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Mar 20, 2008

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

PS2 Review

More and more, it looks like porting moderately successful PSP games to the PS2 might not be such a hot idea after all. Without complete overhauls, the graphics look crummy, the multiplayer features get stripped out and the overall product - which might have been amazing on Sony's handheld - feels watered down and cheap by PS2 standards. That was the case with both Grand Theft Auto "Stories" games, and now we're seeing it happen again with ...
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Mar 14, 2008

Major League Baseball 2K8

PS2 Review

PS2 - Major League Baseball 2K8 - MLB 2K8

It takes a lot of guts to open up the engine of a game that's likely no one's top priority, fix its biggest issues, and ensure that everything works great from top to bottom. Yet that's exactly what the fellas at 2K Sports did with MLB 2K8 on the PS2. Considering where it was last season, it's a significant improvement in most ways - except graphically, where it still lags behind The Show and remains firmly stuck in 2003. Even so, it's a solid ...
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Mar 11, 2008

MLB 08: The Show

PS2 Review

PS2 - MLB 08: The Show - MLB 08: The Show

PS2-style baseball nirvana was achieved a few seasons ago (in our humble opinion, anyway) with EA’s major league swan song MVP ’05. While Sony has delivered quality each year since then with their iterations of The Show, we didn’t think anyone would come too close - or even try, for that matter - to matching that touchstone on Sony’s mega-million selling console. After all, it’s been crystal clear that most ...
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Mar 7, 2008

Jumper: Griffin's Story

PS2 Review

PS2 - Jumper: Griffin's Story - Jumper: Griffin's Story

After burning through the brief and deplorable Xbox 360 version of Jumper: Griffin's Story, we wondered if the cel-shaded PS2 iteration could be any worse (or any longer, for that matter). The answer to both queries is "no" - the full campaign still weighs in at about two hours in length, but the rest of the beat-'em-up experience doesn't fall quite as flat on its face for one obvious reason: it doesn't try as hard. ...
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Mar 7, 2008

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

PS2 Review

PS2 - Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Sometimes, explaining the mechanics of a puzzle game is nightmarishly difficult. It's usually some variation of "this colored widget goes there, and if you make a certain shape, more widgets blast in from some direction", but filling in the details is a pain. Not so with Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. If you've ever played Bejeweled - and several million people have - you know 90% of what this game is about.The remaining ten percent ...
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Mar 4, 2008

Iridium Runners

PS2 Review

On paper, the premise of Iridium Runners is, well, dumb. It’s a futuristic racing game with weapons - in other words, a blatant rip-off of Wipeout - but instead of driving hovering ships, you’re running. On foot. As in the films The Running Man or Run Lola Run. Except that no one’s trying to kill you or make you put your shirt back on, you’re just running. Running, running, running. It's not the premise of Iridium ...
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Mar 3, 2008

Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power

PS2 Review

PS2 - Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power

Before we go any further into this review, please answer the following questions: Do you enjoy unit- and micromanagement-heavy, PC-style realtime strategy games? Would you prefer a realistic, historical setting over the usual sci-fi and fantasy establishments common to the genre? Do you get excited at the thought of sifting through hundreds of non-English terms, place names, and character names? If you answered “no” to any of the ...
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Feb 29, 2008

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

PS2 Review

PS2 - Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 - Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

Talk about truth in advertising - check out the slogan adorning the print campaign for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3: "Introducing, among other things, some people you haven't had a chance to punch in the face yet." That's the long and short of it in the third iteration of the Budokai Tenkaichi fighting franchise, and the sixth such title based on the immensely popular Dragon Ball Z anime series to bear the Budokai brand on the ...
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Feb 27, 2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles

PS2 Review

PS2 - The Spiderwick Chronicles - The Spiderwick Chronicles

Maybe you love The Spiderwick Chronicles book series or know someone who does. Or, perhaps you saw the recent movie and wanted to stomp the goblins yourself. Regardless of the reasons you have for taking an interest in the video game based on the movie, we're here to give you a big old Thimbletack style warning: The Spiderwick Chronicles game is the kind of dull, tedious 3D adventure that gives movie cash-ins a bad name. There's nothing wrong ...
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Feb 21, 2008

Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny

PS2 Review

PS2 - Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny - Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny

Nothing irks us more when game companies try to make us pay for things we’ve already bought. The box copy of Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny promises a heaping helping of hot card-battling action and interaction with a multitude of characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh GX universe. What the packaging doesn’t tell you is that The Beginning of Destiny is actually part of a rather obnoxious new trend – the PSP-to-PS2 port. Yes, this ...
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