Japanese video game publisher Square Enix has breathed new life into this PlayStation Portable remake of Tactics Ogre, subtitled ‘Let Us Cling Together‘. First appearing on the Super Nintendo platform more than 16 years ago, this strategy role-playing game sets players as Denam, a teenage boy who is trying to save the leader of his
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The place is Japan. The year, 1545. It is the era of the Sengoku Jidai – the historical Warring States period in Japan where warlords ruled and feuded. The Ashikaga shogunate which has ruled Japan for 400 years has grown weak. Warlords – known as daimyo – are eyeing the throne. You are one such
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Rune Factory 3 A spin-off from the Harvest Moon series, the Rune Factory games feature a little more action by combining slaying monsters with farming and ranching. While you continue to grow crops, such as turnips, for sale, you also get to keep monsters on the ranch. The game pits you against monsters in dungeon
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Remakes are double-edged swords. Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals is a mostly-mirrored port of Lufia II: Rise Of The Sinistrals back on Super Nintendo. This is a good thing. Curse of the Sinistrals has a story that does not take itself too seriously. The world is humming happily when villain Gades busts out a challenge:
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Having made its mark as the premier singing game on consoles, SingStar has expanded its routine with some dancing but everything ends up looking more burlesque than brilliant. With the addition of PlayStation Move controllers, you can now dance to the songs on disc, ranging from NSync’s Bye Bye Bye to Gwen Stefani’s What You
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Mafia 2 This open-ended action adventure surprised us with cinematic storytelling and stunning DX11 graphics. The setting is the mid-20th century in the fictional Empire City. You play as Vito, a World War II veteran who returns home to a life of crime. The experience bears a striking resemblance to Mario Puzo at his finest.
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The next highly anticipated shooter from id Software impressed us because: 1) the role-playing and story elements represent a departure for id Software 2) you can use looted artifices to build new weapons and gadgets 3) it’s the next Carmack engine and should be a great benchmarking tool.
