If you’re in the land of the rising sun and have the game already, none of this will be news to you. As for the rest of us, Project X Zone is a love letter to fans of Namco, Capcom and Sega that is as equal parts fun as it is crazy. Not Tom Cruise crazy; more “hey, thats Heihachi from Tekken fighting Lord Raptor from Darkstalkers, and now John McClane from Die Hard is blowing shit up” crazy. Read More »
After playing through what feels like years of Monster Hunter 3 games, I thought I had washed my hands of the soul-crushingly hardcore monster-slaying bouts. But like genital warts, they keep popping back up, only this time … in HD. So here I find myself again, questioning whether or not I have enough emotional and physical stamina to play through another iteration of Monster Hunter 3. Read More »
Most fans of the Naruto anime might see the box art for Powerful Shippuden and think they’ve died and gone to chibi hell. Naruto has always been a series that doesn’t take itself too seriously, which lends itself nicely into a game where everybody’s activated Big Head Mode and the males can wear a swan tutu without a shred of dignity being lost. Read More »
We might have rattled off some of our least favourite games a few days ago, but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. 2012 still presented us with some truly stellar titles, so here are but a few key staff picks you should go out and play! Read More »
Scribblenauts always struck me as a game too clever by half. Sure, it had some interesting new ideas and a loveable art style, but poor mechanics that didn’t feel fully formed dragged the package down. Developers 5th Cell may have just changed all that with Scribblenauts Unlimited – gaming’s greatest psychotic Litmus test. Read More »
As Tupac Shakur once said “I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself is life worth living or should I blast myself?” Although Tupac struggled with the way the world treated African-Americans in his neighbourhood, I share his sadness when it comes to changes in the Pokémon franchise. Read More »
If Nintendo are going to insist upon releasing the same Mario game over and over until the end of time, then they really need to give this tired old horse a makeover. No more of this fresh coat of paint and a new way of jumping rubbish, we’re talking a full-scale reboot of Mario and what he stands for. It’s time to bring the Italian plumber into the 21st century. Read More »
Kingdom Hearts, in many ways, has always been about two halves coming together to form a whole. Light and dark, good and evil, Final Fantasy and Disney, the left and right hands on your Playstation control. The latest entry in the franchise, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, not only has a ridiculous name, but takes this formula to the next level by giving you two playable characters, two divergent storylines and too little Donald and Goofy. Read More »
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