Tag: Playstation 3
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Destiny Review – A Calling Left Unfulfilled –
By Patrick-James Reyes Destiny Developer: Bungie Publisher: Activision Released: 9-9-14 Platforms: Playstation 3/ Playstation 4/ Xbox 360/ Xbox One MSRP: $59.99 It has been four years since Bungie’s last game. Now at last we arrive at a new frontier of their design in the form of Destiny, but what is it exactly? According to those…
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Deep Space of Expectations – Destiny Initial Impressions
Publisher: Activision Developer: Activision Platforms: Playstation 4, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One Release Date: September 9, 2014 Genre: MMORPG, FPS Rated: T for Teen MSRP: $59.99 Marketing is a dual-edged sword for any game – it either keeps a game from fading into the mass sea of other similar titles, or burns it asunder in…
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In the Valley of the Land of “HD” Remakes
Recently, Pokemon Company through Nintendo announced remakes of the games Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire renamed Alpha Ruby and Omega Sapphire. Like many Pokemon fans, I was excited although for a different reason; this was part of the series I had yet to play. With it coming to 3DS (and I’m missing my GameBoy Advance), I…
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The Easy Way Out: Has Modern Gaming become easy?
I despised the Lion King game for one reason only; the second level. Everyone knows the second level, right? The one with the tree platforming (which took me hours to do) that transitioned into riding on the ostrich’s back while dodging the various roots and branches in yourw way to race to the end? That…
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Forgiveness – Metro: Last Light Review
By Terry Randolph Developer: 4A Games Publisher: Deep Silver Release Date: May 14, 2013 Rated: M for Mature Systems: Xbox 360 (Reviewed), Playstation 3, PC Platform: FPS/Survival/Suspense MSRP: $39.99 Forgiveness is incredibly hard to successfully convincingly convey as a concept for interactive mediums. It’s a weighty topic that is based more on inferences and individual…
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Sailing into the Horizon: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Review
A great swan song and fitting goodbye to a prominent console generation, and the start of something wonderful for the newest consoles. Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft Platform: Xbox 360 (Reviewed), Playstation 3, PC, Xbox One, Playstation 4, Wii U Rated: M for Mature Release Date: Oct. 29 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U),…
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The Promise of Yesterday: The Prequel-Sequel Paradox
By Terry Randolph *Warning: Mild spoilers below for several games below. Whenever a prequel is announced for a series that recently ended, I cringe. Mostly it’s because these games come towards the tail-end of the franchise or at its conclusion, and feels unnecessary in the scope of things. I get it, the promises and potential…
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Terry Randolph’s Top 20 Video Game Characters – (#10-1)
10. Riku – Kingdom Hearts Franchise One of the most sympathetic “villains” to grace the JRPG scene, Riku is a really a kid caught between fighting his own inner demons that are consuming him and fighting for his friends. Especially in a game I think is targeted more towards kids, Riku’s character was surprisingly mature…
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Hall of Fame Review – Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Developer: Rocksteady Games Platforms: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Release Date: October 18, 2011 Rated: T for Teen Platform: Action/Stealth A revitalizing tale in a troubled genre By Terry Randolph For many years, the superhero genre was in a stagnant state of mediocrity. Granted, there were several…