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  • Initial D: Special Stage Review - Sony PS2

    Initial D: Special Stage Review - Sony PS2

    Whether it's arcade or simulation, circuit or off road, it seems that every possible form of four-wheeled entertainment has been covered on the current crop of consoles. So, in this saturated market, what does Initial D Special Stage - the latest game from Sega Rosso - bring to the party that's fresh and new? Well, to start with it's based on one of the most popular Japanese manga and anime series of the 90's and secondly it's all about head-to-head street racing along the most insanely contorted...
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  • Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution Review - Nintendo Gamecube

    Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution Review - Nintendo Gamecube

    If you're a football obsessive, Winning Eleven 6 - Final Evolution (WE6 FE) is the game for you - it really is as simple as that.
    What makes the Winning Eleven series truly stand out from other football games is the fact that it portrays the beautiful game, and its nuances better and more realistically than any other game on the market. Where this series of games really stands out from other football games is that the series has consistently remained very freeform in the scope it gives...
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  • Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Review - Microsoft Xbox360

    Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Review - Microsoft Xbox360

    Lost Planet depicts a hostile ice world which has been ear-marked for colonization due to Earth becoming so badly polluted. Unfortunately, this planet is home to the Akrid, a race of insect-like life forms that don't take too kindly to the invaders rolling in to town. The story finds the game's main protagonist, Wayne, looking to avenge his father’s death, but ends up embroiled in a wider plot for the planets future through the eleven missions that make up the single player game. These involve...
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  • Gitaroo Man Lives! Review - Sony PSP

    Gitaroo Man Lives! Review - Sony PSP

    During the early days of the Japanese PS2, a game called Gitaroo-Man surfaced from little-known developer INIS. A rhythm-action title casting the player in the role of a guitar-wielding superhero out to save the world, it captivated gamers with its looks and gameplay, but it was a tricky beast. Giving even the most agile gamer sleepless nights thinking of how to get past a certain stage, even on the lowest difficulty setting it could present a formidable challenge. Over time, the game has grown...
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  • Motorstorm Review - Sony PS3

    Motorstorm Review - Sony PS3

    Much was made of the target renders of the now infamous E3 2005 when the likes of Motorstorm were paraded in front of the world's media by Sony. Now we have the chance to judge for ourselves as it is finally unleashed on PlayStation 3. Taking place in a fictional desert, the premise of Motorstorm is of a giant dirt-racing festival featuring a variety of vehicles with which to fight your way to the finish. What sets it apart from what could've been a generic racer are some truly state of the art ...
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  • Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan review - Nintendo DS

    Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan review - Nintendo DS

    Take control of a team of male cheerleaders as you endeavour to help people with their day-to-day problems through the medium of rhythm and song. A tagline like that isn't really going to win many impulse buyers over, but there's really no other way to describe it. It's another case of Japanese craziness that has to be experienced to be appreciated. It was later released in the West as "Elite Beat Agents".
    For this little gem, Nintendo turned to Inis for development. It's not a name that ...
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  • Demon's Souls review - Sony PS3

    Demon's Souls review - Sony PS3

    Demon's Souls is an action RPG by From Software, with the emphasis on action. The RPG elements are old school: Picking up loot, learning skills and upgrading those skills and weapons. There are no branching dialogue trees here; no moral choices that drastically change the course of the story just simple mechanics that many of us have seen numerous times before. Don't let that put you off though; Demon's Souls has a few tricks up its sleeve to elevate it beyond what has gone before, including some...
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  • Iron Man Review - Microsoft Xbox 360

    Iron Man Review - Microsoft Xbox 360

    Whenever a movie-to-game licence comes along that you care about, you hope and pray that whoever is handling it will buck the trend by actually making a proper go of it. Iron Man actually looked to be it. Aside from the exciting premise of playing as one of Marvel comics more interesting superhero es and flying around in a super powerful mechanised suit, the game's nifty visuals and the promise of plenty of fan-service meant early indications were very promising. Alas, all this promise ends up horribly...
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  • Land Of The Dead: Road To Fiddler's Green - Microsoft Xbox Review

    Land Of The Dead: Road To Fiddler's Green - Microsoft Xbox Review

    The eunuch claps his hands and the courtesans stop their duties and leave the room. The lights dim. A projector hums into life and heavenly light permeates through thick clouds of cigarette smoke. Publisher #1: What’s this ****? A young DEVELOPER steps forward. His face is callow and innocent, his expression resembling that of a rabbit’s when staring down the bonnet of an 18-wheeler. Developer: Pardon my impolite intrusion, but this is our latest popular software, entitled Land of ...
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  • Pump It Up Exceed Review - Sony PS2

    Pump It Up Exceed Review - Sony PS2

    There's a unwritten law which states that it's impossible to look good, get fit and play a video game at the same time - it simply cannot be done. It goes against everything that our pasty-skinned, sedentary, antisocial pastime stands for. Or so some would like to think... Think again anaemic couch potatoes!*
    Dancing games aren't new, and it's fair to say there isn't much difference between the plethora of choices that Konami and Dance Dance Revolution (under their Bemani label) have deliv...
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  • Motion Gravure Review - Sony PS2
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    In this image-obsessed industry, it's critical that a game projects a strong sense of identity. With an identity comes a target audience. Sony have arguably captured the 'twenty-something male' flag and, to consolidate this position, Sony Music Entertainment releases this: a game featuring nothing but scantily clad females. Oh, and some very nice scenery.
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    Family reunions tend to follow one of two distinct protocols: everyone meets up, reminisces and has a good old chat and a laugh; or everyone meets up, reminisces and remembers why it’s been so long since they last saw each other, the evening ending in a ferocious argument. Why is this relevant to this Devil May Cry 3 review?
    The latest meeting of the divinely comedic twin siblings of Dante and Vergil falls rather violently into the second category. Something about their murdered mother’s amule...
    06-09-2022, 08:30
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    Fear. It’s something that collective consciousness values as a desirable commodity, especially in the pop culture spin of everyday modern life - An element that mainstream entertainment likes to use in distilled form when it comes to getting a rise out of our adrenaline glands. Whether it be watching the latest slasher flick, experimenting with the next extreme sport or avidly reading the current best-selling horror fiction… On the whole, we take pleasure out of being scared. Read this Silent...
    11-07-2022, 13:50
  • Viewtiful Joe Review - Nintendo Gamecube
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    Pink Lycra. There just isn't enough of it in video games. So Capcom have bravely stepped-up to the plate and given us a game, starring a Hot Pink hero, clad in a spandex jumpsuit, that isn't afraid to be laid back and humorous in style, whilst containing some rock-solid gameplay at its core. Like a piece of candy with a stone centre, Viewtiful Joe is sweet and tempting to the eye, but underneath is solid rock. Our hero is introduced in the opening cut-scene as a bubble-headed, California-accented Sk8r Boi, o...
    15-05-2022, 11:48
  • Castlevania: White Night Concerto Review - Nintendo GBA
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    Castlevania: White Night Concerto is the latest instalment in Konamis Castlevania series. It is the second title for the GBA, but the first Castlevania game appeared on the NES back in 1987. It is ostensibly a platform game, like its predecessors. Certain things have remained constant throughout the series- in all but a couple of Castlevania outings, the main protagonist (in this case Juste Belmont) brandishes a whip. Secondary weapons are also available. Again these weapons are the same as tho...
    03-04-2022, 15:57
  • Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Mugen no Frontier EXCEED Review - Nintendo DS
    by Steven Walker
    For the uninitiated, Super Robot Wars Original Generation Saga: Mugen no Frontier (Endless Frontier) is an action-RPG spin-off from the popular Super Robot Wars series. The player has to use attacks to keep enemies in the air in order to do maximum damage, and string together as many attacks as they can. Timing and knowledge of characters' moves is the key to success. SRW OG Saga: Mugen no Frontier EXCEED is the sequel, and goes to show that a follow-up can be better than the original.
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    04-01-2022, 14:20
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