An exciting combat system and lots of hours of gameplay help compensate for a very ho-hum story. Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment is not the most accessible action RPG out there, but it gets enough things right along the way to make the experience worthwhile. Having played the PlayStation…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Well, this is quite the way to wrap up what has become one of my favourite games of 2014. How is it From Software has managed to take a brightly lit, snowy environment and make it just as desolate and foreboding at any of the caverns…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Dark Souls II has been among my favourite titles of 2014. It has a palpably dark, heavy setting that has weighted in on me throughout the journey, making even small victories seem more important than they probably are. It is one of the ultimate high risk/…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The idea behind a collection of classic games like Pac-Man Museum is to capitalise on a long term nostalgia from the game’s original fans. Most of these packages reflect not on an end goal such as ‘beating the game’, but instead competing for the highest score…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the recently released Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures on the PlayStation 3. It offered some neat throwbacks to Sonic or Mario in there with its 3D platforming and power-ups. Namco Bandai made a game with the same name…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Boy Pac-Man has changed a lot over the last 33 years. I still remember the arcade cabinets that released when I was just a little kid back in 1980 (I feel like I just dated myself a bit there). But as with all things, a touch…
Read MoreNamco Bandai Games recently revealed that it will be rolling out new streams of information daily on the Dark Souls II Facebook page, starting September 5th. This closed-beta will allow players to step into one of the most treacherous areas of the game and are stating that only the hardcore…
Read MoreDespite the fact that I never really got into the RPG genre (which deserves an article of its own), I have always loved exploring mysterious new worlds. This doesn’t happen much outside of your Elder Scrolls and Dragon Quests, but games like Super Metroid and Shadow Complex managed to combine…
Read MoreThe Ninja Storm series is arguably the most popular of the Naruto games that Namco Bandai releases, and now Cyberconnect2 will be updating its last entry to Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst. A new chapter of content and character for versus mode will be added, as well…
Read MoreAs a big Dragon Ball Z fan, I realise that the games very rarely cover ‘new ground’ these days, but I still get excited over new releases as Namco Bandai tries to do different things with the series. This one appears to be a fighting game with a multiplayer slant…
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