Category: PS 3

  • Prototype Review

    Prototype Review

    Prototype puts you in the shoes of Alex Mercer, an everyman who for some reason wakes up on a slab at the county morgue. Why is he there? How is he no longer dead? What’s going wrong in the city? What’s going wrong with him?! Prototype is the latest sandbox game to come out of…

  • Mass Effect 2 Review

    Mass Effect 2 Review

    Bioware knows RPGs. They’ve been cranking them out since Jesus was a carpenter and they’re still in business for one very good reason: they’re damn good at what they do. Their back catalogue reads like a “best ever RPGs” list, with classics like Knights of the Old Republic and Dragon Age to name but two…

  • Flock Review

    Flock Review

    Flock seems like a childish title on the surface, but like many Xbox Live Arcade titles of this ilk, first impressions most definitely deceive. The premise is that you control an alien space craft, on a quest to round up sheep, cows, chickens and pigs to your mothership, dubbed as the ‘motherflocker’. You do this…

  • Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (XBLA) Review

    Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (XBLA) Review

    Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was one of the best games of the last generation and it’s not hard to see why: it had popular characters such as Wolverine, Ryu, Morrigan and Captain America going at it and a ton of characters to unlock. Now it’s back on the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Arcade. For…

  • Mortal Kombat Review

    Mortal Kombat Review

    Mortal Kombat is a reboot of the decades-old franchise that started life as a game. Originally released on PS3 and 360 last year, the fighter has finally battled its way onto Sony’s shiny new pocketable PlayStation. Is it a match made in heaven? In short, the answer to that question is yes. In long, it’s…

  • Dragon Age II Review

    Dragon Age II Review

    I was pretty excited when I first laid my greedy eyes on Bioware’s Dragon Age II. The first one sucked up a good portion of my time, and though it had its flaws, in its own special way it did a satisfying job of sating my grumbling RPG urges. So it was a little unfair…

  • Overlord II Review

    Overlord II Review

    Sequel to the two year old Overlord, Overlord II doesn’t stray too far from the formula. Take control of the Overlord who in turn can control a bunch of minions. Wield said Overlord and his collection of demonic buddies as you wreak chaos across the land and build your own evil domain back in the…

  • Borderlands Review

    Borderlands Review

    It really seems like less than a month has gone by since I first got the chance to first-hand; but here we are already in November, and the game at last has been released commercially. If you missed the earlier article – which got into the detailed aspects of the gameplay mechanics, as well as…

  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist Review

    Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist Review

    There seems to be a trend in game development lately to make everything more action oriented and cinematic. We’ve seen it with Resident Evil, we’ve seen it with MMORPGs like Tera and Neverwinter, we’ve even seen it with rhythm games like Harmoknight (ok, maybe not the cinematic part, but still). Understandably, long time fans of…

  • PES 2017 Review

    PES 2017 Review

    It’s that time of year again, when the two biggest franchises, in the world’s biggest sport, face off for the ultimate prize. The title of Best Football Sim. So, after decades of kicking gamely at the shins of FIFA, is 2017 the year Konami delivers a better football sim than EASports? If you were judging…

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review

    You’re a convict in a strange freezing land, nabbed for something you didn’t do, and subsequently sentenced to death. There’s snow on the ground, and blood still pools on the block from the person beheaded only moments before you. The headsman gestures to you, and people in furs with strange accents watch coldly on as…

  • Guitar Hero: Metallica Review

    Guitar Hero: Metallica Review

    Before the cynic in you screams ‘cash-in’, cool your jets. This is a far cry from Activision’s previous ‘band-centric’ title, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, which offered little beyond Guitar Hero with Steven Tyler sticky-taped on top. On the contrary, this is a fan’s dream, a loving tribute to Metallica, and above all, a blast to play.…

  • WWE 13 Review

    WWE 13 Review

    Last year’s WWE ’12 was a big step forward for the series: it had a new engine and felt a lot smoother than the Smackdown vs. Raw titles. However, it came with a lot of obvious graphical glitches. Roll on a year and WWE ‘13 is here; but has it addressed any of WWE ‘12’s…

  • Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Review

    Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Review

    Sacred 2: Fallen Angel marks the first time this dungeon crawler series has landed on a console, but has it made the jump successfully? Let’s go on a quest to find out! You start off Sacred 2: Fallen Angel just like any other WRPG: by choosing your character’s class – either Seraphim, Dryad, Shadow Warrior,…

  • Ghostbusters Review

    Ghostbusters Review

    25 years ago, almost to the day, the movie “Ghostbusters” was released in the US. It was pretty seriously successful, as you no doubt know, and has spawned more than a few videogames in the intervening years. Computers and consoles of the day, however, were hardly equipped to bring home the real ghost busting experience…

  • Guitar Hero 5 Review

    Guitar Hero 5 Review

    It’s hard to believe that Guitar Hero has only been around since November 2005 when you look at the dozen or so titles it has already spawned. The franchise has grown so large it has already made a significant cultural impact around the world. Some have even argued that the combination of music, a sense…

  • Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Review

    Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Review

    Assassin’s Creed. Yes, it’s a huge big fat hairy deal. Both previous games have been massive titles, and from the looks of the opening credits, Ubisoft have thrown enormous resources from what seems like every studio they own globally at putting Assassin’s Creed: Revelations together. A long time coming, Revelations was a massive press-hype dealio…

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review

    Harry Potter fans have been kept waiting after the theatrical release of The Half-Blood Prince was delayed by over six months. Which meant that the game based on this sixth title in the franchise was also pushed back to suit. Technically this should mean that the developers had some extra time up the sleeves of…

  • Bayonetta Review

    Bayonetta Review

    Bayonetta is an action game, the first in what can only be assumed to be a new franchise. Published by Sega, it is developed by Platinum Games – a company made up primarily of ex-Clover Studios (Okami, God Hand) staff. If you’re familiar with Devil May Cry, you have a fair idea of what to…

  • Afro Samurai Review

    Afro Samurai Review

    Starting as a Japanese manga series, Afro Samurai can be described as a pop-culture concoction that merges big hair, martial arts, feudal Japan, blaxploitation, and techno-infused hip-hop. Needless to say, the end product is an interesting mix. But does it all come together to make a great video game? Namco Bandai’s approach to this third-person…