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 Playstation [...]
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 1, [...]
Thexder Neo
Thexder and its sequel FireHawk: Thexder were really innovative PC action games from GameArts back in the late 80’s.
The game had players controlling a ship through large enemy infested mazes. The goal was to fun, jump, fly and shoot your way to the end of each level and keep the hordes of enemy creatures [...]
Undead Knights Demo
Undead Knights comes to us from Tecmo. Tecmo rarely releases new IPs. They usually focus on their ongoing series like Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, Monster Rancher or Fatal Frame (btw, get #4 out here now Tecmo!) so I was very curious to check out what made Undead Knights so special.
The demo itself was quite [...]
Half Minute Hero. The 30 second RPG.
Half Minute Hero is so crazy an idea that it could never work, but it does! That’s what makes this one of the most unique, innovative, and incredibly fun pick up and play titles.
The biggest problem I find with RPG’s to day (aside from the general lack of originality in the bulk of the [...]
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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
Persona is an enhanced port of the PS1 game Revelations: Persona by Atlus. The Persona series is a spin-off of Atlus’ flagship title series Shin Megami Tensei (or Megaten), which is extremely popular in Japan, and known for its difficulty and style amongst hardcore JRPG players. Persona itself has become extremely popular worldwide lately with [...]
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 girl. [...]
Dissidia: Final Fight, er Final Fantasy.
Dissidia Final Fantasy was a game that a lot of gamers have been looking forward to. Mostly Final Fantasy fans.
Dissidia is a fighting game that combines characters from the first 11 games in the Final Fantasy Series. The game takes one hero and one enemy from each game and places them on each side of [...]
Back to Midgar in Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core for PSP.
Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core is a prequel to Final Fantasy 7 created for the PSP.
The game features Zack, a first class soldier operative whose mission is to hunt down a group of traitorous soldiers lead by ex-first class soldier Genesis. Genesis and Zack’s mentor Angeal are first introduced in this game as characters that [...]