Category: Reviews
December 23, 2011
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is the latest entry in the popular series released by Ubisoft, which is a continuation of the overarching story of the secret war between the Assassins and Templars. Revelations will intertwine the stories of Desmond Miles, Altair La-Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze in a way never seen before in the series.
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Posted in Games, PC, PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 | 20 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
December 9, 2011
The original Saints Row, while a sales success received some criticism for trying to be too much like the Grand Theft Auto series. The folks over at Volition, Inc. set out to remedy this by going off on their own direction with the franchise and it seems to have paid off. If you thought that there was no way for Volition to make The Third crazier than Saints Row 2, you may be in for a surprise.
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Posted in Games, PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 | 7 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
November 21, 2011
With Vince Zampella and Jason West, the former heads of Infinity Ward out of the picture, many questioned if Infinity Ward was now a shadow of its former self. Activision brought in all of the guns to get this game together with Sledgehammer and Raven Software backing up Infinity Ward on development duties.
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Posted in Games, PC, PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 | 166 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
October 23, 2011
The Gears of War franchise has reached the end of its trilogy with the release of the third game. As Cliff Bleszinski claimed previously and a question that is probably on every Gear-head’s mind – is Gears of War 3 truly the best of the series?
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Posted in Games, Microsoft, Reviews, Xbox 360 | 248 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
September 9, 2011
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is the highly anticipated prequel to the original game released over a decade ago. The franchise has garnered a cult following for employing some gameplay mechanics ahead of its time.
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Posted in Games, PC, PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 | 36 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
May 4, 2011
Portal 2 is Valve’s latest mind-bending masterpiece with more of everything that made the first game great. The first Portal game came packaged with Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 in The Orange Box, making it an excellent value. However, can Portal 2 stand on its own as a fully fledged game?
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Posted in Games, PC, PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Valve, Xbox 360 | 49 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
April 10, 2011
Arrival is Bioware’s last DLC for Mass Effect 2, which leads right up to the highly anticipated third installment out later this year. With a series of high quality DLCs out already, many may ask – is Arrival the last piece of must have content before Mass Effect 3?
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Posted in PC, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 | 27 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 25, 2011
Homefront is the latest title from Kaos Studios, the same developers who brought you Frontlines: Fuel of War. The game offers a unique story revolving around an invasion on American soil by the North Korean army. While the story may seem farfetched, it does bring a refreshing change of pace to the military shooter genre.
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Posted in Games, PC, PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 4, 2011
The multiplayer mode is definitely the crown jewel in Killzone 3. After extensive playthroughs and countless hours with the retail copy on public servers I have to say that Killzone 3 has one of the best online modes seen in recent memory.
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Posted in Games, PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Sony | 179 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
February 9, 2011
Mass Effect 2 may seem like a distant memory for Xbox 360 and PC owners, but the game recently received an energy injection with the launch of the PS3 version. The PS3 version comes in a tidy bundle with hours of additional content on the disc not found on the previous versions, but is it enough to categorize this version as the definitive one?
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Posted in Games, PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Sony | 367 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro