The sun shone down on the golden sands of Tropico as I longed on the beach with a cool glass of coconut milk. Then, out of the blur that was the background, a figure approached. “El Presidente, there is a man here to see you.” “Urgh, tell the US ambassador I’m not going to praise them unless they give us the plan to the power plant!” “Er, president, he is not an American, he is British, says he says he [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Of course Plus XP usually reviews games – but seeing as it’s game related, for the first time ever I’ll be reviewing a Blu-Ray DVD instead. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. It’s been a while since the original version of Advent Children came to Europe in DVD format – sadly coming straight to DVD rather than hitting cinemas, it was arguably one of the best pieces of CGI animation I’d ever seen. Set two years after the end of [...]
Back in December 2008, Japan got a new RPG title called The White Knight Chronicles. A new Role Playing Game developed by Japan Studio and Level-5 (the same guys who brought us such titles as Dark Cloud and Rogue Galaxy) and published by the good old people at Sony Entertainment. Almost two years has passed since the release in Japan, then finally in north america on February 2nd 2020, the game decides to show up on game store shelves, then [...]
The PSP has a few odd games amongst it’s minature versions of Playstation home console titles and ports of older games – Half-Minute Hero being one of them, produced by Rising Star games. A demo is available on the PlayStation Network, and I urge you to try it yourself. But to give you an idea of what it entails, read my half-minute review instead. The game is a sort of tongue-in-cheek mini take on the classic RPG, such as the original [...]
A while back, Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars was a Wii game I was sure would never hit shores outside of Japan; but come Eurogamer we were told otherwise – somehow someone managed to convince the bigwigs that people outside of asia would actually like to see the new Capcom fighter, regardless if they didn’t recognise half of the cast. With a little help from Tatsunoko themselves, Capcom got past liscencing issues and granted us a chance to get our [...]
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion when it comes to gaming. Everyone has their favorites. So I am here today to voice my opinion, of the top 5 downloadable games that you must own. Some will be Xbox LIVE exclusives, others will be available on Playstation Network too. So sit back, relax and make sure you console is plugged into the internet ready to download some awesome titles (if you don’t own them already) as I give you my [...]
Arcade gaming as you are well aware is defiantly one of my favorite pass times,mainly shooting things with a plastic gun, or beating up people with a joystick and some buttons keeps me happy untill the pound coins run out. So when I first heard about Metal Gear arcade, I only assumed it would be something along the lines of, point a plastic gun at the screen and shoot. Much like the Silent Hill arcade outing. In some respects I [...]
Back in the late 90′s, the gaming industry was taking a significant turn in its definition and scale of game play. With 3D gaming technology being fully employed into games such as Super Mario 64 (1997), the strong cinematic narrative seen in Metal Gear Solid (1999) and the scope of Final Fantasy 7 (1997), the gaming industry had stepped up its game. Literally. At the time it could have been seen as a sign of things to come, however the [...]
Mini demo review I have been feeling a little ashamed of myself of late, and as it is game related shame I feel I must confess. As you all probably know I have been writing under the name ‘GuitarGirl24′ for some time now, and recently this has caused me a some conflict. You see though my name was in part chosen merely for my love of guitar solo’s (and I LOVE a good guitar solo) it was also a reference [...]
The first time I even heard the name Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing, I could not help but think Mario Kart clone. With a load characters from Sega’s past, present and future thrown into a wacky races style racing game – with weapons, question mark boxes and brightly coloured crazy race tracks, you can’t help but think Sega have definitely sped down the same route as their long-term rivals, who have made Mario Kart games since their first release [...]
