PS2 Game Reviews
Xenosaga Episode II
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Thursday 7 December, 2006
Back in the days when the original PlayStation was still the console to own, RPG gaming was in something of a golden period. Fans could barely move for quality titles; as if the glut of Final Fantasy&... Read More...Dragon Quest VIII: Journey Of The Cursed King
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Friday 17 November, 2006
Just how big is Dragon Quest in Japan? It's very big indeed - in fact it's something approaching a phenomenon. It's sales figures point to this; in it's battles with Final Fantasy,... Read More...Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Friday 10 November, 2006
It just goes to show how quickly fortunes can change in the fickle world of gaming. When Crash Bandicoot made his last platform-based appearance on the PlayStation format in 1998, the orange marsupial... Read More...Metal Slug 5
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Thursday 2 November, 2006
The Metal Slug series is something of a rare anomaly in gaming terms. Whilst most old-skool franchises have seen fit to acquire 3D facelifts and employ flashy effects in order to remain in vogue for t... Read More...Drakengard
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Tuesday 31 October, 2006
When Japanese gaming giants Squaresoft and Enix merged in April 2003 to become the company we now know as Square-Enix, there was more than a hint of surprise in gaming circles. The two companies rival... Read More...Tekken 4
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Monday 30 October, 2006
In many respects, the Tekken series of the mid and late nineties came to define the PlayStation generation. It did for the beat 'em up genre what Gran Turismo managed for racing games - shaking u... Read More...Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Wednesday 25 October, 2006
When it comes to comic-book adaptations, it's fair to say that Judge Dredd has had a harder time than most. The universe in which he resides is a far cry from that of most superheroes - a dark, dystop... Read More...Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Tuesday 24 October, 2006
It took the appearance of Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time for me to realise how little the traditional, exploration-based action/adventure genre had been represented of late. Indeed, to find the l... Read More...Gran Turismo Concept 2002 Tokyo-Geneva
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Friday 20 October, 2006
Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo series has a rather fine pedigree in gaming circles. The self-proclaimed 'real driving simulator' raced onto the PlayStation scene in 1998, reinvigorati... Read More...World Rally Championship 3
Written by Tom Clare in PS2 Game Reviews, Wednesday 11 October, 2006
When Sony got their hands on the official rights to the FIA World Rally Championship in 2001, their first foray into the rallying genre was a reasonable if unspectacular affair. It had the licence and... Read More...Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call
It seemed odd that a Japanese RPG would publicise a minor cameo from Devil May Cry star Dante extensively on its box-art, especially given just how far removed Lucifer’s Call is from the action ...
Crash Tag Team Racing
Crash Bandicoot seemed to be on an all-too-familiar descent from prominence following the departure of its creator Naughty Dog, with the so-so Nitro Kart and lacklustre platformer TwinSanity failing t...
WipEout Pulse
If ever you wanted a textbook example of how not to go about PR, then surely the farcical PS2 release of WipEout Pulse in 2009 is it. Sony’s plan of attack seemed less intent on marketing the ga...
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