A clever YouTuber has given Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw a taste of his own medicine by reviewing his game, TRILBY: Art of Theft in Yahtzee’s signature style. While some of it is a bit hard to understand thanks to an overzealous level of speed-talking combined with an American accent, it is none the less a good review and parody. Here’s hoping we get a response from Yahtzee.
via Joystiq
Yahtzee is riled up again, this time about Clive Barker’s Jericho. I can’t really blame him for this one, my own experiences with the demo were enough to make me want to disembowel some kittens.
via The Escapist
An overwhelming majority of the gaming press would have you believe that Lair is one of the worst games released for the PlayStation 3 - it achieved a Metacritic rating of just 54/100 and even spawned a number of piss-taking Penny Arcade comics. After spending a good week with the game, we’ve got a surprisingly different impression - and a bone to pick with the fickle hive mind that is the gaming media.
Read on for the full review.
Tori-Emaki is an interactive screensaver for the PlayStation 3 which allows you to control a flock of birds and navigate a picturesque landscape, illustrated in the style of ancient Japanese art. Read on for our review and a video of Tori-Emaki in action.
The Trials of Topoq is a fairly simple premise - each level sets a ball at the top of a tall castle, and you have to safely guide the ball down a treacherous path, battling a time limit and picking up items along the way. You might be thinking Super Monkey Ball or Marble Madness, and you’re close, but unlike other games of this nature, you’re not directly controlling the ball or the environment - and you’re not using a controller.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was an instant hit when it arrived on the PSone in 1999, but after seven sequels, countless ports, and newfound competition from EA’s skate, Neversoft was always going to have to go all out with Proving Ground to keep the series from going stale. Did they pull it off?
Zero Punctuation’s Yahtzee has posted another brilliant review, this time of Super Paper Mario on the Wii. There is not really much more that can be said that wouldn’t be time better spent watching the hilarious review.
via The Escapist
The Star Wars Battlefront series was well received in its console and PC variants, however when Star Wars Battlefront II hit the PSP, the lack of infrastructure-based multiplayer games was a major thorn in the side of an otherwise impressive title. This time around, the PSP-exclusive Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron comes complete with 16 player multiplayer games on dedicated servers.
How well does the epic multiplayer experience of Battlefront translate to the PSP? Read on for the full review.
After playing its beta we were extremely impressed with id’s latest offering to the FPS table. Only a series of braindead decisions, tweaks and maps could really mess up their final release. With a sigh of relief I can honestly say that the QuakeWars: Enemy Territory you will find on the shelves is a very sturdy package, holding together a wealth of diverse classes, vehicles and gadgets in mission-based gameplay executed to perfection.
You’re probably all too familiar with the hype surrounding this game, and if you haven’t bought it already, I’m guessing you’re either harboring some healthy skepticism or are simply penny-wise. But during the many hours spent playing this game, I can assure you that this skeptic was truly riveted by its well-told story and the superbly crafted city of Rapture.
