Sega held off on bringing Yakuza 3 stateside, even after the game saw great sales in Japan. After a year of waiting, the game has finally hit the US, bringing GTA-style gameplay with a heavily Japanese flavor. The game features plenty of fights, story, and a ton of mini games to keep you busy during your trip into Japan. The question is though, is this game worthy of its Yakuza name or does it fall a few punches short of a knockout?
The latest chapter of Square Enix’s legendary Final Fantasy series is finally here. Final Fantasy XIII was announced nearly 4 years ago at E3 2006. Initially intended to be a PlayStation 2 title, Final Fantasy XIII accumulated over 5 years of development time. During these 5 long years of waiting, Final Fantasy and RPG fans worldwide have heavily anticipated the title as its release date seemed to push further and further into the future. Was the long wait worth it?
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After year’s of waiting Heavy Rain finally hit the PlayStation 3 last month. Since then, gamers have been meticulously trying to achieve all of the game’s rumored 20 plus endings. To satisfy the gamers eager for DLC, Quantic Dream announced a series of downloadable episodes dubbed, “The Heavy Rain Chronicles”. Episode 1: The Taxidermist, was offered as a pre-order incentive to anyone who pre-ordered the game here in the US, along with those willing to spend the extra money for the European Special Edition. Heavy Rain received rave reviews, but does The Taxidermist live up to the high bar the original game set?
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BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger was one of the best 2D fighters to hit current generation consoles last year. The game is created by the much-acclaimed developers of the Guilty Gear series, Arc System Works. Has the PSP adaptation of Arc System Works’ stunning high definition 2D fighting game replicated the elements which made BlazBlue one of the best fighters on the market?
The Battlefield series has been a long and fruitful one, dating all the way back to 2002 with Battlefield 1942. The series has done a great job of bringing large-scale chaos into the player’s home with large maps and a variety of vehicles. Now that the Call of Duty series has become the popular-sensation that it is, DICE and EA have promised to up the ante with their latest game, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Have they delivered? Or have they made promises that have fallen flat?
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God of War III is easily the most-anticipated title ever to be released on the PlayStation 3 platform. The two previous PS2 installments and the PSP’s Chains of Olympus are all hailed as some of the best games to grace their respective platforms. God of War III not only continues upon the series’ deep-rooted heritage, but takes it to new heights beyond any and all expectations you may have.
When it comes to tower defense games, there are only a few available on Sony’s PSP Mini service. Vector TD has recently joined the fray in North America. How well does this popular Flash game port fair?
If I was to describe Greed Corp in one phrase, it would be, “simple yet complex.” Greed Corp, a turn-based strategy game released for PSN, plays like a lot of other strategy games. You harvest resources and the goal is to eliminate all traces of your enemy from the map. What makes Greed Corp unique, however, is that the gameplay centers around the fact that the ground tiles you stand on are destroyed by harvesting for resources. The more you harvest, the more the ground sinks. Eventually, the ground cracks, and harvesting for resources one more time will destroy the tile along with everything on it.
When you see the name NIS America listed on the box art of your video game, you can be assured of a wacky cast of characters and solid gameplay mechanics. So when I found that NIS and Hit Maker would be developing Last Rebellion exclusively for the PS3, I was overjoyed to get my hands on the game. The guys at Nippon Ichi have stated that they plan to use more of what the PS3 has to offer, and they most likely will start doing that after Last Rebellion.
Every time the famous Alien and Predator franchises meet the outcome is always somewhat spectacular, be it in the spectacularly poor AvP movies, or in the ground-breaking 1999 AvP computer game. Rebellion, the developer of the original AvP game, has returned to create the latest game to celebrate the clash of the two franchises, but can they relive the success of the last game, or does it follow in the footsteps of the far from stellar movies?
Fans of the Star Ocean series have waited just under a year for the Star Ocean: The Last Hope- International Edition, the latest chapter in the popular Star Ocean Saga, as it launched ‘exclusively’ on the 360 upon release. Now that it’s here, find out if it was worth the wait or if you should just save your $60 for a certain impending Fantasy title.
Dynasty Warriors: StrikeForce is based on the PSP game of the same name, which now includes ‘next-gen’ visuals, over 40 new missions and a 4-player online mode so that you and three of your friends can smash the square button as fast as you can… together! Do these new additions to the Dynasty Warriors formula make it rise above the rest or continue to show that the series needs a massive revamp?
The venerable SOCOM series has already had three entries on the PlayStation Portable. The first two, Fireteam Bravo 1 & 2, were released by series creators Zipper Interactive and were generally well-received. The third portable entry, Tactical Strike, was released by Slant Six Games and was largely considered average at best. Their latest entry, Fireteam Bravo 3, hopes to win back fans of the series on the go. Can Slant Six declare “Mission Accomplished” this time?
Polar Panic, stars Polar, a polar bear who’s family has been captured by the evil company Globoco Inc. The company’s intentions is to capture all the wildlife, and move into the Arctic to gather up untapped resources. However, Polar won’t stand for this, as he’s on a mission to defeat the head of Globobo Mr. Big, and get his family back.
Though it was late to the PS3 party, the original Bioshock was one of the best games released for the PS3–or any console for that matter. With an impressive setting, a well-told story, and fun action, Bioshock set the bar high for an eventual sequel. Now we have that follow up with Bioshock 2. Does it continue to raise the bar set by the original?
