Category: Xbox 360
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Dark Souls Review
Anyone who can’t remember Demon’s Souls… by all accounts can’t have played the game. No sane person could possibly forget the amount of sadistic anguish inflicted on them when this PS3 exclusive was released. Half role-playing game, half third-person brawler, and half ball-buster [that’s three halves! – Ed.], Demon’s Souls was probably responsible for a multitude…
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Far Cry 2 Review
Making an open-ended game with an expansive playing area can’t be easy. It’d be so much easier to make things linear, to guide the player every step of the way. So it’s always impressive when a developer pulls off a sandbox title that remains entertaining while giving the player freedom to muck around. Far Cry…
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Shadow Complex (XBLA) Review
The 2D shooter used to be a favourite genre of mine. Who could forget classics such as Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Turrican or Contra? These are games that, even now, are fun to come back to time and time again and feature a level of instant gratification rarely found in games these days. For the…
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Call of Duty: World At War Review
It’s been a tough start to the summer. Our needs as consumers have emptied our wallets, part time jobs at Burger King reluctantly picked up, credit cards maxed. The quality titles are here, and unfortunately Call Of Duty: World At War is one more to add to the bunch – albeit one that could potentially…
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R-Type Dimensions Review
R-Type is a title that any old-schooler should be familiar with. The hard as nails arcade game was immensely popular back in the day. Sure, it wasn’t one of the first shmups ever made, but it did really nail the genre and inspired most other horizontal scrollers in some way. One of the most recognisable…
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The Wheelman Review
Milo Burik is The Wheelman. He drives, shoots, beats people up and talks smack, usually at the same time. If you think that might be a chore for any normal man, you’d be right. However, Milo is played by Vin Diesel, and from our Vin we would expect no less. That’s the way Vin, and…
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FIFA 13 Review
Did you know that the FIFA videogame franchise has been around for nearly 20 years? From a time when displaying the game in an isometric viewpoint was revolutionary, through to today where you can use the GamePad to look through the eyes of the kicker for free kicks, EA Sports have tried to keep pushing…
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Sonic & Knuckles (XBLA) Review
Some of the readers on this site will be too young to remember Sonic’s glory days. Imagine that. Only being familiar with 3D Sonic games and not playing the occasionally brilliant handheld games. Misty eyed gamers, or those that plain missed out now have the opportunity to play as the pointy one when he was…
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Puzzle Quest Galactrix Review
Before Puzzle Quest, match three games were plentiful enough but they tended to stick to the basics: match three like-coloured objects to clear them from the board; game ends when there are no more moves to make. That pretty much summed up the genre. Puzzle Quest, however, dared to take that mechanic and add an…
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Lost Planet 2 Review
The developers of Lost Planet 2 weren’t kidding when they said that this sequel would be completely different to the original. Soon after their announcement, in-game screenshots of steamy jungles and fern smattered landscapes started to appear. It certainly was a huge departure from the bleak, icy and blindingly white tundras of the first game.…
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Review
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is arguably the best movie to come from Michael Bay’s crack at the franchise thus far – now the tie-in is here and it’s the first Transformers game to feature a multiplayer mode. This title offers a respectable roster of five playable Transformers for each side and a few unplayable…
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Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge (XBLA) Review
Red Alert 3 as an XBLA game? Surely this will be a very simplified version of the game, or maybe even a completely different style of game using the Red Alert franchise? Red Alert mini-games perhaps? To my surprise, Commander’s Challenge is a full, stand alone expansion to the Red Alert 3 universe. Basically this…
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Dungeon Defenders Review
I love mixing Peanut Butter and Chocolate. The combination of their tastes and textures blend so perfectly for me; I just love it. Similarly, Dungeon Defenders has that blend of Action Role Playing Game (ARPG) and Tower Defense that works so perfectly together. With a colourful and fun art style, a variety of monsters, some…
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Terminator: Salvation Review
After recently playing X-Men: Origins: Wolverine, my faith in successful movie-to-game adaptations had been restored slightly. Unfortunately, Terminator: Salvation has managed to completely undo this new found hope. It is a poorly conceived goulash of terrible level design, mediocre voice acting, dodgy graphics and buggy gameplay. In fact the best feature of the game is…
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review
Its not often that a game falls into your lap that makes you sit up and take notice. In the grand Parthenon of PC titles there are several top tier franchises that stand out. Franchises like Sid Meier’s Civilization, Valve’s Half-Life, and Eidos’ Deus Ex. Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been a long time coming. Its predecessor, Deus Ex, has…
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Texas Cheat ‘Em (XBLA) Review
Texas Hold ‘Em is the kind of poker where you only have two cards in your hand, with up to five community cards in the middle. The idea is that you make the best hand you can out of the two cards you have and three of the five cards in the middle. Whoever has…
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NBA 2K13 Review
The NBA is due to tip off at the end of the month, and with it comes the release of NBA 2K13. Last year developers Visual Concepts produced a fantastic game, packed with incredible player detail and deep gameplay. So, the question is, can they do it again? While the short answer is yes, there…
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Lord of the Rings: War in the North Review
Since we’ve all read Lord of the Rings (you haven’t? You must have been living in a troll cave!), we already know all about its comprehensive and detailed telling of the journey of the fellowship. What you might have missed, however, is that there were other heroes involved, too. Lord of the Rings: War in…
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Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers Review
2009’s Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers was a great game. It was a good way for people new to Magic: The Gathering to learn how the game works and understand what a fun, strategic, and challenging game it can be. It was also fun for Magic veterans, even ones like me who haven’t played…
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WWE 2K17 Review
It’s important to remember that wrestling is not just about what goes on in the ring. It’s about the corporation, marketing, the backstage drama, management, and the media. Workers punch out bosses, commentators get in fights, wrestlers move in and out of character, in and out of the ‘real’ world and the fictional ‘wrestling’ one.…