Motorstorm – Arctic Edge
Since the initial game was released shortly after the launch of the PS3, Motorstorm has become and incredibly popular PS3 series. The success of the two PS3 entries Motorstorm and Motorstorm Pacific Rift prompted the development of this 3rd game for the PSP and PS2. Motorstorm: Arctic Edge brings the game play to the other [...]
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a complete re-imagining of the original Silent Hill game. The original Silent Hill took the formula for survival horror games and focused on physiological horror. There was a huge emphasis on story, characters, and symbolism, and less on action and cheap scares. I won’t get any deeper into Silent Hill [...]
God of War Collection for PS3. PS2 God of War 1 and 2 on one blu-ray.
The God of War Collection for PS3 is an updated collection of the first two God of War games. God of War 1 and 2 were originally released on PS2, and became one of Sony most popular franchises. With next years March release of God of War 3, the collection offers gamers without backwards compatible [...]
Band Hero. Guitar Hero without the rock.
I didn’t expect anything from Band Hero, but I reserved judgment as Guitar Hero 5 had redeemed the series for me, and DJ Hero itself was a pretty good game. Unfortunately my original impression was right Band Hero is just Guitar Hero 5, sell out edition. The premise for Band Hero is that it’s a [...]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up… Smash Bros with Turtles.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a fondly remembered cartoon from the late eighties/early nineties. Of course it was also several other TV shows, comic books, action figures, movies and video games. But the original cartoon that ran for 9 seasons is the most remembered and celebrated. With the Turtles 25th anniversary upon us Smash-Up was [...]
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Guitar Hero 5: The only GH game worth playing since 2.
Between my complete dislike of GH: World Tour, all the spin offs, and recent comments from both the head of Activision and the Guitar Hero brand, I was ready to dish out the hate on this game. In truth, there really hasn’t been a Guitar Hero worth owning since 2, but Guitar Hero 5 might [...]
Silent Hill Origins
Silent Hill Origins was first released for the PSP and later ported to the PS2. The game was developed by Climax, and is a prequel to the original Silent Hill game. The game follows Travis Grady a trucker who comes across a burning building while on his route and enters to save a badly burned [...]
Shadow the Hedgehog. Sonic’s dark side.
A quick recap of my Sonic feelings in case you haven’t read my Sonic Heroes review: Loved the 2d games in the franchise, love Sonic Adventure 1, liked Sonic Adventure 2, and didn’t care Sonic Heroes. So how does Shadow the Hedgehog (the next entry into the Sonic franchise) hold up? Well I’ll tell you [...]
Street Fighter EX 3
If you are looking at that weird “EX 3″ with a blank expression I can’t blame you. In fact you were probably better off not knowing about it, so I apologize for ruining your innocence. Of course you DO know about Street Fighter. Well the most popular fighting franchise of all time was probably feeling [...]
Virtua Quest
Virtua Quest is a strange mix of game genres. It feels like Virtua Fighter, meets Phantasy Star Universe, meets Megaman Battle Network NT. All together, that makes for a pretty interesting game. The game starts with the main character learning how to connect to the “Nexus” network and hunt for treasure. His father who can’t [...]
