Dec. 18, 2008
A Review By tashi in PlayStation 3 » Action
Sonic has been spiraling out of control since Sonic Adventure 2, or even earlier depending on who you ask. I have loved Sonic since I was a child, and have tried to be faithful, but it is becoming so hard these days. Sonic the Hedgehog, better known as Sonic 360, is awful.Story:Impressive cutscenes tell a story of the present, the future, and peopl...
Read More »Dec. 18, 2008
A Review By tashi in PC » Action
Left 4 Dead hardly needs an introduction, but I'll give you a short one anyway. It's a zombie survival co-op FPS funfest. It's much faster paced than a typical game of the survival horror genre, but I put it there anyway because your objective is to not be eaten by zombies.Story:You are one of four survivors in a zombie-infested area. Either run aw...
Read More »Dec. 18, 2008
A Review By tashi in PC » Action
American McGee's Alice is an amazing game. I'm sure it was amazing in 2000 when it was released, but it's still awesome in 2008, and I want to tell you why. This game is twisted and disturbing in many ways and very often. Alice is a brilliant horror/3D platformer. I played it over the course of two days and it took approximately eight hours to fini...
Read More »Nov. 5, 2008
A Review By badbadleroybrown in PlayStation 3 » Action
Hype is a funny thing. There’s a good kind and a bad kind. The good kind can come from many different places, such as a game coming out of nowhere to sell oodles of copies because of word of mouth or fantastic reviews (Sins of a Solar Empire comes to mind). Then there’s the bad kind: the artificial hype shoveled into our senses by m...
Read More »Nov. 4, 2008
A Review By Siraris in Xbox 360 » Action
For me, personally, there are few titles that come along and take me by surprise. I spend so much time researching, listening, watching to all the information that I can on most games, that I am invariably sure on whether I will enjoy a game or not before I even play it. Dead Space was a title that I didn't expect to enjoy that much b...
Read More »Oct. 28, 2008
A Review By Harbinger in Xbox 360 » Action
With EA being the epitome of all that is wrong in the video-game industry for years, it seems they have turned a corner for their spotted and unimaginative career. Trying to buck the trend of mediocre to god-awful movie based games, yearly rehashes of the same game, and just plain bad projects, they have delivered one of the most interesting and ...
Read More »Oct. 26, 2008
A Review By Shodan2020 in Xbox 360 » Action
Volition, the same developers who brought you the most excellent Descent: Freespace, and Red Faction games (ok, not so much, RF2). Have given us Saints Row, a gang-oriented sandbox game in the fictional city of Stilwater. You play the role of a poor schlub in the city's Mission Beach district who almost becomes a casualty of gang-related vi...
Read More »Oct. 14, 2008
A Review By Siraris in Xbox 360 » Action
Call of Duty 4 is arguably the defining shooter this generation. It did its job so well, that even the venerable Halo 3 was left in its wake. The multi-player component that Infinity Ward developed has, and will be copied for years to come in every way shape and form. Fortunately, and unfortunately, Call of Duty 5 has copied eve...
Read More »Oct. 12, 2008
A Review By Shodan2020 in Xbox LIVE Arcade » Action
I was born in 1982. This accounts for a lot of my likes and loves from music tastes to videogames. That being said. I was raised on the old Mega Man NES games. Mega Man 9 goes backwards to go forward in that sense. The graphics, music, story, and gameplay are all delightfully 8-bit and while these certainly won't impress and may frighten aw...
Read More »Oct. 5, 2008
A Review By alienmastermind in Xbox 360 » Action
Well, I must say that a lot has kept me from writing about video games. Namely, writing and drawing Dipswitch for the site. But, I digress. The latest in the Star Wars branded video games, The Force Unleashed, is a masterpiece. I've wanted to dismember this damned game. But each time I play, it reminds me what happens when George Luca...
Read More »Oct. 2, 2008
A Review By Tel Prydain in Xbox 360 » Action
This is a hard review to write, because few other games have split the gaming community quite so much as Alone in the Dark. Sites that normally give generous scores are giving this game scores as low as three out of ten, while other sites known for marking harshly are giving it eight out of ten. Alone in the Dark is an old school action adventu...
Read More »Oct. 2, 2008
A Review By Tel Prydain in Xbox 360 » Action
Last year was a behemoth year for gaming. With high profile releases ranging from Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3, to Bioshock, Assassins Creed and Mass Effect – there was something for everyone. It’s therefore somewhat understandable that some games might get overlooked, and such was the case for Overlord. Overlord was a unique game; putt...
Read More »Oct. 2, 2008
A Review By biosc1 in Xbox 360 » Action
There is already a great review of the game by Shodan2020, found here, so I will not repeat what has already been said. Instead, I'm going to review this games co-op experience. This is one of those games where having the artificial intelligence replaced by a person on the couch next to you can lead to hours of fun. ...
Read More »Sep. 30, 2008
A Review By Texas Speed in Xbox 360 » Action
Please don't take that title the wrong way. While some gamers no doubt feel that way about playing the game, I certainly don't. What it really refers to is the true strength of Too Human's gameplay. I've put a lot of hours into this game. I've been through the story multiple times, and replayed levels outside of the story co...
Read More »Sep. 22, 2008
A Review By Ancalagon in PC » Action
Its hard to be objective in a review. A reviewer comes in with a lot of assumptions about a game, and a lot of expectations, and tries to fit the game to those. Its especially a problem with a game that is part of a series, because the reviewer will naturally try to fit the new game to that of the old. So I'm going to state right out tha...
Read More »Sep. 20, 2008
A Review By H1PO in Xbox 360 » Action
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed had so much potential. I'll admitthat I have been watching this game since the first concept arts were uploadedonto the official star wars website. As a Star Wars fan, what more could Iwant? A next gen jedi game supposed to take the force to the next level?Awesome!However, the game does not live up to its potent...
Read More »Sep. 14, 2008
A Review By SPhil64 in Xbox LIVE Arcade » Action
Let's not beat around the bush; Castle Crashers is an excellent game. With that, however, there are a number of flaws/glitches in the final build. Let's start with the good. The first thing that I love (and that you'll notice) is the art style of the game. This is the hard...
Read More »Sep. 7, 2008
A Review By Siraris in Xbox 360 » Action
I did, and I'm sorry. The commercial is too good not to reference, and in some ways is too good for the game it is promoting. You watch the commercial with the catchy yet simplistic tune that many have admitted to getting stuck in their head for days, the beautifully crisp CG, and you are enticed. When I hadn't seen a commercial...
Read More »Sep. 7, 2008
A Review By Shodan2020 in Xbox 360 » Action
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men was an extremely overhyped game before and when it came out. However, that doesn't mean it's a bad game. It's just not as good as you were lead to believe. You are Kane, an ex-con who was sprung out of prison by a fellow inmate named Lynch who is working at the behest of a group that you supposedly...
Read More »Sep. 7, 2008
A Review By Shodan2020 in Xbox 360 » Action
Ah, High School Days... times spent dodging trouble caused, finding that special someone, and egging the occasional stranger. You can do all of this and more in Rockstar Vancouver's Bully: Scholarship Edition. Which is an update to their first offering of Bully for the PS2. ...
Read More »Aug. 16, 2008
A Review By Shodan2020 in Xbox LIVE Arcade » Action
Bionic Commando: Rearmed (BC:R) was one of my most anticipated Xbox Live Arcade releases for this summer. I was a fan of the original NES game, and I was way stoked to see how developer Grin would re-energize Capcom's original title. I was not disappointed. The storyline is pretty much the same from the original game, excep...
Read More »Aug. 14, 2008
A Review By Stupid Fat Hobbit in Xbox LIVE Arcade » Action
If we learned anything from Portal, it’s how a shorter game can offer as complete and fully realised an experience as a big-budget mainstream title. Perhaps even more so, because it can be tighter and more focused. It can dispense with the need to stretch out its ideas to occupy the 8 – 10 hours considered the mandatory minimum f...
Read More »Aug. 13, 2008
A Review By Deadend in Xbox 360 » Action
DICE just... they just don't get what makes Halo 3 work. To give them a hint, being able to see the onscreen action helps. Bad Company is a game that throws particle and smoke around so much you can't see where you should be shooting... too bad the AI ignores it and shoots you. Want to use cover to try and flank AI that is distra...
Read More »Aug. 12, 2008
A Review By Deadend in Xbox 360 » Action
To confess, I did not complete Ninja Gaiden 2. I found it to be too hard for me. Not in the good hard, such as Geometry Wars or Ninja Gaiden 1 which taught me to quit being a bitch and to mix it up and move around. First Off, Ninja Gaiden 2 features a camera that would be considered horrible for an action game in the year 2003.&n...
Read More »Aug. 9, 2008
A Review By King3567 in Xbox LIVE Arcade » Action
I have found that writing an introduction to a review for Braid has been much more difficult than I imagined. So, if you'll all bare with me, I guess I will start it off with this; Braid is the greatest gaming experience so far on this generation of consoles. Pretentious? Maybe, but this game is the first game in a long time that does somet...
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