If you haven’t guessed it by now, I’m a big fan of NIS games. Their RPGs are brimming with quirky characters and brilliant personality. Makai Kingdom is no different, though it’s a slight departure from the norm, even for their games.
Story: 8/10
You play as overlord Zetta, the self-proclaimed most …

Who didn’t love Superstar Saga? It was funny, it satirized the RPG genre, and still managed to deliver a deep and innovative battle system that was easy to understand, but took a bit of time to master. So, of course there was going to be a sequel. However, Nintendo …

While the original game was first released on the Sega Dreamcast, the Gamecube received its own version of what is probably the best three-dimensional sonic game to date, Sonic Adventure 2, sporting new modes, slightly enhanced graphics, and better rewards for your efforts.
Story: 8/10
Unlike more recent Sonic games, the …

Following the second game, which was by far as successful as the original, NIS decided to create a third game, this time for the next generation of consoles. Released on the Playstation 3, Disgaea 3: Absence of justice brought us everything we loved from the original games, but also …

Games based on Anime often have the same problems as other licensed games, not being related to the license, not living up to the series, or just not being a very good game. Sadly, that is the case with today’s subject. It’s just a giant fan service system, and …

I just started playing Fallout 3. My roommate was addicted to this for a long time. It honestly reached a point where his days consisted of getting up, going to work, coming home, playing Fallout, and then going to bed. Weekends were spent playing the game …

Starcraft is a real-time strategy games or an RTS game. It was made sometime in 1998 or 1999. RTS games are in which you command troops or make a city and take over others. Example are the Age of Empires series.
Story: It’s basically a three way war between …

Pain can only be found in the PSN store for the PS3. It is a fairly decent game for its price, which is 15 dollars.
Gameplay: You are basically launching a dude into a city or other environments to hit objects to get points. It like a massive pinball. …

One of the best games I have ever played is called ‘Warhawk’. It is only available for the PS3 gaming console.
Story : The story is simply a war between two factions : Eucadians and Chevoronas. Their is no actual single-player game expect training which takes like five minutes …

I have always been a huge fan of Battlefield games, and so far Bad Company has been my favorite of them all.
Story: Bad Company is a company that is consists of four men who the military can afford to loose. Only the punished people are transferred to Bad …

Uncharted : Drake’s Fortune is a game that is only available for the PS3 gaming console. Its a third person shooter that is based on a beautiful storyline and environment.
Story : You play as Nathan Drake, a treasure hunter, who wants to find the treasure that his one of …

Hideo Kojima is a god when it comes to gaming. His masterpiece has always been the Metal Gear franchise, which started out way back in the early eighties on the Japanese home computer, the MSX2. Today, Mr. Kojima is still making games based within the world of Metal gear, …

Movie games are often horrible, only there to cash in on the success of a blockbuster. Of course, every once in a while, you do get a game that actually does do the movie justice while still being fun on its own. This game, I think, falls somewhere in …

I have been a fan of street fighter ever since the first one was released. I’ve mainly been playing them in the arcade even up until street fighter 3 third strike. Street fighter IV is the most recent installment in this massive series and it is the only street …

Another day, another casual game involving throwing animals over ridiculously long distances. This time, it’s the turtle’s turn.
Turtle Toss is available to play on many casual game websites, (Kongregate being my particular favourite), along with a multitude of the same sort of game.
Just like all those other games, you …

I love it when games try to cross genres together. Most of the time the effects can be disastrous, but other times it can be something ground breaking. It’s a shame then, that one of these great games was a budget title that really didn’t receive the attention it …

I love wandering around used game shops, mostly because you never know what kinds of treasures you may come across. This was the case when I stumbled over a game called Pushover. Granted, I really only bought it because I was on a serious budget that day and the …

The AVGN seems to have been in a bit of a slump this year. Most of his reviews this year seemed to be more of a straight up review than a parody. He remained pretty mellow. I’ve heard and read that James has gotten a bit …

I’ve played this game in several different formats - both the iPhone app which lets you play continuously with different levels and the Facebook app which is a speedy one minute game. In either form, this is a very addictive game. Actually, though, it is just a variation on …

Another casual game, this time brought to you by the lovely X-Gen studios, playable on websites such as the X-Gen official website.
Pillage the Village has a very unique premise. Apparently the villagers have had enough of the giant hands killing them, and decide to get their own back, (in …

Are you sick and tired of easy games that you can breeze through in less than 150 hours? Do you need a game that’ll make you chuck your keyboard out of the window and onto the nearest fluffy animal? ‘I want to be the guy’ provides both of …

If you liked playing Age of Mythlogy, then, of course, you’ll want to buy the expansion pack, entitled ‘The Titans’, (of course, I would have wanted to buy it as well, except for the fact that I got it with the Gold Edition).
This expansion adds a new faction, (The …

‘When History becomes mythology’ is the quote on the back, so you know it’ll be different from the past ventures by ensemble studio, (who, are now, non-existent); Age of Empires 1, 2, and their respective expansions.
Age of Mythology, being in the time of myths, is set before both Age …

It would appear that Sega’s been conforming to what I like to call the Mario formula. They seem to be dropping their mascots and classic characters into spinoff titles, such as sport or racing games, hoping that the novelty of the characters will create a winning formula. If Mario …

Playing the call of duty on psp after playing on xbox and computer is totally a different experience. The “Call of duty roads to victory” is the psp version of the game which is the best franchise for WW2 shooters. The Controls are the main difference for the psp …

Mousehunt is a Facebook game from HitGrab. Its objective is fairly simple enough: to catch mouse using your trap. What makes this game so exciting is the variety of cheese, traps, mouse and location to hunt! For example, we have Centaur mouse found in Whisker Woods, and there is …

No, we’re not talking about the Genesis classic here. These two games don’t even compare. We’re talking about the next generation ‘reboot’ that was released for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Ugh. How could anyone get away with destroying Sonic like this? Please, allow me to elaborate on …

Those who have been following my reviews may recall back a few reviews how I mentioned that there are decent games based around the Looney Tunes. However, this is not one of those. The entire game is, apparently, based around the cartoon short, Rabbit Rampage, which was based on …

Oh my god, I love this series! I’ve been a devoted fan of the turtles since I was a kid, and there really is nothing to compare them to. It was just a brilliant idea, albeit a little crazy when you get down to it, but that’s what we …

I’m not a big sports fan. In fact, I really don’t care for many sports at all. Football is one such sport. I just don’t understand why people have such a fascenation with seeing other men tackle one another. That being said, I also don’t like games based off …

I was going through some of the computer games we had in a box by our desk and came across the game Sim City 2000. I had not played the game in a while and was a bit curious if it would even work on our new computer so …

With the advent of the Gamecube, the eternal understudy, Luigi, was at last given his chance to shine, in his very first game actually made by Nintendo, Luigi’s Mansion. As a launch title it certainly showed off what the little purple lunchbox was capable of.
Story: 7/10
Luigi, apparently, has won …

I just got my hands on the new Need For Speed Shift and after 4 hours of playing it I can say I’m impressed.
I don’t really like car games but this game it’s awesome.
When you first start the game you’ll do a test lap. Basing on the results of …

Being female it’s sometimes hard to appreciate watching two men try to make each other into hamburger meat in a ring made up of black fences with hundreds of people going ballistic around the ring, cheering their lungs out as they root for their favorites to choke the life out …

My fiance is a fanatic gamer and a dedicated computer nerd so of course we have an X-Box Live and dozens of video games that he just adores and adores. So one of the games he’s gotten is called Left For Dead which is about a world that only has …

Now as a child there was nothing more I would have rather be than in a rock band, although I had no talent whatsoever when it came to musical instruments, there was only one that I could really do and do well and that was sing. But no matter, everyone …

By popular demand, Capcom gave decided to give their Megaman X series a much-deserved rest and went back to the original Megaman series, which enjoyed a long run and much deserved praise from fans on the original NES and SNES consoles. The series originally ended after Megaman 8, but …

Oh, what is there to say about Shaquel O’Neil? There was a time when he was a god amongst advertising icons, a movie star, and a basketball legend. But that was back in the far-flung years of the eighties. Nowadays, Shaq is nothing more than a punch-line. He can’t …

The first Devil May Cry was revolutionizing in its unique combo-based approach to hack and slash gameplay. Devil May Cry 2 was a disappointment to fans. Then came Devil May Cry 3. This game was made as a prequel to the first two and it not only did everything …

That’s right, we’re taking a different approach this time, doing a Genesis game! A lot of RPG gamers are familiar with the Shining Force series, which got its start out on the Genesis. It’s best known for Shining Force 1, 2, and 3, a series of great strategy RPGs. …

Super Smash Brothers Brawl…I can recall staying up late at night trying to be the story mode on “Insane Mode”. I never did, but at least I had fun! I love the brand new assortment of characters you can choose from especially the kick-butt angel Pit! I would simply …

Wii sports is a game for the gaming system Wii. I enjoy playing all of the sports on this game except for golf. Wii sports has tennis, baseball, golf, boxing, and bowling. My favorite sports to play are tennis and boxing. The boxing is really a work out because …

Wii play is a game for the gaming system wii. Wii play has quite a few exciting games. I like Wii play because you can play alone or with a friend. The games on Wii play are the shooting range, fishing, hockey, table tennis, find mii, pose mii, tanks,pool, …

Are you like me who craved a warcraft game that didn’t require you to pay $15 a month? Well if you are, try playing warcraft 3. Its my favorite CD-Rom/online computer game. Like other strategy games, warcraft 3 has a campaign mode that has a great …

Rayman raving rabbids is a game for the wii system. I have played this game a couple of times at my friends house and recently have borrowed it. Overall Rayman raving rabbids is a exciting, fun, enjoyable game to play. I enjoy playing by myself more than with others …

Call of duty, World at War, or WAW, for short, is an intense, gritty portrayal of the ferociousness of war. A first person shooter, it is one of the best the Xbox 360 has to offer, and one of the best World War II themed games of all …

This is one of the first in a series of excellent Strategy RPGs. I’ve already commented on its prequel, Shining in the Darkness, which I stated was a far cry from what these games are. They’re both awesome, but their gameplay couldn’t be more different. So let’s dig into …

Some games are underrated, masterpieces that were either glanced over by more hyped titles or just weren’t appreciated for just how good they were. By contrast, there are also games that are overrated, garnering undeserved praise when they were nothing special for the time that they were released. Excitebike …

Out of everything you could make a Nintendo game out of, why choose pool? The game itself is fun to play, but a virtual version of pool? It just doesn’t work, especially on a system as old as this one.
Story: N/A
Story? You really want a story in a game …

I’ve already discussed the Metroid Prime trilogy, which revolutionized the series and put Samus into a three dimensional environment, so I figured it would only be fitting to go back to basics and take a look at the game that started it all. Metroid for the NES was something …