Category: Reviews

Halo 3

Reviews / Xbox 360

3 Oct, 2007

Halo 3 review

Let’s just come out with it, I’ve never been a massive fan of the Halo games. Call me ill, mental, or not a proper gamer, call me anything you like, but they just don’t do it for me. My main problem with the first game was that the guns didn’t feel meaty enough, the aliens weren’t scary and there was no sense of urgency. So much was that problem I didn’t even play the second one. A few years on and I’m approaching this one without listening to the hype and trying not to prejudice it with what I thought...

Fifa 08

PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

23 Sep, 2007

Fifa 08 review

So another year comes along and Electronic Arts release another version of their long-running football game with next year’s 08 stamped on the front. This being the first proper game for the next-gen consoles, it should be better, but is it? Well I’m about to tell you. To be honest, the main game feels very similar to Fifa 2007 in the way it plays. The menus are almost identical, the nice touch at the start screen where you get to have a bit of a kick about with Ronaldinho’s still there, and picking up and playing the actual game proper...

Colin McRae Dirt 2

PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

23 Sep, 2007

Juiced 2 review

Just when we all thought people had stopped making street racing games, Juiced games have just decided to release Juiced 2 Hot Import Nights onto the next-gen consoles so we can all mod our cars within an inch of their lives and drift them around slippery streets at night looking cool and shouting things like ‘Yo Dude, Innit’ out of the window. The end result of this one is an improved game over the first one with some added game features and ideas. It’s far from perfect though and I’ll explain why. First of all, they’ve removed the calendar racing...

Paper Mario Sticker Star

Reviews / Wii

23 Sep, 2007

Super Paper Mario review

Time to take a close look at Super Paper Mario. We’ve seen Mario appear on the Wii a couple of times already with Mario Party 8 and Strikers and this is probably the closest we’ll come to a proper Mario game before Super Mario Galaxy gets everyone in a spin just before Christmas. So, is it any good? Let me tell you. At its core the game is a cross between a 2d platformer and a simple role-playing game. But you’re not fighting Bowser in this one. This time, the evil Count Black materialises from another dimension and spirits the...

Medal of Honor

Reviews / Xbox 360

12 Sep, 2007

Medal of Honour Airborne review

After playing through both excellent Call of Duties on the 360 and trying out the awful Hour of Victory recently, reviewing Medal of Honour Airborne is like coming full-circle to where it all started. I was hoping I would be blown away with a great new game play mechanic but ultimately, this one feels very similar to the previous titles apart from the fact that at the start of each level you come falling through the skies like the old Pilotwings game on the SNES, the difference being you get shot at and if you miss the green flares indicating...

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 picture

PS3 / Reviews / Wii / Xbox 360

12 Sep, 2007

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 review

So another year and another version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour comes out of the labs at EA and another horde of eager gamers go to the shops to buy what is essentially, the same game as last year with a few tweaks and improvements added. This year though, the improvements are significant, especially on the 360 with Xbox Live and the ability to load your face into the game, more on that in a second. To anyone unfamiliar, this golf franchise has been running for as long as I can remember and you can choose to play through a...

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