Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve reviewed anything. Not sure why, since there’s a few games I wanted to talk about… maybe someday… but whatever, here’s one that no one is talking about now, and that no one (except maybe CGR) will ever talk about for various reasons:

1. It’s a movie tie-in for a children’s (and for children at heart) film.
2. It’s a 10$ downloadable game that’s a movie-tie in, thus it’s low budget and most people will think it sucks due to that.
3. It’s a boxing game.

Real Steel is based on a movie that I haven’t seen and probably won’t see until/if I rent the DVD/Blu-Ray. When I saw this on the PSN store, I almost ignored it but saw that there was a demo so I gave it a chance anyways. The moment I saw the “Yuke’s” logo in the start-up, I was expecting a lame game, since they’re the guys who make the crappy UFC Undisputed games. And then, after playing, I bought the game…

So read on and see what the game is like!
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Well just because I’m bored, I’m writing this early, yay! October 2011… I was actually expecting more interesting releases, but I guess we may have to wait until November. In the meantime, there’s still a couple interesting games here.

Let’s see… for October 2011 we have:  9 multiplatform releases, 3 PS3 releases, 3 3DS releases, 2 Xbox 360 releases, 2 PC releases and the first truly great Wii release of the year (note: yes Mario Sports Mix was good, but definitely not GREAT)! Don’t forget this only includes interesting or potentially popular games, and it maybe be missing a couple hidden gems (and downloadable games, these rarely get release dates this fast). I try to not include shovelware in these lists.

So read on and see what you’ll be buying!
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This is a game that took many players by surprise. Atlus gave it their all on this one: a really surprising collector’s edition, an aggressive and widespread marketing campaign and overall giving a lot of attention to what would have been a largely ignored game. But it comes out and becomes a success? Pretty awesome.

I’ve been mildly interested in the game from the start, but I was unsure if the block-pushing gameplay would really get me or not(puzzle games are a hit-or-miss with me), so I went ahead and rented it before deciding whether I’d buy it or not. So here are my impressions on this quirky puzzler!

(You can consider this a review if you want, since there most likely WON’T be a full review for this game. I write my impressions post as extensively as I can after all, and play a large amount of a game before writing it. I may be missing some story elements, in which case I’ll make only small mentions of the story, or as little as possible, but by and large I tend to know the gameplay pretty well when I get to writing an impressions post.)
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Yeah, I’m doing this early, whatever. I’ll update it if needed when july ends.

It may be the summer drought, but there’s still a few interesting releases, right?

Here we have: 1 3DS game, 1 DS game, 2 PS3 games, 1 360 game that was delayed from last month and 3 multiplatform title. Keep in mind this is just “hardcore” games and potentially good games, there’s tons more if you count the shovelware (though I DO include one or two pieces of shovelware this time, by obligation).

So check it out and see what you’ll be buying in August!
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Sometimes it’s a great feeling to play a low-budget game that’s made solely with the idea of being fun to play, rather than concentrating on pointless stuff like graphics and story. And that’s what EDF is all about.

The previous game in the series, Earth Defense Force 2017, was a ton of fun, even though it was clearly made with a 2 dollar budget.

Let’s check it out and see how this one holds up, shall we?
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I never played the first American McGee’s Alice, beyond a demo back when it came out which left me unimpressed. The art I saw for the game was generally very nice, but the actual game didn’t really click with me.

Madness Returns, however, seemed pretty interesting in previews I’ve seen, so I decided I’d check it out as soon as it came out, though negative reviews all around made me decide to just rent it.

Since I haven’t come close to finishing the game (done with chapter 2), this is an impressions post rather than a review, though honestly I doubt the game throws any curveballs gameplay-wise, so I’m pretty sure I’ve seen everything that is to be seen here (considering the total lack of BOSSES in the game…). So read on and see what I thought (I’ll make it short).
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The summer in gaming is generally a bit of a drought… well, this month is surely proof of that, there’s pretty much nothing coming out.

We have 1 3DS releases, 3 multiplatform releases, 1 Xbox 360 release.

Read on and see if you’re picking anything up!

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Well, the 14 year wait is over, we can finally own Duke Nukem Forever and play it. Damn that was a long wait.

Before I even go on with the review, let’s be perfectly clear on one thing: all the negative reviews are wrong (that and they all played the rushed console versions rather than the proper version (PC)), and honestly no one with a brain really expected this to be a masterpiece, since it had the rockiest game development ever. And no, it wasn’t in development for 12 years, it was in development for 4 years at the very most. The game that started development back in 1997 is NOT the same game we’re playing now… obviously. The game was re-started multiple times during the development, so while the DNF project itself is 14 years old, the game hasn’t been in development for each of those 12 years (heck, looking at the screenshots in the extras you unlock after finishing the game, it’s completely different now from what it was back in 2007, and that’s not just graphic-wise). Just thought I’d point that out.

Oh and while I’m at it, the loading times are NOT long, if you’re playing the proper version of the game (AKA the PC version). Most of the problems reviewers talk about, as far as I can tell, come from them not playing the PC version, but rather playing the badly-ported/rushed console ports.

So read on and see if the wait was worth it!
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Wow, we’re really slow on posts, aren’t we? Well, hopefully we’ll speed back up soon, but for now, let’s look at the games coming out in April 2011. There’s basically not much coming out in the month, so let’s do this fast.

There’s 3 multi-platform games, 2 PS3 games, 1 Wii game and 2 PSP games.
There might be a DS release (that duke nukem game that shows up on every release list for every month but never ends up coming…. and wasn’t it renamed? Whatever), but I’m not holding off for it, so I might as well not list it. Surprisingly, there’s not a single game coming on the 3DS in April… not even shovelware (well some sites have 2 shovelware games in april, but others have the same games in May, so it’s impossible to know/care). Strange.

Read on and see what’s coming!
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The Marvel vs Capcom series of games is highly respected in the fight game community, despite the total lack of balance in the second game in the series. The variety of characters from both universes, especially in the second game, and the fast-paced gameplay, made them really fun and popular games.

After 11 years of waiting and hype, we finally get to play the next installment in the series. The previews made it look awesome, and the constant character reveals and videos just kept the hype up all the way since it was announced.

I’m by no means a fighting game expert, but I’ve played a large variety of them and I’m competent enough to distinguish the good from the bad.

So read on and see if I enjoyed this one!
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