Dark Sector
A CIA agent, Hayden Tenno is sent into the fictional nation of Lasria to prevent a bio-weapons nightmare, but ends up getting mutated by a mysterious virus. Sounds interesting, right? But there are few snags. Here are my thoughts: [...]
Ace Combat
The best way to view Fires of Liberation is to compare its likeness to a summer blockbuster action movie, except you have control of what’s on screen. Shoot, the first thing you see when you run the game is a dramatic trailer! You’ll definitely feel this vibe the moment you dive into the first mission. [...]
Alien Hominid
The graphics are their own unique style, cartoonish and beautifully hand-drawn. Everything looks nice, from the animations for dying FBI/KGB/A51 agents to the frequent and large explosions. It’s unique, and certainly no 3D, but it looks really, really good. [...]
Back to Stone
The graphics have a drab, ugly, grainy finish about them, and the whole presentation doesn’t even come close to the level of quality seen in Sigma Star Saga and Mario & Luigi. Back to Stone also takes place in an isometric world. I’ve been hesitant to play isometric games ever since Banjo Kazooie [...]
Frogger 2-Swampy
You can play old school original Frogger levels if you succeed in unlocking them. In these levels, you are presented with an old Frogger layout and have to do the same mission you do in Frogger 2, which is rescue the babies. The babies and the character you control which you are allowed to pick for the arcade are in 3-D, while the rest of the level remains in 2-D. [...]
Skies of Arcadia
You play as Vyse, a young renegade type pirate that is hunting for treasure. Along with Aika, his perky friend that reminds you of a really really optimistic Pippi Longstocking, a mysteriously soft spoken beauty named Fina, and a few others, you search the grand skies for adventure. In the process you encounter and make not so peace with other evil pirates, strange monsters, and a country named Valua filled with admirals and an armada coming out the yazoo. [...]
Hawx
I could never get into Rainbow Six because being tactical didn’t feel right in first person but I felt right at home in GRAW. So which of these is HAWX? Neither. This game is the least realistic of the Tom Clancy titles and so it makes me feel like maybe it should not be called Tom Clancy’s. Though being a fan of GRAW I do appreciate how much this game has in common with the Ghosts. [...]
Space Siege
Story goes is that man has gone out to the farthest lengths of the universe to colonize the universe, to see what treats god had in store for them, but yes, Aliens started to attack Human Colonies, Humans retreated, the Aliens followed, its an interesting premise, but the plotline follows the whole, “aliens attack earth” plot, which, I am not saying its bad, just gets a bit repetitive, the story can be a bit interesting, but the characters don’t…. develop well [...]
Haze
The main campaign is set in the near future, and you play as Shane Carpenter, the young good guy of Mantel Corp’s army. Shane and his meat-headed buddies are sent to somewhere in South America to eliminate a rebel group known as the Promise Hand, the group being led by Skin Coat, since it’s rumored that the leader wears the skin of dead people. Nice detail, ugh. However, midway through the campaign, [...]
Metal Slug
There’s really not much of a story to MS, although there’s a three-paragraph intro in the game’s manual that explains about a generic government recruiting base in the South Pacific. You’re a new soldier recruit-you can pick either Walter Ryan or Tyra Nelson as your character. [...]