Prey the Stars
With all of the intricate, expensively produced games on the market, it’s very refreshing to see some titles that attempt to simplify gaming while still providing a highly robust experience. Many of the newest downloadable titles on Xbox Live, PSN,and WiiWare have been throw backs in gaming to a time when gaming didn’t need to thrive as much on cutting edge graphics and lengthy stories but rather ...[Read More]
Unsolved Crimes
Point and Click enthusiasts behold as yet another mystery title has hit the Nintendo DS. Utilizing the many advantages of touch screen controllability, the mystery franchise has had big success on this portable player. But does Unsolved Crimes deviate from the well known formulas enough to make this game worth your time or is it just another rehash of mystery monotony?
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
If you’re into old-school RPGs or even newer ones, the Dragon Quest series could be right for you. Sure, it embodies most of the characteristics of an old-school RPG but if you can adapt to the upped difficulty and requirement of gaining levels, some truly incredible adventures are in store for you. Simply, if you’ve never played through a Dragon Quest game before, I would be the first to tell you...[Read More]
Lock’s Quest
Though it’s a dream of any DS fan, we still have yet to see a truly traditional RTS on Nintendo’s dual screen handheld. Current RTSs on the system are already few and far between and the ones that exist are either terrible or somehow make it work by hybridizing RTS with some other form of gameplay. Most notably, the current RTSs include 2 titles by Square Enix including Heroes of Mana, and Final F...[Read More]
King’s Bounty: The Legend
A Brief HistoryIf you know anything about strategy PC games you may have heard of a series called Heroes of Might & Magic. This not only happens to be a great series of turn based, strategy videogames but it also happens to be one of my favorite series of videogames to date. Still around today and in its fifth rendition, Heroes of Might & Magic has gone through many phases. Beginning with ...[Read More]
Tales of Vesperia
When it comes to traditional RPGs, Microsoft still has their work cut out in winning over fans of one of the most popular genres in Japan. Sure, we’ve seen a good portion of action RPGs (Elder Scrolls series, Fable) and MMORPGS (Phantasy Star Online, Final Fantasy XI Online) on the Xbox and Xbox 360 but other than that, the number of traditional RPGs is few and far between. Now it seems that Micr...[Read More]
Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir
Ever since Nintendo launched their Touch Generations campaign, aimed at a more casual audience of gamers, and consisting largely of puzzle and mind working games, other companies have flocked to make their own renditions of these titles. Nintendo released Nintendogs, now we have Petz, Horsez, Hamsterz, Dolphinz, and even Babyz. Nintendo releases Brain Age & Big Brain Academy titles and now we ...[Read More]
Illuminated Drumsticks by TAC
It’s amazing how quickly music games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero have sold over the past 3 years. In November of 2005 (that’s less than 3 years ago), Guitar Hero hit stores for the PS2 giving players the chance to rock out on a virtual guitar in front of a stage of amazed fans, virtual and human alike. By the time Guitar Hero 2 hit stores, gamers really began to understand that this wasn’t j...[Read More]
Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Ninja
Early EnjoymentBack in my days at Gamerz-Edge, I received fan feedback every once in a while but none more memorable than a few hate mail messages regarding some reviews on the Battle Network series. See, the misconception by my caustic critic was that I was not a true fan of the Battle Network series because I was urging Capcom to try something new with the format. Not that I’m a huge proponent o...[Read More]
Impressions: Wario Land: Shake It (Greg)
Wario Land: Shake It It’s about time Nintendo gave Wario the true kind of treatment he deserves and Wario Land: Shake It looks to be the Wario Land game I’ve been anticipating for years. Wario happens to be my favorite of the classic Nintendo characters because of his crude sense of humor and his ability to be a complete jerk about everything. Also, he happens to be a very effective character in m...[Read More]
Impressions: NYKO Product Lineup (Greg)
NYKO Long are the days when NYKO made only a few great products a year. The time is now when NYKO has been completely kicking butt with their lineup of great 3rd party products and solutions to your greatest videogaming needs. At this year’s E3 there were only 2 completely new products on their lineup, the Intercooler TS for both the 360 and PS3 and the Media Hub+ for the PS3 but over the last cou...[Read More]