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  • Motion Gravure Review - Sony PS2

    Motion Gravure Review - Sony PS2

    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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  • Devil May Cry 3 Review - Sony PS2

    Devil May Cry 3 Review - Sony PS2

    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...
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  • Silent Hill 3 Review - Sony PS2

    Silent Hill 3 Review - Sony PS2

    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

    Viewtiful Joe Review - Nintendo Gamecube

    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...
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  • Castlevania: White Night Concerto Review - Nintendo GBA

    Castlevania: White Night Concerto Review - Nintendo GBA

    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...
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  • Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Mugen no Frontier EXCEED Review - Nintendo DS

    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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  • The Legend Of Stafi Trilogy Review - Nintendo GBA

    The Legend Of Stafi Trilogy Review - Nintendo GBA

    The Legend of Stafi Trilogy tells the tale of a chirpy yellow starfish that spends his time helping out the local seabed community: he finds their lost items, he fights off bullies and he plays games with them. The story is almost sickeningly wholesome; one that is obviously designed to be suitable for young children but don’t let that fool you. Although the games are designed for kids their control, level design and puzzles make them more than playable for adults too.
    The Legend of St...
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  • Goku Makaimura Review Ultimate Ghosts n Goblins - Sony PSP

    Goku Makaimura Review Ultimate Ghosts n Goblins - Sony PSP

    “Be careful what you wish for – it might just come true!” goes the old saying. This is normally delivered as a precautionary measure, usually to a miscreant child or in hushed tones by an elderly, sage-like relative. The thing is though, as a 26-year-old man who has just had one wish granted and two or three more nailed on in the coming months, I am inclined to continue wishing, and hedging my bets. This is because, around a year or two ago ,after rediscovering my passion for gaming, I asked...
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  • Jump Super Stars Review - Nintendo DS

    Jump Super Stars Review - Nintendo DS

    Before E3 2006, it seemed that most people had forgotten Jump Super Stars. Close to a year after a flurry of reports from various media outlets about its stellar launch in Japan, the game had suddenly become almost invisible among the videogame community and the media – especially in the West. Admittedly, despite the globalisation of the games market, Japan-only games usually remain in relative obscurity – even in the quirky DS import market, the success of Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! notwithstanding....
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  • Shutokou Battle X Review - Xbox 360

    Shutokou Battle X Review - Xbox 360

    Shutokou Battle X is set within the counterculture of illegal street racing on and around Tokyo's Shuto expressways, and although fairly unique on the 360, this is actually the tenth game in the Shutokou Battle series (hence the "X" in the title). It has to be said that Genki have taken something of a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach for the next-gen debut of the series. Indeed, when compared with the previous PS2 release (Shutokou Battle 01), some elements have actually regressed - the...
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  • Motion Gravure Review - Sony PS2
    by Archives
    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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    21-08-2023, 12:13
  • Devil May Cry 3 Review - Sony PS2
    by Archives
    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
  • Silent Hill 3 Review - Sony PS2
    by Archives
    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
    by Archives
    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
    by Archives
    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.
    T...
    04-01-2022, 15:20
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