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Publisher : Eidos Interactive • Developer : Volatile Games
Release : 10/24/06 • Rating : MATURE • Genre(s) : Third-Person
Shooter • Players : 1 • Platform(s) : PS2, Xbox, PC
How does a dialogue-heavy lm like Reservoir Dogs translate into
a violence-heavy video game? Surprisingly well, actually. Outside
of some occasional disrespect for its source material (the game
begins with a rousing paintball match between the principal
characters), Reservoir Dogs manages to duplicate much of the
attitude and style of a Quentin Tarantino lm. This is mostly due
to an intriguing combat system that encourages hostage taking and
police negotiation rather than indiscriminate murder. The formula
could have been re ned a little, but for a licensed title based on a
fourteen-year-old lm, Reservoir Dogs does the impossible by not
completely sucking.
Publisher : Konami • Developer : Hudson Soft
Release : 9/06 • Rating : TEEN • Genre(s) : Dungeon-crawler
Players : 1-4 • Platform(s) : PSP
I’ve seen Rengoku II: Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N. get trashed
in every review I’ve read, and I just don’t get it. It’s a sci-
brawler with tons of weapons, a combo system relying on good
use of those weapons, and fast, slick gameplay. While the
environments are repetitive and there’s really only one enemy
with a million different weapon con gurations, the endless
battles have an addictive ow that kept me glued to the PSP.
The dif culty level can be brutal, and death means leaving all your
equipped weapons in a pile to be collected later, but rearming is easy
enough and a new loadout might offer a better chance of survival.
Besides, no other game lets you wear a giant sword as a hat.
Publisher : Nintendo • Developer : Q-Games • Release : 8/28/06
Rating : EVERYONE • Genre(s) : Shooter • Players : 1-6
Platform(s) : Nintendo DS
After nearly a decade-long downward spiral, Star Fox has
returned to form on the DS... mostly. A pre-level RTS kills the
fast pace, and the touch screne controls take time to get used
to. Fortunately, shooting has been assigned to every single button
on the system, allowing for easy combat both off- and online.
Command truly shines as an online game; it allows you to have a
ton of fun blasting random strangers to bits, and it’s worth buying
the game for.
Publisher : Square Enix • Developer : Square Enix
Release : 8/15/06 • Rating : TEEN • Players : 1
Genre(s) : First/Third-Person Shooter • Platform(s) : PS2
If you actually paid $50 for this thing, I feel sorry for you. It takes
a special breed of idiot to pay full price for an offensively generic
action game disguising itself as a sequel to the most overrated RPG
of all time, and God help you if you were that idiot. Despite some
decent cutscenes and voice acting, it’s hard to imagine anyone
nding Dirge’s hours of boxy corridors, keycard collecting, and
crate smashing a worthy addition to the Final Fantasy VII universe.
If you are one of these people, however, please feel free to enjoy
upcoming “sequels” like Batman: The Real-Time Strategy Game
and Grand Theft Auto: World War II Stories.
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