All posts tagged 'Game Reviews'

Game Review: King of Clubs (Wii)

Standard golf can only be jazzed up so far, but by its very nature, miniature golf is just crying out for enhancement and improvement. In King of Clubs, gamers play on over a dozen different mini golf courses based around six different themes such as prehistoric, medieval, or Egyptian. In addition to standard miniature golf obstacles and hazards, players can use clubs and golf balls with special abilities to make their way around the course. With tournament, career, fast play, and even a speed version of the game, King of Clubs provides a decent option for some fun golf-related Wii entertainment.

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Kirby Super Star Ultra Hyper Mega EX Special Championship Edition Turbo DX Plus

Sorry, I couldn’t resist. The full name of the new Kirby DS game is just Kirby Super Star Ultra only. It’s a port of the Super Nintendo classic Kirby Super Star, and one of the best Kirby games ever made. Does it still hold up well on the DS more than ten years later? Read on and find out:

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Mega Man 9: One Jump Forward, Two Slides Back

In honor of Mega Man 9 being released recently, I thought I’d share my opinions and experiences with past games in the original series, followed by my brief review of Mega Man 9. We’ll stick with the ORIGINAL Mega Man series, because if I went through the spin-offs (and spin-offs of spin-offs), this blog’ll be neverending. Oh, and you may want to sit down while reading what I have to say about MM9 (skip to the bottom). I’m going to make the whole Internet hate me.

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Brothers in Arms: Double Time (Wii) content review

Brothers in Arms: Double Time takes the first two games in the acclaimed Brothers in Arms series and bundles them together for their Wii debut. You get 10 to 15 hours of gameplay from the original Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 as well as the sequel Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood. The games follow the true-to-life exploits of reluctant commanders Sergeant Baker and Sergeant Hartsock (respectively) as they fight their way through Normandy during the early days of the European invasion. Read the content review at WhatTheyPlay!

Game Review: Wario Land: Shake It (Wii)

Nintendo’s bad boy Wario is at it again! When an evil pirate from another dimension steals a magical treasure: a coin sack that endlessly spews gold when you shake it, it’s up to Wario to save the day. Well, he’ll save the gold anyway. Help Wario in this treasure hunting, 2-D platform jumping adventure for the Nintendo Wii.

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Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway

“What is it that makes a great soldier? His brain or his heart?” Hell’s Highway, the new WWII stratey/shooter from Ubisoft (that’s not for children) tries to marry HBO’s Band of Brothers style “based on reality” drama while glorifying and reveling in gore and violence. Does it succeed? Crispy Gamer has my answer and you can read about the PC version, the one for Xbox 360, or the one for Playstation 3.

Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway – Content Review

From WhatTheyPlay: Hell’s Highway tells the story of a single paratrooper unit during Operation Market Garden. The Allies are invading the Netherlands and pushing back against a fearsome German force. Anyone steeped in WWII drama will find the plot points familiar, and parents need to know that innocent citizens rescued by you meet grim fates. Women and even a child are not spared. There’s a drawn out death scene and several friends die in the game. There’s a lot of drama going on between the harrowing combat portions  the cut-scenes and movies alone merit the ESRB’s M-rating.

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Retrospective: SiN (1998 PC FPS)

Context is everything. I hadn’t touched SiN since replaying SiN Gold when it was released for the Mac in 2000. Then they released the first ‘episode’ of SiN Episodes, called ‘Emergence‘ in 2006, which came with a Steam copy of ‘SiN 1′ as it was called. Naturally I played some then as I waited for the release of the episode, but didn’t make it all the way through. Since it is now ten years since the original release, I thought it only appropriate that I should do a Retrospective for a franchise that has spent its’ life in the shadow of Half Life. more…

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (DS, PSP)

I had two thoughts as I was playing The Force Unleashed on the PSP over the past week. First, the ‘secret apprentice’ reminded me of Rosh Penin (from Jedi Academy) with a better haircut, less Ritalin and more angst. Second, this might just be the most exciting non-LEGO Star Wars lightsaber-based handheld game ever released.

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Game Review: Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise (DS)

Rare’s hit virtual living piñata simulation is now available in pocket size on the Nintendo DS. But is it filled with as much fun as the bigger Xbox 360 version? Read on to find out.

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