The original license owners of this have been having
fun getting this one around. First PS2 and now from a
different house, Hudson, we've got another one.
The King of Fighters is, as you'd guessed, a fighting
game with retro roots. One screen scene has a nicely
drawn Chinatown look and the other is more bland. The
characters have that Japanese anime look that all arcade
players would be familiar with.
You can fight by yourself, selecting various teams to
go forward, or you can have Bluetooth battles with nearby
friends. It's fun, although moving your fingers quickly
between the number pad controls sometimes had me foxed.
King of Fighters, PS2, Ignition
Retro-gaming is alive and well and in this game brings an old
arcade game to PS2. This is the second in Ignition's series and
there are more to come.
This is a 2D fighter with lots of nice pixels around. The
violence is cartoon-like and even humourous so is unlikely to
send anyone off on a shooting rampage or whatever. There are
seventy-five characters to choose from with some more to
unlock as you go along. Biff! Pow! Crunch!
This is reminiscent of Need for Speed: Underground
and GTA Vice City -- the first because this is the kind
of game it is, and the second for the sort of criminal driving
you might get up to especially in Miami.
It is a driving game, with various sorts of competitions
which you get promoted through as you're successful, and a
garage you can go to as well for mods. In a similar vein, you
start out with a limited car choice and this grows as you get
more skilled.
The screen is a little busy sometimes to see what's going
on but it's more than adequately done and it's the first
criminal driving sim for N-Gage if that lights your candle.
Mstation Games Review
Tue, 01 Mar 2005
Sony's PSP is a nice looking thing at a better than expected
price although getting them out to market seems to be a
problem. Is there something of the future in this? ... a
bigger handheld? Or is this just a case of Sony covering
a segment of the market they haven't been in before, and
properly differentiating themselves from the competition
by taking the handheld to a new level. Well, creating a
new subdivision is more like it. People aren't going to
consider this to be competition for a GBA, a DS, or even
N-Gage. The PSP is bigger and somehow more adult. The
interesting thing will be to watch what other things the
PSP gets up to as time goes by.
Viewtiful Joe 2, PS2, GC, Capcom Underwhelming changes and additions
have commentators almost lost for words as to why you should buy this
sequel... um, new girlfriend character, zoomy thing, er
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines, PC, Activision You're a Vampire.
You're in LA. Life is sad. There's not much to do.
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, GC, Monolith
This card-based RPG with a sky world as a backdrop rewards quick
selection rather than refined judgements. Time morphing cards are
cool.
