Games

Bloodforge

Posted April 23rd, 2012 by Apoch

Bloodforge is the story of Crom, a man who left behind the wars of his clan to established a family. While out hunting for food, he passes out, viewing a nightmare unlike that of the battles which replay in his sleep. When he awakes, he finds his village under attack, and his wife calling out to him. Having no other choice, he slays the invaders in his path in hopes to save her, but soon finds he was tricked. Now he is on a quest in this God of War clone, seeking revenge against the diety responsible.

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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Posted April 7th, 2012 by Apoch

Action

Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Slant Six Games
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Release Date: March 20th, 2012

Capcom has been ticking their customers off left and right as of late thanks to downloadable content already being found on the disc, as well as varied renditions of games being enhanced and sold for near retail prices shortly after the initial version’s release. But, in preperation for their upcoming Resident Evil 6, a hopefully far more successful sequel than Resident Evil 5 was with fans, the publisher hired Slant Six Games to come up with a third-person on-line heavy shooter. The end result is the title Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City. But, does this canon spin-off that brings fans back to the glory days of Resident Evil 2 have what it takes to reach into their hearts and not violently rip them out and tap dance on it?

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Diabolical Pitch

Posted April 4th, 2012 by Apoch

Diabolical Pitch is one of those titles with a very interesting concept behind it. Given this is a Suda 51 creation, it really should come as no shock. The foundation for it is simple: A virtual game of catch. However, it’s a game for your pathetic soul. Playing as a character named McAllister, you happen to be in the biggest game of your life, but suddenly your last pitch destroys your arm. You can longer throw. You’re worthless. You have to retire. That is, until a talking cow doll picks you up and brings you to a fun park, where your dreams can come true. Your one and only wish is to have your arm back to the way it was before the injury, so you can get back on the pitchers mound and keep playing until your wildest aspirations are finally realized. Sounds wild, doesn’t it? But does this end up being too far fetched to be an enjoyable experience, or is this cosmic craziness the perfect blend of past times and science fiction?

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Shoot Many Robots

Posted April 1st, 2012 by Apoch

Shoot Many Robots is a title that has slowly picked up popularity as something you can quickly throw on and play just to mindlessly kill things in the middle of the night, or just to waste some time. Demiurge Studios has put together a mildly addicting side-scrolling shoot ’em up title that puts you in the shoes of Walter P. Tugnut in the middle of an overun robot apocalypse. What plays out is a Borderlands style Contra game that incorporates RPG elements of leveling up and equipment customization through discovery, as well as a digital store. With all the simple ideas for an enjoyable casual title at work, it’s hard to imagine that this would be anything more than just a way to kill time, and definitely nothing less.

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Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime

Posted March 25th, 2012 by Apoch

Ghostbusters is a franchise that has never died down. Between two smash movies, hit animated series, and a slew of other things such as a spin-off television animated series, comics book series, a number o terrible games, action figures, and more. While the Ghostbusters games have gradually been getting better, the demand of the passionate fans of the films for the third installment has been strong, especially when word came out that there originally was a third film planned that never happened, but thanks to this sudden increase in fame it appears that it may come to light. Recently, Atari secured the rights to this franchise, and issued the Ghostbusters video game for all leading console platforms. However, for home consoles, and gamers into trophies/achievements, the games were broken, and at the point of this review are still broken, or require you to redo everything on a different tag, something that many fans didn’t want to have to do. So, when it was announced a new title in the series would be released, it left Atari in a position to really have to redeem themselves. Sadly, with Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime, a top down Action shooter, it fails miserably.

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Happy Action Theater

Posted March 14th, 2012 by Apoch

After waiting and spending plenty of hard earned money on bills until the day I could save up enough to finally obtain an Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral, the day finally came. Racing home with my fiancee I found a nice spot for the sensor, plugged it in, and started plowing through the many acquired titles for it. But there had been one Xbox Live Arcade title that kept peaking my interest. Double Fine, the creators of Brutal Legend, had a mini-game driven title named Happy Action Theater on the marketplace, and given their quite wide diversity when it comes to new titles, it was something I couldn’t help but throw some money at. But, was it really worth it?

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