Here’s a game that allot people have been crowing about, so I had to give it a go. What I found was a game that was better then it should be because 50% of it is strong enough to carry the rest of the game. What am I talking about? Read on.
I played the hell out of the original Fable, both on the Xbox and PC. In fact, my originalFable review was the first ever for e-AAGH.net. Fable 2 didn’t strike the same chord, unfortunately. I just couldn’t get into the game in any way, shape or form. Now, having put many, many hours into Fable 3, we’re going to find out which predecessor it veers closer to.
NCAA Football 08 was my first ever Xbox 360 review and it still stands out in my mind as possibly the most fun football title I’ve yet to play on the 360. It had great graphics, outstanding control, a just-right difficulty and my favorite player career mode to date, ‘Road to Glory.’ How have things changed since then, for better or worse? Well, time has been kind to some aspects but the faults loom large and point to a possible larger problem: we may have reached the end of the leash on sports titles for this console generation.
I’ll fess up; I came across Forza Motorsport 3 by chance. It wasn’t a game I was intending to review, but once I tried it I was hooked. The graphics are phenomenal, the controls are excellent, and the game is so much fun I couldn’t wait to get back to playing it each day.
When Borderlands was first announced, I – like allot of people – didn’t give it much thought. When Gearbox went quiet on the project, I didn’t even notice, to be honest. It wasn’t until it resurfaced a year or so ago that I finally took notice. A Role Playing Shooter (RPS) is something that seems like it was a long-time coming and way overdue, what with the Call of Duty and Battlefield series allowing you to evolve your avatar in multiplayer combat. In that sense, Borderlands needed an extra hook. It needed something that no one else had. That hook eventually became the marketing slogan “87 Bazillion Guns!”
This is my third year reviewing the NBA 2K series on the Xbox 360, tying NBA Live on the PC for the longest consecutive series of games I’ve reviewed. This allows me a view of how the series has evolved (or de-evolved, in some the NBA Live series’ case). What has changed this year? Allot. Is it for the better? Eh…. kinda.
The NFL kicks off tonight, so I felt it was a good time to post this review. It’s time for EA Sports’ annual Madden game, and as usual I’m there. I enjoyed last year’s offering (which I called one of their best football games yet), so I had high hopes for this build. What would they do to top last year? Well, in short: not a whole lot. Sure, there are new features that we’ll delve in to that make a difference, but how much more can they add to a game franchise that’s 21 years old?
Contributed by Betasim
First and foremost, I love instrument and rhythm games. I played DDR when it was sweeping the nation and learned to play Guitar Hero at parties. Now, I jump at the opportunity to try my hand at the drum part.