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Review – Battletanx: Global Assault
The original Battletanx on the N64 is an absolute gem. Any game that rewards your exploration with a tactical nuke is okay by me, and Battletanx had them in spades. It wasn’t a perfect game, by any means, but it’s one that is absolutely worth playing for its breezy gameplay and fun multiplayer. However, if there’s any reason not to…
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Review – Twisted Metal (PS1)
The original Twisted Metal has been something of a mystery to me. A friend of mine used to own a PS1 (he doesn’t anymore because I own it), but the rental store we frequented only carried the sequel in perpetuity. I have vague recollections of having experienced later entries in the PlayStation series, but never the first. In fact, gazing…
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Review – Earthworm Jim 2
Yeah, just try and convince me that Earthworm Jim 2 isn’t a work of art. How else do you describe a game that abruptly casts you as a blind salamander clutching a plasma gun and drops you in a giant maze of intestines filled with pinball bumpers while playing Moonlight Sonata in the background? Earthworm Jim 2 is an inexplicable game.…
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Review – Mega Man X6
From my perspective, the Mega Man X series has been in constant decline since the launch of the first game. Each game is just slightly worse than the last, and with X5, that decline seems to have picked up speed. Considering I count Mega Man X as one of my favourite games of forever, it’s sad to suddenly feel like…
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Review – Mega Man X5
We’re starting this review off with some spoilers about Mega Man X3, because this is important. We need to talk about the series’ plot and this is the perfect place to do it. So, sit back and let me complain for a minute. At the end of the SNES trilogy of X games, there was always a text crawl that…
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Review – Mega Man X4
There were six games of the classic Mega Man series released on the NES, the last one arriving as late as 1994. That’s pretty far past the launch of the SNES and even came after the release of the inaugural Mega Man X game. So was Capcom going to pull the same thing with the SNES and release up to…
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Review – Mega Man X3
I often regard the six original Mega Man games as sort of one single game. They were all basically the same title, with small tweaks and additions made throughout. You get a power-slide in 3, a chargeable buster in 4, and so on and so forth, but otherwise they were essentially interchangeable. This ended when Mega Man X hit the…
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Review – Mega Man Legends
Playing through the entire Mega Man X Legacy Collection was difficult. Not in the sense that I had difficulty surmounting the games, though there were some challenging moments, but because some of those games are just terrible. The latter half of the series was taking its toll on me and affecting my mood. It was disheartening, but I slogged through.…
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Review – Army Men: World War: Land Sea Air
Years after writing this review, I had convinced myself that I accidentally played Land Sea Air on hard mode and wasn't able to change it back. So, I tried it again, making sure it was on Medium. Nope, this game really is so unfair that it's painful to play.
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Review – Army Men: World War (PS1)
Yeah, Army Men: World War. All those other times? The world wasn't at war. This time, it's the whole world. Okay, the nomentclature is actually referring to the fact that it mixes modern Army Men with WWII-like battlefields. This may surprise you, but the result has its merits.
