One nerdy bloke, one girl over-blessed in the breast department, a muscle-head only too happy to whip out his sword on demand and a half-woman-thing in a thong. You'd be forgiven for mistaking Climax's first outing into RPG territory for last night's instalment of Big Brother.It could also be confused with something that's not an RPG because, levelling up and magical attacks aside, Sudeki is as similar to Ratchet and Clank as it is to Final Fantasy. Turn-based battling is right out the window -
First off, here's a wizardly word of warning: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is being released on all the consoles and the PC. You'd expect all four games to be the same, but there are vast differences between the consoles' version and the PC one.TOP NOTCH
To all intents and purposes, the console version is an altogether different game. And it's a far, far superior one. If you want to spend your money in the wisest way, get Prisoner of Azkaban on PS2, Xbox or GameCube if you can.Just
Well, pilgrim, in this world, there are two types of people - those who have guns, and those who dig. Or maybe those who like third-person shooters and those who don't. Either way, we don't think it's nice, you laughin'.Ahem. Sorry. This isn't working, is it? We were going to do this entire review in a Clint Eastwood voice, because that's so obviously what Rockstar have in mind for Red Dead Revolver - a gritty homage to the Man With No Name. Since 'acquiring' it from Capcom, they've polished it
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posted April 2, 2004
It's arguable that upping the amount of manual labour in a game can sometimes be a good thing. Having a strong work ethic (as in, say, Morrowind or Shenmue) can be a way of grounding the player in the game world, of strengthening the illusion through a deliberate use of dullness. Small wonders become greater when they feel like you are getting a reward. Entering a new town in Morrowind feels all the more exotic, actual and populated when you've just had to trek across a square mile of
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posted March 31, 2004
The movement is the first thing you'll notice. There's no need to discuss the control scheme, because every button you press will do exactly what you expect it to - or what you would expect it to if you ever stepped out of the flow to bother analysing what you're so instinctively doing. There's none of the Prince of Persia's flamboyance here. Instead Ryu effortlessly executes the same wall springs, back flips and handstands with his own cold, muscular precision. Gaiden is built on the same
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posted February 17, 2004
Carve sounds like it ought to be some kind of hack'n'slash adventure, the word being more readily associated with swords, knives and turkey than it is with watersports and 'carving up the waves.' The game's battle for recognition isn't helped by the fact it can't call its vehicles 'Jet Skis' (trademarked by Kawasaki and licensed to Jet Ski Riders) or even 'Sea-doos' (trademarked by Bombardier and licensed to Splashdown), so it's settled for the horribly vague 'watercraft'.Awkward nomenclature
After successfully putting the shiznit bizak in the hizoose with NBA Street, EA are trying the exact same trick with the sport of American Football, by including all the moves, the hip happening music and even the Gamebreakers. Sadly though, this Grid Iron funk up lacks basketball's fo shizzle.Part of the problem is the nature of the sport. Basketball is a simple game involving large men putting a ball into hoop. Easy. American Football, on the other hand, still takes seven men executing
