Sakura Wars: So Long My Love Review
Sakura Wars: So Long my Love is the first game in the series to be released outside of Japan, it’s also the FIFTH game in the series. Sega originally started the Sakura Taisen, or Sakura Wars, as it’s known in the US, series back on the Sega Saturn. It was a new kind of RPG, not one seen before on a console and quickly became one of the most popular franchises in Japan.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
It’s not often that I find myself having to look through the instruction booklet of a game just to learn how to play it. Most games these days offer in game tutorials, and start off basic enough that even the most moderate of gamers won’t have much trouble quickly catching on to the mechanics.
Continue reading...Lunar Silver Star Harmony Review
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Lunar Silver Star Harmony is a remake of the classic PS1 RPG Lunar: Silver Star Story. The PSP sees a lot of ports and remakes, some good and some bad. Being a part of the PlayStation family, it seems obvious to use the handheld to bring some of the RPGs of days gone by back to life, in the form of an updated remake. Meaning it will bring an entirely new audience to the series.
Continue reading...Sakura Wars: So Long My Love Hands-On Impression
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Sakura Wars franchise is not well known to many people outside Japan. Having both a successful line of games, an anime series, and movie, Sakura Wars is one of Sega’s most popular and profitable series in Japan. Sakura Wars: So Long My Love first released back in 2005 on PS2, five years later it’s seeing a western release on Ps2 and Wii.
Continue reading...Serious Sam HD: First Encounter Review
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Serious Sam: The First Encounter originally released on PC back in 2001. For it’s time it was a pretty good, if not repetitive, wave first person shooter in which the player traveled through different dungeons shooting at endless waves of monsters and demons ripped straight from Doom.
Continue reading...The Fanboy’s Perspective: Record of Agarest War
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Today’s topic is Record of Agarest War, a little two-year-old JRPG that was originally set to release as a PS3 exclusive through PSN this fall, but has now been pushed to spring of 2010 with a 360 version also on the way.
Continue reading...Modern Warfare 2 Plagued w/ Issues, PS3 Patch Coming Soon
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
If you picked up the latest and arguably most popular game of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, then you probably have experienced some technical issues with it.
Continue reading...Atelier Annie: Alchemist of Sera Island Review
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Atelier Annie is the first foray onto the DS for the popular Atelier Series from Gust. After three decent RPGs on the PS2 and even a few spinoffs, the Atelier series has become one of the most popular underground RPGs in recent times, despite it’s roots dating back to the SNES in Japan.
Continue reading...Mimana Iyar Chronicles Coming Spring 2010
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Askys recently announced a new RPG that is bound on the PSP in Spring 2010. Mimana Iyar Chronicles is an RPG that will be added in the growing list of RPGs on the PSP.
Continue reading...MotorStorm: Arctic Edge Review
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Motorstorm: Arctic Edge brings the crazy off-road action to the PSP and keeps with traditions set by its console counterparts. So, does Motorstorm make a smooth transition to a smaller platform, or is it lacking what made the original so awesome?
Continue reading...Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Review
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Back in 2007 Naughty Dog brought us a game so epic that it was advertised as a playable summer blockbuster. The game had a cinematic feel, and it could easily work as an adventure film in the vein of “Indiana Jones” or “The Mummy”. So it came as a surprise to no one that the developers quickly began working on a sequel after the success of the first game. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the much-touted sequel and its every bit as good as the original and then some.
Continue reading...Demon’s Soul Review
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
This generation has been less than impressive with its RPG offerings. Tales of Vesperia was passable, Star Ocean 4 was lame, and Infinite Undiscovery was downright unplayable. Sure we had Disgaea 3 and Valkyria Chronicles, and even Lost Odyssey was good, but all of those games are a bit old now and it’s been quite some time since we’ve had another great RPG.
Continue reading...A Witch’s Tale Review
Friday, October 2, 2009
A Witch’s Tale is the latest DS RPG from our friends at Nippon Ichi Software. The game is a classic dungeon crawler, following the story of Lidell, a young witch on a big adventure. We’ve seen many games like this on the DS before, but does A Witches Tale standout from the others?
Continue reading...Final Fantasy XIV Beta PC Only
Friday, October 2, 2009
In a recent interview with Game Watch, Hiromichi Tanaka, director of Final Fantasy XIV, talked a bit about the eventual beta. The beta will be PC only, and as usual, will be a closed beta with a limit of 10,000 people to start. Tanaka however also said that it would eventually lead into an open [...]
Continue reading...Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days Review
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Disgaea has become one of the most popular underground franchises in modern gaming. It had it’s humble start back in 2003 on the PS2, and only through word of mouth did the game see any real recognition amongst the gaming community. Since then Disgaea has gone on to become one of the highest rated strategy RPGs of our time, and for good reason.
Continue reading...Sony Cancels Plans To Offer UMD to PSP Go Downloads
Friday, September 25, 2009
When the PSPGo was revealed back in May, the biggest question on consumers minds was what would become of current UMD titles. PSP owners who want the upgrade were afraid of losing access to their current PSP library. Sony spoke of a possible trade program, which would have allowed those with current UMD games, to trade in their disc for a download voucher of the same game.
Continue reading...Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Demo Impression
Friday, September 25, 2009
Today I downloaded the TGS demo of Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker for the PSP. I decided to write up some quick thoughts on it, but don’t expect a lot of content here since the demo is entirely in Japanese.
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