Let’s get this out of the way right now: even though The Helicopter features a radio-controlled helicopter, it is not in any sort of competition with Shiny’s RC Stunt Copter. It doesn’t remotely aspire to that game’s level of simulation, and it won’t appeal to anybody expecting an extremely accurate flight model. What this is […]
The “vacation game” came into its own as a genre beginning around 1999, with it games like the Aquanaut’s Holiday series, Kita he, Boku no Natsuyasumi, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, and others. They are vacations not just because of their generally-idyllic settings and touristy gameplay tasks, but in the way that their gameplay […]
The release of Space Harrier Complete Collection marked a change in direction for Sega’s Ages 2500 series of retro rereleases for PS2. The series moved from often halfhearted 3D remakes and sometimes-clumsy ports (with some admitted gems here and there to a comprehensive effort at preserving classic Sega releases in the best state possible. Developers […]
For what hopefully represents the last of my experimental purchases for a long, long while to come, I picked up a copy of Sega’s rather obscure PS2 slash-em-up Blood Will Tell. duckroll ordered a copy during Play-Asia’s February sale, and delivered me enough good impressions about it that I decided to try it out. I’d […]
This game would really have been better off not being a game at all. I didn’t go into Killer7 expecting much, so what I found, with regard to its presentation, visual design, interface, and music, sort of smacked me upside the head and made me pay attention. Disregarding the actual gameplay elements, Killer7 is a […]