Crimson
Sea
Dynasty
Warriors, in outerspace! It had a story too, one that wasn't
that bad.
Suikoden
Decent
RPG stuff here, a good foundation for a great series.
Suikoden
II
A
damn good game. Tight story, with twists turns and multiple
endings.
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.hack
Part 1
What
can I say? The experiment in multimedia with Anime and games
was interesting but the game itself was pretty lame and the
story was paced so slowly I could be made to care any more.
Suikoden
III
I
replayed what I feel was the best game of last year. Wonderful
stuff.
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Animal
Crossing
It
had me in its web for a while, but the constant work to accumulate
material goods made the budda sad.
The
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Looks
really cool, but the absence of voice acting made me look for
something else to play. I still have my copy, I’m hoping
to get a chance to play it someday.
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Enter
the Matrix
Ok
so it didn't live up to the hype, but I did manage to get through
the repetitive gameplay in order to see the movie footage.
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6/03
- Shadowbane
I had fun with
this game at the beginning as you level terribly fast and it's
always fun to learn about a brand new world. But the fact is the
game is dying due to lack of players. The game wasn't set up to
play as a loner as there are no quests of any kind. So after the
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7/16
- KotOR
So far this
is my favorite for game of the year. Great story, good gameplay.
Finally a chance to frolic in the Star Wars world that we love
so dear.
7/30
Final Fantasy VI (FF 3 originally in the U.S. for the SNES)
A classic game.
I was playing the port that they released for the Playstation.
I was a bit disappointed to see that there were only 3 CGI movies
given as a bonus. But nothing can take away from this game being
simply brilliant. Fantastic story, great characters and a villain
worthy of our collective wrath.
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8/16
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8
8's not great.
Koei improved on most of the personal interaction but the battles
were sucked dry of any semblance of fun. I've been saying it for
a while now but this proves it. I want the Dynasty Warriors engine
for the battles in RTK.
8/27
- Soul caliber 2
I've only played
this for a little bit but from what I can tell it's very faithful
to its predecessor - which means its a very good game.
8/28
- Buffy the
Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds
I loved the
television series. But the game features certain lame cliché
game contrivances that make it hard to play.
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A tactics game that incredibly funny and fun? You bet.
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10/7
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
The
first Final Fantasy game to appear on an American Nintendo in
over nine years.
10/12
- Final Fantasy Tactics
As
soon as this oldie light up the Playstation a smile hit my face.
I knew, as Ray Charles used to say, "You've got the right
one baby"
10/21
- ESPN NBA Basketball
The
title doesn't rhyme with disappointment but it should.
10/29
- Final Fantasy XI
MMORPG,
J-RPG style. Very well made, very addictive. I love this game
so much I've asked it to marry me, we now have 3 children and
are moving into a bigger house in the suburbs together.
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11/1
- Top Spin
Best
Tennis game since Virtua Tennis, complete with an online feature
that is very smooth.
11/18
- Final Fantasy X-2
Squenix
ventures forth into the realm of the sequel with chicksploitation
'a plenty. Still if you can handle the 180 degree change in
mood, you pleasure will be X-2.
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12-17
- Prince of Persia
I was very
pleased to see that someone had finally created a character that
had a number of cool moves to rival a certain fat Italian plumber.
The other impression I had was that the game seemed to be a bit
light on the action, opting for more jumping puzzles. Now don’t
get me wrong. They’re good jumping puzzles, I just prefer
my gameplay to be 80% smashy smashy, 20% puzzles/anything else.
Otogi:
Myth of Demons
I haven't had
a chance to finish this yet but it does have a quality to it,
great mood.
12/28
- Warioware, Inc.
A
breath of life for handheld gaming. This game is the Tetris of
its generation. |