Considering the premise of Asura’s Wrath, in which players take the reigns of the demigod Asura as he battles gods in angry revenge, it set itself a high bar to meet in terms of expectations. Dubbed by gamers as a potential “God of War-beater” in terms of epic battles, I was excited to see what Capcom and CyberConnect2′s game had to offer in its demo (out today on Xbox, tomorrow on PS3), seeing as over-the-top action games are among my [...]
Ninja Gaiden is a franchise I have always been a fan of. Ever since I got my gaming mitts on Ninja Gaiden Black for the original Xbox I have been hooked. Maybe it’s because of the difficulty level, or the fact you are a ninja cutting people and demons up piece by piece. I mean lets face it, Ninja’s in general are awesome. At Eurogamer this year I had the opportunity to play the 3rd installment in the Ninja Gaiden [...]
Capcom have always been one of my favourite game developers - creating solid games with plenty of content and very often producing games that I would consider among the best. However, some of their best – most notably Devil May Cry, Okami and Resident Evil - were influenced largely by the work of game director Hideki Kamiya, who worked within Clover Studios. However, when Clover was closed, Kamiya became one of the founding members of Platinum Games – creators of Bayonetta, Madworld and Vanquish - a studio I now [...]
Games based on anime can vary in quality – while some can make good use of their existing characters and ideas – such as Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage and Dragonball Z: Budokai 3, others fall short in re-creating the magic of the original material and have little appeal aside from the popularity of the series. Bleach: Soul Resurrección was released on the Playstation 3 this week – on which side of the fence does it fall?
Back in February last year I got a copy of Bayonetta for my birthday, I had previously had hands on previews with the game back at 2009’s Eurogamer Expo and I adored the game play, it was like playing Devil May Cry 3 for the first time, the sheer variety of weapons and moves coupled with the great visuals made for a great game. Unfortunately the story and the game’s protagonist didn’t cut the mustard with me, however I persisted [...]
Revolving around the events of the chinese Romance of the Three Kingdoms novels, the Dynasty Warriors games have always followed the same timeline – reliving the same battles involving the same characters. Thus, in a similar way to that of a sports game or fighter, the main appeal of a sequel is in its core engine and gameplay, the way we interact and involve ourselves within that experience. So, how does Dynasty Warriors 7 set about presenting the story to [...]
While I am on the subject of Dante’s Inferno, I gave the demo a whirl to see if the game had any more surprises for me. As you all probably know I had a hands on preview with the game at Eurogamer ’09. So when I came to download the demo off XBox LIVE. I was pretty much expecting the same demo I played at Eurogamer. Oh how wrong I was. This demo showed me the very start of the [...]
Well my recent new 3rd person hack and slash love has taken me through a good few games. Devil may cry being the king in my opinion. God of war was amazing on the ps2 *makes me wish i had a ps3* and ninja gaiden 2 just to name a few. Scouting through IGN today and i stumbled across a game that I’ve been meaning to look into for a while. Now we all remember or at least know the [...]
ninjas with swords killing demons can never go wrong :p
X Blades is a game that I didn’t really hear of until it hit the shelves late February. I picked it up a couple of times (no doubt partly due to the scantily clad female warrior on the front cover) but didn’t really know anything about it. However, I saw it was on special offer for half the price, only £19.99. I had another look at it, and examining the case thought it looked as though it could actually be quite [...]
