Left 4 Dead is like the best haunted house you’ve ever been to and one that you can go back to time after time with new twists and turns. The AI Director — Valve’s own behind-closed-doors game puppeteer — takes center stage and makes for a terrifying good time with friends who you’ll need to help up, heal up, and not shoot. After all, friendly fire (in the upper difficulty levels, anyway) is lethal. Continue reading »
When it comes to wrestling, we haven’t seen a good option on Nintendo systems since the good old days of the N64. It looks like the dry days of bad wrestling on Nintendo may have finally come to an end. While the game is still better on the PS3, if Nintendo is your thing, the Wii version ia surprisingly good.
THQ Statement:
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 for Wii builds upon its inaugural offering by significantly expanding its match type options, giving players more ways to enjoy the platform’s unique pick-up-and-play experience. The game also takes full combat sports entertainment to the next level by giving players more Superstar control with interactive entrances and victory scenes. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 for Wii also includes a wide variety of new weapons, the debut of online gameplay and much more.
Let’s begin where most reviews don’t. The packaging of the game. Buzz Quiz TV is a fierce looking box, for good reason. Not only is the game included but 4 buzzers (1 big red button, 4 colored rectangles) and a usb ‘buzz collector’ stick. You should know what you’re getting into when you see 4 buzzers on the box… yup 8 AA batteries. But I prefer the wireless buzzers over the potential “rats nest” with wired controllers that could very well be.
Menu Please. Buzz Quiz TV is controlled with the aforementioned “Buzz” controllers. With that in mind many options are not available because the buzzers are not equipped to resort you back to the main menu. Correction, If you hold down all four colored buttons on the wireless buzzer, you can actually pause the game and also quit the game to return to the main menu. Not sure if this is supposed to be a feature, since it may not want you to drop out an already started game. For instance, if you accidentally picked a category you were not allowed to return and select a new menu.
So we’ve come to this: slow-down time. Don’t get us wrong, there’s still some choice game in this week’s list, but not as steamy hot as recent weeks prior.
Kind of looking forward to MK vs. DC Universe, Left 4 Dead (360 version Jeremy!), and mildly interested in Tomb Raider: Underworld. But still, we wonder how good they are when they’ve yet to show up on the Metacritic…
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In the glut that is this year’s biggest releases, Fallout 3 will stand out. It’s an open-world RPG throwing in shooter elements in a huge setting that pits you on a search to the deepest reaches to find your father. From the moment you break out of Vault 101 into the scorching, sun-bathed wasteland you know you’re in for a treat. Continue reading »
From time to time I’ll play a video game that I’m not really sure what to think about. Mirror’s Edge is one of those rare titles. Part of the game feels like an absolute masterpiece, while other parts seem mediocre.
While the list of AAA games this week seems a little light, publishers are still releasing some great titles — most away from the FPS norm. Wii gamers get the “for the hardcore” Animal Crossing: City Folk and Tales of Symphonia remake.
Mirror’s Edge and CoD: World at War are missing reviews, but from what we’ve seen they should be a safe buy. PC gets the bound-to-be-huge Wrath of the Lich King expansion and Banjo is back on the 360! Our pick? My Stop Smoking Coach with Allen Carr, of course. *cough, cough*
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Big, BIG games battle it out this week. First up, Resistance 2 wants you to “resist” and Gears of War 2 will be “emerging” on Friday (Thursday night for you midnight launch’ers). We went hands-on with the former, but Epic’s baby has been a bit media-shy lately.
Oh, and make a note of some of the smaller games that weren’t afraid to play with the big boys this week. Valkyria Chronicles should be just what RPG fans ordered and for those of you still hanging on hope for a Skies of Arcadia sequel — Vyse is in the game!
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Triple-A games are inbound this week and, most likely, the next few weeks up until Christmas time. Since the now-infamous “Kezins crash of 2008″ happened last week, we weren’t able to bring you our weekly comprehensive guide.
Not to worry! We piled it onto this week’s set of releases. Some good stuff awaits gamers’ 60+ dollars — Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, and World Tour are some of the big hitters. Have fun (and good luck!) picking out your must-haves from all the must-haves.
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When I first installed Pet Pals: New Leash on Life, I thought ok where do I start. I read up on their new features over the original Pet Pals. Upon those upgrades were 35 new cases that were written by real vets! And it shows. For this review, I pretended I was a “tween” with moderate knowledge on installing a game and knowing my controls. Read my “Good” and “Bad” section of the review for details.
Clinic or Clinique. The game allows you to enter the pet clinic where you can Q&A your veterinarian technician. Each animal is caged with the list of symptoms (if any) on the outside of the cage door. The first mission I chose was to assist a stray cat. Throughout the initial check-up, your assisted with the computer highlighting the correct tools to assist your examination. As you investigate the animal, you are given a metric score that can reach 1000 if you ask the correct questions and perform the necessary tasks. Pet grooming and shampooing was interesting. Giving a Golden Retriever a good clipping was very easy.
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