BioShock 2 had you playing a lumbering Big Daddy in search of the Little Sister you were meant to protect. Minerva’s Den is a separate story for the same game: you play a different Big Daddy with a different goal. You’re looking for The Thinker, a punchcard-driven artificial intelligence developed to [...]
Aargh, me hearties. Aargh. In almost every way, Lego Pirates is one of the best of the Lego Whatever series, from its swaggering Jack Sparrow to the epic range of locations from the movies. Its cute, mimed retellings of these are genuinely funny. Even the traditionally very basic combat feels oddly [...]
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 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 Kevin VanOrd
Posted Nov 25, 2008 6:24 pm PT
A boldly refreshing strategy RPG that is both beautiful to look at and fun to play.
You haven’t played anything quite like Valkyria Chronicles. At first, you might think this is due to its striking visual design, but this is a case when beauty isn’t just skin deep. [...]
By Chris Watters
Posted Aug 22, 2008 6:02 pm PT
MLB Power Pros is back for 2008 season with updated rosters, a new RPG mode, and its signature fun, accessible, and deep gameplay.
One look at MLB Power Pros 2008 may be enough to deter any serious baseball fan, as the anime bobblehead characters stand in stark [...]
By Carolyn Petit
Posted Aug 11, 2008 6:49 pm PT
Despite some shortcomings, Siren: Blood Curse is an enjoyably creepy adventure with some interesting gameplay mechanics.
Once upon a time, survival horror games were defined not only by shambling corpses and creepy atmosphere, but also by protagonists that moved with all the grace and agility of a [...]
By Tom Mc Shea
28 July 2008
Beijing 2008 proves beyond a doubt that rapidly pushing buttons is not fun.
Who knew qualifying for the Olympics could be so difficult? Instead of a worldwide competition crafted around ideas that fit in with the modern gaming landscape, this is just an archaic compilation of mostly old, painful gameplay techniques [...]
Return to feudal Japan for more of the same button-mashing mayhem that Koei’s been serving up for years.
By Shiva Stella
Koei’s Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends is a standalone expansion for a game with very close ties to the company’s Dynasty Warriors series. In fact, the two franchises are almost identical except for a change [...]
By By Brian Fishman
Jul 3, 2008 12:28 pm PT
Though it was originally announced as a retail exclusive for the PlayStation 3, delays in development allowed the Xbox 360 version of Fatal Inertia to jump out ahead of its PS3 counterpart. Now, almost a year after the release of the Xbox 360 game, Fatal Inertia EX [...]
