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A huge disaster with a franchise 0
One of the latest main installments in the FlatOut series, this might as well be the worst game of the decade and even one of the worst games of all time. In fact it nearly killed the FlatOut franchise, until 2017's FlatOut 4: Total Insanity.Unlike the rest of the game, at least the menu is decent. But no, we're about to cover every single aspect of why this game in the franchise FlatOut sucks.The elephant in the room is that the game was made at an incredibly bad time, where Bugbear Entertainme...
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Still more Tom Clancy's? 0
I'm shocked that even after all these years the Tom Clancy's branding is still going, even after his death. I can understand his literature and legacy continuing but the games with his name in them like this one just lack a complete connection to the audience and the poor writer and his literature. Rainbow Six is pretty good and is pretty much the only thing that has a connection with his literature, Splinter Cell is okay, HAWX is very dull, The Division tried a little bit harder than Ghost Reco...
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We are the lazy generation...but this ain't no lazy game. 1
The third installment in the Burnout series, Burnout 3 is characterized by fast-paced arcade racing. A staple of the series is the use of boost, earned through risky driving, to rapidly increase a car's speed. The central mechanic introduced is Takedowns, which allow players to slam their opponents until they crash. Takedowns work in conjunction with the boost system by filling up and extending the boost meter. Aside from standard circuit races, the game features modes focused on performing Take...
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Apparently Nintendo spent too much time in the sewage manhole during production. 0
The first fighting game produced by Nintendo (way before the 1991 Japan-only fighting game Joy Mech Fight released on the Family Computer), Urban Champion was developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1984 and it took two years for release in North America and Europe. Later it was released on arcade machines, more specifically the Nintendo VS. System under the title Vs. Urban Champion. It was inspired by the game Boxing (known as Punch-Out!! in North America), ...
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Make War, Not Love! 0
Crypto is back for more destruction on humanity, and this time he's ready for war, not love! More than a decade has gone by since Crypto defeated Majestic and took over the American government in the cult classic sensation that was Destroy All Humans. Now it's 1969, and Orthopox 13 has died after a Soviet nuclear missile destroyed the Furon mothership five years earlier in 1964. Pox has downloaded his consciousness into a personal holographic projector designed to communicate between Furons on M...
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One Giant Step On Mankind! 0
Get ready for one giant step to rule the galaxy, nifty fifties style! Destroy All Humans revolves around Cryptosporidium No. 137, an alien dude of the Furon Race...or maybe should I even call him E.T. the Extraterrestrial's tough badassed distant cousin? In 1957 he arrives on Earth to search for his predecessor clone, Cryptosporidium No. 136, who went missing ten years earlier after Orthopox No. 13 sent him to earth on a similar mission. Pox sends Crypto on a mission to harvest human brain stems...
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Who doesn't like to go on a death rally? 0
Now this is a very awesome game and it really kicks ass! If Duke Nukem had his own franchise and made it as Mario-like as possible, this is his version of Mario Kart on PC! The graphics and gameplay all make this one of PC DOS at its very best in the late 90s. I might not give it a perfect score, but you'll really love it so much. Forget frigging Plumbers Don't Wear Ties, play this. Right. NOW!...
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Astro Boy first game, and not only one of the worst Konami game but also the worst Astro Boy game ever made. 0
Released exclusively in Japan for the Famicom in 1988, this is the first interactive adaptation of the classic manga and anime franchise Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) by Osamu Tezuka. Thieves have stolen all the money from Professor Ochanomizu and you in the role Astro Boy are send out to retrieve it.First of all, the soundtrack along with the graphics make this game look like it wasn't mean to be released in 1988 and some of you would even mistake the game to be released in the mid 80s (either 1985 o...
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A Need For Speed featuring Porsches. Simple. 0
The fifth installment in the Need for Speed series, unlike other entries in the franchise, centers on racing Porsche sports cars, with models ranging from the 1950s to the 2000s. The game is noted for its extensive information regarding Porsche and its cars. PC Gamer US named Porsche Unleashed the best racing game of 2000. In fact this is probably considered game of the year 2000! This game is basically a love letter to Porsche, featuring virtually all Porsches ranging from the 1950s to the 2000...
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Can you take me higher to the place of high stakes? 0
The fourth major installment in the Need for Speed series has aged very well. With graphics that are still great by the late 1990s standards, like its predecessor (except for the skyboxes looking dull, especially in the PC version), the gameplay, unlike newer titles, is pretty fun and challenging, as it focuses more on a realistic driveplay scheme while conservating the original arcade gamestyle, something that not many developers do right. As always, you can play either as a racer or a cop.Care...
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20 to County, in pursuit of a yellow Diablo. 0
The third major installment in the Need for Speed series has been heralded during its time for its intense action and beautiful graphics, even by the late 1990s (1998-2000) standards, even more so than the first two installments. The gameplay, unlike newer titles, is fun. Especially in PS1 version where cops using loudspeakers are hilarious. It actually introduced the concept of police pursuits as a part of the gameplay, and became a staple of NFS titles. In addition you can play either as a rac...
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Over Drivin' again 0
The second game in the Need for Speed series, three years after the first, is also the first game in the series to be independently developed by Electronic Arts. A Special Edition was later released exclusively on PC.Instead of over-realistic physics like the previous game, this game adopts much more arcade physics, which is much more fun and less frustrating to play. Physics tends to become unstable upon collisions because you might end up rolling infinitely (you can also do this to traffic car...
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The grandfather of the Need for Speed series, and the real first game in the series, despite what fanboys tell you. 0
The first installment of the Need for Speed series, developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts was first released for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer in 1994, then ported to MS-DOS, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn during the mid-to-late 1990s. The premise of the game involves racing in sport cars, including several exotic models and Japanese imports.In the late 1990s, an edition for Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS known as The Need for Speed: Special Edition has been released. Featuring n...
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Hey, where's your fancy ride?! 0
The ninth installment in the Need for Speed series features street racing-oriented gameplay, with certain customization options from Need for Speed: Underground. This is the first Need for Speed game released for a seventh-generation console, being a launch title for the Xbox 360. The game was widely acclaimed, becoming the best-selling game in the franchise with 16 million copies sold. It is also considered by many fans to be the best entry in the series.Not for this version, though. The articl...
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Aside from having a good concept, this game wasn't very well executed. 0
The eleventh installment of the Need for Speed series was the first title to not involve illegal street racing; instead, it involves legalized, closed-track racing. It includes more than 40 cars including a few from American Le Mans Series, and was the first PlayStation 3 game with DualShock 3 rumble support. If you've seen the 2014 Need for Speed movie, then you probably noticed the Marshall Performance Shop crew are seen playing a split screen session of this. Unfortunately, this is where the ...
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It's a hot, hot, hot pursuit indeed! 0
The sixteenth Need for Speed title and a revival of the Hot Pursuit name first used in 1998's Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit, this game returns to the real roots of the franchise: grand touring in supercars on freeways since Hot Pursuit 2 (2002), instead of the urban street racing and customization (between Underground to Shift) that a lot of people believe.The graphics are pretty with beautifully designed Seacrest County. Chameleon engine still looks very impressive as the years go on. The dri...
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Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty... 0
I've been wondering about this one and where it was my whole entire life. Who would've thought that there's a game in the Burnout franchise...that breaks away from the previous entries...by giving players a COMPLETELY OPEN SANDBOX WORLD TO DRIVE ABOUT? You can also partake in various events that are scattered throughout the map. Various cars and other vehicles can be unlocked. Not only that, but it is even the first Burnout game in the series to include online multiplayer, which includes various...
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Way to make an interesting franchise so short-lived 0
The only other sequel to the 1997 PlayStation/Nintendo 64/PC game Fighting Force, this game is set in a cyberpunk future of 2009-2010 where the world is ruled by powerful corporations. Not only that, human cloning is possible but has been banned by an international treaty. As one of the first game‘s protagonists, Hawk Manson, you are sent in by SI-COPS to destroy the Knackmiche Corporation, which has been suspected of developing a bio-weapon based on human DNA. What's wrong with this game, yo...
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The Last of The Last of Us on the PlayStation 4. 0
A word of warning: this may be the longest review yet.Before we get into this review, the plot for the sequel to The Last of Us was leaked online, which revealed major plot details and pivotal cutscenes. Many major characters ended up dying in disgrace and because of Naughty Dog's out-of-control crunch culture and poor attitude towards its employees. However, some of the elements present in the leaks were confirmed to not have been seen in the final game. At the time, people suspect that a disgr...
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Not all fun and games... 0
Winter Games is a video game released for the Commodore 64, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Famicom Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System. Though Winter Games was a high-selling game and most ports were favorably received, the NES/FDS version was critically panned.While the other ports of Winter Games had seven or eight events, the NES/FDS version had only four (just like the Atari 7800 version) due to hardware limitations. The NES port also has some of the most unresponsive controls to ever be ...
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We now present to you, a butchered NFL game made by LJN. 0
This 1989 American football sports game, developed by Atlus and published by LJN for the Nintendo Entertainment System, is an officially licensed National Football League game, and some teams from the NFL that existed at the time such as the New Orleans Saints are listed by their official NFL trademarked name. However, due to a lack of an NFLPA license no players are named by their actual real life name.The game features a side view of the on-field action. This game was the first since NFL Footb...
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Major League Baseball struck out swinging. 0
Developed by Atlus and published by LJN for the NES, this game is based on an American baseball league of the same name, and contains all of the official teams in the league, although all player's names were omitted and stats were slightly modified, (which caused an entire lawsuit because of that). It was released in 1988 exclusively for the North American region.In 1989, Clark Thiemann was excited to play his brand new NES game, LJN's Major League Baseball. But when he started playing, his favo...
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Kong won't strike back this time... 0
Kong is a video game developed and published by Ocean Software in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum. It is a clone of Donkey Kong.The soundtrack is like someone was actually dancing to a music that is so loud, the composer of this game actually wanted to do the same thing with the soundtrack of Kong. And unsurprisingly, the composer of this game literally has done it. The soundtrack is abysmal and ear-bleeding. The level theme sounds like a broken giant speaker that tries to play some music, but fails, o...
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No screenshots. PERIOD. 0
One of the most controversial arcade games, Lover Boy was produced by Global Corporation Tokyo in 1983. The game was lost for over two decades because it was released only in Japan and before the internet became hegemonic. Nowadays, there are dumped ROMs and it can be emulated on MAME (an arcade emulator).Unlike the other games on Giant Bomb and elsewhere online, Lover Boy is not panned because of gameplay or aesthetic flaws. In truth, Lover Boy is a good Pac-Man clone and has nice pixelated gra...
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This, unfortunately, isn't the only time that Tiertex makes a sequel to a Capcom game. 0
This 1989 fighting game was developed by Tiertex and published by U.S. Gold for various home computers as an unofficial sequel to their port of the first Street Fighter, using the same game engine, but different characters to the original Street Fighter. It is the first fighting game to feature four-legged animals (Shepski and Brutus), it was released twenty-three years before the likes of Samurai Shodown VI and Fighting is Magic/Them's Fightin' Herds.The 8-bit computer conversions have terrible...
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Bowl or Bust! Actually...just bust. 0
In this 1988 action game based on the TV series of the same name by Hanna-Barbera, Fred and Barney want to go bowling but Wilma has other ideas......and guess who's left holding the baby? Join The Flintstones in this officially licensed arcade adventure based on the famous Hanna Barbera cartoon characters. First, poor grasp of the source material. Despite appearing on the cover and loading screen, Betty Rubble doesn't appear in the game at all. Aside from bowling with Fred in level 3 and rescuin...
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Well, at least the title isn't inaccurate. 0
Developed by Lenar and exclusively licensed by Irem as a software title for the NES this action RPG was released in Japan in December 1986 and North America in September 1987, Europe would never get a release, but it was actually one of the earliest RPGs in North America. The game was originally called Hell Bell in Japan, known as and was going to be called Hells Bells in the US, but was changed due to Nintendo of America's censorship policies at the time and to not affiliate with AC/DC's song o...
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Alf won't return to his home planet anytime soon. 0
Developed by Nexa and published by Sega, this game is based on the SF sitcom of the same name. ALF must locate pieces of his spaceship in order to return to his home planet.The graphics aren't too bad; for a third-generation console such as the Master System, this was acceptable. The music is alright as well, for the same reason as the graphics. In fact there is only music and no sound effects. Hong Kong 97 would make the same mistake years after this came out.The screen only moves when ALF is a...
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When your game is far worse than even the standard Kusoge games, you screwed up big time. 0
Developed in 1987 for the Famicom by Another (developers behind The Black Bass) and published by Hot-B, this game involves four kids with ESP powers who must stop a computer which went insane and now threatens the world. These four are very decent main characters in the game, plus they have really good character designs too. Their battle sprites also change depending on their experience level, which is a pretty unique mechanic. So you can nowadays balance the game, improve its graphics and story...
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I am so afraid of this game 0
For the most part, this video game adaptation follows the movie quite faithfully. The soundtrack by Frank Kovitz and Mark Van Hecke is quite good. It also has a decent rendition of the Ghostbusters theme. Unfortunately, this game actually prevented New Ghostbusters 2, a far better game, from being released in North American markets, because it would have caused confusion over this game.The sprites are poorly detailed. The sprites don't have very much detail into them. Despite this, the backgroun...
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Needless to say, Bram Stoker's rolling on the coffin with his character being reduced to a miserable Castlevania knock-o 0
Okay, so this is an E-rated game adaptation of the 1992 R-rated film adaptation of the classic novel. Making an E-rated game based on an R-rated movie is an unusual decision. It's like making a T-rated game based on a PG-rated film or a G-rated film or an animated television series rated TV-Y or TV-Y7 or TV-G or TV-PG.The game is a blatant Castlevania rip-off, and does almost offers nothing to stand out from Castlevania. It also barely follows the movie at all. To name a few inconsistencies, Ren...
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Subordinate! 0
Based on the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, this game was developed by Rocket Science Games and published by LJN. In this game Bill and Ted must rescue historical figures kidnapped by time-space rebels and bring them to their proper timeline or the two will miss the big concert that launches Wyld Stallyn's music career.The game missed out on being a potentially educational game. In order to locate the historical figures, Bill and Ted must locate historical items to find them. Th...
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I never saw the original cartoon... 0
...but this interactive cartoon from THQ is a load of garbage. Why do we even need this? Why is this necessary? Who even asked for this, I tell you? Can't you people remember what Rocky and Bullwinkle used to be like?First of all, let's take a look at the cover and the title screen.The game is called "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends" on the cover art (like the Jay Ward cartoon), but the title screen calls it "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle". Also on the box art, there ...
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How dare you, Ted Turner! 0
This interactive adaptation of the 1990-1997 TBS environmentalist animated series of the same name consists of 5 stages, each stage is divided into two portions. The first portion is a shoot-em-up stage where the player controls one of the team's vehicles, such as the Eco-Jet, to combat enemies, avoid obstacles and navigate to an enemy fortress. The player is capable of using all five of the Planeteers' powers: The Earth, the fire, the wind, the water, and the heart. The second portion has th...
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This game is the haunter of daydreams and dreams in general. 0
This is an early 1990's NES game developed by Sculptured Software and published by HAL Laboratory, who also went on to create the Super Smash Bros. franchises.First, the title makes no sense; Davey falls asleep at certain times which is easily considered narcolepsy, a sleeping disorder that is completely different from daydreaming! Also, look at the character designs. Atrocious. Not to mention the teacher on the game's cover art doesn't match her in-game appearance. Davey's cover design makes hi...
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When do we eat? Not now or ever here... 0
Developed by Realtime Associates and published by Bandai as a tie-in for the Disney movie of the same name, Dick Tracy is an action/adventure game featuring the comic strip character Dick Tracy released for the NES in late 1990. This was one of the few video games to rely on detective work before L.A. Noire was released years later. There are several other Dick Tracy games published as tie-ins for the 1990 movie. One was released for the Sega Genesis and Sega Master System, one for the Game Boy ...
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A technical revolution, but a disappointing game. 0
Here we have a racing game that centers around the movie that came before it, Days of Thunder. It was developed by Beam Software (on NES), and was published by Mindscape Group. The game's main focus is the championship. After every race, points are awarded for your finishing position. The driver with the most points after the season is crowned champion.I'd been looking forward to this one. While that movie Days of Thunder is neither based on a true story, nor a biographical film, the main charac...
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Brought to you by the same developers behind the Donkey Kong Country series, and it's a total flop. 0
This is one of many side projects that Rare has developed for the Milton Bradley Company at the time. In this action-platforming game, it is the year 2999, and warriors from the planet Drakkon are launching a savage attack on Earth. Their weapon: a powerful time travel device. Their objective: to control us by changing the course of our history. To win this war, we must meet the Drakkons on a unique and dangerous battleground: our own past!The terrible graphics look like they were made in Micros...
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It should fall rather than rise... 0
The video game adaption of the popular film of the same name was developed by Double Helix Games and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, and mobile devices. Much like the 2007 movie tie-in game Ghost Rider, Scarface: The World is Yours, John Woo Presents Stranglehold, the T rated Shrek game and the 2003 movie tie-in game Hulk which are sequels, this serves as a sequel to the film it is based on. Unfortunat...
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Even The Terminator himself is shocked. Look at his face! 0
Developed by Grin and published by Evolved Games to coincide with the film's theatrical release, Terminator Salvation is basically a third-person cover based shooter, much like Gears of War and Brothers in Arms: Hells' Highway. As John Connor, the player will go through nine chapters battling enemies from Skynet like in the movie, in addition to new enemies that are exclusive to the game. It costed $60 at launch, but it's not even worth that due to how little content there is.The gameplay as who...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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