Category: Reviews

Metroid: Other M

Reviews / Wii

24 Sep, 2010

Metroid Other M review

Moving away from the first-person gaming of the Metroid Prime games on the GameCube and Wii, Metroid Other M takes the series into 3rd-person mode which goes some way to recreating the retro feel of Super Metroid, of which this game is a sequel. The game begins with Samus destroying Mother Brain, the Space Pirates and the entire planet of Zebes before being called to a research facility to answer a distress call named ‘Baby’s Cry’. And so the action begins after lots and lots of exposition. This time around Samus has a voice and even though it sounds like...

Screenshot of Dead Rising 2

PC / PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

24 Sep, 2010

Dead Rising 2 review

The first Dead Rising was released during the early days of the Xbox 360 and although it had lots of promise, ultimately it didn’t deliver – at least for me. Sure you could have lots of fun killing the zombies in a variety of ways but the combat system was flawed and the timed plot events were something that really grated. I was hoping they would do away with these in the sequel but they’re back again, only this time far easier to manage. There’s also 3 save slots for you to save to as well so if you do...

Pokemon game

Reviews / Wii

21 Sep, 2010

Top Wii games for Christmas 2010 for young kids

At Gamesweasel we realise that many of you are unsure of what games will make great Christmas Gifts for the younger kids, fear not because here are our recommendations for the upcoming holiday season.   PokéPark PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure for Wii is the latest adventure for everyone’s favourite yellow Pokémon; Pikachu. Join Pikachu and friend on an adventure like never before, that’s right a Pokémon theme park full of fun games and challenges. If you know a child that loves Pokémon then they’ll love PokéPark for Wii.   Just Dance Kids Just Dance Kids for Wii is the latest game in...

Halo Reach screenshot

Reviews / Xbox 360

20 Sep, 2010

Halo Reach review

You may or may not know that I’ve always been in the camp that can’t see what all the fuss is about the Halo games. Sure the first one was a milestone in FPS gaming on the Xbox but I found the Covenant not at all foreboding enough and the weapons really flimsy. Since then, in my opinion other games have eclipsed the series in the FPS market but Halo: Reach is Bungie’s final game of the series so they’ve pulled out all the stops to deliver something that feels like the finale of a game throughout this entire title....

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West review

DS / Reviews

20 Sep, 2010

Last Window The Secret of Cape West review

If you’ve already played Hotel Dusk you’ll already be able to jump into this game like donning an old pair of slippers. It’s a graphic adventure game where you hold the DS sideways like a book and explore the apartments of Cape West as main protagonist Kyle Hyde. At the start of the game you get laid off by your boss and return to your apartment to discover you and the other tenants are all being evicted due to ‘personal reasons’ given by the sour-faced live-in landlady. The game begins innocuously enough but mysteries soon rear the head – the...

Pang: Magical Michael

DS / Reviews

17 Sep, 2010

Pang Magical Michael review

I fondly remember playing Pang when it first came out in the late 80s. The idea was simple – playing as one of two cartoony characters who looked like park rangers, you had to fire harpoons at bubbles bouncing down at you from above in order to save the world’s most precious landmarks (and yourselves) from destruction. Based on the arcade classic, Pang: Magical Michael sees you going on a similar mission but this time it’s all your own dong as a failed magical experiment has once again unleashed the colourful bubbles. Quite how a bubble can harm you I’m...

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