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Classic

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago on 30 March 2008 02:27 (A review of Golden Axe)

Own this still on my Mega Drive and on the Mega Drive collection for PSP. This game is great i just could never finish it but everytime i play it brings back good old times.

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A ps2 masterpiece comes to Wii

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago on 17 March 2008 12:29 (A review of Bully: Scholarship Edition)

Bully finally made it's way to the Wii if you did play the PS2 version of this classic game Canim Canis Edit your getting the same game if extras added to the game with a whole different control system. You would of never thought that Nintendo would license a game like this to be on there system but they did which is just brilliant.

Extras included in Bully Scholarship edition is eight new missions, four new school classes which are biology, music, math and geography, additional characters, new unlockable items and clothing there is also games for 2 players which i have not tried as i don't use my Wii for 2 players.

Now you know the extras let me tell you about the story. You play as Jimmy Hopkins a boy which is rude and can be nasty. Jimmy's mother is getting sick of him and his step father not liking him send Jimmy to a boarding school called Bullworth Academy. Jimmy's mother and stepfather leave him there while they go on a holiday for a year. As soon as you enter the school you meet the head of the school who gives a Jimmy a good old talk.

Bully has different people in the game you will meet and help Jocks they are sport type of guys cocky and will try and fight you, Nerds scared and most times will need Jimmy's help, Greasers they are a bit silly and full of themselves, Preppies these do boxing and are posh and will turn on you quickly, Townies you will meet these near the end of the game horrible people and scruffy and will start you for no reason oh i they don't go to school, Prefects these will try to send you to class, send you to bed they spend there time looking around for people doing wrong stuff, Police these will send you back to school or send you to the police station for nicking off etc.

The game features little games in bully you can go on arcade machines and play racing, you go in the carnival and play on some of the rides like the roller coaster, go karts, shooting targets there's a few more to and it has a freak show in the carnival too and a fun house which you will be only to play during one mission.

The game has weapons as you will find baseball bats, eggs, slingshot you may find others. It has transportation a school bus, Scooters (though the cops will catch you without a helmet, bikes, skateboard.

As for the map it's the same as the PS2 version and for the Wii this is fantastic and the game looks great on the system better graphics i recommend people to get the Wii version over the 360 version due to many faults. The Wii version plays good and not once had a problem with the game yet.

Now let me talk about the new classes in the game Biology will see you cutting into a frog, fish and others. Music will see you making music of course. Math will see you adding, taking away, multiplying, objects on what is faster, slower. Geography which i hate you have to get the flags and put them in the right place if you mess up it will take 5 seconds off your time limit.

The Wii control system does work very well with this game and does a fantastic job when it comes to doing boxing because it works more better then Wii Sports boxing and it's more enjoyable. It is great that the Wii control system has been worked on so well i have not noticed anything bad about it even with the classes it does great and makes mini games much easier then the PS2 version.

Bully is an easy game i finished the PS2 version in a few days but this game does keep you hooked to it and you will even come back to play it again because it is just that fun.

Bully is just like Grand Theft Auto just without the guns and puts you in a kids position which is really fun to see. If you only own the Wii this is the closest game of Grand Theft Auto you will come across. Rockstar games is one of the best games company's there is which proves it with this game this is a pure classic gem. The Wii version is the best you will find of this game. I am not going to go to in depth of the story as i don't want to spoil it for the people who have not play the game but check it out and enjoy it.

Bully i have to say 10/10 it's a classic and one of the only games that can keep me playing.

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Zapper is pretty good

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago on 3 February 2008 05:01 (A review of Link's Crossbow Training (with Wii Zapper))

Wow i could not believe how long it took me to get this not one game store had this in now after so long i got one from Argos which cost me £19.99. The Wii Zapper comes with Link's crossbow training which is a pretty good game you shoot with your crossbow (Wii Zapper) and hit those targets. The game is pretty simple and does get boring rather quickly. The Wii Zapper in my point does not aim correctly and it just never makes it to the center target. The zapper though works pretty well with Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles. Worth having for the next Wii up coming game House of the Dead.

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A true Classic

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago on 26 January 2008 06:24 (A review of Tetris)

Tetris is a great game and there has been so many people trying to copy the game but non can beat this one. Just been playing it again on my computer i downloaded it as i dont have my game boy anymore. Love the Tetris theme. No other version is better then the Game Boy

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game should be burned

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago on 24 January 2008 06:18 (A review of KAZook (PSP))

Now here is a low budget title which was released at £19.99 i thought i would buy it as it was only just £5.00.

The game comes with 30 mini games but why are they called mini games i dont know because all your mostly doing is replying the same one over and over untill you lose in which you can select another mini game. The graphics look awful and the game has annoying music looped that will drive you insane. The loading times are ridiculously to long you start up the game loading screen, you try to play a game another loading screen, you finish with the game another loading screen and they last about 1 minute each.

The mini games will not keep you going there just going to bore the hell out of you seriously same thing over and over. If you want a good psp title with good mini games then check out Hot Pixel

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Awful

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago on 24 January 2008 06:12 (A review of Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness)

This Tomb Raider is the worst one that i have played Core design who developed this made it poor there orgrinal Core design developed was a whole lot better. It was good job Crystal Dynamics took after of making the rest of the games. This is one of the worst PS2 games i own.

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Tekken 2 review

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago on 12 January 2008 10:17 (A review of Tekken 2)

This is my favorite Tekken game the graphics way be blocky but i don't care about that. This game can be challenging and it offers a good amount of fighters my favorite is Marshall Law and King.
The music to this one as well beats all other Tekken games Michelle Chang's stage her music is my favorite.
I have played them all and still Tekken is my favorite fighting game of all time.

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Super Paper Mario review

Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago on 4 January 2008 08:42 (A review of Super Paper Mario)

I found Super Paper Mario an ok game the amount of text in the game becomes boring to read if there was voice's included in the game then it would become interesting. The game is fun once you do get into game play. But I prefer the classic Mario from the NES oh and Mario Galaxy

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Rip Off

Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago on 4 January 2008 08:31 (A review of Boogie (Microphone Included))

I just got Boogie for christmas and ok I never thought that I was going to get this game. Boogie is pretty bad as it features cover tracks and not the normal tracks. First of all when you start the game you get this annoying guy talking about how to play the game and you cannot skip it. Wait a moment I have already read the book I got with the game now I have to wait over 15 minutes to here some silly guy telling me how to play.

If you hate pop music then this game is not really for you because all most every track is pop music. For the price this game is its pretty much beyond a joke its about £49.99 - £39.99 come on they could at least put the price down. You can also dance with this game but what were EA thinking bringing this game out they must of been mad. There are far better games you can get for your Wii just dodge this game. Well I give this game 3/10 I don't know why because I hate it but I suppose they tried and failed. Even singstar on the ps2 is way better because it features the real track with music video.

But every time I try to play it I just get bored and the game it's self is just not fun I find this game appeals more to the girls. But overall this is what I think also I need to add it is really hard to keep up with the game with the text been so small.

Microphone works great in your computer though.

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Super Monkey Ball review

Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago on 2 January 2008 05:51 (A review of Super Monkey Ball)

This my favorite gamecube game it was fun addictive and one of those games that will keep you entertained for hours. It has the Dole banana brand in the game which was the only one that had it. Well this game is all about going through a maze with a monkey in a ball to get all the banana's the game also has 4 great players to chose from.

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