It’s rare for Team Mario to put out a straight sequel. Usually we can expect a Mario title to be showcasing new technologies, or redefining its own well-worn formula in some fundamental way. Maybe, like the rest of us, after 2007’s truly revolutionary Super Mario Galaxy, the team scratche...
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Driving games tend to come in a few different flavours – rally (DiRT), track racing (PGR or Forza), and fantasy (Burnout). Whatever the flavour, there are some key things to get right, whether it be the handling of the car or the sensation of speed. Split/Second exists firmly in the latter categ...
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As much as I was prepared for this game to be a soulless, creatively bankrupt, lacklustre knock-off of the Mario Kart franchise, I must admit to a certain wonder, a certain temptation-to-believe, a certain – dare I say it – hope. After all, this is SEGA we’re talking about, these...
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Sacred 2 has had a later release in Australia than in other regions so we were late getting our hands on a copy, and when we did, it was for the PS3. Playing through to level 18 proved an increasingly difficult path, but not because the game challenged me with its content, but with its deliv...
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On the surface it’s a strange thing indeed, using modern console hardware to play games that would run on the processing power of an old washing machine. But there you have it, because SEGA have released a smorgasbord of Mega Drive hits on one modern contraption – the DVD. But despite having...
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