Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Nintendo DS) - 8.5/10

For the first 5-10 hours I thought that Ghost Trick might have been the best adventure game released in the 21st century that I've played. The genre has been stagnant for literally over 20 years, and this was finally a fresh concept with a different style of gameplay. You play as a ghost who can possess and manipulate objects. You have to accomplish tasks by stringing various actions together.

The plot is your basic protagonist amnesia thing, which is almost always great for a while but usually collapses when the big revelations inevitably cannot be as interesting as it was when everything was still mysterious. I think in many cases with games (and other media) like this we'd be better off not getting the "answers" at all.

The game had some moments that made me genuinely laugh, which is extremely rare for me in games. Colorful characters. It's not too wordy (a problem I've already mentioned and will mention in future reviews), although towards the end it starts to get there. The text scrolls fast though so you're not frustrated by the pace.

Definitely a recommendation for anybody who likes adventure games. Most people would probably like it unless you can't stand non-action games.

Xbox360 Rage 7.9/10

IMO a solid shooter, nothing more, nothing less.

+ Some cool weapons like the wingstick or that pulsecannon
+ KI is pretty good, enemys are moving fast and taking cover
+ The car mechanics are well done
+ Kinda hard, cant just rush through enemys
+ nice artwork

Setting is cool, but nothing new if u played FO3 or Borderlands

- Missions are uber lame
- So is the story (lol ending)
- All the sidemissions and other things to do (racing, crafting, looting+selling) are boring. You just dont get enough reward for doing it, so there is not much sense in it...
-only one boss fight
- I had bigger hopes for it because it was said to be a mix of shooting/action/rpg and racer


But if you take it as what is you ll get some nice shooting action...

Good review for Rage. It could have been a great game, but the ending (if you could call it that) was horrible.

House of the dead: overkill (wii)

Silly game that's a lot of fun. Game is totally a joke. Story is hilarious. I can't believe this was released on the wii. Would get a higher review if it wasn't a rail shooter.

8.5/10

Haha, I had a lot of fun also with this game. The final boss and dialogue is quite disturbing IMO.

Yes, the ending was so fcked up, it was funny.

I will probably stop playing the Wii because I just bought a PS3 that was bundled with Uncharted 3 (and I bought BF3 too).

I have to say that I was having a lot of fun playing UC3. Lot's of cuts to videos to move the story along, but it worked for me. Being the first Uncharted game I have ever played, I was impressed by the graphics. The controls were also new to me, obviously. I liked the fighting controls, but I liked the shooting game play best. Sometimes navigation seemed a little strange due to the perspective. The puzzles were pretty easy, but were still fun. I see that some say UC2 is the best one. Will play through the older UC games when I get a chance.

8.7/10

Uncharted 2 is about 4 times better than uncharted 3. Uncharted 2 seems like the newer game aswell.

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

This is a game I got for x-mas 12 years ago that I never finished. I decided to pick it up again about a week ago while randomly watching a speed run. It's different from other Zeldas - although it has the same gameplay as Ocarina of Time - it's quite a dark and emotional game. The reason I didn't like it at first was the infamous "3 day system". You have 3 days, in-game time of less than an hour to save the world. While this appeared stressful to me back then, it's merely an illusion. You can make time pass slower playing songs and all of the important stuff gets saved when you travel back to the first day (you lose things such as ammo and money, people don't remember you, yet you can bank the money)

It's harder to get into than the average Zelda. Being 28 now, I was really struck by the complexity of this game. This game has a ton of side quests. Unlike most Zeldas, heart pieces aren't just put in a hard-to-reach location. You have to do a bunch of stuff to really earn that heart piece.
Everything in the game has its (sometimes not obvious) purpose. There are a lot of masks you can get, and they all have their use. Whether for the main story or the side quests. To 100% this game, you need a lot of time and lots of logical thinking as well as planning.
A particular side quest in this game is mind blowing. The way the story is told is unlike anything I've seen and it's the kind of thing that can make grown men cry.

The game doesn't have as many dungeons as most LoZ titles and therefore the main story might be a bit short if you stick only to the compulsory stuff. This is a very non-linear game and although there's constantly a sense of hurry, you really have to take your time to enjoy this game and figure everything out.


This game's not friendly for the casual gamer and it's a bit sad that there is so much great stuff packed into a game so relatively inaccessible as this. You needed a custom memory expansion to play it at the time and the game does have some controversy with the limited save system.
They clearly didn't go the commercial way with this game and for that I love it. Even the ending might leave you pissed off and unsatisfied. The game isn't meant to be all joy, happiness and fairy tales with happy endings, and that is perhaps what I liked most about it - the originality.

Plays very well on a laptop with DualShock 3 btw

9.2

How does Majoras Mask end again? I haven't played it since it first came out.

please put it in spoilers if answered!

Majora's Mask is great. Nice review.


A Link to the Past is still my favorite Zelda game ever.

I'm making my way through UC3 now too and I've played the first two. I'm really mixed on these games. On the one hand the graphics are great, the acting and dialogue are fantastic and there are plenty of scenes that I look at and think "that was well done". I think my problem with these games is that I never quite feel immersed in it. It just gives me the feeling of watching the events rather than participating in them myself.

That said - the games are all worth playing.

MM is my fav zelda.

dat anju/kafei sidequest ending

Binding of Isaac 9.42/10. Buy it, play it, enjoy it.

Trine 2
Excellent puzzle platforming game. Available for very cheap too. 8/10