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Samurai Beatdown [Review]

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 08:38
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Overall Feeling: 

Taking the slice and dice genre in a different direction, Samurai Beatdown creates an identity of its own due to its inventive rhythmic touch mechanic and captivating visuals.  For $1 the game is worth the money despite being a bit short on content and not having secondary features such as leaderboards to obsess about.  If you’re searching for a quick action game that has beats to die for then Samurai Beatdown is a game you need to pick up ASAP.

The Pros: 

+ Music is the very definition of good buttery beats.

+ Touch mechanics work perfectly.

+ The three difficulty settings each provide a nice challenge without becoming too hectic or annoying.

+ Art design has a ton of nice flourishes thanks to the varying locales.

The Cons: 

- Having only five levels results in a rather abrupt ending and shortens the replay factor somewhat.

- Some additional samurai skills would’ve been nice to spice the action up.

ShogunGamer.com Rating : 
9

Over the last few years video games have changed in more ways than one, especially when it comes to how we actually play them.  Alongside the advances made in the field of motion control, gaming has also gotten a lot more touchy thanks to the advent of games that feature or revolve exclusively around touch controls. 

Darksiders Co-Creator/Creative Director Departs THQ

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 06:25
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Darksiders co-creator and Vigil Games Creative Director Joe Madureira has announced his departure from THQ.  Best known for his work in comic books over the years, Joe transitioned to the world of video games with great success thanks to the Darksiders series.  Providing the same art style Joe was known for, the Darksiders series presented gamers with a nice mixture of old-school action/adventure gaming but now such a thing may be a thing of the past due to this new development.

Code of Princess [Review]

Submitted by Michael R. Rousseau on Sat, 10/20/2012 - 12:26
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Overall Feeling: 

Code of Princess tries very hard to recapture the spirit and charm of its spiritual predecessor, Guardian Heroes, but ultimately fails to provide the same fast-paced, tight experience that it tries to emulate. There are rumblings of a greater game underneath the sluggish, frustrating combat that Code of Princess provides, but these never quite resonate, and remain buried under poor design choices.

The Pros: 

+ Fun, quirky characters

+ Robust combat system with a lot of room for personalized combos

The Cons: 

- Action feels sluggish and unrewarding

- Grinding is necessary to come close to scratching the game’s harder encounters

- Visuals are stunning up close, but drop in quality drastically when more than three enemies appear on-screen

ShogunGamer.com Rating : 
4

A legacy is a double-edged sword. For a game with a great legacy, there’s a good chance that gamers will be into your concept based solely on a name drop. Conversely, if your game isn’t a worthy successor to a beloved classic, chances are it’ll get more flak than a bomber flying over France circa WWII.

Sleeping Dogs Goes The Horror Route With Nightmare in Northpoint DLC [Video]

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 12:56
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It may be a common theme now since past endeavors have proved successful as Sleeping Dogs is the latest game to release a Halloween/horror themed DLC add-on.  Rockstar Games got the ball rolling two years ago with the release of RDR: Undead Nightmare and then Sucker Punch released the massively successfully Infamous 2 add-on Festival of Blood.  Now Square Enix and United Front Games are stepping up to the plate with their own brand of horror in Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in Northpoint.

EX Troopers Hands-On [Preview]

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 12:56
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Capcom hasn’t exactly been as forthcoming as we wanted them to be on the matter, but even if the Lost Planet spin-off that is EX Troopers isn’t coming to the West we can ultimately get a small taste of the project.  Since Capcom hinted that EX Troopers wouldn’t be coming westward any time soon gamers have been outright annoyed since the game looks better than how we all thought it would be. 

Halo: Forward Unto Dawn Episode 3 Is Now Available

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 08:42
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If you have been wanting Halo: Forward Unto Dawn to pick up some steam in a sense and go balls to the wall with action then you’re bound to be happy today.  Episode three of Halo: Forward Unto Dawn has been released today and as expected it picks up from the climatic end of episode 2, but from there it goes into full-on action mode that will likely have the hearts of the Halo nation in complete flutter mode.

First Footage of Gun Runner, Midway's Attempted Stranglehold Rebranding

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 08:41
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Uncovered like an ancient relic, footage has surfaced of yet another cancelled game from Midway’s attempts at making HD games this generation.  Posted by former Midway VFX Lead Sean Lantis, the game we have today is a title called Gun Runner which surprisingly was being built as a spiritual successor to Stranglehold.  

Wreck-It Ralph Is Front and Center In These New Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Screens

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 11:49
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Potentially stirring up debates of marketing pushed too heavily within a game, Sega has released some new screens showcasing the appearance Wreck-It Ralph, the main character of the upcoming Disney CG film of the same name, in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.  Announced rather subtly earlier this Summer via a Sega blog post, Sega has released brand new screens showing Ralph and classic Sega characters in some rather intense yet colorful kart racing action.

Harry Potter for Kinect [Review]

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 11:49
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Overall Feeling: 

The savior of the Kinect hasn’t been found since Harry Potter for Kinect is simply an okay game that will clearly please its target audience of children.  Some control issues are present such as certain motions not being picked up or taking too long to register in addition to endless pantomime wand waving becoming old over time. Even with those obvious and ever apparent issues, Harry Potter Kinect manages to provide some consistent entertainment partly because the production values are surprisingly good for a licensed based game, especially a Kinect one.  Longtime Harry Potter fans probably won’t be amazed by this new Kinect effort, but it is a valiant effort nonetheless.

The Pros: 

+ The essence of Harry Potter is captured from top to bottom in a way that doesn’t feel forced.

+ This may be a licensed game, but the production values are surprisingly high.

+ Playing the game is easy most of the time so it’s a perfect game for younger gamers.

The Cons: 

- The "best of" nature of the game presents an odd flow to things since the finer points of the film/book narrative and even certain scenarios are lost in the shuffle.

- Once again we have a Kinect game that isn’t perfect since certain movement commands don’t register properly.

- Occasional difficulty spikes are somewhat odd and annoying.

- Being able to put your face on an original character is cool, but it looks a bit creepy in a zombie/wearing a face mask sort of way.

ShogunGamer.com Rating : 
6

It may seem like Warner Bros. is beating a dead horse at this point by not letting a franchise bow out gracefully. I’m of course referring to how we’re still receiving Harry Potter video games despite being almost a year removed from the final chapter of the Harry Potter film franchise.  For ten long years gamers had to withstand some rather uneven Harry Potter games via Electronic Arts and now Warner Bros. is trying their hand by directly publishing the new wizard based video games.

Strike Suit Zero Surfaces Again With A Kickstarter Campaign

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 09:06
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Making games isn’t an easy or cheap thing to do and in some cases some help is required. Thankfully the phenomenon that is Kickstarter proved that gamers are interested in funding games they’re interested in and today yet another game has gone the Kickstarter route: Strike Suit Zero.

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