ESRB: M
Manufacturer: Konami
GCRating:6
Stats: Single Player, Survival Horror, Trophieeees!
Story: The player assumes the role of the protagonist, Alex Shepherd, a Special Forces soldier who returns home from an overseas tour of duty to find that his father and younger brother are missing, and that his mother has gone into catatonia. Alex begins to search for his brother, leading him to Silent Hill after searching his hometown of Shepherd's Glen. Shortly into the game the shit hits the fan and you fall into this world that'll give you big girl nightmares that will make you cry yourself to sleep. :)
Review: AWESOME GAME!!!!! The story was riveting from the moment you start and is full of twists and turns that keeps you guessing until the very last boss! Apparently they stopped production on this game so it was virtually impossible to find, but omg well worth it. It stands the test of time, truly. The game play is moderate to difficult depending on the setting, its extremely tight with little to no glitches. It's a third person RPG - guns and objective treasures are scattered through out the game, but basically you are task orientated. There isn't a lot of hey what's that over there and spend seven hours searching a warehouse, like in Fallout - kwim? The few puzzles are very challenging and unique, and most of the time you are trying not to get lurked by the baddies whilst trying to complete them, so that really ups the ante. You are definitely kept busy with the onslaught of varied skinless oozing monsters (and puppies) that seem to jump out at you at every turn and especially from dark dank places. The bosses are hard, and what you have to do to kill each is unique, and sometimes difficult to figure out, but that's what makes it fun.
Beware. This game is SCARY. I mean it. It is the scariest series I've ever played, and made me scream like a girl on more then one occasion. Yeah, Faceless Nurses. Hello?? It is DARK and creepy things run up on you and and and... its DARK.... its fraking scary dude, for reals.
The in play graphics are awesome, and the cut screen graphics were phenomenal! This game is well worth the time, you get a whole lot of game for your buck, and did i mention it is scary as hell!!! The only real negative was you get tired of chasing around that little brat all over gods green earth. I just wanted to shoot the kid in the leg to slow him down after the thousandth time we find him and he runs off into the dark. Little bastard deserved to be lost. LOL The biggest complaint in the gamer community was the lack of pyramid head - he shows up once, to scare the beejesus outta you, and he does, scare, the, beejesus, outta, you.... well me... but you don't fight him, he is just kinda walking around in the background... like he was an afterthought... I personally was glad to not have to fight him, but during the game play you don't KNOW you don't have to fight him, so until you finish that one chapter, you are DEF on edge...
Likes: The graphics, controls, story, scare factor
Dislikes: Josh
Release Date: 2008
ESRB: E
Manufacturer: Disney
GCRating: 4
Stats: Single Player, Trophies, Online Head to Head, ATV Race
Story: Players race with ATVs across the world, pulling off incredible stunts at extreme heights. There are three different race types:
- Freestyle: Perform and combo as many tricks as they can before running out of gas. In the end, the player with the highest score wins.
- Sprint: Short races over 5 laps. These come with only one or two jumps and many hard turns, making it important to time the jumps and turns.
- Race: Longer races over 3 laps. These have loads of turns, loads of vertigo-inducing jumps. The player has to stay on top of the chart and keep pulling fresh tricks to win.
The game has a Trick-System that monitors what kind of tricks the player has been showing off. If the player keeps using the same trick, the tricks become 'stale', but if the player keeps pulling new tricks, he/she gets 'fresh' which is mostly important while playing "Freestyle".
Review: This game is a very cool racing game. The tricks are epic and easy to pull off, yet the tracks are legendary and the race is rough - dirty - the crashes are very cool, and the different modes makes thing interesting. You can build and customize your ATVs - with endless possibilities - but you don't have to be a gear head to understand what goes where.
Likes:
the pick up and go races, the epic tricks and the tracks are endless choices of paths which keep you guessing at every turn
Dislikes:
NO one plays online!!!!!! that sux! :(
Release Date: Aug 2007
ESRB: M
Manufacturer: 2K Games, Havok
GCRating: 6
Stats: Single Player, DLC, FPS, Trophies
Story:Set in an alternate history 1960, the game places the player in the role of a plane crash survivor named Jack, who must explore the underwater city of Rapture, and survive attacks by the mutated beings and mechanical drones that populate it.
Review: This is a great game that we've played over and over. Its a FPS that made me fall back in love with FPS's. There's so many things I love about this game, you can "Hack" security systems, turrets, and goodie dispenser machines. i love the hack feature, its SO cool! The story is great, it has a rich deep background that unfolds throughout the game, you completely follow and get immersed in it. The graphics are very cool, the stylized graphics are unique and stand alone. The game play is challenging, but not frustrating. I love the search n find + fps - this game is one word, EPIC!
Likes: hacking is the coolest addition, the graphics are awesome and the story is innovative and holds your (my) attention.
Dislikes: some of the buttons are in strange places - like how you give yourself health, and that you can't use both a gun in one hand and your tonic in the other but they fixed that in Bioshock 2 - but it's still noteworthy in my review of Bioshock 1
Release Date: Jan 2k10
ESRB: M
Manufacturer:Vigil,
GCRating: 6
Stats: Single Player, ARPG, Trophieeees!!!!
Story: Darksiders is a single-player action adventure in which the player takes control of War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In third-person perspective, the player engages in combat, puzzles and exploration. The world is divided into separate locations with many areas at first initially inaccessible until War regains many of his lost weapons and abilities. The center of the world, The Scalding Gallow, acts as a hub where War is given new objectives and paths to further unlock new areas. Each contains a series of linear and non-linear paths, many of which require large sections of platforming, climbing and swimming along environment-based puzzles that impair progress that require the use of newly-gained abilities. He fights mainly against angels and demons, and has a unique way to kill each particular type of enemy, usually tearing them apart painfully.
Review: I love this game! I've played start to finish like 3 times, ok no four! Its that kind of game! the ease of warfare, changing out your weapons, leveling up its all very user friendly. I'm not sure why they gave it an M rating at the ESRB, but whatevs - the stylized graphics are borderline cartoony, and consequently the blood and "gore" is cartoony too - not saying that its bad, just stating a fact. The story line is pretty epic, and follows more of a christian belief system of angels and demons and what not - and like the bible, makes for a good read, tho fairly improbable.
Likes: WAR IS AWESOME!!! he KICKS doors in! you get a trophy for spilling x amount of gallons of demon blood, yes GALLONS!
Dislikes: um....... yeah this game is awesome I've got nothing i would change about it.
Release Date: Dec 2008
ESRB: Teen
Manufacturer: THQ
GCRating: 3
Stats: 1 - 2 players, 76 MB Save Game, trophies,
Story: Crypto has spent most of the decade luring humans into his casino to take their cash and the precious furon DNA locked inside their brains. But when Nexo Warriors from his home world attack, Crypto is swept up in an alien conspiracy that threatens the very survival of his species.
In an epic battle to save the Furon Epire, Crypto must embark on a journey of distruction and enlightenment to face his greatest foe yet. ~ DAH booklet
Review: I really liked DAH 1 and 2, so I figured I would like DAH 3, i mean what's more fun then pulling brains out of ppl's butts with an anal probe?! that's right, anal probe... anyway, I can't say that I was that impressed with it, although there was quite a bit to do, and the challenges were well, challenging, the story was lacking. I found crypto not to be as clever or as witty as in previous DAH's, and yeah, i compare my games with other games - especially sequels!
Likes: hello anal probes!
Dislikes: Graphics are sub par, the story was weak, and I just didn't care that much about finishing it.
ESRB: Mature 17+
Manufacturer: Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios
GCRating: 4
Stats: 1 player (2 coop), 10 MB save game, custom soundtracks, DLC
Story: You are back in Albion 500 years after Fable 1, (which is an awesome game - stands the test of time, truly) doing deeds (for good or bad) to stop the 'evil' ruler of the land from exterminating the only five people left who can stop him.
Review: This game is immense. there are less places to go, but the places you can go are HUGE. you can do all the things from the first game we all loved, buy houses, have spouses male or female, you can start families, have jobs and omg my fave thing, you get a dog! yeah i kno!! a DOG! how awesome is that!? the dog helps you fight, and find treasure and keys and dig spots. you get to name him, and buy him different collars and its SO much fun!! I love that you can do evil things and your physical body changes as a result, and ppl act differently around you. no matter how bad or good you are, there are certian things you have to do to progress in the game - but there is so much other stuff to do, really you don't notice the story line for hours, sometimes days into play. ok, perhaps that's just me, but i'm just saying there's a lot to do. the first part of the game you are a kid, and the decisions you make as a kid effect the world in positive/negative ways - completely changes town structures.
Likes: the dog!! you can marry whomever you want, the seer immenseness of the game. the fighting is easy to pick up yet challenging.
Dislikes: the graphics are substandard when you put them up against other games that were made and released in the same time period.
Release Date: 2007
ESRB: Mature 17+
Manufacturer: BioWare Corp, Microsoft Game Studios
GCRate: 5
DLC: yes but I haven't checked it out so I can't comment :)
Story: By the year 2183 mankind has mastered the ability to travel throught the galaxy at FTL speeds, bringing them in contact with a host of alien races. Now humanity struggles to find its place in the greater galactic community.
You play as Commander Shepard of the systems Alliance Military, aboard the spacecraft Normandy, you represent humanity's first and last line of defense against the strange wonders of a vast and often dangerous galaxy. Your actions and decisions will determine the fate of the human race... and shape the future of an entire galaxy. ~Taken from the ME Book
Review: I love this game. I'll tell you I didn't like it at first, mainly bcs I have Adult A.D.D. and the beginning is a little slow filling you in with story, the galaxy is immense and so there is LOTS to know about, well everything! Once you get in to it though, it's awesome. It has the perfect balance of TPS and interactive RPG. This is definitely a recommended buy, there are many trophies to be had, and each choice you make during the game changes the game in very surprising ways therefore, replay is highly recommended and you actually get trophies for doing so. The fighting style is unique, over the shoulder third person shooter, you also have 'powers' by being bionically enhanced - which lets face it, is very... cool. you have a wide variety of your typical weapons, shotguns, assault rifles, snipers, and pistols. They explain how you have endless bullets bcs the guns sheer off a projectile size piece of - i don't remember, some space element - that is self replenish able. Typically I would find that kind of thing cheeky, but it works here, you have so many other things to worry about, its nice not having to lug around bullets for you and your team all over the galaxy. That brings me to the team. You get XP and when you level up you divide it out amongst your team, each member has his or her own 'thing' and some are trained to use all guns, some are only trained to use a few. Either way, treat your team nice, they are good to you. :)
This is a great game, its not glitchy as far as I can tell, there is SO much to do, so much to explore, the graphics are surreal and the story is amazingly intricate!! I can't wait to play ME2 and ME3!
Things I Love:
The graphics, the story, the controls
Things I'd Change:
hmm very little... I'd add more trophies, a wider variety of trophies.
