I just found this on Gay Gamer's site (DON'T ASK) and thought it was great and had to share.
This is old school... and I can truly say.. the good old days of gaming. I love Japanese too and have always wished I was able to understand and speak it. Enjoy some real game history history...
Planet Puzzle League is a new puzzle game for the Nintendo DS. The best way I can explain it is... touchy Tetris. Now I know there is already a version of Tetris DS (which I own as well) but Planet Puzzle uses the touch pad much more. Overall its simular to Tetris (a couple of rules changed of course). It is very addicting, and has great options and even WiFi play. I can't say enough about how good this game is. I does nothing wrong really... even has a daily play so you can try to beat your score daily (not allowed to try again until the next day). It's really the little things that matter and this game has been thought through. Really a must have. :-)
5/5 STARS
I just got the two Brain Boost games for the DS. Brain Boost Beta Waves and Brain Boost Gamma Waves. Since I am a big Brain Train and Big Brain Academy fan (how many times have I said Brain already??!!??!) I decided I could not resist. So here's the deal with these two. First of all, they should be one game, I have no idea why the company made it into two... but I have a feeling that some marketing genius is behind this.
As for the games, they are very fun. NOT as good as Brain Train or Big Brain Academy but still fun. If you want to just pick up a game and have a quick play... this is good. It's not nearly as deep as Brain Train, or as fun as Big Brain, but I liked them. I figure if they cost about $5 each or $10 together it would be the perfect buy.
So for a Brain game (I'm going for the record here with this word) I would say good game if you can find it cheap. Not very deep, but fun.
I really wish they added online play though (they are both only a 1 player games).
3/5 STARS
Well this review is a bit late as what more can be said about Gears of War? It IS the first true system seller for the Xbox 360 and rightfully so. Epic Games has done an amazing job bringing this top shooter to the Xbox 360 which no other system will get. The graphics are simply put, fabulous! I mean breathtaking... you will be blown away.
This is one of those games that once you start playing you say "wow" as your mouth stays open while you enjoy level after level of hellishly fun shooter action.
You are part of a commando team sometime in the future, after the Earth has been overrun but oversized cockroaches and other devilish looking beasts. All they want is one thing, to kill you... so your mission is simple, kill them. The thing that this game does so well is create an amazing atmosphere from beginning to end, submerging you in this hell hole of a future... and loving every minute of it. It actually gets your blood flowing and adrenaline going while you play, that's how much fun it is.
The game play is second to none, the game was obviously designed from the beginning with the Xbox 360 controller in mind. You run into a room and the first thing you do is find a hiding place from which you will peak out and shoot the enemy, and hiding again while the enemy tries to return the bulletfest you just unleased at it. Good thing too since you do have to reload at some point. The weapons are massive, a good selection, not complicated... the level design is first rate... the whole game is simply a master piece and EVERY Xbox 360 owner should have this game... no questions asked. It's THAT good!
5/5 Stars
Lost Planet is a Capcom game which was first shown at last years E3 (and was released as a demo on Xbox Live). It was released earlier this year and has sold very well. The reason for this is that it is a very good 3rd person shooter. The story takes place on a distant planet... yes an icy planet, where you must battle aliens, big ugly aliens, VERY big and VERY ugly aliens.
The atmosphere of the game is setup very well. The cold environment is well made. As you walk around in the snow (snow up to your knees) you leave a trail behind. As you kill enemies you pick up power cells (which help your life).
The story is a little weak, but typical anime kind of thing. You wake up, don't remember much, you have some new technology installed on your arm, your not sure what it does but it makes you stronger... blah blah blah.
The graphics are VERY VERY good in this game, the enemies are well drawn, some of the bigger enemies are HUGE and very impressive looking. Controls are well done, very responsive and the game overall feels like it's made for the controller. I loved the demo and the game didn not disappoint me. The multi-player is also great and is easy to use. Xbox Live is a class act multi-player network.
4/5 Stars
When I originally got Crackdown for the Xbox 360 I was really getting it for the Halo 3 beta (though I'm not sure why now as I'm not that big of a Halo fan to begin with). Needless to say the game sat on the shelf for months before I actually played it. Now that I have I can't put it down. This is a damn good game. To start off with it is not too difficult, but not too easy. It mixes many aspects of different games (such as running around shooting people, driving, looking for secrets, etc) almost like Grand Theft Auto but not as bloody (though I'm actually a gore fan [not he ex-vice president] and usually enjoy some blood in my games. Crackdown has some but MUCH less than GTA, also it's not quite as... insulting as a game. You get penalized in this game for running over pedestrians not like GTA where you get points).
The game uses its many tall buildings to hide a large amount of additional power ups which you end up spending time looking for. I mean who wouldn't want added agility allowing you to run faster and jump higher? The weapon's array is good and not too confusing. The amount of ammo in the game is good (so you don't run out easily) and the difficulty is fun, you'll get through the game but you won't breeze through it. Part of the reason is the massive area you can move around in, and you are free to go to any of the three main areas.
Oh yeah, it has very cool multi-player too where you can have friends join you and do co-op levels where you and your friends are against the bad guys. A cool idea I think, as you don't always want to blow away your friends.
Overall I have been very impressed with this game and recommend it highly.
4/5 Stars
Well I've always been a fan of Project Gotham Racing (even back from the days it was Metropolis Street Racing on the Sega Dreamcast), and when PGR 4 was announced I was very excited.
Graphics have been improved, physics have been improved... now they were going to add weather affects as well based on actual weather reports (PGR 4 is going to connect to the weather channel and download the latest weather effects from the area you are racing) VERY VERY cool... but... that wasn't enough. So they made the game EVEN better... how so? Easy, you can now select from Motorcycles or Cars in the game. And, as with the cars being real cars, the bikes are real bike... looks like Honda, Agusta and others will now be a part of the game. You will also be able to race motorcycles and cars at once... very cool. I hope they will also allow to modify the bikes allowing for new wheels, forks, springs, etc.
So as much as I love Forza 2 I have a feeling this might be my new favourite, especially if they can retain the 60 fps that Forza 2 has achieved (and MotoGP 07 looks to have problems with).
Looking forward to this one... Here is a gallery of the latest pics of PGR 4 coming to Xbox 360 this fall.
