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Resident Evil: Deadly Silence - DS

Resident Evil mini

As a huge fan of Resident Evil, I had to pick up this little gem when I first purchased my DS. I loved the Resident Evil remake for the Gamecube but until recently, I had never played the original Playstation Resident Evil. So I felt that this would be a great chance to take part in gaming history by playing the first game that kick started a genre. The game comes with a lower-res port of the PS1 version of the game, but it still looks decent considering that it's a DS title. You have the option of playing the game exactly like it was on the playstation or you have the ability to use the touchscreen of the DS for special functions in the Rebirth mode. Numerous task are taken of care of throught the touchscreen such as solving puzzles and attacking your enimies via a first person knife combat mode. Oh, you can also touch the characters in the no-no areas to get a reaction lol. (not that I would ever participate in such behaviour:) The game is great but you can see how it's aged quite a bit. Controls can feel cramped and sloppy and the multiplayer, while interesting, feels a bit tack on. Overall, if your a hardcore Resident Evil fan or just looking for a game that strays away from the typical DS formula, then RE: Deadly Silence is a great choice. To everyone else though, stick w/ Mario Kart :D

Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition - Wii

Great but the excitement has worn off

When the Wii was first announced, I began to think about all of the games that will be remade for it, and RE4 actually came to mind, but I never thought I would would actually see a remake. So when RE4 was announced for the Wii, I was estatic (I'm a huge Resident Evil fan) But sadly, I was disapointed. I had my hopes up for several things, namely being additional levels or bonus content and even better, an online Mercenary vs. mode. Sadly, neihter made it into the game. The game is essentually the love child of RE4 on the gamecube and RE4 on the PS2. It the slightly improved graphics from the camecube version of the game, with the bonus content of the PS2 version. So the big question though, as is with most Wii tiles, is how do the controls work? For aiming, you hold down the B button to pull out your weapon and you use A to shoot and you point your Wiimote to aim. Simple right? And it is. The other real use for the Wiimote is the knife combat. You swing your wiimote to attack with your knife and it's as simple as can be. But it doesn't always work well. When playing, the knife combat can be twitchy and can throw off your aim when you accidently pull out your knife due to sensitive controls. The overal game though, is still a blast to play, although more work could have been put into it. If you haven't played the game before, and you own a Wii, go pick a copy up right away, but only if because it's RE4.

Resident Evil - GameCube

Resident Evil

After I got a Wii, I quicklky beat all of my Wii titles and went out and picked up several gamecube games for it. One of which was the Resident Evil remake. It had been years since I have played the classic Resident Evil, and after playing this gem, I know what made me fall in love with the Resident Evil franchise. The biggest upgrade of course is of course the graphics. To say there amazing is a huge understatement. It's comparable to many PS3 and 360 graphics and the only that keeps the graphics from being perfect is the brulry shadows. But there's more to the game then the graphics of course. The controls are the typical tank contols altough they do have some unique control options that let you experience the game in multiple ways. The game is also long, w/ tons of unique puzzles, multiple enviorments to work your way through and once you get started, it will be hard to put the controller down. The games cutscenes are also well done and a vast improvement over the original live action ones. If your a fan of the Resident Evil franchise, or new to the series, I highly recomend this wonderful game.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - Wii

Dragonball Z Tenkaichi 2 Wii

I picked this title up because I love anime and the previous Budokai games were decent in my opinions, so I gave the Wii edition a try. Let me start off by saying that you shouldn't purchase this game if you don't plan on spending a good hour trying to adapt to the Wii controls. I had to go through the training which took over an hour just to learn how to pull of simple combos. Once you master the controls though, it's a vary fluid experience and you'll not want to go back to playing the DBZ games with a standard controler, altough you do have the option to play the game with a gamecube controller, but it's clunky. Graphically, this is one the best looking Wii games out currently, the cell-shading is amazing and captures the looka and feel of the anime series perfectly. The game also has a ton of content. It has a huge story mode, that still is far from perfect but it's the best out of all the DBZ games. The story mode spands the entire Dragonball timeline up to GT. There's also the tournament mode, training, and many others. The game also has a RPG element to it, that let's you upgrade your character throughout the game. So, in closing, you should pick this game up if your a DBZ fan without a doubt, everyone else should give it a rent before a purchase.

Oni - PS2

ONI

I picked this game up for two reasons, it was four dollars and I have a thing for cute anime babes ^-^ I remember seeing this game when it was released shortly after the PS2 launch and thinking that it looked cool, so 6 years later, I got my hands on it, and I was a bit suprised. The game has a decent story, which is rare in your typical shooter. The graphics on the other hand are ugly and look like a Dreamcast title, but because of it's age, I'm willing to over look that. The controls on the other hand are very clunky. Running and gunning isn't too bad but tasks like jumpinga and pulling off combos are frustrating it's often easier to just shoot somebody then to pull off a combo that will probably just get you killed becuase you'll have to try it several times in order to accomplish it. So in conclusion, if you an anime fan, you might like this game becuase of the anime cut scenes and the story isn't too bad (the games relatively short though) and it's cheap if you can find it, but everyone else will probably regret the purchase.