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Sometimes a game is released and it forces everyone to look at the elephant in the downloadable arcade room and ask - Is this game really worth X amount of dollars? Which in turn leads to the question - Should the price of a game effect its review score? Of course it should. It's a matter of value. If Halo 3 was being sold for $200, you wouldn't buy it (unless it came with a life size replica of an energy sword). But if you saw Halo 3 for sale for $5 at a yard sale you'd buy it, even if you already own it.
Jeopardy! kicks ass. Greatest. Game show. Ever. Wheel of Fortune, The Price is Right and Hollywood Squares (unless Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is on) couldn't hold Jeopardy's jock. You'd think a video game based on such a popular show would be fun to play and easy to make but as SOE has found with its recent release, that's not necessarily the case. A multiple choice, Trebek-less, game isn't exactly what fans of Jeopardy! are looking for.
What do Superman, Zombies and an eagle eye view all have in common? They're key ingredients in "The Last Guy", that's what. The Last Guy, now available on the PlayStation Network, is a top down title which puts gamers in the role of a USF soldier sent to rescue civilians trapped throughout a city. A purple beam from outer space came down and started turning people and things into zombies. That pretty much sums up the story portion for this game, but you wouldn't get this title for the story, you get it for its fun and addicting gameplay.
"Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty" is the continuation to the hit title "Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction". Well, continuation is a bit too much for this title. It's more like a bonus chapter you would unlock for finding all the items in the game. Controlling Ratchet you venture into a pirate filled voyage in search of your missing companion, Clank, who was captured at the end of Tools of Destruction.
Rock Band's newest downloadable content gives gamers the chance to have the complete Rush album Moving Pictures to jam to. The seven song set, selling for $1.99 per track or $10.99 for the album, will be available next week. Neal Peart, shown above hammering on Rock Band's exclusive new $1000 drum kit, would be pleased.
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Plenty of choices for arcade fans this week, headlined by "Galaga Legions" ($10) on XBLA. On the Wii gamers get the trifecta of "Midnight Pool" (800 Wii Points), "Mega Man" (500), and NEO TURF MASTERS" (900). And I guess that's about...wait...what's this? Yes, we have a PSN game this week - "Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty" ($14.99). Nice title.
Gamers can pick up the new Wii titles today, "Galaga Legions" on Wednesday and R&C on Thursday. Read on for more details.
Fans of the Blue Bomber are getting a little tease of what to expect with Mega Man 9 - coming out in the fall on XBLA, PSN and WiiWare - with Capcom's announcement of the bosses for the game. With names that include words like "concrete", "magma" and "tornado" it sounds our little blue friend will have his hands full.
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I saved you the torture of looking at a pic of Marilyn Manson and his Pamela Anderson-style boob job (no thanks needed), but if you're into the glam metal rocker and other Interscope artists you'll probably be looking forward to the Guitar Hero III download available Thursday. Read on for the details.
For those of you who don't know, Siren: Blood Curse is the 3rd installment in the Siren series, with Siren 1 flopping in the US and Siren 2 never making it across the pond from Japan. Blood Curse shares the overall theme of the Siren games - several people stumble across a lost village whose inhabitants have resurrected as the dead and stalk the grounds. Blood Curse has two types of releases. You can choose to buy the full game or buy it in chunks, on a per episode basis. This review covers this new PSN game in its entirety.
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