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Jan4No Comments
Happy New Year! And now for a new feature – GBF’s monthly top ten. As the name suggests, it’s the ten most visited reviews/features of the past month (not including news or the ‘about’ page), in this case December 2008 - it’s just like the charts, only considerably more interesting. This is based on the… Read More
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Dec31
The Legend Of Spyro: The Eternal Night
Filed under: PS2 Game Reviews Tagged as: 3D platformer, billy west, elijah wood, krome, ps2, spyro
by Tom Clare1 CommentThe Eternal Night proves to be a most prophetic name for what is undoubtedly Spyro’s darkest gaming hour. Fans accept the series hasn’t hit the same highs in recent years as the original trilogy managed on the PSOne, but Spyro’s fall, even since 2004’s decent A Hero’s Tail, is simply cosmic. A New Beginning (the… Read More
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Dec25
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
Filed under: PS2 Game Reviews Tagged as: gabe logan, lian xing, ps2, sony, syphon filter
by Tom ClareNo CommentsOff the back of three progressively more excellent PSOne releases, Syphon Filter unexpectedly took nose-dive of epic proportions in 2002 with its disastrous PS2 debut, The Omega Strain. Few series have suffered such a sharp decline in fortunes from one instalment to the next, but the good news is, Dark Mirror reverses the trend in… Read More
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Dec20
LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
Filed under: PS2 Game Reviews Tagged as: attack of the clones, lego, lucasarts, ps2, revenge of the sith, star wars, the phantom menace
by Tom ClareNo CommentsWhen it comes to console gaming, Star Wars has had a decidedly chequered past, with a very high turnout of mediocre titles offset by only a modest selection of good ones. However, its quirky union with LEGO has lead to one of the series most memorable instalments for some time.
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Dec15
XII Stag
Filed under: PS2 Game Reviews Tagged as: arcade, ps2, retro, shoot 'em up, taito, twelve stag
by Tom ClareNo CommentsAh, if I’m not mistaken, this is one for the connoisseurs. XII Stag was never a game Joe Public was going to rush out and buy on-mass – one look at the reverse side of the games case reveals that much – instead, it’s targeted at those who wished the days of hardcore shoot ‘em… Read More
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Dec12
Dead To Rights 2
Filed under: PS2 Game Reviews Tagged as: dead to rights, jack slade, namco, ps2, shoot 'em up, third-person
by Tom ClareNo CommentsIt’s hard to shake the feeling that Dead To Rights 2 was conceived a generation or so too late. Little of Namco’s usual style, flair and assured quality are in evidence, meaning the player is left to battle with dated gameplay mechanics and a half-baked story that’s defined by its anonymous cast. When mixed with… Read More
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Dec9
Warriors Orochi 2
Filed under: PS2 Game Reviews Tagged as: dynasty warriors, koei, orochi, ps2, samurai warriors
by Tom ClareNo CommentsAs you may already have deduced, Warriors Orochi 2 is rather similar to the fifteen other ‘Warriors’ themed hack ‘n’ slash ‘em ups that have invaded the PS2 over the last few years and the target audience thus remains much the same; those who find its gameplay unchallenging and repetitive will find plenty to dislike,… Read More
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Dec8No Comments
To celebrate the festive season, GBF have a quintet of new PlayStation 2 reviews coming your way over the next few weeks, where we pass judgement on KOEI’s mass-slaughter fest Warriors Orochi 2 and Namco’s shoot ‘em up Dead To Rights 2. Elsewhere, retro shoot ‘em up fans will get their fill with the unheralded… Read More
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Dec6
*GALLERY* Lunar: The Silver Star (Mega-CD)
Filed under: Game Gallery Tagged as: funny, ghaleon, images, lunar, mega-cd, screenshots
by Tom ClareNo CommentsThe process of translating a Japanese RPG must be quite a task – even the most modestly sized of role-playing games contain thousands of words of dialogue, and then there’s the question of whether a joke in one language will still be seen as funny in another. Many games contain genuine humour, whilst others highlight… Read More
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Nov23
Lunar: The Silver Star
Filed under: Mega-CD Game Reviews Tagged as: game arts, mega-cd, rpg, us import, working designs
by Tom ClareNo CommentsHaving been largely ignored upon its 1993 Mega-CD release and also the subsequent reimaginings that appeared on the Saturn and PlayStation, Lunar: The Silver Star has gradually amassed something of a cult-status. Developed by GameArts, it acts not only as a precursor to the brilliant Grandia, but in its own right, Lunar’s simple but effective… Read More
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- January 2009 on GBF
- The Legend Of Spyro: The Eternal Night
- Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
- XII Stag
- Dead To Rights 2
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Christmas Period 2008 on GBF
- *GALLERY* Lunar: The Silver Star (Mega-CD)
- Lunar: The Silver Star
