Team sports games are not my forte.  Actually I’m pretty bad at them.  The more complicated they get, the more focus I have to expend on divergent numbers of teammates all working to accomplish something in concert, the worse off I fare.  If I’m really being honest, with anything significantly more involved than Virtua Tennis, I’m lost.  Pro Evolution Soccer is a game that, while not exactly… Read more

Fifa 11 is a football game that has a very tough reputation to maintain, as it has always managed to provide a quality service that few other football based console games have been even remotely close to matching, let alone exceeding. Indeed, it would seem that many sporting simulation games are released with very little effort or consideration made as to the quality of the game, as the creators… Read more

There is a general consensus that video games that are based on movies are typically little more than a cynical commercial cash in and so the emphasis is squarely upon the profit margin rather than providing a gaming experience of worth or value to the player. This may sound a rather unduly harsh and draconian perspective to adopt but the truth of the matter is that when it comes to Astro Boy:… Read more

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, places the player in the shoes of one Carl Johnson, a Grove Street gang member who has finally returned home to the gang infested city of Los Santos after his mother is gunned down in a random attack by rival gang members. Intercepted by the brutal and corrupt members of CRASH (wonderfully voiced by Sean Penn and Samuel L. Jackson), CJ must fight for his life to… Read more

When Metal gear Solid 1 for the PSX was released, it received mixed reviews indeed. Although it was praised for its innovative gameplay, featuring tactical use of espionage and strategic thinking, many people were deeply disappointed at just how quickly the game could be completed especially if the player had any experience with video games at all. With some people able to complete the game from… Read more

Looking at the eerily lifelike the in game universe of Liberty City, the corrupt and sprawling metropolis within which Grand Theft Auto III is based upon, it is hard to believe that this is a game that belongs to the same family as GTA 1 and GTA 2, two games which made use of painfully slow and badly rendered sprites and graphics. Graphics In GTA 1 and 2, the player was forever resigned to… Read more

Whenever a cartoon is released in the cinema, it is typically only a matter of time before the inevitable port to all of the major video game consoles is also launched. Unfortunately, the vast majority of cartoons that have been ported to video games have been nothing short of unmitigated disasters and a more cynical person may be inclined to believe that the producers of such games are hoping to… Read more

The 12th offline instalment of the internationally renowned off the Final Fantasy franchise, Final Fantasy XII was released for the ps2 games console in Europe at 2007, amid a great deal of speculation and eager anticipation. Many were curious as to how the game would turn out, as a number of radical alterations were being introduced to the game under the guise of progress, but some die hard fans… Read more

Set in the 80’s, where the player is in control of Tommy Vercetti, a prominent figure in the Liberty City mafia who is sent to the Miami inspired Vice City to establish a foothold on behalf of his bosses back home. Unfortunately, Tommy quickly realises that beneath the glitz and glamour of the neon lights and exotic clubs is a very dark and violent world indeed. Variously teaming up with, and… Read more