By Shiva Stella
Posted Jan 20, 2009 6:41 pm PT
Second Evolution is an engaging action role-playing game that’s just as enjoyable as its PlayStation forebear.
Star Ocean: Second Evolution is an enhanced remake of developer Tri-Ace’s Star Ocean: The Second Story, a popular PlayStation role-playing game. It shares much with First Departure, a recent remake of the [...]
By Chris Watters
Posted Jan 14, 2009 6:51 pm PT
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is an exciting and action-packed way to experience Middle-earth, provided that you have the patience and fortitude to shoulder a few frustrating burdens.
The Lord of the Rings universe is full of memorable battles. No matter whether they are staged in a [...]
By Tom Mc Shea
Posted Jan 7, 2009 5:30 pm PT
Lots of variety and funny cutscenes make the second Madagascar game a good reason to escape to Africa.
While licensed video games have a dubious history, those targeting the younger set have been particularly uninspired. It is a pleasant surprise, then, that Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa not [...]
By Randolph Ramsay
Posted Dec 18, 2008 6:22 pm PT
Brain Bender has some challenging puzzles, but it doesn’t do enough to distinguish itself from the pack.
Sony’s jumping on late to the brain-exercising bandwagon with Buzz Brain Bender for the PSP, its first stab at the genre made popular by the ever-smiling Dr Kawashima on the [...]
By Justin Calvert
Posted Dec 10, 2008 6:11 pm PT
This collection of 10 pinball tables offers more than enough variety to justify the price that you pay for infinite credits.
The glory days of pinball are back, at least according to the packaging for Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection. That’s not true, no matter how [...]
By Lark Anderson
Posted Dec 10, 2008 6:28 pm PT
This stylish role-playing social-simulation game packs a great story, realistic characters, and dozens of hours of enjoyment.
Late last year, Atlus completely reinvented its Persona series, a spin-off from the relatively niche Shin Megami Tensei franchise, and brought its third entry to the US after seven years of [...]
By Anthony Perez
Posted Dec 9, 2008 5:45 pm PT
DBZ: Infinite World fails to live up to the standard set by previous DBZ games on the PS2.
Dragon Ball Z games have run the quality gamut from terrible to very good. Infinite World lands somewhere in between. There are only three main modes in Infinite World: Dragon [...]
By Kevin VanOrd
Posted Dec 9, 2008 5:29 pm PT
This remake is solid fan service, but recycled content and disjointed exploration limit its appeal.
The latest Kingdom Hearts game relies on the concept of memories in more than just one way. Ostensibly, Chain of Memories links the events of the first two games of the series by [...]
By Randolph Ramsay
Posted Dec 8, 2008 6:55 pm PT
Still hands-down the cutest franchise on the PSP, LocoRoco 2 adds enough new ideas to its already unique gameplay to make it a great improvement on the original game.
AU REVIEW–The first LocoRoco was like an injection of sugar syrup directly to the brain, and its cute design [...]
By Luke Anderson
Posted Dec 8, 2008 5:45 pm PT
SingStar Vol. 3 adds only 30 new tracks to the karaoke series, but it remains the benchmark for the genre.
In many ways, playing SingStar Vol. 3 is a lot like having last night’s leftovers. It looks exactly as you remember, and while you lose some of the [...]
