Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Unleash the Power of the Force The third in the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series of game – one that doesn’t like keeping the same name for more than a couple of games. Jedi Outcast was given to a new developer after the first…
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly
The Way of the Dragon. Strength. Discipline. Bubble Breath. In a very similar story to Crash Bandicoot, Spyro was a PlayStation-exclusive franchise owned by Universal Interactive that had a sucessful trilogy on PS1. However, due to exclusivity deals ending and the original developers…
Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction
Destroy all the Monster Trucks. As far as vehicular combat games go, this is one of the worst that I’ve played. Most of the time in this game is spent slowly following your opponents until they make a mistake, allowing you to ram…
Minority Report
Precrime and punishment. Minority Report was a hit film starring Tom Cruise. The game tie-in is a bit of a strange one in that it follows some of the main set pieces of the film, but with a different story, one involving the…
Metroid Prime
[insert tagline] Before 2003, I had zero experience with Metroid, but after seeing the reviews of Metroid Prime – which was releasing close to my birthday – I ended up getting both Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion for my birthday, both of which…
Hunter: The Reckoning
Are you ready to kill some zombies and save the innocent people from the evil vampires? Hunter: The Reckoning is based on a Tabletop RPG series called World of Darkness, which has had other video game adaptations based on Vampire: The Masquerade and…
Evolution Skateboarding
Featuring Pro Skaters Evolution Skateboarding is a Tony Hawk’s clone from Konami, and one that just feels like a slower game with poor controls. The biggest difference to how it plays, other than being clunky, is that manuals are done with the Y…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Dare to Return to Hogwarts The early Harry Potter are rather odd in that there are so many different versions of them. With Chamber of Secrets, the GameCube, Xbox and PS2 versions are the same, but you’d also find completely different versions on…
Die Hard Vendetta
America’s unluckiest cop is having another very bad day. Started originally as a game for the Nintendo 64, this Die Hard game eventually made its way out on the GameCube (and then later PS2 and Xbox). One of the first notable things is…