Genre: Action/Adventure, Shooting
ESRB Rating: Rated T
Developer: Namco Bandei
Platform: Playstation 3
Price: $89.99; Released: Nov 20, 2007
Go to any movie theater or arcade and you're bound to see a rail shooter. One blue gun, one pink gun, and $1.00 per credit. They're certainly popular, and with good reason. They're fun, very easy to play, and very often look amazing. There are tons of rail shooters out there, but only a few popular series. One such group is the Time Crisis series. Though the series has never opted for blood and guts in their games, they've enjoyed a lot of success in arcades and home system ports. The latest entry, Time Crisis 4, continues that trend on the Playstation 3 with the invention of Guncon3, the newest light-gun system for home use. Overall, the game will surely score points with fans of the genre and series; and the Guncon3 has a lot of potential in future game use. The only major drawback to both is they try to do too much with the additions made to the home version...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Game Review: Time Crisis 4 (PS3)
Monday, October 15, 2007
Game Review: Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
Genre: Action Adventure
ESRB Rating: Rated T
Developer: Namco Bandei / Koei
Platforms: Xbox 360
Price: $59.99; Released: August 28, 2007
It’s unfortunate that many video games based on anime that reach the U.S. are generally crap. It seems that everywhere around the world licensed games are decent at best. Fortunately, here comes a game that has the best combo of two products since peanut butter got in my chocolate, Dynasty Warriors: Gundam.
If you’ve ever played a Dynasty Warriors game before, this isn’t much different. You fight wave after wave of generic enemies whose job it is to stand around and get killed while occasionally shooting at you. Then, about two or three times a level you’ll fight a boss who actually fights you and usually beats the crap out of you if you don’t have help from other NPC’s. To call it repetitive is a bit of an understatement, but if you just want to play for a few hours and button mash, it makes for a good time...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
