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  • Disgaea Hour of Darkness Review - Sony PS2

    Disgaea Hour of Darkness Review - Sony PS2

    Once in a while, a gem of a game is released that largely gets over looked due to it being away from the mainstream. Whilst games like Final Fantasy arrive to a fanfare parades, others meekly slip by, and this is real shame. Disgaea is such a game and deserves your attention. Disgaea is a Tactical RPG, a genre that is not uncommon, but has somewhat of a niche market. A TRPG concentrates its game play on the combat, and less on the storyline and character interaction. That said, in Disgaea the s...
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  • Phantom Brave Review - Sony PS2

    Phantom Brave Review - Sony PS2

    Phantom Brave is the third strategy RPG game from Nippon Ichi to get a release in the US within the last twelve months. You play the part of Marona, a thirteen year old girl who is able to summon spirits. She is joined by the phantom Ash who was killed along with Marona’s parents and has now sworn to protect her. Unfortunately her gift is very much misunderstood; society calls her ‘The Possessed’ and it doesn’t help that the local press uses her as a scapegoat for every problem that happens...
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  • Metroid Prime Review - Nintendo Gamecube

    Metroid Prime Review - Nintendo Gamecube

    Tallon IV. Once, a peaceful retreat for the benign Chozo Empire, now a world infected with a dangerous organic compound called Phazon. Though uninhabitable, Tallon IV was abandoned by the Chozo with only the relics of their society left as echoes of their achievements. Many years later, and the planet has new inhabitants: the vicious, nomadic Space Pirates – breeders of the nigh-unstoppable Metroid creatures – determined to harvest the dangerous Phazon to fuel their war machine.
    An or...
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  • Timesplitters Review - Sony PS2

    Timesplitters Review - Sony PS2

    Perfect dark is regarded as perhaps the finest console FPS of all time. Members of the team that produced Perfect Dark and of course, seminal classic Goldeneye, have departed from Rare interactive and in turn formed Radical design.
    Their first effort as a solo unit is the particularly intriguing Timesplitters, which was naturally one of the more highly, anticipated of the PS2 launch titles due to its heavyweight backing.
    Perfect Dark veterans will notice the similarities between the...
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  • State of Emergency Review - Sony PS2

    State of Emergency Review - Sony PS2

    Just as Shigeru Miyamoto probably has a room full of Disney characters and Fischer price toys to try and get inside the head of a ten year old, Rockstar games probably have a room full of Al Pacino gangster movies to try and get inside of the head of a 17 year old. They disappear in there, listen to "Fire starter" by the Prodigy over and over again and then come outŠ With an idea for a game that involves being chased by the Police. Again. This time Rockstar's attempt to horrify the Daily Mail and...
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  • Siren 2 Review - Sony PS2

    Siren 2 Review - Sony PS2

    Thick mist covers the island and the sky is tinged blood red. Mamoru Itsuki and Yuri Kishida are walking across Yamijima when they run into two members of the Japanese Self-Defence force. Blinded by the torches, Yuri hides behind her manly protector and then the siren begins; the noise is ear-splitting and emanates from a vast metal radio tower in the centre of the island. Seconds later, the wave comes, a blood-red tsunami which knocks all four people off their feet and into unconsciousness. ...
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  • Space Channel 5 Part 2 Review - Sega Dreamcast

    Space Channel 5 Part 2 Review - Sega Dreamcast

    Space Reporter Ulala once again battles cosmic ne'er do wells using the gift of dance and a sassy attitude, in her second adventure, Space Channel 5 Part 2. This time round the stakes are higher: much loved crooner and political leader Space President Peace has been kidnapped by a unknown group of cute robots called the Robo, lead by the mysterious Shadow. Good times are placed on hold until his rescue, and there is only one reporter fit for the job... no matter how much rival reporter and image-conscious...
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  • Final Doom Review - Sony PlayStation PS1

    Final Doom Review - Sony PlayStation PS1

    Doom made a revolutionary impact when it hit PCs in 1993. One that few games can credibly claim to match. This wasn’t simply because it was a technical showcase, but because it changed the makeup of hardware going forwards. It’s heavy reliance on the strength on 486 processors dealt a fatal blow to the Amiga and Atari ST whose hardware couldn’t be much less suitable, as well as pushing 16-bit sprite-pushing consoles aside for the next wave of hardware. This wave of consoles would see numerous...
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  • Gunstar Heroes: Treasure Box Review - Sony PS2

    Gunstar Heroes: Treasure Box Review - Sony PS2

    Treasure have found themselves amidst something of a retro revival recently. First they lavished upon the general gaming populace the superlative Gradius V, a real return to form for Konami’s flagship shooter especially after the so-so Gradiuses (Gradii?) III and IV. Following this success, they went somewhat sequel crazy producing excruciatingly middling follow-ups to both Gunstar and Guardian Heroes on the Game Boy Advance. After the relatively muted response these games received, Treasure,...
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  • Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap Review - Nintendo GBA

    Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap Review - Nintendo GBA

    Shigeru Miyamoto once commented that Ridley Scott’s flawed classic ‘Legend’ was one of the elements that helped him to visualize and inspired him to create the Zelda series. Here is a movie that delves deep inside the human imagination. It provides a magical experience whilst keeping the qualities we can relate to: fear, doubt, love and excitement. These very qualities are exactly what make the Legend Of Zelda series so compelling. Capcom, it would appear, know this full well. The fun...
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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?
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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...
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  • 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
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    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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