Silent Hill 2

It’s hard to write a review for a game that you beat 10 years ago and lost the review for, but here I go... Silent Hill 2 isn’t just a frightening game. Silent Hill 2 is a rarity among games. It is a life-changing event. Allow yourself to...

The Red Star

This game was pretty good. It reminded me a lot of Apocalypse for the PSOne. As big a fan as I am of top-down, bullet hell shooters, however, this game managed to fall short of my hopes. The story is fairly throw-away, which is fine for the type of game that...

Final Fantasy XII

Although probably my least favorite Final Fantasy game, this is a very good game. The story, a politically themed affair, was less interesting to me than the normally spiritual or personal themed stories that I've grown accustomed to in my FF games. Military and political themes just don't do it...

God of War II

This game does everything that the first one did just as well. Yes, there are some minor improvements and new skills, but ultimately, gameplay wise, if you've played God of War, you've played God of War II. However, story wise, if you've played God of War, you damn well better...

God of War

Awesome action with a great story and very nice art direction. Some jumping puzzle annoyances, repetitive enemies and an out of the world bug during the final boss battle dropped this game down a point. Otherwise, holy crap. I'm surprised an American company made this game. It's that good of...

Tomb Raider Anniversary

By the end of the game, I was frustrated by the amount of time spent looking at the loading screen due to instant deaths and deaths from what I felt were unfortunate level-design/combat combinations. Controlling Lara in her environment is by far the most fun in the game, although some of...

CMT Presents Karaoke Revolution Country

It's essentially the same game as Revolution Party, except with country songs and country singer-type unlockables (spurs, boots, hats, rhinestones, etc. ). So, while I appreciated the gameplay on a technical level, it was difficult to get past the country songs. It's one thing to have to hear them now...

Soul Calibur III

This is a great fighting game. There are tons of characters to choose from, a unique story mode, tons and tons of unlockables, and a very deep fighting system. The only reasons this game didn't score higher were: - The game is brutally difficult for someone who doesn't play a lot...

Rule of Rose

For those of you not familiar with the theme of this game, the basic premise is that an orphanage of little girls gets abandoned by all adults and the girls make up their own rules/government/aristocracy and do horrible, horrible things to each other. It's kids at their absolute worst. The...

Taiko Drum Master

Played through on Normal mode. I probably would have liked Taiko Drum Master more if I hadn't thoroughly played both versions of Donkey Konga and Guitar Hero first. There's something far more satisfying about pounding out the beats with my hands. Also, Donkey Konga has, (of course) two surfaces to...