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Dark Sector (Review)

Mar 25, 2008

Dark Sector has so many similarities to Resident Evil 4 that it could be seen as an expansion pack for Capcom’s classic. Firstly, the plot - it focuses around a city infected by a disease. The infection, like RE4’s Las Plagas, turns regular folk into murderous zombies. There’s a shadowy figure attempting to create an army with these creatures. Then there’s the female double agent - she’s like Ada Wong, minus the ...

The Darkness (Review)

Jun 29, 2007

Boxes are scattered around the apartment, evidence that your girlfriend Jenny has only just started moving in. She's surprised you with a birthday cake and - even though you've tried to warn her that you kill people for a living and your former boss is out for your blood - she shrugs it off as a bad joke. Motioning you over to the couch, she kisses you, leans her head on your shoulder and gradually falls asleep as the two of you watch TV. It's not what you'd expect from a hyperviolent shooter, ...

Def Jam: Icon (Review)

Mar 6, 2007

Using music as a weapon is nothing new. Westlife songs regularly cause us agonizing pain, while Radiohead makes us want to slit our wrists in despair. But never have we seen music used to such brilliant effect in a fighting game, and after the series' more typical entries on PS2, we really didnt expect the latest Def Jam title to be so amazingly inventive. When you select your character, you also choose a song to represent them and play over the top of fights. Environments now contain plenty ...

Devil May Cry 4 (Review)

Feb 7, 2008

Devil May Cry might have redefined action gaming when it first stomped onto the PS2 in 2001, but since then the slashy-shooty series has fallen into semi-obscurity. ...

Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (Review)

Aug 26, 2008

For those of you who haven't been lucky enough to play any of the Disgaea series, Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice is another challenging strategy RPG populated with off-the-wall anime-style and tweenaged characters. ...

Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Review)

Jun 10, 2008

Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit is completely out of control. To anyone who knows the animated series, that’s no bad thing. What starts out looking like a standard 3D fighting game soon gets turned on its head when the big-eyed brawlers start flying and shooting insanely damaging energy beams from their fingertips.

It’s still a one-on-one beat ‘-em-up, that somehow carves a new niche into the well trodden way of ...

Dragon's Lair Blu-Ray (Review)

Apr 3, 2007

Though hes undoubtedly died millions of times, Dirk the Daring certainly has lived a long life through the many re-releases of the Dragons Lair. The latest reincarnation of the laserdisc-based, Don Bluth-animated arcade game comes in the form of a Blu-Ray disc, playing much the same way as the original. With the illusion of control, you press the either the Select or directional buttons at precisely the right moment to queue up either successful moves, daring battles or a skin-stripping demise ...

Dynasty Warriors 6 (Review)

Feb 21, 2008

We're now knee deep in the next generation - which is now actually the current and soon to be old generation - but some series are just catching up. We've seen versions of Dynasty Warriors on current systems, sure, but Dynasty Warriors 6 is the first one built specifically for the 360 and PS3. The title might be a bit confusing as there have obviously been more than six Dynasty Warriors games; this has got to be at least the sixteenth release, ...

Dynasty Warriors: GUNDAM (Review)

Aug 27, 2007

It seems inevitable. Gundam games breed like rabbits; the PS3 launched with one, terrible as it was. And, if anything, the Dynasty Warriors games have managed to multiply even faster. But, at the same time, do they go together? The answer is: yes, they go together well. But as you've no doubt heard in other recent Dynasty Warriors reviews, precious little has changed over the last 7 years since the series' debut. Whether or not you've played several of the game's sequels or simply never ...