Well, this is a moment I was quite hyped for. Finally getting the play the demo for Vanquish. One part of me is very excited for this game, and then there’s the part of me that says “calm down, it’s probably just another bland TPS”. SURE, it’s being made by Platinum games, who made the incredibly badass Bayonetta, but, on the other hand, it’s a TPS with a cover system, which has pretty much never been really enjoyable to me (too slow, too easy, rarely actually any fun to play).

Me getting excited about a TPS is all sorts of weird. Almost as weird as me getting excited about an FPS. In both cases, I usually end up being disappointed (most recent example: Singularity… Please don’t suck Bulletstorm, PLEASE), and this is why I’m being VERY skeptical about Vanquish.

So does this game follow the blandness of most TPS, or is it actually good?

Read on and see!
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The first game just won our award for one of the best PSP games of the year. And now a demo just came out for its sequel.

So I gave it a try… and it seems like it’s gonna be a lot better than the first!

Read and see what I liked about it! (just a short post)
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I’ll be completely honest here: I went into Dante’s Inferno expecting it to be as bad, or worse, than God of War (the lowest tier possible in this type of action game). I was already planning my post to say things about how it has crappy controls, lame enemies, bad settings, and all the same problems as GoW… But then I played it… And I was pretty much proven wrong. It’s definitely a lot better than God of War. It’s not perfect, but it does a few things better than GoW and is overall a more interesting experience.

So let’s just go and see what I liked and didn’t like about it!

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Today, September 10th 2009, a few demos came out on the PS3/PSP, all of which I thought might be at least mildly interesting to check out: TMNT: TITRS, Katamari Forever, Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes and, for the PSP, Half-minute Hero.

TMNT:TITRS was one of my anticipated games this summer, yet I never checked out the 360 version, Katamari always intrigued me because of its popularity, Star Wars… well, it’s Star Wars…. and Half-Minute Hero has an interesting concept.

So, which of those fail, and which of those should we buy? Read my impressions for each of them and see! (I’ll make this short)
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Originally developed by pretty much unknown developer Ride On, Nippon Ichi America brings us Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida, which was renamed “Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What did I do to deserve this?”. The fun 8-bit-looking graphics and the random title reminiscent of oldschool Batman reeled me in, and the possibly fun gameplay and concept (being the bad guy trying to kill heroes) made me quite interested.

This is Ride On’s third game. The first was a Darius port on GBA, and the other was a Beat ‘em Up featuring maids with guns(from the Simple 2000 series). Their track record is short and not very inspiring, but Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida definitely looks interesting.

So with an english demo out (there was a demo before on the japanese PSN), we can see if it’s actually any good.

Read on!
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jobocan Games, Handheld, Preview, demo, impressions, psp

One of the two new free-roaming superhero games coming soon. And this one is a PS3 exclusive. Both this and Prototype definitely intrigue me, but for now this has captured my interest a lot more, and with a demo available to people who pre-ordered, I decided to take a look at what it had to offer.

Read on for my impressions on the demo!
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Well yesterday the PSN got 2 demos that struck my interest. One for the somehow higly anticipated Wanted: Weapons of Fate, and one for the new downloadable game Watchmen: The End is Nigh. One being a clichéd Third Person Shooter, and the other being an arcade-style beat ‘em up. 

I played both demos a few times to get a good grasp of them, so let’s go with the impressions.
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Killzone 2. In 2005, it set seemingly impossible expectations with incredible HD graphics and animation. It was quickly found out that what we were shown was pre-rendered, and some people started second-guessing whether or not that would be possible on the PS3. It’s finally been over 3 years and we got not only to see lots of screenshots and footage, but today we were able to access a playable demo to be able to REALLY see it in action. Whether it was through a European PSN account like I did or through using a demo code by pre-ordering.

Right after work I went straight to download it and plugging my PS3 to the HDTV with the HDMI cable I JUST received, to actually experience the game like I should.

This is gonna be short, since Wintrale will be doing an in-depth review once the game comes out. So let’s get on with the impression.
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I played a lot of Resident Evil games back in the PS1 and Dreamcast days, but didn’t really get around the Resident Evil 4 for any decent amount of time.  Heck, I got my ass kicked by that chainsaw guy in that house in the small village at the beginning of the game and never really got back into it.

We played the Xbox 360 Resident Evil 5 demo about one month ago on Jobocan’s new Xbox and his small TV.  I must say, I wasn’t convinced. With the same quaky tank controls Resident Evil 4 had, and the 360 controller I still can’t play well with, I thought I’d never touch the game again.

Well, PS3 Demo came out last night and thought I’d give it a chance in HD and with my beloved Dual Shock 3.  Find out my thoughts after the jump.

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David A. Console, impressions

When I first heard of this, I thought it would be something similar to RE4, with slow useless zombies that aren’t exactly hard to kill or anything, and overall wouldn’t interest me.
I recently saw some videos and thought “Whoa, this looks crazy”. Well today the demo was made available to the public (instead of just people who pre-ordered) so I thought i’d take a gander.

Read on for my impressions.
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