Tag: Compilation
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy: Crash Bandicoot (PC/Steam)
Aw Crash Bandicoot, you’ll always be a solid number ten in our hearts. The tenth best selling game on PS1 that is. And while that might sound like “damning with faint praise”, it slots Crash Bandicoot directly in between Metal Gear Solid (at the #9 slot) and Resident Evil 2 (at #11). So pretty impressive…
Halo: The Master Chief Collection: Halo: CE Anniversary (PC/Steam)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary sure is helluva a verbose title isn’t it? All those colons! So! Our first order of business here is to make that word salad a bit more palatable. For the remainder of the review I’m just going to refer to the game by its original working…
Salamander Portable: Gradius 2 (PSP)
(Review archived from January 4, 2019) This is the tale of two reviews, one which addresses the base game of Gradius 2, and another which speaks to this specific port of the original MSX title. In terms of the game itself, Gradius 2 is … fine … I guess. It expands a bit on the arcade game, but these…
Capcom Generations: Chronicles of Arthur: Ghouls ‘n Ghosts (PS1)
(Review archived from October 30, 2018) The real question of course is why one would wear only a pair of boxer shorts under a full suit of plate mail. I mean the chaffing alone must be horrid, not to mention the oxidation effects of all that sweat build-up in the armor itself. Ah well, maybe when you…
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy: Trials and Tribulations (3DS)
(Review archived from October 5, 2018) Reviewing the third title in the Ace Attorney Trilogy is a bit like sitting down with a packet of jelly beans and writing a review for the third one you eat … after having written separate reviews for the first two. Sure, each one might have subtle individual nuances…
Kyūyaku Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (SFC)
(Review archived from July 6, 2018)(English Translation by DDSTranslation) First some errata. So Kyūyaku Megami Tensei is a Super Famicom compilation containing the first two Megami Tensei games which were originally released on Famicom. The games were ‘remastered’ for this release which features 16 bit graphical upgrades and some quality of life improvements including a…
Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus: Salamander (PS1)
(Review archived from April 25, 2018) Shoot’em ups are always an interesting genre for me. By and large I completely suck at them, but because I completely suck, it’s almost as if they become that much more interesting to me. They’re like this ungraspable ‘other’ that I can never fully comprehend, and the harder I try to do so, the farther…
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy: Justice for All (3DS)
(Review archived from January 25, 2018) The Phoenix Wright series has always struck me as an idea that doesn’t really work on paper. A visual novel series developed by Capcom with popular appeal in mind, half of which takes place inside a courtroom? But against all odds, the Phoenix Wright series found success, a sizeable…
Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 (SNES)
(Review archived from January 10, 2018) I’m certain that entire swaths of internet text have been devoted to lauding the greatness of this game, but I’m going to boil it down to the single concept that stuck with me this time around. Meticulous. Certainly not a groundbreaking revelation by any means and if you read…
