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Designed by the company responsible for such wildly divergent franchises as Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander, Demigod is part strategy, part action, and part role-playing game. This potpourri approach to game design is a risky one, one that is sure to frustrate those looking for an undiluted take on their favorite genre. In Demigod, there’s [...]
inFamous Review– Open-world sandbox games have a depressing tendency to stick to the mundane. For all the over-the-top violence and mayhem of games like Grand Theft Auto and Saints Row, you’re still just a guy or girl with a gun. Outside of the occasional licensed game, few sandboxers dare to tackle the idea of superpowers, [...]
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 Review– Based on the endless parade of sequels, it’s pretty clear that someone keeps buying Dynasty Warrior games. Who these people are and why they have such questionable taste is another issue entirely. Given this success, however, it was a forgone conclusion that the series would branch out from feudal Japan. The [...]
Excitebots: Trick Racing Review– On the racing spectrum of games, Nintendo plants their flag firmly on the arcade side of things while leaving the sim-style of racing to the other consoles. The influence of Mario Kart is hard to argue when so many others try to copy it’s easy to pick up and play style along [...]
A G4tv.com Online Only Review of Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure– Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure follows in the footsteps of such DS titles as Puzzle Quest and Professor Layton and the Curious Village by blending elements of two distinct genres into one cohesive whole. In this case, it mixes a side-scrolling platformer [...]
A G4tv.com Online Only Review of Pokemon Platinum– Like celebrity deaths, Pokemon games come in threes. Completing the triumvirate started by the Pokemon Diamond/Pearl role-playing games (RPGs) is Pokemon Platinum. Containing numerous enhancements to its forerunners, Platinum is a better version of an already excellent game. For players that are into advanced play (competitive battling, [...]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Review– Well, it finally happened. And you can direct your thanks to the team at Raven for creating a movie tie-in game that isn’t awful. In fact, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is really good. So good that it’s almost unfair to categorize it as a movie game, given the stigma attached to the genre. [...]
Velvet Assassin Review– It’s hard to find something new to do with the World War 2 setting, but Velvet Assassin does so by taking a familiar gameplay style, stealth, along with a couple of Nazis. Even for gamers sick of WW2, the combination is pretty successful. While none of the gameplay elements here are particularly [...]
Despite the ongoing “imminent death” of the PSP (just check the shelves at your local game store), there are still plenty of new and interesting games being released for the system. Patapon 2 isn’t really anything new, but it sure is interesting. Evil Eyeballs Patapon is one of those games that you either “get” or [...]
Battlestations: Pacific Review– Eidos’ action-RTS hybrid Battlestations: Pacific, their follow-up to 2007’s Battlestations: Midway, lets you experience some of World War II’s most significant Pacific battles from the perspectives of land (kind of), sea and air forces and from both the American and Japanese point of view. Seeing as the majority of WWII titles (at least [...]