Game Reviews
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl Published Date: Jul 23, 2007It’s taken a lot more time to make it to our PCs than originally planned, but after running S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl through its paces, we’ve got plenty of good things to say about it. Some of the delay for the game has been as a result of some adventurous approaches to the gameplay...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC
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Shadowrun Published Date: Jul 21, 2007In order to be able to review a game, you have to be able to, well, play it. Kind of a given. So reviewing Shadowrun is probably one of the most protracted writing tasks I’ve ever faced. The problem has been that although I’ve had a copy for well over a week, it took me that amount of time to ...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
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SnoCross 2 Featuring Blair Morgan Published Date: Jul 21, 2007SnoCross 2 Featuring Blair Morgan is a budget priced sports title based around Blair Morgan, the X Games phenomenon. But this game does little to attract new fans to the sport of Snocross: seemingly out of place objects, bland and blocky graphics and the horrendously simplistic audio make for a co...
Genre: Racing Platform: PlayStation 2
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Samurai Warriors 2 Empires Published Date: Jul 21, 2007The menu screen of Samurai Warriors 2: Empires suggests simplicity, but in truth the scope of the game is simultaneously vast and complex. The game features a repertoire of options including Empire Mode, Free Mode, and a New Officer function, with nothing much else of substance. In the Free Mode...
Genre: Strategy Platform: PlayStation 2
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Spartan: Total Warrior Published Date: May 14, 2007Steel against steel, rousing battle cries, and a sore thumb are what you can expect from this game from Sega and Creative Assembly. You may recognize the Creative Assembly name from their PC title Rome: Total War. They make the leap to the console with this addictive button masher that will tie up a...
Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: PlayStation 2
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Sonic and the Secret Rings Published Date: Apr 12, 2007A dog’s lifespan seems painfully short to human onlookers. The accelerated aging process�"seven dog years to every human one leaves barely any time in the four-legged fellow’s life for adolescent pranks before creaky joints, interminable naps, and a cantankerous attitude set in. Cats fare litt...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
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Scarface: The World is Yours Published Date: Apr 4, 2007Games based on movies, and movies based on games, are traditionally poor fare. Yes, yes, yes, there are a few exceptions to the rule (The Godfather isn’t bad at all), but generally, it’s true. Each normally depends on the other as its selling point, moving units because of a reputation as oppo...
Genre: Third-Person Action Platform: PC
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Saints Row Published Date: Apr 4, 2007Talk about a bad day, you wake up and ya Hoe won’t cook ya breakie, you’ve run out of Gin n Juice and Three Fingered Jo is trying to move in on ya turf by selling gram bags for a nickel! Finally for the cherry on the proverbial sundae the slag you bin jeepin with on the side has got herself preg...
Genre: Third-Person Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Published Date: Apr 4, 2007What’s wrong with children’s games? Nothing, with the exception that they are produced for children. Creature from Krusty Krab might just be proof: painfully boring levels, monotonous play, and weak challenges all make for a game that has everything right for children and nothing right for the r...
Genre: Adventure Platform: Wii
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SSX Blur Published Date: Apr 1, 2007Whichever way I look at it, the release date of SSX Blur, the latest Wii installment of the well-known snowboarding (& skiing) franchise, has been perfectly chosen: Odd as it may seem, what better way is there to welcome spring than by reminiscing about all the wintery fun we’ve had in this past s...
Genre: Extreme Sports Platform: Wii
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