Dead Space 2

PRICE = $10-30

PLAYERS = 1 to 2

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S EXPLANATION/BOX ART? (9/10)

the cover - Well after playing the first Dead Space, I already know what i am in store for. But the cover of this game doesn't really give the 'new gamer' any idea of what to expect.

the back - But here's where it tells you what's going on. Isaac Clarke (the same character from the first game) awakes from a coma and like the movie series ALIENS, the government is trying to 'hush hush' what he went through. But, there is a new outbreak going on and Isaac is having a hard time remembering anything at all.

Oh yeah, dismemberment is still your only means of survival.

HOW IS THE GAME PLAY? (10/10)

Now as most sequels go... they always try to add some new elements into the game that change the experience of the first game and annoy the crap out of you.. This time? It is not the case in the least. The only new things in this game is some system hack stuff which doesn't effect the game at all, and a few new styles of weaponry that just add new ways of blowing monsters to pieces.

I played through this game twice so far and I've had no glitch problems, no save problems, or any other sort of problems. If you loved the first one - You will love this one.

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S GENRE? (10/10)

Like i said about the first game. If you love the newer Resident Evil game play style, you will love this game. It picked up 3 years after the last game and you get tossed straight back into the mayhem. I enjoyed this game so much i played straight through it in almost one sitting the first time. And straight through it again in one sitting.

I throughly enjoy the horror genre videogames and i love them even more when there is no control problems.

THE 'GAME OVER' ALL? (97%)

There's not too much you can get out of old light gun games except a little nostalgia, but if I was in the mood to just blow away my old scores or my friends, i could probably play this game for quite a long period of time.

I loved playing all these light gun games as a child, and i still enjoyed it now, but the lack of more scenes kind of knocked me into a bored state pretty fast.

Though if i had someone else at the house playing it with me, i know i would have had a lot more fun sitting down with this game.

arbitrary credit for gore and nudity = 6

(Dismemberment to the max and some naked monsters to do it to.)

-Felix "the Brett" Prescott

Dead Space

PRICE = $10-20

PLAYERS = 1 t

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S EXPLANATION/BOX ART? (8/10)

the cover - Dismemberment is the first thing that comes to mind. And Well, that's pretty much the main part of destroying beasts in this game.

the back - Speaks of a space station destroyed and a group of people are going in to try and find out if anyone is still alive. Well everyone has been overcome with a very strange disease that turns them into some strange infected zombified bug people. The only way to kill them? Dismember them.

HOW IS THE GAME PLAY? (9/10)

I wasn't really ready for a 3rd person shooter to be honest. I figured this would just be another First person shooter without any real inclusion of interesting ways of game play. But, here i am involved in a 3rd person shooter slightly moved to the left side. Which seemed really strange when i first started playing, but once the information screens and other such devices attached to my suit started functioning, i was extremely surprised.

This game plays kinda like a new age Resident Evil, but with all kinds of new innovative ideas. Everything they created for the style of this game works perfectly. But occasionally you use a few save points that cause you to be locked out of the game. I am not 100 percent sure these haven't been fixed with some new downloads. But, if you aren't online be careful, check the inter-web, and make sure you aren't using a save point that is gonna make you start over.

And honestly, if you play on playing for a long time, this game has instant respawn points. So if you don't plan on taking a break for a long time. It really doesn't matter if you save or not. You'll respawn at your last check point.

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S GENRE? (10/10)

As us, 'horror fans of the videogame industry', know, there are not very many horror related videogames. Back when silent hill, resident evil, clock tower, and fatal frame were making the big bucks. We had all kinds of other gaming companies trying to jump on the band wagon. But, they were all making sub-par games that no one really liked.. or they just weren't good enough to continue with.

So.. with that said.. Dead Space is an awesome new addition to our horror video game world. From beginning to end, (and even getting screwed with bad saves and starting over) I still really enjoyed this purchase and play through.

THE 'GAME OVER' ALL? (90%)

As I said before, i wasn't really sure of what to expect from this game. But, as i also said, it surprised me with it's clever new way of game play.

From the health bar being your spinal chord to dismembering enemies any way possible with the pile of different weapon unlocks... or stomping the beasts to death. I really think if you haven't played this and like shooters or horror survival games... this needs to be on your lists of games to play.

arbitrary credit for gore and nudity = 5

(for complete dismemberment of monsters or corpses)

-Felix "the Brett" Prescott

Splatterhouse

Price = $ 20-30

Players = 1

Rated M

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S EXPLANATION/BOX ART? (10/10)

The cover of the game pretty much just says Splatterhouse with a crazy blood spattered Mask. Which if you know anything about Splatterhouse. You will be wearing that mask throughout the game, and well blood.. that's what this game is about.

The back of the box talks of Hard-core gore, Devastating weapons, extreme horror, gruesome splatterkills, and a listing as the bloodiest game of E3. After playing this for about 5 minutes. All of these things are absolutely true.

HOW IS THE GAME PLAY? (9/10)

The game plays a lot better than i thought it would. I've played a good distance into the game so far and haven't run into any glitches or bugs. (other than the blood worms i have to stomp on) It's set up well with your usual kill lots of stuff and use what you collect from the dead to upgrade your powers. (in this game being their blood)

The only problem I have run into is during some of the obstacle scenes. You have to run passed some spike balls and pitfalls (classic game stuff) but when you miss or get hit by one of these and instantly die. The load screen to put you back takes a little bit longer than i'm used to with other games. It's not a dire wait, but it's annoying to get instant killed and have to sit for 25-30 seconds before i can try again.

on a side note : I really enjoy that you can go back and select whatever level you want to play. They are starting to do this more and more. But i really think all level oriented games should have this option in case you missed a key item or something important towards achievements.

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S GENRE? (10/10)

It holds true to the original series. Murder, massacre, destroy, rip apart, use limbs as weapons, and so many more ways to destroy your enemies.

This game is kinda hard to tell that you are getting the hack and slash style game from the box art. But If you played the old games they were the old classic side scrolling brawler.

If you like games like God of War, (new) Ninja Gaidens, Dante's Inferno, Devil May Cry or Bayonetta. You may want to give this a shot.

THE 'GAME OVER' ALL? (97%)

I really wanted to pick this up the day it came out because i love the old series. (which is unlockable throughout the game) I was hesitant because it had been so long since one came out and usually games that have sat dormant for so long usually don't get a good relight in the new platforms. But, I'm glad I finally decided to pick this up and i'm having a blast with all the horror movie references and the hilarious conversations.

arbitrary credit for gore and nudity = 10

(For re-essembling nude photos of your girlfriend you are off to save, and GORE? That's what this game is about.)

Big Bumpin'

Price = $ 2 -5.00

Players = 1-4

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S EXPLANATION/BOX ART? (8/10)

The cover shows the king in a bumper car VS a weird turkey chicken. But, it shows that this is going to be a bumper car game.

The first sentence on the back of this box is, "Forget about Skill." Well that just makes me instantly not want to play this at all. But! I have to.

The four images display the 4 different types of games you'll get to not be skillful at.

HOW IS THE GAME PLAY? (1/10)

It was right. This game is designed horribly. Half the time the game doesn't answer your control inputs and your going the wrong way and getting knocked around the stage uncontrollably because the computer is so good at the game.

I can't really compare this to anything but those bad party game in games. Where you just hope that you are the last one standing.

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S GENRE? (1/10)

It doesn't.

THE 'GAME OVER' ALL? (33%)

I think that the idea for this game is hilarious. Random characters from the Burger king world playing it out in the Bumper car world. And the game only cost like 5 bucks if you bought a whopper back in the day, so there really isn't much to expect from something like this.

If you are really bored and want to be frustrated pick this up from a store for a couple bucks and try to get that 200 achievements.

arbitrary credit for gore and nudity = 0

-Felix "the Brett" Prescott

Battle Fantasia

Price = $ 10.00

Players = 1-2

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S EXPLANATION/BOX ART? (6/10)

FIGHTER SPLASH ART! This is another 2D fighter from the makers of Guilty Gear.

The back of the box is kind of confusing because it's one of those, 'we put different languages all over the box underneath the english. The text format the decided to use clashes with the color of the box. It's not a pretty but it does tell you what's going on if you squint your eyes to read it.

12 characters with 12 different story lines!

HOW IS THE GAME PLAY? (9/10)

Again, jumping directly into a fighting game can be very difficult if you aren't good at quarter roles and guessing the usual ways moves are pulled off. So if you haven't ever played a fighter before, always go into training mode before you start the game.

Battle Fantasia plays very well. It's fluent style mixed with it's interesting art style is really a sight to see.

They changed up the usual form of the life bar in this one though. It's still there so you can see how much life you have, but they have incorporated the RPG element of hit points. Where if you hit someone you see how much damage you are actually doing. Which is pretty awesome when you want to know which moves are your stronger allies.

But, beating the boss of this game and learning the curves of counters is a little bit difficult to grasp.

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S GENRE? (10/10)

If you are a lover of fighting games this is an excellent buy. It's not very expensive, doesn't have much online play anymore, and it's a little on the rare side of the market, but it fits the 2D fighting game world to the T.

THE 'GAME OVER' ALL? (83%)

I haven't sat down and beat all the story lines yet, because the final boss of this game is a destruction monster. But, so far every bit of the game i've played i have enjoyed. I love the characters and how the story progresses.

If you haven't ever got into fighting games and think you'd like to. This is a good place to start since it's a low cost and it's easy to learn. (other than the counters, you'll need to hit up training mode to get those down)

arbitrary credit for gore and nudity = .05

(The usual boob jiggle of fighting games)

-Felix "the Brett" Prescott

Attack of the 3-D movies

Price = $ 20.00

Players = 1-4

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S EXPLANATION/BOX ART? (5/10)

This 3-D cover explodes with all the things that you would have been excited for ten years ago. Skeletons, sharks, giant bugs, and GUNS splatter this zooming cover. But, what is this exactly?

Well apparently you are the only hero that can save the world when the movies come to alive and start attacking the world.

Now the back of the box does explain that it is a shooter and you'll have survive/survive/survive, but if you have an untrained eye to in game play pictures you might not see that this game is a Rail Arcade Shooter.

P.S. Did i mention you get to wear 3-D glasses if you'd like?

HOW IS THE GAME PLAY? (4/10)

Well at first this game seems really lame and honestly it is. It doesn't really give anything new to the arcade rail Shooter world. (Rail shooter means you DO NOT control your character) The graphics are pretty bad, the worlds don't look that great for this generation, and some of the ways the enemies attack are impossible to stop unless you are playing multiplayer. (Which i doubt really helps that much)

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S GENRE? (3/10)

Rail shooters are generally meant for arcade play. There are some great ones out there. (Time Crisis, House of the Dead) This one isn't in the top shop for your library. It does have some pretty quick achievements if you are going for some quick score, but other than that it's not good at all.

THE 'GAME OVER' ALL? (40%)

As far as i know there is no light gun for the 360 as of yet. Probably because Rail shooters like this one are pretty dead in the water. No one really wants to play arcade style games like this anymore unless you have a gun. The reticle moves horribly across the screen causing you to miss half of your shots, and makes you annoyed more then happy.

I give this game a little bit of a leaning score due to it is the only rail shooter i have seen on the system. And when playing it multiplayer is was a little bit better. But, that was probably because conversation while playing this bad game was fun.

arbitrary credit for gore and nudity = 0

-Felix "the Brett" Prescott

BlazBlue Calamity Trigger

Price = $ 25.00

Players = 1-2

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S EXPLANATION/BOX ART? (8/10)

The cover of the game is an obvious fighting game. It's got the splash art work of the characters as normal, but if you aren't aware of what fighters generally look like. It could appear as anything to you.

When you turn the game over and check out the back information, it explains everything pretty well. You will experience 'Fantastic story' lines. Strange that they may be. This game is very japanese and if you aren't used to the humor from across seas you may be extremely annoyed with the goofy-ness of this game.

HOW IS THE GAME PLAY? (10/10)

The game plays amazingly well. It's a lot to learn at first since this game is made by the team that brought us Guilty Gear. Which means a lot of combos and moves.

Unlike the classic 2d fighters where most the characters only had about 4-6 special moves. BlazBlue is infected with crazy moves for you to learn.

It's play mechanics are quick and it flows nicely.

HOW DOES THE GAME LIVE UP TO IT'S GENRE? (10/10)

If you enjoy games like Street Fighter, Fatal Fury, and King of Fighters this is a game for your library. It has great replay value, great multiplayer, and the online runs superbly. (If you are any good)

THE 'GAME OVER' ALL? (93%)

Like I said, if you are a fighter game kind of person this game is perfect for you. And! there is already a sequel and a lot of downloadable content for you if you really get into it.

Also, if you love that crazy Anime style comedy from Japan the story mode of this game is very bizarre and hilarious.

arbitrary credit for gore and nudity = 1

(bouncing boobies and panty shots.)

-Felix "the Brett" Prescott