Sunday Afternoon New Releases and ShackReviews
This Week's New Releases
PS2
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix | Tue.)
Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends (Omega Force | Tue.)
Magna Carta: Tears of Blood (SoftMax | Tue.)
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie (Idol Minds | Tue.)
Wild ARMs Alter Code: F (SCEI | Tue.)
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW (Yuke's | Tue. | PS2, also PSP in Dec. '05)
Xbox
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier (Secret Level | Tue. | Xbox, also PS2 in Dec. '05)
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3 (Konami | Tue. | Xbox)
Half-Life 2 (Valve | Tue. | Xbox, also PC in Nov. '04)
GameCube
From Russia With Love (EA Games | Tue. | GCN, also PS2, Xbox two weeks ago)
Portable
Armored Core: Formula Front (From Software | Tue. | PSP, also PS2 TBA)
ATV: Quad Frenzy (Skyworks | Tue. | DS)
Infected (Planet Moon | Tue. | PSP)
Kingdom of Heroes (Climax | Tue. | PSP)
The Legend of Heroes (Falcom | Tue. | PSP)
Mario Kart DS (Nintendo | Tue. | DS)
Sega Casino (Sega | Tue. | DS)
Snowboard Kids (Atlus | Tue. | DS)
Sonic Rush (Sonic Team | Tue. | DS)
Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (Vicarious Visions | Tue. | DS, also GBA in Oct. '05)
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble (Clover Studio | Wed. | DS)
PC
The Guild Gold (4Head | Wed.)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Legacy | Tue.)
The Sims 2 Holiday Edition (Maxis | Tue.)
Space Hack (Rebelmind | Tue.)
Starship Troopers (Strangelite | Tue.)
Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit (Sony Online | Tue.)
Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" (Wideload | Tue. | PC, also Xbox in Oct. '05)
Multi
Aeon Flux (Terminal Reality | Tue. | PS2, Xbox)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Traveller's Tales | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, GBA, PC)
Need for Speed Most Wanted (EA Canada | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, GCN, X360, DS, PSP, GBA, PC)
Pac-Man World 3 (Blitz Games | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, GCN, also GBA in Sep. '05, DS, PSP, PC in Dec. '05)
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic Team | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, GCN)
True Crime: New York City (Luxoflux | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, GCN)
Featured ShackReviews:
- This week, Masem checks out Harmonix's Guitar Hero (PS2), and so does wraith808.
- AbortedFetusChristi quite enjoyed Mercury Steam's underlooked and American McGee-branded Scrapland (PC).
- Vermouth seems to be getting tired of WW2 games, but still found Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 2 to be excellent.
I finally succumbed to the Shackhype and started Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS), a game which honestly I had no interest in before its cheer squad came out en masse in the chatty threads. Turns out it is actually a worthwhile game.
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SilverSnake
replyI'm a bit disappointed you ever doubted the awesomeness of Castlevania, Remo. :(
Also, holyfuckingcrap! Magna Carta!-
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Been waiting for Magna Carta since I saw the trailer for the PC game (the one never released outside Korea, and possibly Japan). I just love the art style of it. Although, I haven't really read/seen anything about DQ8, so maybe I should peek at that before making up my mind. :)
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some other forum had someone saying that Magna Carta was listed as on of the most hated RPGs of all time or some shit. i'm still keen to give it a bash anyway even if only to stare at the glasses wearing chick with the big knockers
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Not sure what's wrong with Remo. Dawn of Sorrow has received universal critical acclaim:
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/922145.asp-
It's not that I thought it would be a bad game by any means, it's just that compared to all the crazy stuff coming out on DS it didn't really stand out to me. I still think I made the right choice getting Trauma Center, Phoenix Wright, etc. first, but I'm glad I grabbed Castlevania eventually.
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