 of 3 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Dr. Mario Online RX

By slayerver1 | Review Date: May 27, 2008 | WII

Dr. Mario Online Rx is a great and addictive puzzler for fans of the series while the online runs simply and smoothly.

Nintendo's first entry to their own WiiWare service is a classic updated for the current generation, which is Dr. Mario. As for their first game for the service, it is a good start revitalizing an established puzzle game... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7

Pac-Man

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Aug 09, 2006 | X360

Pac-Man for XBOX Live Arcade is a good arcade port of the original with achievements and a continue option like Galaga.

The XBOX Live Arcade has been the new home for the arcade classics for consoles and it has been a success with games like Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting, Geometry Wars, and Uno. The final release of XBOX Live Arcade W... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7.8

Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Aug 04, 2006 | X360

The biggest XBLA game so far finally arrives with expected problems, but it is still Street Fighter at its finest.

The Street Fighter series has been the big daddy of fighting games since its birth in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It has revolutionized competitive gaming completely and made people waste quarters at the arcade becau... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Mario Kart Wii (w/ Racing Wheel)

By slayerver1 | Review Date: May 13, 2008 | WII

Mario Kart Wii is still worthy to the series, but feels just like another rehash for Nintendo to check off the list.

Nintendo's tradition of rehashing games every generation continues with the latest entry in the famed Mario Kart series, unoriginally titled Mario Kart Wii. From the get go, the case of deja vu sets in as it is the same ... Read Full Review

2 of 2 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7.3

Galaga

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jul 26, 2006 | X360

This 1980s classic is finally on XBOX Live Arcade and as long you like the game before, you will still like it now.

Galaga is the third game to come out on Microsoft's XBOX Live Arcade Wednesdays with Frogger and Cloning Clyde coming before that. It is 400 Microsoft Points or five bucks if you do not like the language of microtransact... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Tekken 6

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Apr 14, 2008 | ARC

The King of Iron Fist tournament returns again and the new gameplay additions make it a worthy entry in the franchise.

Namco Bandai brought back the Tekken games to their glory with Tekken 5 and its upgrade, Dark Resurrection. It focused on what made them great and also delivered on the storyline, which I think does the best job at it in... Read Full Review

7 of 9 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Ikaruga

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Apr 11, 2008 | X360

The "Last Great Shump" Returns and arguably a good contender for downloadable game of the year.

Ikaruga is quite arguably the last great 2D shoot-em-up ever having started in the arcades, then came console versions on Dreamcast and GameCube. While few have appreciated this classic of bullet spamming, polarity switc... Read Full Review

1 of 3 users found the following review helpful

Rating:4

Mr. Driller Online

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Apr 04, 2008 | X360

Mr. Driller Online could of been the Driller game we have been waiting for, but ends up simply rushed and broken.

Namco's Mr. Driller series has found success at Japan, but none of that was found in the United States. It is basically a spin-off of the old-school classic Dig Dug starring Mr. Driller and he simply drills to the ground... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7.7

Prey (Collector's Edition)

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jul 14, 2006 | X360

Prey is like a shooter and Magic Mountain combined together, but it is still just another run and gun FPS.

Prey is an overhyped first-person shooter that has been on development for almost a decade going through different developers and concepts. You play as Tommy, a Cherokee man who does not believe in his roots, but slowly ... Read Full Review

1 of 2 users found the following review helpful

Rating:6.8

Frogger

By slayerver1 | Review Date: Jul 14, 2006 | X360

This classic is a good start for XBOX Live Wednesdays as it offers the same simplicity seen in the original.

To be honest, I haven't played Frogger till this XBOX 360 version came out as this 1980s classic is the first of five games for Microsoft's XBOX Live Arcade Wednesdays and the latest game to come out since Uno back at Ma... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful