4of 5 - Defunct Games
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Review by Sardius<br />
Review by James<br />
Review by JPeeples<br />
Review by Sardius<br />
Publisher : Eidos Interactive • Developer : Volatile <strong>Games</strong><br />
Release : 10/24/06 • Rating : MATURE • Genre(s) : Third-Person<br />
Shooter • Players : 1 • Platform(s) : PS2, Xbox, PC<br />
How does a dialogue-heavy lm like Reservoir Dogs translate into<br />
a violence-heavy video game? Surprisingly well, actually. Outside<br />
of some occasional disrespect for its source material (the game<br />
begins with a rousing paintball match between the principal<br />
characters), Reservoir Dogs manages to duplicate much of the<br />
attitude and style of a Quentin Tarantino lm. This is mostly due<br />
to an intriguing combat system that encourages hostage taking and<br />
police negotiation rather than indiscriminate murder. The formula<br />
could have been re ned a little, but for a licensed title based on a<br />
fourteen-year-old lm, Reservoir Dogs does the impossible by not<br />
completely sucking.<br />
Publisher : Konami • Developer : Hudson Soft<br />
Release : 9/06 • Rating : TEEN • Genre(s) : Dungeon-crawler<br />
Players : 1-4 • Platform(s) : PSP<br />
I’ve seen Rengoku II: Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N. get trashed<br />
in every review I’ve read, and I just don’t get it. It’s a sci-<br />
brawler with tons of weapons, a combo system relying on good<br />
use of those weapons, and fast, slick gameplay. While the<br />
environments are repetitive and there’s really only one enemy<br />
with a million different weapon con gurations, the endless<br />
battles have an addictive ow that kept me glued to the PSP.<br />
The dif culty level can be brutal, and death means leaving all your<br />
equipped weapons in a pile to be collected later, but rearming is easy<br />
enough and a new loadout might offer a better chance of survival.<br />
Besides, no other game lets you wear a giant sword as a hat.<br />
Publisher : Nintendo • Developer : Q-<strong>Games</strong> • Release : 8/28/06<br />
Rating : EVERYONE • Genre(s) : Shooter • Players : 1-6<br />
Platform(s) : Nintendo DS<br />
After nearly a decade-long downward spiral, Star Fox has<br />
returned to form on the DS... mostly. A pre-level RTS kills the<br />
fast pace, and the touch screne controls take time to get used<br />
to. Fortunately, shooting has been assigned to every single button<br />
on the system, allowing for easy combat both off- and online.<br />
Command truly shines as an online game; it allows you to have a<br />
ton of fun blasting random strangers to bits, and it’s worth buying<br />
the game for.<br />
Publisher : Square Enix • Developer : Square Enix<br />
Release : 8/15/06 • Rating : TEEN • Players : 1<br />
Genre(s) : First/Third-Person Shooter • Platform(s) : PS2<br />
If you actually paid $50 for this thing, I feel sorry for you. It takes<br />
a special breed of idiot to pay full price for an offensively generic<br />
action game disguising itself as a sequel to the most overrated RPG<br />
of all time, and God help you if you were that idiot. Despite some<br />
decent cutscenes and voice acting, it’s hard to imagine anyone<br />
nding Dirge’s hours of boxy corridors, keycard collecting, and<br />
crate smashing a worthy addition to the Final Fantasy VII universe.<br />
If you are one of these people, however, please feel free to enjoy<br />
upcoming “sequels” like Batman: The Real-Time Strategy Game<br />
and Grand Theft Auto: World War II Stories.<br />
3.5of 5<br />
<strong>4of</strong>5<br />
<strong>4of</strong>5<br />
1.5of 5<br />
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