RedLynx, the folks behind the fantastic Trials HD on XBLA, have a proven track record when it comes to arcade racers. So it should come as no surprise that I leapt at the opportunity to go hands-on with MotoHeroz, the developer’s WiiWare debut, and their newest entry into the realm of exaggerated racing action. MotoHeroz is [...]
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Review: Bit.Trip Saga
Posted by Rishi on September 29th, 2011
In a recent conversation I had with a fellow journalist, a certain Qbert-esque Atlus game came up in discussion. After providing the journalist with a detailed account of the bizarre negotiation between the game’s heady subject matter and its relatively straightforward gameplay, he interjected. “Can I just say, that’s the longest I’ve heard a person talk passionately about [...]
Review: Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
Posted by Rishi on September 29th, 2011
I think that Pokemon could learn a lot from Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2. I don’t know thatSquare Enix’s take on monster collecting is necessarily a better game, but it does have a lot of the things I’ve wanted to see in Pokemon for a long time now. Yes, they’re both monster collecting games; but [...]
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No Comments »Review: Persona 2 – Innocent Sin
Posted by Rishi on September 29th, 2011
In the interests of full disclosure, I should probably describe my rather unusual relationship with Persona 2: Innocent Sin. When I was in college, I had a group of friends who absolutely adored this title. At the time, it was unavailable in English — Atlus had translated the semi-sequel Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, but not the [...]
Posted in Action, Genres, Platform, PSP, Reviews Tags: Persona 2 - Innocent Sin, Review No Comments »Review: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Posted by Rishi on September 29th, 2011
I have a friend manning a heavy machine gun next to a ticket booth for some vanished fairground, surrounded by tall, bombed-out tenement buildings. The setting sun casts long shadows and creates a thousand potential snipers’ perches among the splintered floorboards and crumbling doorways. I’m thirty yards behind him, leaning out from behind a corner [...]
Posted in Action, Genres, PC, Platform, Reviews Tags: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, Review No Comments »Review: Renegade Ops
Posted by Rishi on September 29th, 2011
Fictional one-man armies like Rambo, John McClane, and Commando had a profound impact on my childhood. That said, video games featuring a seemingly indestructible protagonist armed to the teeth with automatic weapons and hand grenades had a big impact on me, too. And while the action genre is arguably as popular now as it was back [...]
Review: Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
Posted by Rishi on September 29th, 2011
There’s one thing you can say with certainty about this year’s installment of Pro Evolution Soccer: it is among the most aptly titled games in the industry. If only other publishers had the same degree of candor as Konami, I’d have never been disappointed to discover I had bought, for example, Corridor Fantasy XIII, Recycled [...]
Posted in Genres, Platform, PS3, Reviews, Sport, Xbox 360 Tags: Pro Evolution Soccer 2012, Review No Comments »Review: The Secret of Chateau de Moreau
Posted by Rishi on September 29th, 2011
Game name: The Secret of Chateau de Moreau Price: $1.99 Compatible with: iPhone, iPad A mash-up of adventure tropes is what you’ll find in Chateau de Moreau, starring a young man named Antoine who must figure out the death of Count Moreau before he’s pegged as the killer. The combination of puzzles, exploring, and Phoenix Wright-style point-counterpoint gameplay [...]
Posted in Arcade, Genres, iPhone, Platform, Reviews Tags: Review, The Secret of Chateau de Moreau No Comments »Review: Rotastic
Posted by Rishi on September 29th, 2011
Between Gears of War 3 recently landing like a chainsaw-bayonet to the jugular and the tidal wave of triple-A titles that’s about to hit, you could be forgiven for never having heard of XBLA entry Rotastic. That said, if you’re a fan of action-packed puzzlers, you may want to put this dangerously addictive download on your [...]
Review: Deca Sports Extreme
Posted by Rishi on September 29th, 2011
The fourth title in Hudson’s generally well-received Deca Sports series (and one of the first Hudson games officially published by Konami), Deca Sports Extreme continues the series’ trend of featuring 10 sports-related mini-games in one neat package. The games range from the traditional, like Soccer and Bowling, to the weird, like Sport Blowgun and Sumo Wrestling, and [...]
