Resident Evil 4
January 26, 2005
Resident Evil is a title that most gamers are familiar with in North America. Created in Japan, where it is known as Biohazard and directed by a man named Hideki Kamiya, Resident Evil revolutionized how survivor horror games are played today. In 1996 Capcom the first incarnation of Resident Evil in North America and Japan on the PlayStation. This title would go on to create a new genre in gaming known as Survival Horror. The game was a huge hit featuring spooky and realistic gameplay. Before Resident Evil Infograms, now known as Ubisoft, created a video game named Alone in the Dark. This game included lots of scary moments and was the best type of game for its time. This was then surpassed by Resident Evil which included better graphics, realistic horror and a more intriguing story. Read more
Resident Evil 4
January 26, 2005
Resident Evil is a title that most gamers are familiar with in North America. Created in Japan, where it is known as Biohazard and directed by a man named Hideki Kamiya, Resident Evil revolutionized how survivor horror games are played today. In 1996 Capcom the first incarnation of Resident Evil in North America and Japan on the PlayStation. This title would go on to create a new genre in gaming known as Survival Horror. The game was a huge hit featuring spooky and realistic gameplay. Before Resident Evil Infograms, now known as Ubisoft, created a video game named Alone in the Dark. This game included lots of scary moments and was the best type of game for its time. This was then surpassed by Resident Evil which included better graphics, realistic horror and a more intriguing story. Read more
Resident Evil 4
January 23, 2005
Capcom’s Resident Evil series has been terrifying the gaming populus for many years now, but the developers felt it was time to mix things up a bit. The newest game in the series, Resident Evil 4, puts a new spin on the series, but don’t worry if you’ve been a long time fan; despite all the changes and new additions, the game feels like Resident Evil through and through. Read more
Resident Evil 4 BradyGAMES Official Strategy Guide
January 17, 2005
One of GameCube’s best games just landed, and BradyGAMES decided to give it their Signature Series treatment for the official strategy guide. Authored by Dan Birlew, the guide has a cover price of $16.99. The decision to purchase a strategy guide is not always easy with resources such as GameFAQS.com and others available online. Most of the time, I simply check for a few details online when I need to, instead of purchasing an actual player’s guide. Sometimes, however, I just prefer to have a guide book in hand as it is easy to access while actually playing a game and often provides better details than just plain text FAQS can ever offer. What I like about BradyGAMES is that they seem to understand that if you’re paying for a strategy guide, then you deserve something extra in the way of presentation and helpful graphics. I continue to be impressed by the BradyGAMES Signature Series strategy guides. The first time I was really impressed was when I realized that their Wind Waker guide was superior to and more detailed than Nintendo Power’s own official guide. Though there are no other Resident Evil 4 guides out there yet, anyone working on one will be hard pressed to outdo the BradyGAMES Resident Evil guide. Read more
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
January 8, 2005
It is no secret that I am a very big fan of the 2D Castlevania titles since Symphony of the Night. To this day, I still consider SOTN to be the greatest 2D game ever made. In fact, I consider it a crime against the gaming gods if you have not played it. Available at under twenty bucks as a PSone classic title, it is one game you should take the time to play through. After the great Symphony of the Night, Konami made several other great Game Boy Advance titles. These were much more exciting and enjoyable than any of the 3D versions and helped solidify the GBA as having some of the best games on any console ever made. Now that Konami has moved the series to the Nintendo DS, does the streak of enjoyable and fun 2D titles continue? In a word, yes. Read more
Prince of Persia Warrior Within
January 1, 2005
Prince of Persia Sands of Time took a lot of players by surprise when it was released in 2003. Ubisoft developed one of the best games of the year and it can be argued that Sands of Time was the best title in the series when it was released. Fast forward several months and after some lackluster sales, Ubisoft went back to the drawing board to try and give players a re-creation of Sands of Time in Prince of Persia Warrior Within. Read more
Sly 2 Band of Thieves
January 1, 2005
One of the most loved platformers of the current consoles is Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. It should come as no surprise that Developer Sucker Punch was enlisted by Sony to develop a follow-up to the title. Sly 2:Band of Thieves continues the fun of the original Sly Cooper while adding a ton of new gameplay elements and giving players yet another reason to have fun playing as Sly and his crazy gang of thieves. Read more