Game Reviews
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Published Date: Jul 25, 2008I’m as shocked as the next man, believe me, but after struggling to enjoy the opening level of [i]The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian[/i] on the PS3 I abandoned it to the play-when-I’ve-nothing-else-to-review basket. Lo and behold but the PR machine must have foreseen this because the very...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
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Top Spin 3 Published Date: Jul 20, 20082K’s Top Spin 3 has been highly anticipated on the Wii, especially since the producers continually promised hyper-realistic gameplay and graphics, as well as a pool of accurately modelled world famous players to choose from. To some degree, TS3 for the Wii lives up to these promises, but overall, ...
Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
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The World Ends With You Published Date: Jun 3, 2008From the Square Enix and Jupiter teams, whose creations include Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, comes the innovative action-RPG The World Ends With You, which is one of the most multifaceted, stylish and engaging games I have played on any games system. This is definitely not just a rehash of t...
Genre: RPG Platform: Nintendo DS
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The Bigs Published Date: Apr 5, 2008The Bigs is Major League Baseball on steroids. Not like MLB players, who are in fact, for the most part, on steroids, but in the sense that this is balls-out baseball, a beefed-up celebration of highlight-clip material and unfathomable athleticism. As a result, you’ll see a lot monster homeruns ...
Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
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The Sims 2: Castaway Published Date: Apr 5, 2008Picture this, Survivor meets Robinson Crusoe meets Gilligan’s Island. Mix all of that together with some C.G. dudes who you control and you’ve got The Sims 2 Castaway (S2C). This brand new instalment to the family which produced the most successful game in history has a lot to live up to. So doe...
Genre: Virtual Pet Platform: Sony PSP
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The Club Published Date: Apr 3, 2008Drawing comparisons between a shooter and a driving game might sound like a stupid thing to do, but I’m going to go one better and compare it to two driving games. That statement above may sound improbable to you but I joke you not. The Club is a new third-person shoot-em-up by Bizarre creatio...
Genre: Platform: Xbox 360
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The Orange Box Published Date: Jan 24, 2008Half Life 2 was one of the most anticipated games of all time when it hit the streets in 2004, and it didn’t disappoint. There was a flurry of discontent with the Steam system which forced players to authenticate the game online (tough if you’ve no broadband) but other than that, it was super...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
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The Godfather: Blackhand Edition Published Date: Jul 23, 2007First of all, this game isn’t just a film adaptation, it’s also a port. So if you’re familiar with any of the Godfather merchandise, you’ll be familiar with the story of the Blackhand Edition. But don’t worry: Even if you come at this game knowing the films and knowing the earlier game ver...
Genre: Action Platform: Wii
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The Darkness Published Date: Jul 23, 2007In a world of mediocre first person shooter romps through the never-ending landscapes of WWII, killing wave after wave of evil Nazi’s, it takes something special to perk an avid gamer’s attention. The Darkness is one such game. First of all, a bit of background. The Darkness is based on a s...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfi Published Date: Jul 23, 2007I wish I were Tom Clancy. Aside from having a stellar writing career, he’s now got almost as many games with his name scrawled across the box as I’ve had cheap beers. But as the games that adorn his name are so damn good, it’s not something we’ll complain about. Ubisoft and Clancy make ...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360
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