When the original Bionic Commando was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, I would have been too young to do well at it, even though I owned a NES. Now, almost twenty years later…how does the world of Nathan Spencer and his bionic arm hold up?
Capcom did it. In my opinion there is no debating on whether or not the swinging mechanic with the bionic arm works well or not. They nailed it on the head, and it is one of the coolest gameplay mechanics I have experienced in quite a while. Obviously Nathan Spencer isn’t doing anything that any of the games in the Spider-Man series haven’t, but what it does mean is that I think he may have done it just as well, or even better. Read more…
Let’s face it. The ending that Bethesda had originally intended for Fallout 3 was incredibly anticlimactic. You’re left with a decision, and you get a cutscene based upon it and then its over. Broken Steel makes a valiant attempt at rectify this problem, allowing you to play beyond the original intended ending of the game. Is it worth it? Let’s figure that out. Oh, and by the way?
**Spoiler Warning for anyone who hasn’t finished the original ending for Fallout 3.** Read more…
Throughout the history of video games, World War II has been fought, and won a seemingly countless number of times. Each of the perspectives of war have been that of a soldier scrounging for life in the trenches, or storming Normandy on D-Day, or trying to survive the attacks on Russian soil. Velvet Assassin is a polar opposite of the first-person shooter experience that is World War II. Hiding from, and sneaking up on the enemy has never been so difficult. Read more…
From feudal Japan to the distant future, my experience with the Dynasty Warrior franchise has been a limited, but generally, quality. I cannot go without saying that Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 has changed that experience.
Several questions came to my mind as I began to play through Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2. Most of them began with one word, “Why?”. For example: “Why would they start us out with the slowest Gundam with the most annoying weapon in the game?” That alone almost left me with more frustration than desire to continue on. Thankfully, I decided to soldier through the beginning portion of the game, and onto greener pastures. Read more…
I want to take you down to Paradise City, where the cars are fast and the girls are pretty. Playing Burnout will confirm all of the things mentioned inside of that song, and it will forever change how you feel about racing games. Well, minus the fact that there are no girls in Burnout Paradise. The cars? They’re very, very pretty…and they go fast.
As we begin our tour through Paradise City there are some things that I want to be certain to point out to you in hopes that you’ll decide to pack up and move from whatever you are playing now, and enjoy the high speed world of Paradise City. It has a lot to offer, in fact it almost has too much to even thoroughly discuss. Read more…
Downloadable content tends to be a mixed bag of major reception and praise, to no one caring to buy it at all. It is difficult to determine if the value placed upon the content is worth the points you spent on it.
This newest offering from Treyarch is without a doubt of a high caliber of quality, but is it worth it? Let’s try to figure out if Map Pack 1 for Call of Duty: World at War is worth the 800 Microsoft Points. Read more…
Electronic Arts has been in the business for a long, long time. So long that they have as many enemies as they do friends. The partnerships they have made with various movie licenses have been successful.
Why? Perhaps because of the time that was taken to nurture every partnership, perhaps it was because Electronic Arts knew how to push the buttons…or maybe it was because they made an offer that no one could refuse. The Godfather II was that offer, and I gladly accepted it. Read more…
In today’s society dirty jokes are a dime a dozen, and if I told you one now you will have likely already heard it. Leisure Suit Larry is the ultimate dirty joke. Yes, the writing is incredibly dirty and the gameplay is a joke in itself, but the game isn’t completely without merit. (This game is perverted, and the review shall reflect that. Read with caution.) Read more…
Managing one’s own theme park is a dream job for many an entrepreneur. The reality is that most of us will never have the opportunity to do such a thing. Thrillville: Off The Rails gives you a chance to not only manage a park, but ride all of the rides. Is it a park-goers dream game, or will you want to get off of the ride just halfway through?
One of my favorite types of games when I was a child growing up were the simulators. I remember spending hours and hours inside Bullfrog’s Theme Park. I can also remember being so excited to play through Sim Theme Park by Maxis. After that the granddaddy of all simulators came out: Roller Coaster Tycoon. The console and handheld versions of each of those game never really ported, worked, or sold all that well. Thrillville:Off the Rails does break that mold. Read more…
The world of Sega has changed drastically in the past ten years. Without a doubt the change from making consoles, to becoming a third-party developer and publisher was a difficult thing to do. Luckily they brought with them a plethora of games and franchises to feed into the consoles of today. Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection is a conglomeration of over forty titles that, without a doubt, are some of Sega’s best from back in the day. Read more…
