Games :: Review 22 Nov 2008
Josh Wilson: Alongside standard graphical improvements over the original and a longer, Epic Games have added a slew of tweaks and touches which keep the core gameplay perfectly intact, but fix a few of the niggles that arose with the first game. The game plays out...
Games :: Review 21 Nov 2008
Dave Cook: It was always inevitable that Guitar Hero would follow Rock Band's lead, adding more instruments into the mix. Lower the accusing fingers and cries of 'copycat' and believe the hype: this massive sequel offers would-be rockstars an insane amount of cre...
Games :: Review 19 Nov 2008
Neil Robertson: As Faith, a 'Runner' for an elicit courier service that uses the rooftops of the city as its information conduit, the skyline is your playground. The story mode takes you through the (wafer thin) plot in around 8-10 hours, freeing up speed run options...
Games :: Review 27 Oct 2008
Josh Wilson: In theory at least, 09 is just another update to the game that was FIFA 08 (see what they have done there?). Boasting some 250+ enhancements to… stuff. And as such it’s never immediately apparent as to whether you should fork out for a gam...
Games :: Review 24 Oct 2008
Dave Cook: PES 2009 is in some ways, a much different game of football than its predecessors, making it bigger, better and more accessible to newbies while ramping up the difficulty curve for veterans. Everyone wins! Except Scotland of course... For the first ti...
Games :: Review 21 Oct 2008
Craig Wilson: Pirates: Duel on the High Seas (or PDHS if you want to make it sound like an illness) sails a broad course between dull to look at and dull to play with: it's the arranged marriage of your nightmares. You play a tiny pirate vessel out to steal booty, ...
Games :: Review 24 Sep 2008
Neil Robertson: At it's heart, Final Fantasy IV is a typical Japanese Role-Playing Game (JRPG). Indeed the original set down many of the foundations that would become staples of the genre. The player takes control of Cecil the Dark Knight and captain of the Red Wing...
Games :: Review 19 Sep 2008
Dave Allen: Pass the Pigs takes a peculiar turn-based game as it's foundation, coats it in a surreal RPG-ish shell with a wry script, and throws pigs in hats into the mix just for the hell of it. The ‘Classic Mode' has the player slamming oscillating plasti...
Games :: Review 18 Sep 2008
Kieran McSherry: Spore begins on the microscopic level. You create a wee cell-like creature, decide whether it eats meat or plants, then set it free in primordial ooze. This first section is basically a tutorial. It takes you through controls (basic point and click), s...
Games :: Review 15 Sep 2008
Michael Slevin: In this, the imaginatively-named sequel to the popular counter-terrorist franchise originally penned in novel form by thriller/military writer Tom Clancy, Team Rainbow returns to Sin City to kick some terrorist ass, unravel a web of deceit and betrayal...
Games :: Review 12 Sep 2008
Michael Slevin: All three playable mercenaries from the original Playground of Destruction are present in this new iteration, and whilst each has their own special benefit (faster health regeneration, faster running speed, etc.), none play particularly differently fr...
Games :: Review 09 Sep 2008
Graeme Strachan: If you like stock car racing then maybe you'll get a kick out of playing a game where the majority of the time all you've got to do is keep the accelerator down and steer left, because that simple formula will keep you in the lead from start to finish ...
Games :: Review 26 Aug 2008
Josh Wilson: After a degree of success with a similar but smaller game based around billiards in the WiiPlay package, the idea of a dedicated Pool game was not necessarily a bad one. However, the idea of a shoddily put together, painful to play in a kind of 'why on...
Games :: Review 23 Aug 2008
Dave Cook: Rearmed is insanely old-school, mixing classic platform elements with all kinds of nods to the original. Sent behind the Imperial enemy lines to rescue captive agent Super Joe, Nathan "R.A.D." Spencer is in for one tough mission. Packing a powerful bi...
Games :: Review 21 Aug 2008
Dave Cook: Set in the Middle Ages, Soul Calibur IV takes place in a reality where fighters from across the world and different walks of life come together in combat to claim or destroy Soul Edge, a legendary demon sword of unspeakable power. This is a massive tit...
Games :: Review 15 Aug 2008
Josh Wilson: As Preston Marlow, you fight alongside your team you in an effort to kill lots of terrorists/Russians and find some Gold in the process (Three Kings acts as an excellent synopsis). While the whole story is nothing epic, it does provide the basis for wh...
Games :: Review 29 Jul 2008
Keir Hind: Prince Caspian is a little better than the average movie tie-in. But not by much. The graphics are neat enough, but the game itself is only so-so, hardly worth your cash. The gameplay is overly simplistic – basically you charge around swinging a ...
Games :: Review 22 Jul 2008
Graeme Strachan: There’s an old saying, ‘familiarity breeds contempt’, and it’s never more obvious than when you’re looking at the latest model of your favourite consumer franchise. Whether it’s a new Mobile phone, an MP3 player, or...
Games :: Review 14 Jul 2008
Dan Fearon: Monster Jam is pretty interesting, but not in a good way. It's like the time I saw a legless, homeless man in London. I don't mean drunk; he literally had no legs. And he'd use this battered old skateboard to roll up and down the street, collecting spa...
Games :: Review 13 Jul 2008
Dave Cook: Unlike the recent Iron Man game, The Incredible Hulk ain't half bad. It's a confusing mess at times and has some serious issues, but it's a sandbox orgy of destruction that serves up enough fun to keep at least its core audience - kids and Marvel fans ...
