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Iron Man Shell-Head fans unite around the movie in the theaters, but can the Man of “Iron” carry that weight in a handheld game? |
NDS | 05/07/2008 | 7.0 | 6.4 |
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Grand Theft Auto IV Grand Theft Auto IV for the PlayStation 3 is one of those rare games that push the console to its very limits to bring gamers a living world that is simply irresistible |
PS3 | 05/07/2008 | 10.0 | 9.7 |
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Target: Terror Target: Terror for the Nintendo Wii is one of those games that are hard to put a finger on because despite its problems it is still a fun game to play |
WII | 05/07/2008 | 5.0 | 4.1 |
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Grand Theft Auto IV The greatest artistic achievement in video games, GTA IV is a game like no other |
360 | 05/06/2008 | 10.0 | 9.7 |
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NOMBZ: Night of a Million Billion Zombies What should be some mindless zombie fun quickly degrades into tedium |
PC | 05/06/2008 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
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R-Type Command R-Type Command is an excellent strategy game that’s nearly killed by its slower-than-bearable pace |
PSP | 05/06/2008 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
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Devil May Cry 4 Devil May Cry 4 for the Xbox 360 is one of those deeply involving and immersive action games that make this series such a genuine joy to play |
360 | 05/05/2008 | 9.0 | 8.4 |
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Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb Take an excursion into the past glory of the Egyptian empire with Riddle of the Tomb |
PC | 05/05/2008 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
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Wild Earth: African Safari Wild Earth: African Safari for the Nintendo Wii is an educational experience but one that lacks gameplay that is fun enough to keep younger gamers interested for very long |
WII | 05/05/2008 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
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Battle of the Bands Battle of the Bands tries a different approach to the musical genre but comes up short |
WII | 05/05/2008 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
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THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU An original game from Square Enix, in the vein of Kingdom Hearts, scores big for DS owners |
NDS | 05/02/2008 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
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Backyard Baseball '09 Brings a more memorable Backyard experience back to handheld gaming |
NDS | 05/01/2008 | 7.0 | 6.5 |
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Insecticide The cop show-mocking characters, scenarios and dialogue are excellent, but the gameplay is more cumbersome than exciting |
NDS | 05/01/2008 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
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Rondo of Swords It’s got its share of flaws, but Atlus’ new strategy RPG has the courage to try something different |
NDS | 05/01/2008 | 8.0 | 7.4 |
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Jack Keane and the Dokktor's Island Time for some good old fashioned fun! |
PC | 05/01/2008 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
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Obscure: The Aftermath One last romp with the survival/horror style that defined PSone and PS2 |
PS2 | 05/01/2008 | 7.7 | 7.0 |
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NBA Ballers: Chosen One NBA Ballers: Chosen One for the Xbox 360 is not without its charms but when it comes to the basketball action it just doesn’t have what it takes to be a fun sports title |
360 | 04/29/2008 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
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Major League Baseball 2K8 Fantasy All-Stars Fantasy All-Stars' touch mechanics and control interface are deep and addictive, but the game itself is just a basic run of baseball |
NDS | 04/29/2008 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
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NBA Ballers: Chosen One Capable of turning gamers into NBA Bawlers |
PS3 | 04/29/2008 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
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Okami Clover’s beautiful masterpiece survives the PS2-to-Wii transition mostly intact |
WII | 04/29/2008 | 9.3 | 8.9 |
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Sam & Max Episode 205: What's New, Beelzebub? Sam & Max go out in style! |
PC | 04/28/2008 | 9.0 | 8.8 |
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Warhawk: Operation: Broken Mirror If anything Broken Mirror delivers a slew of more fun elements and thus making it the best Booster Pack for Warhawk thus far |
PS3 | 04/28/2008 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
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Major League Baseball 2K8 Unfortunately, even with an impressive number of game modes and extras, Major League Baseball 2K8 is a flawed ball game that shows a lot of promise on the PSP |
PSP | 04/28/2008 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
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Mario Kart Wii A solid game of ‘Kart’ is boosted by Nintendo’s finest online effort to date |
WII | 04/28/2008 | 8.8 | 8.4 |
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Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer This old-school roguelike RPG is incredibly difficult, but incredibly rewarding |
NDS | 04/24/2008 | 9.0 | 7.2 |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Sin city gets a kick in the leg |
PC | 04/24/2008 | 7.5 | 7.8 |
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Lost Empire: Immortals Lost Empire: Immortals is a massive foray into the world of micro-managing and turn-based strategy |
PC | 04/22/2008 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
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Mr. Driller Online More of the same with an online component for Mr. Driller |
360 | 04/21/2008 | 5.5 | 4.0 |
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Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys While it is an engaging and often funny Nintendo DS platform game, Teenage Zombies rarely shuffles its way to new and clever heights |
NDS | 04/21/2008 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
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El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is a throw-back 2D platformer that can be challenging for the younger set |
PS2 | 04/21/2008 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
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Silent Hill Origins See the beginnings of the horrors of Silent Hill, now on your PS2 |
PS2 | 04/18/2008 | 7.8 | 6.9 |
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Gran Turismo 5: Prologue Gran Turismo 5: Prologue is an incredible visual achievement, a solid single-player challenge, but multiplayer has a few bumps |
PS3 | 04/18/2008 | 9.2 | 8.6 |
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Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory Aside from some glaring issues, the latest entry to the successful RTS franchise is a major improvement. |
PC | 04/17/2008 | 7.0 | 6.3 |
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Octomania Octomania is initially fun but doesn’t offer more than an ounce of replay value |
WII | 04/17/2008 | 6.0 | 6.7 |
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Destroy All Humans: Crypto Does Vegas Fails to deliver a frustration-free, pick-up-and-play experience that’s demanded by mobile gamers |
MB | 04/16/2008 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
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Snood Blaster Part Bust a Move, part super-simple apartment simulator, Snood Blaster is a puzzler of grander-than-mobile proportions – built specifically for your mobile phone |
MB | 04/16/2008 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
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Overclocked: A History of Violence An ambitious, yet ultimately disappointing adventure. |
PC | 04/15/2008 | 6.0 | 6.8 |
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MX vs ATV Untamed A few gallons short of a full tank |
MB | 04/11/2008 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
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Double Sequence Exploding colored tiles plus touchscreen controls don’t always equal a great puzzler |
NDS | 04/11/2008 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
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Seven Kingdoms: Conquest Seven Kingdoms Conquest offers average strategy for an average gaming session |
PC | 04/11/2008 | 5.5 | 3.1 |
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Lost in Blue 3 Sadly, Lost in Blue 3 has lost it’s charm or sense of adventure that made the first game so refreshingly appealing to Nintendo DS owners. |
NDS | 04/09/2008 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
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Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath Is more of the same really such a bad thing? |
PC | 04/09/2008 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
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Assassin's Creed Director's Cut Altair gets medieval on the PC. |
PC | 04/08/2008 | 8.3 | 7.8 |
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Arcana Heart Arcana Heart is fierce, clever, and embraces the strange as if it were normal, and tells normal to sit on the bench and weep. |
PS2 | 04/08/2008 | 8.0 | 8.2 |
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Opoona A fun yet flawed addition to the Wii’s RPG library |
WII | 04/08/2008 | 8.0 | 6.7 |
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Dark Sector Dark Sector should be experienced, but will probably be an experience that you only want to go through once. |
360 | 04/07/2008 | 8.0 | 7.3 |
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SEGA Superstars Tennis There’s a lot to like about Sega Superstars Tennis, but not enough to keep you coming back for more after the initial entertainment |
360 | 04/07/2008 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
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Universe at War: Earth Assault Will the Earth withstand the latest assault? |
360 | 04/07/2008 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
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Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword An innovative and razor-sharp, action-packed adventure. |
NDS | 04/07/2008 | 8.5 | 8.3 |
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Persona 3: FES The days may be getting longer and warmer, but if you’re a fan of RPGs, Persona 3: FES is a great excuse to stay inside. |
PS2 | 04/07/2008 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
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Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis If the Atelier Iris gameplay isn't solely enough to hook you, the rest of the game will surely discourage you from playing till the end |
PS2 | 04/07/2008 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
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FlatOut: Head On When it comes to destructive racing action, FlatOut: Head On is a near perfect portable title with a lot to offer |
PSP | 04/07/2008 | 8.0 | 7.5 |
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Puzzle Guzzle Puzzle Guzzle is not easy to get into, but the effort is worth every minute (hour? Day!?) it takes to understand the ingenious design |
PSP | 04/07/2008 | 8.0 | 7.3 |
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Obscure: The Aftermath A decent survival horror adventure is held back by iffy controls |
WII | 04/07/2008 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
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Avernum 5 Hmmmmm, adventures in the sewers... |
PC | 04/04/2008 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
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Condemned 2: Bloodshot A worthy sequel to the chilling Xbox 360 original, Condemned 2: Bloodshot for the PS3 is not only a gruesomely addictive game but it’s also a truly frightening experience. |
PS3 | 04/04/2008 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
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Viking: Battle For Asgard Sadly, Viking is one of those games that could have been great but thanks to repetitive hack-and-slash gameplay there is really not much here even Odin would approve. |
PS3 | 04/03/2008 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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Viking: Battle For Asgard Viking is a bloody hack and slash game with the emphasis being on the hack & slash |
360 | 04/02/2008 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
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Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 Ultimate Ninja 3 is far from the perfect Naruto fighting game but - like the series’ main protagonist - it walks its own line and walks it well. |
PS2 | 04/02/2008 | 8.0 | 7.7 |
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MLB 08: The Show MLB 08 The Show does not actually put a on a show of any kind, but instead creates one of the most realistic baseball experiences yet for the PlayStation handheld |
PSP | 04/02/2008 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
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Professor Layton and the Curious Village Tired of training your brain with uninteresting tests but still yearning for challenge and fulfillment? This is it! |
NDS | 04/01/2008 | 9.0 | 8.3 |
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The Club I think this was based on a 1990's movie called "Mean Guns" |
PC | 04/01/2008 | 6.7 | 7.0 |
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The Sims Carnival SnapCity The Sims Carnival SnapCity borrows from several puzzle-game sources but lacks the energy associated with them |
PC | 04/01/2008 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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Best of Tests DS Jumping on the bandwagon of the successful DS brain-twister games, Best of Tests DS is easily one of the most horrible attempts at making education fun |
NDS | 03/31/2008 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm Can Warhammer: Dawn of War successfully live on through another expansion? Or is the fuel running low in the originality department? |
PC | 03/31/2008 | 7.8 | 7.2 |
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SEGA Superstars Tennis Sega Superstars Tennis is a few stars short of Virtua Tennis quality |
PS3 | 03/31/2008 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
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Warriors Orochi Warriors Orochi for the PSP delivers a very familiar formula and does it well but it is still the repetitive button-masher fans have been playing for quite awhile now |
PSP | 03/31/2008 | 7.0 | 6.6 |
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THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 & 3 RETURN The only good zombie is a dead zombie! |
WII | 03/31/2008 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
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Pinball Hall of Fame - The Williams Collection The Williams Collection is mechanically on par with its predecessor and, thanks to a few unbeatable tables, is even more fun to play |
WII | 03/31/2008 | 8.4 | 7.1 |
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Dark Sector Dark Sector is one of those action games that could have been better but is still a blast to play anyway despite its shortcomings |
PS3 | 03/28/2008 | 7.5 | 7.0 |
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Bully: Scholarship Edition School’s back in session, this time with motion controls |
WII | 03/28/2008 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
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Cocoto Magic Circus A budget shooter for the Wii that misses the bull’s-eye, but not by far |
WII | 03/28/2008 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
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Sega Superstars Tennis Sega brings out the big and little guns for a tennis game that secretly wants to be a party game |
NDS | 03/27/2008 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
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Condemned 2: Bloodshot Condemned 2 continues the same intense, spooky and unsettling gameplay from the overlooked first game |
360 | 03/26/2008 | 8.6 | 7.8 |
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Godzilla - Monster Mayhem “While the game does a nice job of representing Godzilla on the mobile platform, there are some gameplay issues that keep the game from being wholeheartedly recommended.” |
MB | 03/26/2008 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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Bratz: Super Babyz A decent game for the young crowd |
NDS | 03/26/2008 | 7.0 | 5.5 |
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Sam & Max Episode 204: Chariot of the Dogs Yay! Bosco is back! |
PC | 03/26/2008 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
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New Zealand Story Revolution Not a remake so much as an update, this old-school platformer will appeal mainly to fans of the original |
NDS | 03/25/2008 | 6.9 | 6.1 |
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Bus Driver Who knew the life of a bus driver wouild be so crazy! |
PC | 03/25/2008 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
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The Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure “The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure certainly has its moments, but those are sadly overshadowed by some overly traditional puzzling and dull dialogue.” |
PC | 03/25/2008 | 7.0 | 7.4 |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 A worthy addition to the Rainbow Six franchise, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 doesn’t change very much from the first game in the Vegas series but it is still an amazing first-person shooter |
PS3 | 03/25/2008 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
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The Sims Carnival Bumper Blast The Sims Carnival Bumper Blast takes the franchise in another direction |
PC | 03/24/2008 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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Wild ARMs XF While not a major disappointment, Wild ARMs XF can be fun at times but it just isn’t as good as other similar games on the PSP |
PSP | 03/24/2008 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
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Worms: A Space Oddity Everyone’s favorite vengeful worms hit the Wii. The results are underwhelming |
WII | 03/24/2008 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
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Bully: Scholarship Edition If you missed it the first time around on the PlayStation 2, Bully: Scholarship Edition for the Xbox 360 is still an enjoyable and now complete package worth the money |
360 | 03/21/2008 | 8.5 | 8.2 |
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Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters Size does matter, and unfortunately what worked well on the PSP doesn’t survive the jump to the PS2. |
PS2 | 03/21/2008 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
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Ninja Reflex Slick production values can’t save too few mini-games |
NDS | 03/20/2008 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
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MLB 08: The Show If you ever needed a reason to go back to your Playstation 2, MLB ‘08: The Show is it with tons of replay value |
PS2 | 03/20/2008 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
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Rainbow Islands Evolution A really strange, weird game that probably should have been redone with more care |
PSP | 03/20/2008 | 6.0 | 5.2 |
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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII While the game is quite different from the original Final Fantasy VII, it still presents a unique and fun action-RPG with some fantastic production values. |
PSP | 03/19/2008 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 This trip to Vegas doesn’t shake up the gameplay too much, but works great as a story-driven affair. |
360 | 03/18/2008 | 9.0 | 8.5 |
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Command & Destroy Command and Destroy is a half-decent effort that doesn't live up to the legacy created by the game it mimics |
NDS | 03/18/2008 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
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Puchi Puchi Virus Puchi Puchi Virus is a fast-paced puzzle game that suit casual fans, but might be a little shallow for some puzzle fans. |
NDS | 03/17/2008 | 7.5 | 7.0 |
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Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night While it definitely gets points for originality, this Castlevania parody will likely only interest the ultra-hardcore |
NDS | 03/17/2008 | 6.7 | 7.0 |
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Brain Assist Guaranteed to make you snarter ... err, smarter |
NDS | 03/17/2008 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
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Hard to Be a God Hard to be a God has some solid story elements that are shaded by an old-style presentation |
PC | 03/17/2008 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
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Army of Two Like an overblown Hollywood action flick, Army of Two is an explosive good time that has its weaknesses here and there but it won’t stop you from enjoying the bullet-fueled action |
PS3 | 03/17/2008 | 8.0 | 7.6 |
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Major League Baseball 2K8 MLK 2K8 has taken a solid lead-off when it comes to new elements, but the implementation is a bit flawed |
360 | 03/14/2008 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
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Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds Hot Shots: Out of Bounds puts together solid multiplayer elements for a grand time on the links |
PS3 | 03/13/2008 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
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Major League Baseball 2K8 The first true MLB sim on Wii is a decent rookie effort, but you may want to wait until next year |
WII | 03/13/2008 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
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Bubble Bobble Double Shot Sometimes a game needs a shot in the arm to keep it going, which is the case with Bubble Bobble: Double Shot |
NDS | 03/12/2008 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
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FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: Ring of Fates Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates is not just a worthwhile Final Fantasy game for the Nintendo DS but it is also a charming and well-executed game fans should not miss |
NDS | 03/12/2008 | 8.0 | 7.6 |
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Sins of a Solar Empire The only true sin is having to stop to sleep |
PC | 03/12/2008 | 9.0 | 8.8 |
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Major League Baseball 2K8 Upper-tier analog batting and pitching make for a unique and enjoyable baseball experience, but the rest of the game is average |
PS3 | 03/12/2008 | 7.0 | 6.3 |
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Rocketmen: Axis of Evil Problematic gameplay elements and camera issues make this title not worthy of a download. |
360 | 03/11/2008 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
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Commanders: Attack of the Genos Commanders: Attack of the Genos is a clever and addictively challenging game and just a great example that the Xbox Live marketplace is home to fun and challenging titles |
360 | 03/11/2008 | 8.0 | 7.6 |
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl Nintendo’s all stars turn in their best fight yet |
WII | 03/11/2008 | 9.5 | 9.3 |