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May 4, 2021
[Review] X-Men: The Official Game (PS2)
April 27, 2021
[Review] X-Men 2: Wolverine’s Revenge (PS2)
Here begins my foray into X-Men movie tie-in games. Not a great start.
May 27, 2020
[Review] Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Mermaids (PS2 & DS)
Yay! Mermaids! But can a game intended for preschoolers entertain me, a grown adult, a task for which it was never intended??
August 30, 2019
[Review] Onimusha Blade Warriors (PS2)
I got this game because it features Zero (as he appears in the GBA Rockman Zero games). I love it for that, but otherwise it’s an OK entry in the “platform fighter” subgenre.
July 24, 2019
[Review] Shamu’s Deep Sea Adventures (PS2)
Alongside the DS version, I also played the console iteration of SDSA. It’s a strange awkward thing, a sort of beat-em-up/collectathon/2.5D sidescroller. It’s not very Ecco-like but you have to give Sand Grain credit for trying something different even if it didn’t totally succeed.
February 3, 2019
[Review] Spyro: A Hero’s Tail (PS2)
Eurocom saw fit to shake things up slightly with their take on Spyro. A lot of the formula remains but there are tweaks that seem small but change the whole experience. It’s still good but it marks the beginning of the era where the series began drifting away from its roots.
December 2, 2018
[Review] Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (PS2)
Enter the Dragonfly was the first console Spyro game after Insomniac finished the original trilogy. Unlike the later Hero’s Tail which chose to shake up the gameplay and expand the character cast, this one hews very, very closely to the formula established by Insomniac. Some see this as a weakness but the authenticity of the classic gameplay hit the spot for me, and I enjoyed the game despite its flaws.
July 20, 2018
[Review] Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (PS2)
Nearly finished folks. Unlike the DS tie-in game, the adaptation for consoles isn’t a graphical beauty, to say the least. It’s a perfectly cromulent game but… *yawn* sorry, what was I saying?
May 20, 2018
[Review] Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (PS2)
I’d written off the 3D iteration of Ecco, because a. it’s a cool hipster thing to be a fan of only the pre-reboot version of something, and b. with my current setup emulating either Dreamcast or the PS2 port was impossible. When I decided point “a” was stupid and I really wanted to try it, I bought a PS2 in real life, went in with an open mind and ended up really loving DotF.
September 19, 2017
[Review] Rayman 2 (PS2 & 3DS)
As an addendum to my Rayman quest, I picked up two different ports of Rayman 2. Comparing the two was informative, as each has been enhanced in different ways (for some good references for this check out the Rayman PC wiki). But first, a brief rundown of the game and my impressions.
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