I have been anticipating this game for years. The first two Fallouts are amazing examples of creativity and freedom, and I have been waiting for a sequel since finishing Fallout 2 in 1999. Unfortunately, Black Isle Studios was shutdown by Interplay after going bankrupt in 2003, and the third installment was left incomplete. [...]
CrushCrush is one of those PSP games that many people aren’t going to automatically associate with the portable, and that is a shame. Crush is the type of original game types that the PSP needs more of. It’s an interesting mix of 3D platforming mixed with puzzle solving in a 2-dimensional plane.
To explain Crush is [...]
The Star Wars franchise has a history of some of the most exciting and high-profile games. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, of course, follows this pattern. Being announced for every system available and promising an awesome new physics engine (for the 360 and PS3), the hype for The Force Unleashed was off the charts. Does [...]
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark BrotherhoodSonic and his rag tag pals have the adventure thing down. Whether it be side scrolling or 3D, Sonic games have a simple formula: speed = fun. However, that formula has gotten stale. Since the fall of the Dreamcast, Sega has been creating Sonic titles at a steady rate. The luster [...]
Ninja Gaiden IINinja Gaiden started out on consoles on the NES as a game requiring skill, reflexes, memorization, and most of all, patience. While it could be very unforgiving at some points (flying birds anyone?), the game was always balanced and fair enough that the end of each level was never quite out of reach. Ninja Gaiden [...]
Castle CrashersIn 2004, a little development team by the name of The Behemoth released a little flash game called Alien Hominid. Eventually it was made into a full fledged game and released on GameCube and PS2. Featuring cartoon styled 2D graphics and classic run-n-gun game play, The Behemoth created a gem of nostalgia and humor.
Here we [...]
Cave Story is a free, indepedent 2D action-adventure game created by Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya. It’s also one of those games that either you are reading this thinking “yeah this game is amazing, welcome to 2004″ or you have no idea what it is. Regardless, since I am primarily a mobile gamer anymore, a port to [...]
Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard (Guest Review)Contributed by Silas Reinagel. Etrian Odyssey 2 is patterned after old-school CRPGs. Like a lot of the classics, your dungeon exploration takes a first-person perspective. However, unlike an ordinary dungeon, in this RPG, you are exploring the inside of a massive tree, with different levels and Stratum (groups of 5 levels). Even though you are somewhat confined in the massive natural labyrinth, you never particularly confined or claustrophobic, since it feels more like wandering through a lush (and deadly) forest. Each Stratum has it’s own tileset, so just when you’re starting to hope for a change of scenery, the next Stratum is not too far off.
Harvey Birdman: Attorney At LawHarvey Birdman is one of those games that’s essentially made for a cult audience. I mean, it’s an Adult Swim game based on a 15 minute cartoon where an old, obscure 1960’s Hannah Barbara character is modernized as a current day lawyer and injected with rapid-fire, absurdist humor that connects with some and misses with [...]
Little SamsonLooking back on the days of the NES, one might wonder why a game like Little Samson didn’t break through to the forefront of mainstream games that people are so nostalgic about today. Innovation seems to be deciding factor in which games are successful, and which games fall to the demise of the bargain bin. [...]