NBA 2K27 by developer Visual Concepts and publisher 2K Games—Sony PlayStation 5 review written by Nick with a copy provided by the publisher.
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Showing posts with label video game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video game. Show all posts
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten - PC Review
One of the worst feelings as a game is having your hopes up about a game, only to come away horribly disappointed. Dungeons was one such game for me when I panned it in my review. What is even better however, are those pleasant surprises you just never see coming. Defender's Quest is one such title for me.
Fatal Inertia EX - PlayStation 3 Review
I have gotten some very cool games from the PlayStation Plus program since signing up for it. Of more recent note are some of the bigger, full games like Borderlands, Sleeping Dogs and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition. There have even been some very timely releases like Double Dragon: Neon for free on the day it came out.
Unfortunately the earlier offerings were generally not quite as good. I have touched on some of those, like Inferno Pool or the PlayStation Minis I reviewed here. There is no doubt in my mind that the PlayStation Plus service has only gotten better.
Well, one of the remnants from early on I still had not spent much time with until recently was Fatal Inertia.
Unfortunately the earlier offerings were generally not quite as good. I have touched on some of those, like Inferno Pool or the PlayStation Minis I reviewed here. There is no doubt in my mind that the PlayStation Plus service has only gotten better.
Well, one of the remnants from early on I still had not spent much time with until recently was Fatal Inertia.
Hamsterball - PSN Review
This is a cute, quick little game that was yet again one of my earlier PlayStation Plus freebies. It sort of reminds me of the old Marble Madness game I played for the NES a million years ago - except I did not enjoy this title nearly as much as I recall Marble Madness.
Super Splatters - PC Review
I have played a lot of puzzle games over the years, but The Splatters came across as something quite different when I was first introduced to it last year. There is a lot more to it than the typical puzzle games, which usually present themselves with some strategy such as aligning three colors in a row or working disparate shapes into one another to create full rows.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - PS3 Review
Almost every video game console has a handful of exclusive titles that help define what that console meant to its fans. Sometimes those games span several console releases (Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Halo, etc). The PlayStation 3 has seen a few series carried on from the PlayStation 2 (Killzone, God of War), but has also seen a couple of series that were born and carried out over the span of just this console generation. The Xbox 360 had that with Gears of War, while Sony gets series like Infamous and Uncharted to show off.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - PS 3 Review
I hope you all had a nice weekend. I definitely got some gaming in here and there, and have a ton of reviews and articles coming up over the next month or two. Hopefully you enjoy them - and as always, thanks for stopping by!
Let me just start by saying Uncharted 2 was one very entertaining ride.
Okay, sticking with the rest of the review then at this point? Glad to have you along.
Let me just start by saying Uncharted 2 was one very entertaining ride.
Okay, sticking with the rest of the review then at this point? Glad to have you along.
Infamous - PlayStation 3 Review
I hope you all had a great weekend. I certainly enjoyed mine as I got lots of gaming in and got to hide away indoors from our dark, gloomy weather. This morning the skies are still incredibly dark over here, so I decided to go with the dark wallpaper image and kick off the first of my 3 'darkly themed' game reviews this week - Infamous.
I am not always a big fan of sandbox games. In RPG's where I can grind for experience and items, it is a bit easier on me than the GTA or Red Dead games which I can fully appreciate on a technical level, but just never seem to get into enough to want to spend more than a handful of hours on them. So, when I picked Infamous up, it sat on my shelf for awhile. I knew the scores were good, but I just was not sure about how much I would enjoy the game.
I am not always a big fan of sandbox games. In RPG's where I can grind for experience and items, it is a bit easier on me than the GTA or Red Dead games which I can fully appreciate on a technical level, but just never seem to get into enough to want to spend more than a handful of hours on them. So, when I picked Infamous up, it sat on my shelf for awhile. I knew the scores were good, but I just was not sure about how much I would enjoy the game.
Rage - Xbox 360 Review
Well - it's finally Friday. Being fully back to work after some time off over the last couple of weeks is both good and bad I suppose. It gets me back to a slightly more 'structured' schedule - where I should be back to my 2-4 posts a week norm going forward. Unfortunately, I'm a bit 'down' on playtime for games lately as a result since work has been VERY busy. I still have a handful of reviews in the cooker and have been following a lot of different game announcements (I am VERY excited from what I've been reading about Fire Emblem for the 3DS). Speaking of reviews...
Everything about Rage prior to its release seemed amazingly bigger-than-life. Boss fights, expansive environments, multiplayer and more. Then the game came out to really solid critical reviews and good early sales, but before long found itself heavily discounted at a lot of stores. Last week I saw it new for $15. So what is Rage? It is a first-person shooter from the makers of Doom and Wallenstein - so they know their way around a gun or two in video games.
Everything about Rage prior to its release seemed amazingly bigger-than-life. Boss fights, expansive environments, multiplayer and more. Then the game came out to really solid critical reviews and good early sales, but before long found itself heavily discounted at a lot of stores. Last week I saw it new for $15. So what is Rage? It is a first-person shooter from the makers of Doom and Wallenstein - so they know their way around a gun or two in video games.
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition - Review Revisited
I am a bit fan of the Dragon Age series and reviewed several of the titles from before such as Origins, Awakening, Dragon Age 2 and even the Facebook game Dragon Age Legends. Generally speaking I have enjoyed every game in the series for different reasons and to varying extents, but the original Dragon Age: Origins was the introduction point for the series and a game I enjoyed greatly.
NBA Jam: On Fire Edition - PlayStation Network Review
NBA Jam has been around forever. I did a Retro Reflection on one of the earliest console releases, loved it in the arcade and even reviewed the more recent Wii version on this site as well. I am a huge fan of the NBA (and the Pistons in particular). For those unfamiliar with the series, this is two on two 'streetball' but on the shiny hardwood of NBA arenas. You will not be playing an NBA Simulation here like the excellent NBA 2K12, but instead will be shoving, alley-ooping and catching fire in a much more arcade style game.
Happy Halloween!
Good morning, everyone. It is that time of the year when it gets really cold out and people want to hype up small children so their parents go a little bit more crazy than usual. I have long enjoyed scary movies and games, and Halloween tends to bring about an abundance of both every year.
Darksiders - Xbox 360 Review
Just a quick review of some limited time I had with the first Darksiders in the past. Had a far more hectic weekend than I planned with a wedding and some other stuff going on - which sadly meant almost no gaming outside of my iPhones games since we were on the road a lot. With our youngest still doing the Trick or Treat thing, this week will no doubt continue the feeling of being busy as Halloween approaches, but here is something to tide you over in the meantime. Hope you had a great weekend!
I never bought Darksiders, and I will admit I have never completed it. Like when I reviewed Enslaved: Odyssey to the West this was just one of those titles I was never convinced of to buy, so I played it at a friend's house on and off. Therefore, I will not give this game a real detailed review seeing as I spent only a handful of hours with it, but I have played enough and seen enough to develop a pretty solid opinion of the game.
I never bought Darksiders, and I will admit I have never completed it. Like when I reviewed Enslaved: Odyssey to the West this was just one of those titles I was never convinced of to buy, so I played it at a friend's house on and off. Therefore, I will not give this game a real detailed review seeing as I spent only a handful of hours with it, but I have played enough and seen enough to develop a pretty solid opinion of the game.
Guardian Cross - iPad/iPhone Review
I have been noticing a lot of collectible card games for the iOS lately, and it makes sense really. Matches are usually quick, there is a competitive online element and they tend to be more strategic than action-based. I first heard about Guardian Cross by Square Enix some time ago, and it finally got its release and I have been playing it daily since.
LittleBigPlanet: Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves - PlayStation 3 Review
Little BigPlanet got a ton of play this weekend from my youngest. She has always loved the series - pretty much fell in love with it since playing the first game, and she has enjoyed the series since. It sort of amazes me how much time she puts into it, but she makes most of her online friends through the game, and spends hours upon hours creating and testing areas - often Pokemon themed.
I hope you all had a very nice weekend and got some gaming in. I got obscene amounts of several titles in, and probably have upwards of forty hours in total clocked in on Dragon's Dogma now. I am about halfway through the primary storyline, but have been keeping busy with all of the side quests. I also have several online franchises in Madden that have progressed (more effectively than my Lions have progressed in real life). I have some Magic: The Gathering to play tonight -and it should be interesting as a few of the guys I play with tonight attended the pre-release tournaments for the upcoming expansion, so I'll get to see some new cards in play this evening.
So, speaking of Little BigPlanet, I thought I would touch on one of the spinoffs from the primary series.
LittleBigPlanet is pretty big in my house. My son likes it, but my youngest daughter? Well, she loves it. It is pretty easy to see the appeal. I have never really gotten into the game myself, but with those design options I probably would have eaten this series up as a kid who learned BASIC for the sole purpose of creating Choose-Your-Own-Adventure stories on my TI99/4a. So back when we had a move, Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves came out and then shortly after it was a freebie for PlayStation Plus owners. My daughter was very excited to give this game a go.
I hope you all had a very nice weekend and got some gaming in. I got obscene amounts of several titles in, and probably have upwards of forty hours in total clocked in on Dragon's Dogma now. I am about halfway through the primary storyline, but have been keeping busy with all of the side quests. I also have several online franchises in Madden that have progressed (more effectively than my Lions have progressed in real life). I have some Magic: The Gathering to play tonight -and it should be interesting as a few of the guys I play with tonight attended the pre-release tournaments for the upcoming expansion, so I'll get to see some new cards in play this evening.
So, speaking of Little BigPlanet, I thought I would touch on one of the spinoffs from the primary series.
LittleBigPlanet is pretty big in my house. My son likes it, but my youngest daughter? Well, she loves it. It is pretty easy to see the appeal. I have never really gotten into the game myself, but with those design options I probably would have eaten this series up as a kid who learned BASIC for the sole purpose of creating Choose-Your-Own-Adventure stories on my TI99/4a. So back when we had a move, Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves came out and then shortly after it was a freebie for PlayStation Plus owners. My daughter was very excited to give this game a go.
Hydrophobia: Prophecy - PlayStation Network Review
Halloween is right around the corner, and with it - my slighter darker themes and wallpapers for about the next month. Hope you all have a good weekend planned. Mine will (surprise!) consist mostly of gaming. I have a few different things I'm juggling going into this weekend: Actually getting some decks revamped for my weekly Magic: The Gathering card night on Monday, reviewing the Magic: The Gathering expansion DLC for Planeswalkers 2013, catching up in my Madden online franchises (I have 3 and I'm behind in two), trying to make some headway in Dragon's Dogma (big game, and I've easily sunk 30 hours into it while only having gotten through about half the main storyline) and I've been trying to work on some new things for my MUD as we usually have a Merriment of Masks festival on there around Halloween. We will see just how much of this stuff I put a dent into by Monday morning when I post here. For now? I have a review of a game that is not necessarily a horror one, but has some tense moments that fit decently with the site update.
I remember seeing some footage of Hydrophobia back when it was first announced for the Xbox 360. The water-related physics and graphics looked pretty impressive and it was officially on my radar. Then it came out to tepid overall reviews while I was in the middle of playing quite a few other games, so I just never bothered to pick it up. Since then it has been re-released with the 'Prophecy' addition to the title, and by and large the reviews were much more positive afterward, claiming that this was the definitive release to try.
The game has a Tomb Raider in water feel to it. You control a female protagonist who uses guns to deal with enemies while you solve environmental puzzles via lots of climbing and jumping. It is a tried and true formula that has been imitated quite a few times over the years, with some examples being more successful than others.
I remember seeing some footage of Hydrophobia back when it was first announced for the Xbox 360. The water-related physics and graphics looked pretty impressive and it was officially on my radar. Then it came out to tepid overall reviews while I was in the middle of playing quite a few other games, so I just never bothered to pick it up. Since then it has been re-released with the 'Prophecy' addition to the title, and by and large the reviews were much more positive afterward, claiming that this was the definitive release to try.
The game has a Tomb Raider in water feel to it. You control a female protagonist who uses guns to deal with enemies while you solve environmental puzzles via lots of climbing and jumping. It is a tried and true formula that has been imitated quite a few times over the years, with some examples being more successful than others.
Super Penguins - iPhone/iPad Review
With my new iPhone has come a lot of new games to try out. Most of them have been of the slower-paced variety like RPG or CCG style games. However, it is nice to try out some other types of titles, especially those that make better use of the iPhone as a whole. One such game I have been sinking quite a bit of time into lately is Super Penguins.
Diablo III - PC Review
Took me long enough to finish and prep my review for the following game - but here it is. Also, sometime tomorrow I will be picking the winner for my Double Dragon: Neon PSN code giveaway.
In my mind, this was the most anxiously awaited PC game since Starcraft II came out. Opinions formed on Diablo III often and early, ranging from the online connectivity to the style of the game's graphics. Still, as we have seen in the past, great expectations can often lead to great disappointments. We have seen that with other titles like Mass Effect 3, when many of its loyal fans felt let down by the ending, the multiplayer component or that it seemed more focused on action than tactical or roleplay elements. The other side of the coin is something like Skyrim, that generally was well-received (though bugs - especially on the PlayStation 3, really hampered its release). So how does Diablo III hold up?
In my mind, this was the most anxiously awaited PC game since Starcraft II came out. Opinions formed on Diablo III often and early, ranging from the online connectivity to the style of the game's graphics. Still, as we have seen in the past, great expectations can often lead to great disappointments. We have seen that with other titles like Mass Effect 3, when many of its loyal fans felt let down by the ending, the multiplayer component or that it seemed more focused on action than tactical or roleplay elements. The other side of the coin is something like Skyrim, that generally was well-received (though bugs - especially on the PlayStation 3, really hampered its release). So how does Diablo III hold up?
Reminder: Contest for a free PSN game
I haven't gotten much traffic on this yet - good news and odds for the few who have. I don't have much to toss out today - hoping to have a fairly decent review up Friday though. In the meantime - the contest for Double Dragon: Neon for PSN:
Busy weeks, and a contest - quick Gaming Thoughts
This feels like a theme right now. Lots of time spent at work, lots of time at home doing work for work, and then in my spare time spending what time remains sleeping or with family. It does look like things should return to 'normal' (no one's ever actually accused me of being normal, mind you) this week, at least for a few weeks. Sadly, my Lions let me down last night against the 49ers (I had a hunch they would, but hey - you can still hope. That is why they play the games), but I've still had enough time to rattle off a few hours of gaming here and there.
