Archive for 'Game Reviews'

Review: Saints Row 2

February 24th, 2009 – 8:31 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Developer – Volition
Publisher – THQ
Available On – XBOX 360, Playstation 3, PC
Reviewed On – XBOX 360
It’s hard to review or discuss a title like Saints Row 2 and not compare it to the likes of Grand Theft Auto IV. On the surface they seem near identical, both molding gameplay genres together to create a surreal [...]

Review: Mirror’s Edge

January 28th, 2009 – 9:51 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Developer – EA Digital Illusions CE
Publisher – Electronic Arts
Available On – PC, XBOX 360, Playstation 3
Reviewed On – XBOX 360
Bounding into stores in acrobatic style this holiday season is the most unique title to be found from the gaming fiesta of ’08, Mirror’s Edge. Scaling heights in creativity and atmosphere Mirror’s Edge is definitely a [...]

Review: Fallout 3

January 14th, 2009 – 10:22 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Developer – Bethesda Softworks
Publisher – Bethesda Softworks
Available On – XBOX 360, Playstation 3, PC.
Reviewed On – XBOX 360.
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Of all my planned holiday locations for this Christmas, a post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. wasn’t on the list. I’ve never even been overseas. Claiming this is now difficult, having survived the wastelands of Bethesda’s Fallout 3. Continuing a [...]

Review: Dead Space

January 5th, 2009 – 9:13 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Developer – EA Redwood Shores
Publisher – Electronic Arts
Available On – XBOX 360, Playstation 3, PC
Reviewed On – XBOX 360
Space; it certainly isn’t living. While it’s not dead either it’s about to get a lot more of the latter with Electronic Art’s latest space-based action horror title Dead Space. Mashing elements of third person survival horror [...]

Review: Midnight Club: Los Angeles

December 30th, 2008 – 12:11 am Posted by: Kyle
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Developer: Rockstar San Diego
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Available on: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Reviewed on: PlayStation 3
Before I get into reviewing Midnight Club: Los Angeles, I feel I should state my views on the racing genre: I’m not a big fan of it. That said, I have had some fun with a few racing titles, such as Gran [...]

Call Of Duty: World At War BETA Multiplayer Preview

November 4th, 2008 – 6:41 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Previewed On: XBOX 360 / PC
Treyarch are taking players back to World War II in Call Of Duty: World At War (CoD: WaW) and despite a return to one of the most common and reused settings for a first person shooter ever the numerous changes and additions prove it’s not just any old return to [...]

Review: Star Wars The Force Unleashed

November 1st, 2008 – 9:11 am Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Developer – LucasArts (PS3, 360) – Krome Studios (Wii, PS2, PSP) – n-Space (NDS) – Universomo (Mobile Phone, N-Gage)
Publisher – LucasArts – THQ Wireless
Available On – XBOX 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, NDS, iPhone, iTouch, N-Gage
Reviewed On – XBOX 360
Please note this review is for the PS3 and 360 versions developed by LucasArts. Alternate versions [...]

Review: Ninja Gaiden II

September 20th, 2008 – 10:04 am Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Developer – Team Ninja
Publisher – Microsoft Game Studios
Available On – XBOX 360
Reviewed On – XBOX 360
Violence, looks, speed, and violence. It was a very impressive package to be presented with all in the first level of Ninja Gaiden II. Right from the start the quick moving and unrelenting action started and didn’t let go. A [...]

Review: Battlefield: Bad Company

September 11th, 2008 – 6:33 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Developer – DICE
Publisher – Electronic Arts
Available On – XBOX 360, PS3
Reviewed On – XBOX 360
The Battlefield series has returned to home consoles stronger than ever. Not only does this next Battlefield installment provide a satisfying and expansive online community similar to it’s PC versions, but it also adds several nice engine upgrades, a big graphical [...]

Review: Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (XBOX 360)

August 4th, 2008 – 3:23 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews, Games

Developer – Firaxis
Publisher – 2K Games
Available On – XBOX 360, PS3, DS/Wii (Later)
I’m not much of a strategist these days but there’s two things that piked my interest in Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (Civ Rev).
1. Most console strategy games are horrible.
2. Sid Meier’s strategy games are great.
So with these two conflicts solidly implanted in my [...]