Over the past couple of years I have been getting seriously into fighting games. I have Street Fighter IV to thank for this; I know I’ve said this before, but it’s true. Granted, I dabbled with Soul Calibur and Tekken before then… but Street Fighter was the clincher for me. Back on the Sega Mega Drive though, I did have a brief stint with Mortal Kombat. My friend had it and I would spend hours round his house playing the [...]
After the huge success of God of War III, it was said that although the latest title gave a conclusion to the storyline of the first and second games, it would not be the end of Kratos. There’s word of some free DLC adding an epilogue to the PS3 title – but while we wait for that, I have some news that’s perhaps just as good.
Sony’s own God of War was one of the PS2′s final great titles, God of War II in particular creating something that looked fantastic, delivering to us one of the most enjoyable (and brutal) games to date – taking the fresh concepts of the first title and simply improving upon them. The story expanded by an equally fantastic PSP title, Chains of Olympus, the series tells us the tale of Kratos, a spartan general caught up in a never-ending quest [...]
Everywhere outside of Japan and the US (namely Europe and Australia) almost always get screwed when it comes to special editions of games, and even miss out on some games altogether. I for one am still bitter that Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories – especially seeing as it was released in the US, meaning that all of the translation work had already been done. This is generally because the UK isn’t seen as a big enough market, but for the [...]
There was one title in particular that drew me to Eurogamer - even amongst all of the other titles, nothing could keep me away from attending, since the day would grant me an opportunity to get my hands on the third installment of God of War. With a hefty amount of consoles dedicated to the new installment of Kratos’ latest gorefest, I waited my turn to get on one of the PS3′s dedicated to the title’s demo. So read on, and [...]
Soul Calibur is a series that I’ve never been totally sure about – I’m quite picky when it comes to fighting games, and generally I’m more of a Street Fighter fan. However, I do own a copy of Soul Calibur IV, and when I got it I enjoyed playing it for a while. The combat is easy to pick up, yet it does feel as though there’s an element of mastery that the player can pick up, with blocks, reversals [...]
Today, me and Garvaos have decided to do something a little different than usual – a joint article. Together, we have compiled our own “Top Ten Game Characters” list, and will be taking it in turns to tell you why we have chosen each of the ones that we did. These characters aren’t listed in any real order – whittling down the numbers to ten characters was hard enough! So, I’ll get the ball rolling. KAIN I’ve always been a [...]
