After Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones comes Lego Batman. Travellers Tales are bringing the dynamic duo to the square brick format and it’s looking pretty cool with some great lighting effects and characters such as The Scarecrow, Catwoman and Robin all in the mix. The game has been announced Autumn 2008.
I discovered just how good the Castlevania games were when they came to the DS. I’d tried the N64 version which left a lot to be desired but was very im pressed with the last two old-school side-scrolling adventures on the dual-screened device. Hearing about Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles on the PSP excited me with the prospect of the same great gameplay but with improved 3d graphics. What you get with this one is a reversion of an old game which never saw the light of day called Rondo of Blood, with unlockable games being the original game without...
Although Syphon Filter is a strange name for a game and only God knows what it actually means (or Sony in fact, as they made the game), the games have always been to a high standard and I loved playing the first two on the PSOne back in the day when the graphics were blocky, the framerate left something to be desired and a composite connection to the TV was good enough. Logan’s Shadow is the second game to come to the PSP, the first one being Dark Mirror, and once again it’s a solid action adventure that will keep...
I’ve always been a fan of the Silent Hill games as they’re a survival horror game without the corniness of Resident Evil – in a way they tap into some deep fear of mine and leave a bad taste in my mouth well after I’ve put down my controller. This new one on the PSP charts Silent Hill before all the other games and goes to explain some of the reasons why things are like they are in those foggy streets full of oddly shaped creatures. The game starts off at a cracking pace. You’re a trucker making your way...
So my next review is Dead Head Fred and no it’s not a game about two bald brothers in a pop group or Rik Mayall being an imaginary friend wiping poo on your sofa, it’s about a private detective who’s brought back from the dead without his head. Instead, he has a brain with eyeballs in a jar balanced on his shoulders. Nice. This one’s a third person action puzzler with cool film-noir style graphics, a tight script and some of the best voice acting I’ve heard. In a way it also works well on the PSP as it’s made...
Sega Rally’s been around for as long as I can remember. At its core it’s always been an arcade racing game which is simple to pick up and play, zooming round the country roads and dirt tracks without too much trouble. Of course, for the hardcore among us we could look into it a bit deeper and use manual gears and powerslide round those corners to get the edge and a better split time. So, this one’s the first one for the next-gen consoles and it’s got something new – ground deformation. Now we’ve seen this before with MotorStorm but...