Saints Row 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)Saints Row 2 is the sequel to an xbox 360 only open world crime game.It is impossible to not compare this game to Grand Theft Auto 4 but if you give both of them an impartial look, they play very differently.Perhaps the best way to describe Saints Row is the "anti-GTA 4".

GTA 4 was one of the most massive games ever created.The expansiveness of Liberty City can be a bit daunting.The whole game just oozes polish from every polygon.The amount of resources that Rockstar must have poured into the making of the game must have been staggering.If this is the case, why are so many people's copies gathering dust?I can only speak for myself, but the game was lacking one very important thing.The game was just not fun.Despite all the polish, the voice acting, the story, I just didn't enjoy it.

The reason why I say all of this is because Saints Row 2 is almost the complete opposite.It is one of the most fun games I have played in recent memory.Then when you bring a friend along in co-op it just gets insane.Playing with another person over PSN is a blast as you cover each other's back blasting gangmembers, cops, and the Ultor corporation.It's hard not to crack a smile when your partner is speeding down the wrong side of a highway weaving through traffic while your blowing away your motorcycle riding pursuers with a grenade launcher.Not to mention the heaploads of customization options you can make to your protagonist, your cars, your houses, and your gangs.You can invite someone over just to show them your super tricked out rides.

Not that the game is perfect.The graphics are good, but not necessarily great.The colors in certain areas can seem a little washed out.The shooting mechanics could use a cover system a la gta 4, but you can grab anyone nearby and use them as a human shield which works out pretty good as well.Also the game has a plethora of adult situations and very coarse language.I'm not very squeamish when it comes to exposing responsible kids to a some PG-13 or even light rated R kind of stuff, but the thought of playing this game around an impressionable child makes me uneasy and probably shouldn't be done.So if you have young ones, definitely have them occupy themselves in another room or wait until after bedtime to bust this baby out.

All in all, if you even a casual fan of open world crime games, you owe it to yourself to at least give Saints Row 2 a try.Heck, you can even hit me up and I'll play with ya!!!PSN ID RellPhoenix

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Super Granny 3 Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this game for my son (5yrs old).I have sat & watched him play this & played it myself.Just love the graphics & the witty/funny remarks from Super Granny herself.My son has just about played the whole game now.Being based as an arcade style game, the use of the controls are not hard to learn at all.There are some challenging levels which I have helped him out on.It is a very addicitive game.Before I bought the game, I had previously played demo versions of it, so I have had no regrets in purchasing this game at all.I thoroughly recommend this game to families.

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Welcome to Super Granny 3, a new action, adventure and exploration game starring the most unlikely superhero ever: Super Granny! After her troubled tropical trip and wild winter retreat, Super Granny is dropped into her most ambitious adventure yet, a run-down European theme park where she must rescue her arch-nemesis, the evil Dr. Meow, from the clutches of his even-more dastardly master, Mr. Fang. With the help of over 30 all-new interactive items Granny will run, dig, climb and float through 5 new worlds with over 200 levels of puzzle-solving, item-tossing, hilariously addictive fun. An all-new level editor will keep you entertained for ages.

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Sonic Rush Adventure Review

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(More customer reviews)UPDATE: After posting this article, I discovered you CAN in fact jump straight into different levels. It goes to show the importance of reading directions. While this does improve my already positive review of Rush Adventure, the 3D aspects of the game really don't add enough to the overall experience to up this title to a 5 star.

Sonic Rush brought the fleet footed hedgehog's side scrolling adventures to the dual screen.

The 2nd installment in the Rush series, thankfully, keeps the good and adds some nice little extras into an already solid platform.

As in the previous Sonic DS title, style plays a big factor in this game. When sliding along rails, or leaping through the air, pressing buttons will allow Sonic and Blaze to strike stylish poses to fill your boost meter. This was tweaked ever so slightly this time around to make it much more fluid.

The level design is also made just a slight more intuitive. In Sonic Rush, the feeling of old school Sonic blazing through the levels was brought back to life in a big way. Rush Adventure pretty much does the exact same thing, just removes a couple of floor spikes, causing the action to flow at top speed pretty much the entire time.

Without a doubt the largest change from Rush to Rush Adventure is the 3D gameplay. To get from level to level, Sonic and friends have to travel via jetski (you will unlock different crafts throughout the game.) Using primarily the stylus, you'll collect rings and take down enemies on your way to your chosen destination. Honestly, I've found that sometimes this is enjoyable and sometimes I want to just skip past it. Still, it doesn't detract from the game.

The cast of characters is what has become the typical cheesy Sonic fare. The storyline is no different. As the reviewer before me, I sometimes long for the days of old where Sonic would just show up, run around bashing enemies, flip the sign, and move on.

As far as replayability, the main storyline pretty much requires it. You'll need to go through levels multiple times in order to obtain the parts required to upgrade to better vehicles. Because there are so many ways to race through any given level, it really doesn't get old. After all, a misplaced jump could either send you flying into a bottomless pit or drop you to some path which you didn't even know existed.

Adventure is notably easier than its predecessor. Much the same as New Super Mario Brothers, you could quickly find yourself with an overabundance of extra lives.

While Sonic Rush Adventure may not turn into a Nintendo DS classic, it is definitely a solid purchase and worth the price.

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Sonic returns to the Nintendo DS™ with all the classic 2D, dual screen action the fans loved in Sonic Rush™, as well as a new high-seas adventure where he clashes with ruthless pirates. As Sonic, players will set off from Windmill Village to explore seven action-packed levels featuring the classic 2D gameplay that the Sonic series is known for. Now players will get to explore the action stages to uncover valuable items and materials which allow Tails to build new ships that help Sonic track down the villainous pirates. With a fleet of up to five ships, including a submarine, water bike, and hovercraft, players will use the touch screen technology in exciting new ways to control their ships as they race across the ocean gathering rings, busting tricks, and torching pirate ships in fierce ship-to-ship battles. At the end of each level, players will test their skills in epic 3D boss battles that span both screens, including the ultimate showdown with the evil pirate, Captain Whisker. Let the adventure begin!

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Pac-Man World 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)This has truly got to be one of the best games for PS2!If you enjoyed playing Pac Man, and all the other Pac Man games while you were growing up (yes, I'm talking to you, the one's who are now parents or in that late 30's early 40's age bracket.) then you will thoroughly enjoy this PS2 game!The graphics are fantastic, similar to the original Pac Man games but you can now butt-bounce and more!I'm on the verge of purchasing this item myself.The reason I can tell you that it is good is we justrecently rented it from a local chain store and my daughter (9) and I haven't been able to put it down!
Again, if you love Pac Man and you want to have fun and relive your childhood but with more umph then you'll enjoy this game!It's also ideal for the whole family not just us big kids!

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Pac-Man is on a brand-new adventure, and he's once again facingthe pesky Ghost Gang. His quest takes him through six new lands with plenty of fresh surprises. Brand-new features include ice skating, roller blading, submarine diving, and many exciting puzzles to solve.

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Luigi's Mansion Review

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(More customer reviews)Don't be fooled that Luigi's Mansion, a game that is only good, serves as the Nintendo Gamecube's star title. By now, that honor belongs to Super Smash Bros. Melee, and at launch it was held by the likes of Rogue Squadron 2 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. Here to give you the word on Luigi's Mansion is Nintendorks' Eric Denney.
"It's been very difficult to come to a decision on just what to rate Luigi's Mansion. Luigi is the closest thing to a Mario Flagship title that we saw for GameCube launch, and the bar has been set almost impossibly high after Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, and Super Mario 64. In the end, while still a solid game, Luigi's Mansion doesn't deserve a spot next to the predecessors.
Now that the ugly comparison is out of the way, lets examine the merits and faults of Luigi's Mansion in its own right. What we have in Luigi's Mansion is a fun, solid adventure title with little to no replay value.
While the game concept is hardly fresh (and indeed been nearly beaten to death by Capcom), Nintendo still manages to pull it off with characteristic grace. Using the Poltergust vaccum to suck up the ghosts, and mastering the timing of using the flashlight (or other objects) to make the ghosts vulnerable injects a breath of fresh air into the game. At the same time, it proves to be a good example of how to properly program a game for the GameCube controler. Every button is put to good use, and it isn't hard to believe that the game was designed to make the most out of the controller. It wouldn't surprise me at all if future games in the haunted mansion genre start to pick up on some of the controller ideas in future installments.
Luigi's Mansion is a fun game, but hardly worth the full retail price. You can rent it once, twice, or even thrice and have a great time with it. A rental time, however is about all the time you need for it. I'm no game wizard (in fact, I rather suck at figuring out game puzzles), but I breezed through this game effortlessly. I wouldn't call it easy, but it isn't more than moderately challenging even at its best. Rent it, and you take it back satisfied. But there are just too many great GameCube games out now to spend the full $on Luigi's Mansion."

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Luigi's Mansion is a great adventure game starring the previously-overlooked Mario brother!

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Backyard Football Review

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(More customer reviews)Boys and girls (and their parents--believe me!) will love this fun, exciting football game from Humongous Entertainment. It features characters familiar from other "Jr. Sports League" series: Easy-goingKeisha, lightening-fast Pete, and others of different ages, races, sizes,and abilities.
The action is fast and the selection of plays is greatfun (you can also create your own plays!).Passing plays are the mostdifficult; you might want to encourage your child to focus on running,kicking, and defense, and help him or her with passing. (Our 5-year oldeventually got the hang of the whole game). You can set 3 difficultylevels, play a league series culminating in a the "Super-ColossalCereal Bowl" or play single "pick-up" games, play in presetor random weather conditions, and even make up your own player withdifferent skills (it's fun to name this player after yourself)!
A fewcomplaints: Once again, Pete Wheeler is the athletic, but intellectuallychallenged kid.I found some of his dialogue offensive--but it offers agood chance to talk with your kids about stereotypes. The compilation ofplayer stats is good, but not as complete as the Baseball game offered byHumongous. A creative and fun addition is the inclusion of several NFLplayers (including Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Randall Cunningham, BarrySanders, Brett Favre, and John Elway) as kids playing along with the Jr.Sports League cast.Now, not that I ever play this game, but I recommendKeisha on defense, Pete at running back, Barry Sanders at tight end, Annieas kicker.....
(I also recommend highly the Backyard Baseball Game byHumongous.)

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Featuring NFL Players As Kids!Product InformationGrab your helmet because it's time to team up with the BackyardKids!The roar of the crowd. The cool autumn air. The mud on your jersey. It'sBackyard Football! Now you'll get a chance to play against your favorite sportsstars. Pick from Steve Young Barry Sanders John Elway and your favorites fromthe Backyard Bunch. Then choose your team logos colors and strategy.Join announcers Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield for some of the wildest footballever! You direct the action as you run pass tackle and kick in an action-packed backyard football game.Play action-packed football games with pint-sized versions of real-life proslike Brett Farve Drew Bledsoe Barry Sanders Randall Cunningham and more! Callthe plays run the routes make tackles and score winning touchdowns. Choosefrom all 31 NFL team names and logos and play an entire 14-game season endingwith the Super Colossal Cereal Bowl.It's the chance of a lifetime to play with the pros right in your own backyard!Product FeaturesKid versions of real-life prosChoose from 31 NFL team names and logsFive-on-five games with instant replay and touchdown dancesSimple point-and-click controlsExciting network multiplayer capabilityTrack game season and lifetime statsWindows RequirementsWindows 95/98/Me/XP or VistaPentium 133MHz32MB of RAM20MB free hard drive space (if you wish to save games in progress)1MB Windows 95/98/Me compatible SVGA video cardWindows 95/98/Me compatible sound cardDirectX version 5.0 or higher (DirectX 8.0 included on game disc)4x speed CD-ROM driveMacintosh Requirements132MHz PowerPCSystem 7.5.5 up to 8.632MB or RAM20MB free (if you wish to save games in progress)4x speed CD-ROM drive

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Nancy Drew 75th Anniversary Review

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(More customer reviews)I own all of the Nancy Drew PC games and even though I'm an adult, I have a great time playing them (I pass them down to my nieces afterwards -- it helps having played the game for when they call and need help!). Secrets Can Kill is the first in the series and the only one that has an actual murder in it (the others focus on items being stolen, treasures hidden, "ghosts", and so on). "Secrets" is the weakest of the series but that's to be expected since it was the first and Her Interactive has made many improvements with each game. The game is point-and-click and the cursors change color and look when there's something of interest. Navigation is pretty easy, the graphics are rich and colorful, and some of the puzzles can be very challenging. In the earliest games you could choose between Master, Senior and Junior Detective but later games just offer Junior and Senior. Junior Detective mode gives Nancy a little book where she keeps track of what to do next, so kids can refer to it and not get too lost. The games became more educational with the titles of Dolphin Cove (you learn about dolphins, whales, nautical terms and flags, etc.) and Secret of the Scarlet Hand (all about the Mayan culture with settings in a museum). Some titles are just spooky fun like Haunted Mansion, Blackmoor Manor, Treasure in the Royal Tower and so on. The voice work on these games is good, but sometimes you can tell the actor is faking an accent. There's not a lot of animation, and the suspects usually stay in one spot so you know where to find them when you need them. I would recommend these games for preteens and up because some of the effects could scare a small child (in a couple of the games there is an explosion effect when you choose the wrong thing -- luckily there is always the "Second Chance" button, but the suddeness of the bang could make you jump if you don't know it's coming.) Overall, this series just keeps improving. I'm looking forward to the next one which will see Nancy in Paris, France.

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To mark the special 75th Anniversary of this savvy super-sleuth, The Adventure Company brings you 5 best-selling Nancy Drew games for the PC and a special bonus feature.Secrets Can Kill: Solve a murder and catch the devious culprit. Place yourself in the role Nancy Drew, as you go undercover to track down the criminal using your seasoned-detective investigative skills.Stay Tuned for Danger: TV's hottest soap star, Rick Arlen, is receiving threatening letters, and it's up to Nancy to get to the bottom of them. Are they serious or just a prank?Pose as an extra on the set to unravel the web of deceit lurking in the wings, and the lies surrounding the suspects.Treasure in the Royal Tower: While snowed-in at the Wickford Castle Ski Resort you, as Nancy Drew, are trapped in a place that's as strange as its history. The castle is a riddle, full of dead ends and detours that hint at royal legend. Solve baffling puzzles, search concealed rooms, interview evasive suspects, and sidestep snowy danger on the hunt for a secret that someone else is desperate to discover first.Final Scene: A friend's kidnapping puts you, as Nancy Drew, into a race against time at the century Palladium Theater. The place is destined for demolition in three days-but the kidnap victim is being held captive somewhere inside!Message in a Haunted Mansion: Nancy has flown to San Francisco to help out an old family friend who is turning a beautiful but dilapidated Victorian house into a bed-and-breakfast establishment. Nancy gets set to help with the renovation and is told about the strange goings-on and accidents. Always eager to solve a mystery, Nancy is determined to uncover the cause of the ‘accidents' plaguing the renovation of the old mansion. Some believe that the mansion is haunted...

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