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Sunday Evening New Release and ShackReviews

by Chris Remo, Jun 04, 2006 4:42pm PDT
Related Topics – Rockstar, Valve, Konami, Bethesda, Games: PC

I've got to say, there are some extremely generic RPG titles out there. Astonishia Story? Tales of Legendia? The Legend of Heroes?? (And, of course, The Legend of Heroes II.)

This Week's New Releases

PS2
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar Leeds | Tue. | PS2, also PSP in Oct. '05)
Portable
Astonishia Story (Sonnori | Tue. | PSP)
Big Brain Academy (Nintendo | Tue. | NDS)
Gradius Collection (Konami | Tue. | PSP) Magnetica (Mitchell | Tue. | NDS) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Double Pack (Konami | Tue. | GBA)
PC
Battlefield 2 Deluxe Edition (DICE | Tue. | PC) Deep Sea Tycoon: Diver's Paradise (Pixel after Pixel | Tue. | PC) Jaws Unleashed (Appaloosa | Tue. | PC, also PS2, Xbox in May '06) Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege (Monte Cristo | Tue. | PC) The Movies: Stunts & Effects (Lionhead | Tue. | PC)
Multi
AMF Xtreme Bowling (Mud Duck | Tue. | PS2, Xbox) AND 1 Streetball (Black Ops | Tue. | PS2, Xbox)
Cars (Rainbow Studios | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, GCN, NDS, PSP, GBA, PC, also X360, Wii in Q4 2006) IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition (Bethesda | Mon. | PS2, Xbox, PC) MLB SlugFest 2006 (Blue Shift| Tue. | PS2, Xbox) WWII Combat: Iwo Jima (Direct Action | Tue. | Xbox, PC)
Featured ShackReviews:
  • SixDemonBag takes a look at Guerilla's Killzone (PS2).
  • We've got two reviews of Valve's wonderful Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC) this week, one from manlyman and one from SpaecKow.
At this time last week, I was pretty close to the end of Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2). Since then I completed the game. I feel that the story explored a lot of interesting themes--the relationship between the player and the player character, the role of choice in a video game, Kojima's wacky "fourth wall stuff"--but it unfortunately went to great lengths to sabotage itself with unrestrained and unrepentent wackiness. Oh well. Glad I played it, anyway! I'm still trying to acquire everything in New Super Mario Bros. (NDS). I've completed all of the levels and found all of the gold coins and cannon, but I guess to get 100% I still need to find the exist to a few more shortcut pipes. Anyone know if you also need to get all of the red coins and unlock all of the mushroom houses?


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