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October 31, 2000
More GT3 media - Comments (3) Two PS2 titles from Majesco - Comments (0) Next Gen Lara game screens - Comments (0) Cable guide - Comments (1) The Digital Out (Optical) port on the rear of your PlayStation is the port that is used to connect your system digitally to a Dolby Digital or DTS Receiver. You will need to use a Digital Optical Cable (Also referred to a Toslink Digital Audio Cable) to connect your console to your receiver in order to get full Dolby Digital (AC3) or DTS surround sound. Digital is preferred over analog because it has a wider dynamic range, which results in clearer highs and deeper, tighter bass, without the distortion common with analog connections. If your receiver only has a Digital Coaxial input, then you won't be able to connect your PS2 to it.Full article The Bouncer media - Comments (0) NBA Live 2001 movies - Comments (0) Surfing H3O website - Comments (0) New reviews - Comments (0) Setup is so easy an adult can do it. The opening “browser” screen shows a spacey abstract floating object. You’ll quickly get past that, maybe to play a DVD movie, but more likely by inserting a game disc in the slide-out slot. I started with Ridge Racer V. It was like every other auto-race game ever made except for the stunning— stunning —graphics. As your car careers into barricades, photorealistic landscapes shoot by. Next was Tekken Tag, a familiar kick-and-hit Mortal Kombat slugfest—supercharged by lifelike rippling of muscles and such. By then my 10-year-old son came home; spotting the Sony, his eyes widened to the approximate size of my TV screen. So much for homework.Full review Gamespot posted reviews of Dynasty Warriors 2 and Silent Scope. Gaming Age posted a review of Epic’s first person shooter, Unreal Tournament. Gamefan posted reviews of Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2, Moto GP, TimeSplitters and Tekken Tag Tournament. October 30, 2000 Gran Turismo 3 screens - Comments (1) Papaya Studio interview - Comments (0) Q: With a great deal of racing/driving titles coming to the PlayStation 2, what do you believe makes Top Gear Dare Devil stand out among the rest?Full interview F1 Championship Season 2000 screens - Comments (1) UEFA Champions League for PS2 - Comments (1) "We're looking at a number of new ideas and we don't know about online options at this stage, it's too early to confirm anything. We do want to get as much in there as possible though."Go here for more info FF XI information - Comments (0) "Last night, I played it with my coworkers, we walked through the forest, and it looked beautiful. The game itself is already connected to the company's local network, and we were able to chat inside the game too. For example, you can set up a PC in the local arcades and play from there. Then you can continue the game once you return to the office or back home. Furthermore, there are possibilities of using cell phones to level up your character's skills or open up your own store and see how well business is going.”Full interview New reviews - Comments (1) But problems inherent in bringing a PC-style RPG to a console aren't the only things wrong with Summoner. There are also things Volition did poorly all by themselves. Though they were the ones to figure out how to achieve some sort of anti-aliasing on the PS2, it hasn't done much for the graphics in Summoner. What the game resembles most is some kind of slightly higher-resolution form of a PSX adventure game, but with worse character models.Full review Gaming Age posted reviews of Tekken Tag Tournament and Ridge Racer V. The news posts below are from Friday (the news-script messed up) Launch day stories - Comments (0) Sega games on PS2? - Comments (0) Sega tried to calm concerns by announcing a far-reaching new business strategy, including a future plan to provide its game software to rival makers' consoles.``We are already in talks with a few foreign firms,'' Sato said when asked about licensees. He declined to give details.Full article Interview with Sony Computer Entertainment - Comments (2) J.M.: The reputation that, in the industry is perceived, is that Sony compared with Sega and Nintendo has the lesser of the internal studio developers. Why is there no other game from Sony besides "Fantavision" (available for launch)?Full interview Desert Storm confirmed for PS2 - Comments (0) Commandos 2 screens - Comments (0) Red Faction preview - Comments (0) What sets the game apart from other first person shooters is that your weapons have a very noticeable effect on the world around you. While other games use "decals" to represent bullet holes and rocket blasts on the walls of their levels, in Red Faction you can blast a hole right through the wall.Full preview PS2 giveaway - Comments (14) SSX interview - Comments (1) GS: One of the more amazing things about the game is its courses. Who designed them and what were the inspirations behind them?Full interview New Movies - Comments (0) Reviews - Comments (0) Usually you either love the control in the Ridge Racer titles or hate it, though that isn't really the case for RRV. It is both easy to pick up for beginners, and deep enough for veterans, and doesn't really require you learn to powerslide perfectly, to compete and have fun. Of course, some hardcore RR fans may frown on that, but I believe it was a good choice on Namco's part. The "bumper car" effect, when hitting walls and other cars has been toned down as well, thankfully.Full review Gamespot posted reviews of Ridge Racer V, Street Fighter EX3, Q-Ball Billiards Master and Swing Away Golf. October 26, 2000 PS2 launch - Comments (21) Sony said it will ship 100,000 units a week to retailers every week from now until Christmas. Company executives acknowledge the trickle may not be adequate to handle the holiday season demand. Despite the delays Sony still expects to sell 3 million consoles by the end of March. The PlayStation 2 will be released in anotherFull article Bloomerg also posted an article about the PS2 launch: ``Everyone is coming by and asking for it,'' said Cynthia Rodriguez, who rings up sales at the FAO Schwarz store on Fifth Avenue in New York. The toy retailer decided not to carry the PlayStation 2 at any of its 43 locations around the U.S. because it couldn't guarantee availability, she said.Full article Gamers.com kicked up some photos of people waiting in line to get their PS2. DailyRadar posted a launch guide where they review all launch games and posted a list of the different peripherals you can buy. 3.52 mln PS2s shipped in Japan - Comments (0) Sony said that 980,000 of the sleek black machines were shipped in the second quarter, and reiterated that it was on track to ship 10 million worldwide by the end of the business year to March 31.Full article F1 Racing Championship interview - Comments (0) GSUK: How did you make weather conditions realistic?Full interview Klonoa 2 screens - Comments (0) Looking for hardware news? - Comments (0) Licensed PS2 memory card from Mad Catz - Comments (0) This is significant since memory cards are expected to account for an overwhelming one-third of all accessories sold for the PlayStation 2.Full press release Birth of a Station It's Sony's intention to short-circuit this trend, by producing a platform that's inexpensive -- just $300, likely dropping to $199 by next Christmas -- and more than powerful enough to handle the most demanding 3-D games for the next few years. Sony's design for the PS2 is both sophisticated and elegant, comprised of four separate processors: the "Emotion Engine," a microprocessor far more sophisticated than the Pentium III; a "Graphics Synthesizer" capable of blasting polygons to the television; and two "Vector Units," which haven't been seen before except on exotic supercomputers such as Cray's Y-MP. It's not just a video-game console, it's a cheap supercomputer.Full article Reviews - Comments (0) TimeSplitters features a lot of different weapons, as the game's levels are spread out between 1935 and 2035. So you have a wide range of standard weapons, such as the rocket launcher, minigun, assault rifle, and twin Uzis, and you also have an assortment of futuristic weapons, which mostly act like a large collection of laser rifles. In setting up multiplayer matches, you can pick predefined sets of weapons or configure your own custom set.Full review Gamespot also posted a review of EA’s X-Squad: Throughout the game, you're treated to quite a bit of voice acting, as the rest of your squad is constantly relaying useless information to you, and there are numerous scripted cutscenes that show your team drawing away enemy fire or getting into position for a small assault on a fortified enemy position. The voice work is, for the most part, laughable, and the characters' lips seem to be moving to the original Japanese soundtrack, making the cutscenes feel even more chintzy and out of place.Full review PS2 Impressions: The system and its games - Comments (0) SSX: This games flat out ROCKS!! Not since 1080 for N64, has a snowboarding titles been this much fun to play. There are several characters to choose from, and many more that are available to be unlocked. After you select one of the available courses (most have to be unlocked) you can either, take a warmup run, compete, or free ride down. The courses in SSX, are absolutely amazing. Beautiful scenery and unbelievable course design make this game by far the most impressive PS2 I’ve played to date.Full article Launch day fun ;) - Comments (8) Well, the madness is upon us, and I am glad to report that I have made it out alive, PS2 in hand. To give you a little background on where I was: I was at the Electronics Boutique, in Chesapeake, Virgina. Here’s my story:Full article Check back later today for more updates.... October 25, 2000 F1 Racing Championship interview - Comments (0) GSUK: What about the graphics engine? Did you introduce some new special effects?Full interview Online PS2 sales on hold - Comments (20) SCEA's Senior Vice President Jack Tretton said, "By choosing to postpone the PlayStation.com e-commerce launch, we are demonstrating that our priority is to support our retail partners and, ultimately, consumers who rely upon their local storefronts to purchase PlayStation products. With the upcoming launch of the revolutionary PlayStation 2, we look forward to continuing the momentum for the category at retail by being able to offer a complete end-to-end solution to the consumer with PS one and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system."Thanks to DailyRadar for the info. Winback screens - Comments (0) Reviews/ Impressions - Comments (0) 1) SSXFull article FiringSquad kicked up a review of Epic’s Ps2 version of Unreal Tournament: "Rampage!"Full review Gamespot also posted a review of Unreal Tournament. GamePro punched up a review of Midway’s Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2: Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 is a great sequel to what was one of the best Dreamcast games to date. On the PlayStation 2, this arcade boxing game really shines. The wild characters are hilarious, the gameplay is incredibly fun, and the graphics are excellent. Midway scores a KO in Round 2.Full review GamePro also posted a review of Tekken Tag Tournament: Fans of this ferocious fighter franchise, of either the arcade or home version, will immediately feel at home with the controls. Using just the top-four buttons, directional pad, and a shoulder button to switch between fighters, bruisers can execute devastating 10 hit-combos and bone-crunching linking moves. Even if you're a Tekken newbie, the Practice mode will quickly get you in shape, as it lists every special move, which the computer will demonstrate how to do if you're unsure what the move is supposed to look like.Full review DailyRadar posted a review of Radical Design’s first-person shooter, TimeSplitters: Once several levels have been beaten, the game opens up a Challenge mode. Most of the Challenges are short shoot-'em-ups provided for the hyper player who doesn't have the 15 minutes or so needed to complete a full level. Our favorite Challenge gives players exactly two minutes to shoot the heads off of 50 zombies. Zombies, being inherently slow and dimwitted, are fun to shoot as it is, but this fun is doubled when players must use their shotguns to cause undead heads to pop off decaying necks like dandelion tops.Full review Core posted first impressions of RockStar Games Midnight Club: Street Racer: Moving on, and in terms of game-play, Midnight Club focuses on drag racing through the streets of bustling cities. Thereby, players can choose their own path through a given city, provided they also pass several checkpoints. In terms of play mechanics, the game plays well, and the control is quite responsive. However, the game runs at 30 frames per second, and there's still intermittent slowdown. Other game-play modes include capture the flag, wherein players race across a city and attempt to secure a flag before opponents can steal it. Much like its visual presentation however, Midnight Club provides a decidedly short and slightly disappointing game-play experience.Full article IGN posted Part2 of their review guide where they review DOA2: HC, Summoner, NHL 2001 and more. October 24, 2000 Smuggler’s Run preview - Comments (4) The gameplay of Smuggler's Run has been compared favorably to that of Driver's. When you accept your mission you'll be running from not only the cops, but rival gang members as well. Where this game differs from Driver is the levels in which you'll be making your getaways. Each level is a massive 3D world in which you are free to drive through, over, under, and around anything to make your escape.Full preview Racing Wheel and Controller from Radica - Comments (0) Vibra Force(TM) 2 Racing WheelFull press release PS2 Buyer’s Guide - Comments (0) New Z.O.E. movie - Comments (0) F1 Racing Championship screens - Comments (1) Ultimate Fighting Championship for PS2 - Comments (1) Retailers plugging PS2 - Comments (0) "I think every retailer is in the position that they did not receive as many consoles as they initially expected or as many consoles as they can sell," Circuit City spokesman Bill Cimino said. He would not specify how many units the company managed to secure but said each of the company's 619 outlets will have some Thursday on a first-come basis.Full article Reviews/Impressions - Comments (0) If you had to pick two words to describe Armored Core 2, "time" and "effort" would certainly be those words. With a gameplay engine and control system that are one part Mechwarrior and one part Virtual On Oratorio Tangram, Armored Core 2 may not be a burden, but it's no cakewalk either. You begin with a modest mech, with the lowest-level rifle, plasma sword, missile battery, and armor compliment. As you complete each mission or best an opponent in the arena, you earn credits toward the purchase of new parts. There are 15 part categories to attend to: head, core (torso), arms, legs, generator, FCS targeting, booster, back weapon left, back weapon right, arm weapon left, arm weapon right, radiator cooling system, inside options, extension systems, and optional parts.Full review The boys over at DailyRadar posted their impressions of 989’s NFL Gameday 2001. A slice: GameDay 2001's gameplay is no less super. In fact, this is one of the most super football games we've ever played. The AI is certainly unique. For instance, on passing plays, the defense will leave running backs completely wide open with no defender within 20 yards. Hardcore football fans like us will cry "This is the most super football game we've ever played!" when they realize that they can beat the game on the hardest level simply by dumping the ball out to the running backs again and again. Because of this, GameDay is not a football game, it's an arcade game, and a super one at that.Full article Core posted impressions of Midway’s PS2 boxer, Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2: Graphically speaking, Midway has done a decent job of bringing Ready 2 Rumble to the PlayStation2. Several graphical nuances including blurry knockouts, new taunts and winning animations have been included. While the majority of the boxes look impressive, some feature visual distortions. For example, some body parts appear to use stretched textures, distorting their otherwise polished appeal. On the whole, the game looks graphically decent, but not substantially different than its predecessor (on the Dreamcast).Full article IGN posted reviews for all launch games. October 23, 2000 TIME article about the PS2 - Comments (0) For Sony it's not just fun and games. The economics of computer gaming have come a long way from the drop-a-quarter-in-the-slot days. It's now a $20 billion-a-year worldwide business. Last year games contributed more than $6 billion to Sony's sales and $730 million in operating profits. The Japanese giant has sold a mind-boggling 75 million first-generation PlayStations, 27 million of them in the U.S. And with game consoles grabbing an ever larger share of the game market from PCs and Macs, sales of PlayStation2 could get even bigger.Full article ESPN International Track&Field preview - Comments (0) The gameplay is similar to the series' previous incarnations, but with some additional twists. Sure the sprints focus on tapping the DualShock2's buttons as fast as possible, but the other events are more involved. A new addition to the series this year is Rhythmic Gymnastics. No that was not a typo, if you want to be the best videogame athlete in the world you will have to master this event. Its style is similar to that of Dance Dance Revolution, where you press the buttons in rhythm as they appear on the screen. How well you do this affects your score which will be presented to you by a series of judges.Full preview Q-Ball: Billiards Master preview - Comments (0) As any of you console pool-sharks know, a game of video game pool is nothing if the balls don't respond the way they should. Take2 has put much of their focus in this area, and promises unparalleled realism in this department. A variety of play modes will also be available to keep you entertained for many hours to come. Straight pool, US nine, Eight, International nine, Frozen, Rotation, and Free Play are seven reasons why you won't be getting bored by this title any time soon.Full preview Best of the PSX - Comments (0) Reviews - Comments (0) Graphically, the game has taken a very large leap, and the arcade version of the game looks downright ugly by comparison. The characters are very, very smooth, and the backgrounds are amazing and filled with lots of movement, from helicopters to crowds of spectators. Some stages are well lit, showing off some really excellent lens-flare techniques. There are also some nice little touches, such as grass being crushed down by falling fighters then slowly springing up afterward. However, the game suffers from one particular problem that has in fact been seen throughout the series, but with the power of the PlayStation 2 behind it, you'd expect it to be a thing of the past. The problem is the same one that showed up in Street Fighter EX3. While the backdrops of the fights and the ground on which you fight look great separately, they don't mesh very well. The result is two different types of scrolling, making it look as if the battle is occurring on a small, circular spinning platform surrounded by a nearly stationary background. It's easy to miss while you're actually playing, but it sticks out like a sore thumb on watching the game closely.Full review Dynasty Warriors 2 GamePro kicked up a review of Koei’s samurai action game. A bit: The first thing that will hit you when you play DW2 is the sheer number of warriors onscreen. It's like there's a huge battle going on, and you're right in the middle of it, with arrows flying, soldiers fighting, and horse-mounted generals charging into the fray. A few graphical glitches aside (the camera getting blocked by the characters, some flicker in close-up fighters), DW2 will keep your PS2 busy with frantic, detailed, and colorful graphics. Note that there is no blood to speak of in this title; Koei has decided to keep the game rated Teen, to expand the potential audience.Full review TimeSplitters GamePro also posted a review of Radical Design’s first-person shooter TimeSplitters: The options in this game will make your head spin. When you go multiplayer, you can choose to play two-player cooperative or go for a head-to-head competition. You choose your level and your game type (options range from Deathmatch to Tag to Capture-the-Bag and more), and then you select your weapon set (you can even create a custom set from a list of all the weapons in the game) and choose your list of bots, down to the number, type, and difficulty of the computer opponents. Set teams, pick special rules, and go at it. If that's not enough, you can crack open the included level editor and create your own labyrinth, save it to a memory card, and put your friends through your own personal hell.Full review Madden NFL 2001 Not a full review, but the boys over at Core posted their first impressions of EA’s football game: Moving on to game-play, Madden 2001 features several modes including; Quick Start, Exhibition, Franchise, Season, and Practice. Unfortunately, much like NHL 2001, once you've selected your team and associated options, be prepared to wait approximately 30 seconds before the game begins. In terms of play mechanics Madden performs well, especially from the simulation perspective. In particular, the player models react realistically to tackles, slides, and even tripping over other players. Furthermore, the running in-game statistics were a welcomed surprise. Still, I couldn't help but feel as if the game-play was somewhat sluggish. There's no slowdown to speak of, but the game still plays somewhat slower paced than football fans might be accustomed to.Full article NHL 2001 The lads at Gamespot UK posted some first impressions of EA’s hockey game: Once you take to the ice it's surprising just how easy it is to become familiar with the different players in your squad. Not only do they all look unique but their names and a couple of ingenious icons representing key skills appear alongside them whenever you assume control. This is the sort of feature you'll quickly start to take for granted in what must surely be the best ice hockey game ever to appear on any system. If the level of detail in NHL 2001 is representative of the rest of EA Sports' PS2 titles we're in for a very good sporting year indeed.Full article Moto GP IGN and Dailyradar posted reviews of Namco’s motorcyle racer, Moto GP. Here’s a bit of DR’s review: Full review Go here for ING’s review 2-player mode for ZOE - Comments (0) PS2 Camera link and printer impressions - Comments (0) But what if you want to edit and print out photos with your trusty console? Just pick up the Sony Popegg, an iMac-styled inkjet printer that’s scheduled to hit the Japanese market on November 15th. Sony reps were on-hand to demo PictureFan, the printer’s pack-in software, which serves as an image database, visual Rolodex, and mini-desktop publishing app. A simplified interface allows you to pull images off the camera’s Memory Stick, view them full-screen, and re-size them. After you’re satisfied with the results, you can store it all on a standard 8MB memory card.Full article MDK2 media - Comments (0) No Munch’s Oddysee for PS2 - Comments (7) "As a developer you are always trying to figure out the best way to show off your work", explained Lorne ,"Xbox is clearly the most powerful, and is brilliantly designed. You have three times the graphics power of PS2, and for us memory is a massive issue. Having 32Meg of VRAM is a great advantage for us." Penny-Arcade thinks there might be $omething more behind the switch... Go here for their explanation New screens - Comments (0) Wild Wild Racing movies - Comments (0) Dead Or Alive 2: Hardcore screens - Comments (12) Test Drive Off-Road-Wide Open for PS2 - Comments (0) "With the technical advancements allowed by the PlayStation 2, this new addition to the Test Drive Off-Road family will go beyond what any off-road game has accomplished before," said Chris Downend, director of product development for racing titles at Infogrames, Inc. "Players will have room to roam in the "go anywhere" environment. Racing freely through expansive real-world locations that are graphically magnificent and true-to-life in some of the world's most desirable off-road vehicles will make this one of the first must-have racing games for PlayStation 2."Full press release Four launch games from Take Two - Comments (0) "Our software has the opportunity to aid in defining the success of PlayStation 2," said Sam Houser, President of Take-Two's Rockstar Games. "Smuggler's Run and Midnight Club: Street Racing are games that will show consumers what PlayStation 2 can technically achieve. Our development teams have been working for over a year to ensure that our Company is well represented at the launch of PlayStation 2, and we are very pleased with what is most certainly the strongest publishing launch in Take-Two and Rockstar's history." Full press release Smuggler’s Run interview - Comments (1) 6) What would you say makes Smuggler's Run a unique must-buy experience amidst the glut of PS2 launch titles?Full interview (scroll down a bit) Madden NFL 2001 review - Comments (2) What first caught our attention in Madden 2001 were the jaw-dropping graphics. The level of detail on each player is almost silly. Faces show expressions, eyes move, grass gets stuck in helmets and players' muscles flex and move like they do in real life.Full review Unreal Tournament review - Comments (0) Unreal on the PS2 is a different story. With its peculiar drop in frame rate and muddy resolution, I excused the preview version's look because I thought that this was the best that a console FPS could do. Don't get me wrong, all of the cool things about Unreal-PC are still intact. The awesome weapons and effects are still there. The spot-on control is as intuitive as ever, despite the fact that you'll have to fight to get accustomed to the PS2 controller. The fantatstic level designs, yadda, yadda...all of that is there. Like Quake 2 on PSX, this very much Unreal. As ports go, it's satisfactory. The question remains, though, "Why isn't this PC perfect?" Timesplitters shows that fast, hi-resolution, 60 frame per second FPS games are possible, and with the mathematical power of the PS2, one would imagine that the game would be just as sharp as it's PC cousin. It's questionable that this game couldn't be done on Dreamcast.Full review NHL 2001 impressions - Comments (0) Sonically, NHL 2001 performs as well as expected. The commentating is slightly sporadic at times, but otherwise fine. The in-game sound effects are excellent, especially the post-goal vocal samples. In the end, NHL 2001 is perhaps an excellent foundation for the next-generation of hockey titles. If EA can manage to significantly cut-down loading times and fix the slow-down problems, next season could be the best yet for hockey fans.Full review Capcom to release games compatible with all major consoles - Comments (0) The leading video game developer aims to eliminate the risk involved in developing products for one specific machine. The new games will help Capcom stabilize its revenue by making it less susceptible to the fluctuations in popularity of particular game consoles, industry sources said.Full article Moto GP media - Comments (1) NFL GameDay 2001 impressions - Comments (1) Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 screens - Comments (0) Monster Cable's PS2 cables - Comments (0) The most impressive demonstration was inside one of their stereo theaters, though, where we compared Midnight Club, Smuggler's Run, and DOA2 Hardcore running through Monster's composite and S-video cables. The difference, if you've never seen it, is striking, even on an inexpensive TV - we saw comparisons on a four-figure plasma display and a $199 Trinitron. Through S-video, you get a far sharper picture overall, with more lines of resolution and much less dot crawl, especially in moving elements of the picture. Midnight Club's New York cityscape flew past in far clearer detail. We also got a look at a cross-section of the thick, multilayered shielding that goes into the Monster Game cables, resulting in much less signal loss than ordinary cables.Full article October 18, 2000 Dead Or Alive 2: Hardcore preview - Comments (0) The Dead or Alive series is based on two things; Fast and Furious gameplay, and of course beautiful, scantily clad women. Since this is a fighting game I'll discuss the highlights of the gameplay first. DOA2 offers a host of gameplay options: one on one fighting, tag battles (a feature now standard in most fighters), time attack, story mode and team battle. Fighting one and one in DOA2 is a bit different from any other fighting experience you may have ever had.Full preview Dark Cloud screens - Comments (0) New Z.O.E. movie - Comments (0) PS2 compatible digital camera at World PC Expo 2000 - Comments (2) The two demo games on display utilizing the digital camera are T&E Soft's Golf Paradise DX and Idea Factory's Okao Haishaku! Torikomi Tengoku (rough translation: Got Your Face! Integration Heaven). Golf Paradise DX is the sequel to T&E's first PS2 title, Golf Paradise. In DX, the Picture Paradise function of the Cybershot P1 allows the game to take pictures of your face and put it on a character in the game. In the current build, you can take three expressions of your face (happy, angry and normal) that will be displayed on the character on the screen. Idea Factory's game is rather simplistic in comparison to Golf Paradise DX. With their software, you can edit your photos and create postcards with them.Full article Midnight Club: Street Racing review - Comments (0) Midnight Club is an arcade-style racing game - so while the physics have a realistic feel to them, they've been exaggerated for more impressive skids, jumps, and crashes. On wet streets, some of the cars will spin around a full 360 degrees when you pop the e-brake and yank the wheel to one side. The cars even jerk a bit when you peg the accelerator to the floor, thanks to the extreme torque some of the motors put out. The control is easy to figure out, and the variance between the game's numerous vehicles makes the game interesting from beginning to end.Full review New Summoner screens - Comments (0) Volition interview - Comments (0) GS: How has your development experience with the PS2 been so far? We've heard a lot of feedback from developers saying that it's difficult to work on.Full interview SSX Snowboarding review - Comments (0) It's a pretty rare thing when a game comes seemingly out of nowhere and absolutely rocks its platform. Well, the recent list includes UFC for Dreamcast, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater for PSX and Crimson Skies for PC -- and now, the incredible SSX for PS2. Brought to life by EA Canada, this unsponsored, unlicensed snowboarding game is all about speed, shortcuts, crazy tricks and seeing who's the most insane person to ever step on a snowboard. Beautiful graphics, huge courses, great multiplayer and infinite replayability round out the package to make this hands-down the best game on the PS2.Full review Shadow of Memories preview - Comments (0) In his quest to prevent his death, Eike will travel to four distinct time periods, each serving as crucial turning points in the events leading up to his demise. Players will start in the present of 2000, and can jump to 1980, the year when Dana was born and Eckart's wife murdered. Going further back, Eike will be able to travel to 1902, when construction first began on the town's museum, and finally all the way back to 1580, when the city was still steeped in Medieval mysticism and alchemy.Full preview PS2 Private Base - Comments (0) PS2 ads - Comments (0) Truck Maniac screens - Comments (0) American Arcade review - Comments (0) When I played my first game on the "Western Sheriff" table I was informed that I would need 31,500 points to advance. "No problem" I thought to myself, knowing that a score of 150 million on my favorite game "Jurassic Park" is usually what it takes to get a free game. What I forgot to account for was inflation. Not only are today's prices inflated, but apparently so are our scoring systems. I watched in horror as my ball bounced from target to target accumulating only ten points at a time. Fortunately I pulled my self together and started to clear some tables, and I rolled through: Surf King, Mars Patrol, Special Lanes, Fun Circus, and several others. As I opened up each new table I found that each was slightly more intricate, and more modern than the previous one. I really enjoyed seeing the new technology that was utilized on the newer tables, and it left me wanting more tables to unlock.Full review Mailbag updated - Comments (0) Championship Motocross 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael announced - Comments (0) "THQ is thrilled with the 'Championship Motocross' franchise," said Michael Rubinelli, vice president of product development, THQ. "We are committed to dominating the motocross genre and plan to deliver the most complete motocross game on the PlayStation 2 with more authentic tracks, riders, equipment and sponsors than players will know what to do with."Full press release Six games from EA at launch - Comments (0) Moto GP impressions - Comments (0) Essentially an enhanced translation of Namco's arcade title 500GP, Motor-GP features five game-play modes; Arcade, Season, Time Trial, Challenge, and VS. Regardless of your preferred mode, you can select from a variety of motorcycles from manufacturers including Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki. Each bike is ranked based on several categories including maximum speed, acceleration, handling, and braking. Once you've selected your bike, you can select one of five courses, each of which is part of the professional motorcycle racing circuit; Donnington, Motgei, Suzuka, Paul Richard, and Jerez.Full article Oldies for the PS2 - Comments (0) Pyro Studios interview - Comments (0) GS: What do you think will be the biggest benefit for console players regarding Commandos 2?Full interview Red Faction preview - Comments (0) After a brief Q&A session, the game's producers were more than eager to show off some demos. First up was the glass house, a perfect demonstration of the processing power they've been able to pull from the PS2. Shooting any panel once causes the pane to splinter; hitting it again causes the pane to explode into hundreds (if not thousands) of shards. More impressive is that the point of explosion reflects exactly where the second shot hit - not to mention the minor impact damage suffered by a less than cautious player. Other examples included taking out an APC bearing bridge and repeatedly firing rockets at a wall, leaving a navigable tunnel that reflected dozens of in-game yards. Destructive? Certainly. A bold new step in a mostly tired genre? Quite possibly...Full preview Orphen preview - Comments (0) Orphen: Scion of Sorcery's action unfolds in a third-person perspective, similar to most adventure games. Orphen and his party are all visible onscreen at all times, and the camera can be manually shifted to accommodate any sort of view desired. The game's button layout is wholly customizable: One button allows Orphen to jump, one serves as the standard action button, and the other two control his projectiles and melee attacks outside of the combat engine. When you're in the exploration mode, Orphen's attacks let him aggressively interact with the environments, making it possible, for example, for him to launch a projectile at a barricade, thus destroying it, or to attack an enemy in the environment.Full preview IGN posted a trailer of the game: Movie (7 MB) PS2 review guide - Comments (0) Midway brings Artic Thunder to PS2 - Comments (0) Arctic Thunder takes the Hydro Thunder concept into the snowmobile arena, adding in the usual Midway flair with rampant action and light humor. Essentially, players get to jump onto a high-powered snowmobile and ride it through several snowy conditions against as many as eight other players. Arctic Thunder appears to be using a 3D PC engine, probably the latest Voodoo version, and the game's sharp graphics look much more sophisticated because of it. There is a lot of motion and activity in the background, the sense of speed is good, and the amount of polygons and high grade textures are also notable.Full article New screens - Comments (0) New Madden NFL 2001 movies - Comments (0) Ready 2 Rumble: round 2 preview - Comments (0) Since Midway does not have the boxing license (EA has it) none of the boxers found in the game are real. Well, that's not exactly true this year, as you will find Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jackson (yes, that Michael Jackson) ready to duke it out for your amusement. All of the 11 original boxers, Afro Thunder, Butcher Brown, and Angel Rivera, to name a few, return for another go this year with new animations, RUMBLE combinations, and for all you fashion moguls, new costumes.Full preview Best of the rest - Comments (0) PS2 games! Get your PS2 games! - Comments (0) Next Gen Laura game details - Comments (1) The new Lara - note: not Tomb Raider - is looking so good you want to scream with frustration at the marginal yearly PlayStation output Core has bombarded us with for the last five years. CVG took the first look at what has been completed so far of the PS2 Lara last Friday, and can confirm beyond any shadow of a doubt that this has the potential to be the most accomplished adult-oriented adventure game ever created. FGN also scored some info on the upcoming Laura title A bit of the article: A Core spokeswoman told FGN Online, "We have spent eight months designing and writing the Lara Croft book, which features several different characters, levels, stories and adventures.Full article Summoner update - Comments (0) In the forest level, we controlled three characters, the main hero, a male warrior, and a female spellcaster. We also summoned a massive minotaur to provide us with additional muscle. He was easily twice the size of the large male warrior, and wielded a great scythe that was as long as we were tall. The detail on the characters is impressive, although the animations right now sometimes look out of sync. The environment in the forest level looks very realistic: there's lots of shrubbery, and the horizon is lined with tall trees.Full article Madden NFL 2001 review - Comments (0) Visually, Madden 2001 on the PlayStation 2 is unsurpassed in its detail and polish. The game is almost perfect in its visual replication of the fields and players of the NFL. The textures used for the fields, jerseys, and skin of the players is incredible. Grass fields look just like real grass, which can actually get lodged in the corner of a player's facemask after he sinks his head into the soil after a missed dive tackle. During the game's replays, you can actually see the individual bumps of the pigskin on the football. All of these little visual details really make the game look and feel real. For instance, line judges will hastily drop the line markers and move out of the way when players run out of bounds in their direction. The animations of the players themselves are extremely fluid and realistic.Full review Mad Catz starts shipment of PS 2 accessories - Comments (1) These accessories will be available on October 26, 2000, the official North American launch date for PS2.Full press release Gaming Age posted screens and information about the different Mad Catz accessories. Four games from EA at launch - Comments (0) Tetris games from THQ - Comments (0) Rayman Revolution interview - Comments (0) DR: What about the game's look and feel? Can you tell us about the special effects, lighting and animation?Full interview Smuggler’s Run review - Comments (0) The game sports five modes of play. The primary mode is the smuggler's mission mode, where a semblance of a plot guides you through a series of missions that collectively represent objectives from all the other game modes. The crooks and smugglers mode pits you against a whole slew of other smugglers in an every-man-for-himself competition to deliver the loot to the checkpoint. The loot grab mode puts you in one of two rival gangs of smugglers who are working to deliver the most contraband to their particular drop-off. In both of these modes you can steal the contraband from the carrier by smashing into his vehicle, which makes for fast-paced action. The checkpoint race mode eliminates the contraband altogether and simply has you racing opponents through a series of checkpoints, and the joyriding mode eliminates all the distractions and lets you take a leisurely drive through any of the game's three massive maps.Full review Timesplitters Vs UT - Comments (0) Challenge 3: Level DesignFull article Championship Motocross 2000 featuring Ricky Carmichael impressions - Comments (0) Coming back to the bike's feel, I can tell you that these bikes, even at this stage in development, are incredibly responsive and powerful. Although I chose the smaller class race, which means I rode on a 125 cc bike, man, I could move that thing. By pressing the L1 button (which opens the throttle) and revving the engine, you can actually pull off wheelies. (If you love the analog pads, you can use the left one for steering and the right one for accleration and braking.) Yep, for for the first time in any motocross game the wheelies are not pre-animated one-button giveaways, but instead are totally created on the fly.Full article The Jungle Book details - Comments (0) But perhaps more interesting is that in the Versus Mode, "Players have two very distinct play scenarios: Power-Up Confrontation and Dance Marathon. These scenarios will allow players to choose the kind of confrontation they want to have, one where they really interact with one another and try to make each other fall."Full article X-box Vs PS2 - Comments (0) Vertex Compression. If you notice, the Xbox has much less available bandwidth than the other consoles (just 5.4GB), but it needs to process well over twice as much data as its next closest competitor, the Playstation 2. Since every vertex in a model needs to be stored and read when transforming a model, transforming 60+ million vertices every second requires a whole lot of bandwidth (over 1.5 GB/sec). So, in order to counteract this enormous problem, NVIDIA included vertex compression in the Xchip, which shrinks this data to approximately one-third of its original size, requiring much less memory and bandwidth than the uncompressed vertices.Full article The Lost information - Comments (0) PresentationFull article New screens - Comments (0) New movies - Comments (1) What's wrong with the Forums? - Comments (29) Silpheed: The Lost Planet preview - Comments (0) The game's back-story is rather far fetched and the levels will see players battling against all odds, facing big ugly alien creatures and traversing through bizarre environments. You'll be given control over a super powerful prototype ship harnessing the firepower of an entire army. There are two primary weapon systems on your ship, which can be fired independently or simultaneously.Full preview Eye Trek - Comments (0) ESPN NBA 2Night info - Comments (0) PlayStation 2 is ushering in the dawn of a new era in video gaming and ESPN the games is leading the charge onto the hardwood with ESPN NBA 2Night. Developed in conjunction with ESPN, the Worldwide Leader In Sports, this highly anticipated title is a basketball gaming experience loaded with NBA attitude. From the opening tip-off to the final buzzer, ESPN NBA 2Night combines the insight, wit and knowledge of ESPN with the emotion, intensity and end-to-end action of fast paced NBA Basketball.Scroll down to yesterday’s update for screenshots. The game will be released in November and will retail for $49.99. NHL 2001 movies - Comments (0) Kings Field IV - Comments (2) Star Wars: Starfighter ad - Comments (0) D.N.A. details - Comments (0) A futuristic survival action game which takes place in the later half of 21st century, you play as a young man named Trial-13, who have to face the starving monsters as soon as he woke up in a Northern European Laboratory. Later on the hero will discover that he was revived from death in a DNA gene experiment, with a bio-chip transplanted into his left hand and a bomb launcher in his right arm. At the beginning, Trial-13 can use bombs attacks and direct attacks, later on he can learn special abilities by finding additional bio-chips in the levels, and install into his left hand.Go here for more info Sony's PS2 Prelaunch Party - Comments (0) The party, held appropriately at Sony's Metreon, took up most of the four floors of the entertainment complex. Though much of the party was dedicated to the obligatory dancing, mingling, and drinking, Sony did have quite a number of PS2's set up in one room.Full article New screens - Comments (0) Armored Core 2 review - Comments (1) Enter the player, a mercenary known as a 'Raven.' Politics and megalomania hold little interest in the face of money and fame for the Ravens, so after you have been inducted to the group (via an obligatory initiation/introduction mission), you are presented with a list of missions from all sides, and standing challenge from the game's 'arena' full of rival pilots. From here the game becomes a mostly open-ended series of choices between what mission/arena opponent to face, how to spend the money from finishing said mission/opponent, and how to build the 'best' mech for the next challenge. It is, in more ways than one, the same gaming experience as Armored Cores past.Full review Super Puzzle Bobble review - Comments (0) While Super Puzzle Bobble is a solid game, it doesn’t quite live up to Puzzle Bobble 4 on the PlayStation. The fourth installment featured the ability to make your own puzzles, a delightful “Challenge” mode, and a collection of user-designed puzzles from all across the country. (It also featured Bob, Bub, and Devilin as playable characters, but we won’t get into that.) In the end, Super Puzzle Bobble shows off a variety of new gameplay elements and polished art design, but doesn’t have the same staying power as its older brother.Full review Orphen preview - Comments (0) The game's combat occurs in real time, and it is rather quickly paced. You can choose to attack various targets, which aren't always actual foes. One battle, for example, had a swinging censer as a target, and knocking it down set fire to the area immediately below it, damaging all foes in the area. In lieu of magic points or a similar method of regulating spell use, you have to "charge up" spells by holding down their respective buttons, allowing Orphen to power up their effects before unleashing them. While it's possible to unleash a flurry of, say, projectile attacks, the effects will be more lethal if they're charged for a period of time.Full preview Kengo: Master of Bushido media - Comments (0) ESPN NBA 2Night screens - Comments (0) Wipeout Fusion interview - Comments (0) CVG: First off, can you explain what you hoped to achieve with Wipeout Fusion that couldn't be worked into previous incarnations? Infogrames PS2 lineup - Comments (0) SSX media - Comments (0) Kevin Garnett as EA SPORTS' spokesman for NBA LIVE 2001 - Comments (1) REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-- -Oct. 11, 2000--Electronic Arts ("EA") and recent Olympic gold medalist Kevin Garnett have reached an agreement naming Garnett as EA SPORTS' spokesman for the latest iteration of its NBA Basketball series, NBA LIVE 2001.Full press release Rockstar Games announce soundtrack to Midnight Club - Comments (0) The Midnight Club soundtrack is a gripping mix of techno from legendary artists Derrick May and Surgeon, as well as drum and bass excellence from Dom & Roland. Midnight Club is set for release on PlayStation 2 on October 26th.Full press release Take Two's Billiards site open - Comments (0) PS2 game from Insomiac Studios - Comments (0) GS: What are your next-generation plans, particularly on the PS2, as you move forward? What type of genres are you most interested in pursuing in the future?Full interview NFL GameDay 2001 preview - Comments (1) What's more, NFL GameDay 2001 is set to include an all-new and exclusive feature that the company has coined "ProTalk". This feature will be the first time that users will be able to see players, referees and coaches demonstrate them how they feel. This expression of theirs will come in the form of faces that animate with moving lips, winces, scowls and smiles.Full preview PS2 Ads - Comments (0) Rayman Revolution info - Comments (0) "We needed to incorporate a new AI mode. We had to develop an individual dimension for players to go and score a goal individually, and also a team behavior -- to enable the ball to be passed to other gamers. This did not exist in the rest of the game, so we needed to develop it specifically for Globox Football.Full article New Screens - Comments (0) Victorious Boxers movie - Comments (4) Hudson Soft and Infogrames team up - Comments (0) SAPPORO --Hudson Soft Co. will set up a joint venture with France's Infogrames Entertainment SA this month to plan and create software for next-generation game consoles, sources at the major Japanese game developer said Tuesday. Get that PS2! - Comments (0) Go DeepFull article Koei interview - Comments (0) Question: You mentioned previously that Guitarman will be a hybrid music/action title. How many characters will be in the finished version?Full interview Japanese release schedule - Comments (0) New Screens - Comments (0) New Movies - Comments (0) Moto GP preview - Comments (0) Moto GP features many real-life names such as Honda and Suzuki motorcycles that really burn up the track. There is a great sense of speed which goes a long way in portraying the danger and excitement of taking tight corners while leaning almost onto the pavement whizzing buy at breakneck speed. There are two very cool camera angles that get players right down into the action, the first person view or over the shoulder view. As the driver's lean into the turns their bodies lean as well and they lower their knee just like in real life, adding to the realism.Full preview SSX review - Comments (0) In the end, SSX is a terrific snowboarding game that has all the right stuff. Every element comes together and makes for a game that is extremely fun and rewarding to play. The graphics will make you shake your head in disbelief even after a month of playing it, the sound effects can actually convey a sense of texture, and the music will have you figuring out the best way to hook your PS2 up to your computer to record the soundtrack.Full review They also posted new movies of SSX. New screenshots - Comments (0) Everquest for PS2 - Comments (0) “We're working on a massively multiplayer PlayStation 2 game and there are definitely a lot of questions: how do you patch, how do you communicate with others without a keyboard? I think it will end up being a very different game," said McQuaid. "Our first idea was to just port EverQuest to a console. It's like, no, we can take the same world and the same name, but it's not going to be the same game."Thanks to Gamespot for the info. ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding preview - Comments (0) Fifteen riders, all of them real-life X Games competitors -- and the events they've strived to win -- will be available. Slopestyle (where objects like rails and tables give the opportunity to snag a few extra points), big air (the name says it all), the coveted half-pipe and boardercross are all available and ready to rock right off the bat. The events are laid out as they would be in the actual Games and the interface conveys all proceedings with a rather slick, clean and unobtrusive look.Full preview Famitsu ratings - Comments (0) Severance 2 confirmed PS2 - Comments (0) According to Rebel Act, the sequel will seek to hone the multiplayer aspects of the original, but will not go down the path of mass multiplayer. Small groups will get together – in the same fashion as Phantasy Star Online on Dreamcast – and adventure through an incredibly violent, but far more realistically realised fantasy world. You can already hack off limbs and beat people to death with them, so the sequel should be just about enough to churn your guts. Red Faction interview - Comments (0) IGNPC: At what stage in the development process are you now? Is everything still on schedule?Full interview Codemasters Multiplayer Network announced - Comments (0) The Codemasters Multiplayer Network (CMN) will go live on November 24, the launch date of Insane, the 4x4 off-road racer on PC. A boxed product, Insane is the first game to utilise the Codemasters Multiplayer Network's online play and communication facilities. Insane is a much-anticipated title thanks to its game design, which focuses on online play competitions.Full press release October 5, 2000 Server change soon PS2 Box Art New screens Rayman details There are two kinds of evolution to Rayman, firstly McCalla mentions the "Upgrades that bring some comfort to the gamer (running with load, multiple shoot, ultra-fast upward flight, rock climbing, or a rain dance)." And secondly there are fun upgrades, "The fun evolutions give a goal to the gamer that has finished the game, they go back and get crazy animations that are part of the rewarding system."Full article PS2 Web Browser Unveiled “Furthermore, the browser will feature MP3 playback, Flash 3, SSL 3, IRC, and Java compatibility.“Go here for more info Star Wars: Starfighter impressions All three of the levels demonstrate the different feel of the individual ships. The nimbleness of the Naboo Fighter is felt immediately in the canyon, and it has a distinct spaceship feeling. When cruising around corners, it becomes apparent that the ship floats, rather than relying on lift and speed to keep it aloft. Nym's Havoc feels like a flying tank as it flies through explosions and dust clouds with classic barnstorming style, comfortably absorbing damage that would send weaker ship flying into pieces.Full article IGN posted a new movie of the game: Movie Third-parties Comment on PS2 Shortage GameSpot: Do you think the shortage will turn consumers to the competition?Full interview Movies Sky Odyssey preview - Comments (0) This is somewhat of a flying simulator but Activision prefers to call it a "flight adventure" game. It's a different concept however from a regular action/adventure game because even though there are objective missions to play through, you'll be graded on your performance during the missions. Players will be required to fly different aircraft along certain routes while passing through checkpoints along the way. At the end of the mission you will be graded on such things as speed, precision and stunts.Full preview DOA2 print ad - Comments (1) Commandos 2 screens - Comments (0) Generation of Chaos details - Comments (0) The game is divided into two parts, simulation and role playing, a real-time battle system is adopted. During the quest, you have to move your force in the map, and the battles begin when you contact the enemy bases.Go here for more info & screens Famitsu gives MotoGP Platinum rating - Comments (0) Red Faction interview - Comments (0) GameSpy: There have been a lot of first-person shooters on the market lately. What is it about Red Faction that will intrigue gamers and set it apart from the rest? What new features are going to be introduced into the genre with this title?Full interview Fur Fighters details - Comments (0) "Players will find some completely new levels, new enemies and insane new weapons in the PlayStation 2 version. Existing levels will be more densely populated and have been revisited to further fine-tune overall playability," the spokesman continued.Full article EA to use LIPSinc Echo for dialogue intensive titles - Comments (0) This Echo license covers the use LIPSinc's proprietary lip-synching and facial animation technology in the production of four games for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and one for PC systems. NBA Live 2001 will be the first title released using this license. Electronic Art's first license of Echo included production for Madden NFL(TM) Football 2001.Full press release NFL GameDay 2001 preview - Comments (0) These collisions and moves will not only react better than ever, but they should also look more realistic than what we're used to in our sports games, as over 1,100 position specific moves have been motion-captured for the game that have been done by 13 different NFL athletes. Players should look forward to the most realistic looking stumbles, drag downs, flip tackles, sideline tiptoe catches ever seen in a football videogame.Full preview Movies - Comments (0) Mailbag - Comments (0) Thunder Tanks interview - Comments (0) Q: So how do you give a tank a "personality"?Full interview Ring of Red (p)review - Comments (0) All skirmishes center on your AFW. Move your mechs to optimum firing range, load that shell and let 'er rip. Before you fire your gun, the game brings up a shaky targeting reticule that slowly steadies as you watch your accuracy rate go up. The longer you wait, the higher the accuracy; but keep in mind that if you wait too long, enemy AFW's and ground troops will punish you for idling. If you're hit directly while you're trying to aim, then you'll have to start the aiming process all over again. If the AFW is destroyed on either side, the ground troops will turn tail and run. Not only do you get to "pilot" your hulking AFW, you also call the shots for your ground troops too. Those antitank bazookas raining on your parade? Send out a firing squad and put an end to their pestering.Full article Movies - Comments (0) Kessen II preview - Comments (0) You can expect more than 40 hours of gameplay in Kessen II. In the first Kessen you played through seven stages in one game, for a total of 11 stages after you played through using the secondary character. In Kessen II you will play ten stages in one game, for a total of more than 30 stages after you've played through the game using the alternate characters. The first Kessen closely followed the storyline according to Japanese history books, but the sequel will have a more original storyline. But fret not - fans of Romance of the Three Kingdoms can expect to see key events from the epic saga included in the storyline.Full preview New feature for Rockstar Games’ PS2 racers revealed - Comments (0) Unreal Tournament interview - Comments (0) IGNPS2: What PS2 exclusive features should we be on the look out for?Full interview Unreal Tournament impressions - Comments (0) The single biggest difficulty that gamers are going to have with UT is the control. Using the DualShock at first makes about as much sense as chopsticks do the first time you use them. How the hell are these two little sticks supposed to work together? It just don't make no sense!Full article Dark Cloud media - Comments (0) Street Fighter EX3 review - Comments (0) I also spent a fair amount of time using the Character edit mode. Since the Character edit mode was primarily in Japanese it was difficult for me to use, but I got the gist of it. You are given a character named "Ace", who has no special moves. You can purchase moves by accomplishing certain goals while fighting with him. This is a nice feature but it could use some more features, I can't fault Akira for putting it in though. Innovation is a GOOD thing.Full review How to score a PS2 - Comments (0) Well, the alarm bells are screaming, and my search has brought me little more than a throbbing migraine, a lengthy phone bill and a doorframe in need of imminent replacement. It looks like we latecoming game junkies are going to be excluded from the PlayStation2 party after all.Full article Movies - Comments (1) Silpheed review - Comments (0) Any gamer worth his salt will be familiar with the basics. At its core, Silpheed is a traditional top-down 2D shooter, thrust into audiovisual overdrive. The opening FMV establishes the story via badly-acted English voiceovers: some type of hostile alien lifeform has attacked and assimilated the planet Solont, and a fleet of SA-77 Silpheed Super Dogfighters has been sent to the front-line of combat. Hideous alien creations fly at you, and you extend interstellar diplomacy by blowing them the hell up. At the mid-point and end of each level, bosses with three different attacks attempt to do away with you, and you riddle their corpses with cannon fire as well. But despite formulaic game layout, Treasure kicks out the action in true style that manages to make everything old seem new again.Full review Orphen: Scion of Sorcery - Comments (0) Server change - Comments (6) |
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