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Sunday Evening New Release and ShackReviews

by Chris Remo, Aug 13, 2006 3:17pm PDT

Related Topics – Namco, Ubisoft, Valve, Capcom, Square Enix, Games: PC, Monolith, Ascaron

Video games!

This Week's New Releases

PS2

Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix | Tue. | PS2)

Xbox/X360

Ninety-Nine Nights (Q? / Phantagram | Tue. | X360) Xyanide (Playlogic | Tue. | Xbox)

Portable

Deep Labyrinth (Interactive Brains | Tue. | NDS) Freedom Wings (Natsume | Tue. | NDS) Konductra (oeFun | Tue. | NDS) Payout Poker and Casino (Namco Bandai | Tue. | PSP; also PS2, Xbox, PC in 2006)

PC

DarkStar One (Ascaron | Mon. | PC)
F.E.A.R. Combat (Monolith Productions | Thu. | PC) Jaws Unleashed (Appaloosa Int. | Tue. | PC, also PS2, Xbox in May '06)
Pacific Storm (Leska | Mon. | PC) Victoria - Revolutions (Paradox | Thu. | PC)

Multi

Backyard Baseball 2007 (Humongous | Tue. | PS2, PC; also GBA in Jun. '06; GCN this month) World Racing 2 (Synetic | Tue. | Xbox, PC)

Featured ShackReviews:

SixDemonBag is back with a review of Capcom's latest in its demon-infested action/adventure series, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (PS2).
Grayscale has a review of T&E Soft's touch-based golf game True Swing Golf (NDS).
First time reviewer Damodred checks out From Software's mecha action game Chromehounds (X360).
Finally, hillemania takes a look at Outerlight's unique multiplayer game The Ship (PC).

I played half an hour or so of Ubisoft's Far Cry Instincts (Xbox) this week and a mission of Backbone's Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (NDS) on the plane, that was about it.

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How did you like Age Of Kings? I was waiting for a game like that to come to the DS for a long time (not much of an Advance Wars fan myself).

Aug 14, 2006 3:59am PDT

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- I love it. I play a mission every few days or so when I have time, but I'd play more if I could. : Chris Remo

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Any word on weather or not Xyanide will run on 360 as well??? The game looks pretty slick and I sold my old xbox allready.

Aug 14, 2006 3:52pm PDT

Any word on weather or not Xyanide will run on 360 as well??? The game looks pretty slick and I sold my o... : godm0de

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I've heard very bad things about Dirge of Cerebrus. :(

Aug 13, 2006 3:27pm PDT

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I've heard very bad things about Dirge of Cerebrus. :( : Magus
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- I've played it and I definitely wouldn't buy it. : Chris Remo
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  fanatics (not casual fans) = instant money. that's the sucky part... : j0nchan
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    I'm a FF nerd and wouldn't touch this with someone's cock. : ghost in my shell
    - But you'd be willing to touch a decent game with someone's cock? Ew! : Drewus
- I've heard the the final US version has a lot of significant improvements, worthy of possibly checking ou... : bakanoodle
- You know I love 90% of Square's stuff, but this'll definitely be one of the few titles from them I won't ... : Vincent Grayson
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  Seven dollars a month to play deathmatch...hahah. : ghost in my shell
  - That feature isn't even in the US version. Apparently significant changeds have been made to the gameplay... : Vincent Grayson

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Oh, wow...another poker/casino game for the PSP. Where are all the epic RPGs or half decent adventure games? I've been reading nothing but happy stories from DS owners that are getting great enjoyment out of their systems while my PSP sits unused for weeks.

Where are the good PSP games, I say!

Aug 13, 2006 6:59pm PDT

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Oh, wow...another poker/casino game for the PSP. Where are all the epic RPGs or half decent adventure ga... : canuck69
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- kingdom of paradise is a really good action rpg : deadfish
- Neither one has much in the way of traditional RPGs. The PSP has Valkyrie Profile, Tales of Eternity (De... : omnova
- Valkyrie Profile. Stop complaining. : TimeDoctor
- the psp has more rpgs and better rpgs, what the fuck are you smoking? : klearlyunseen
- Valkyrie Profile is rather awesome. : Drewus
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  Oh and Monster Hunter is good also. Although more adventure than RPG. : Drewus
  - very awesome indeed : klearlyunseen

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Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII Review
http://www.gamebrink.com/playstation-2/1714-Dirge_of_Cerberus_Final_Fantasy_VII-reviews.html

Ninety-Nine Nights Review
http://www.gamebrink.com/xbox-360/1722-NinetyNine_Nights-reviews.html

Aug 13, 2006 6:46pm PDT

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Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII Review http://www.gamebrink.com/playstation-2/1714-Dirge_of_Cerberus... : GameBrink
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- Supposedly they reworked Dirge of Cerberus quite a bit since the Japanese release, so we'll see if it mad... : omnova
- I loved FF7, so I hope Dirge doesn't blow ass. : Orange Pylon

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Great. N3's out this week and I have ZERO funds.

Time to start trading in I guess. And I have NOTHING that's worth trading anymore. Dammit.

Aug 13, 2006 8:31pm PDT

Great. N3's out this week and I have ZERO funds. Time to start trading in I guess. And I have NOTHIN... : Rotten Deadite

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So can you still play GBA/DS/PSP on a plane, or is that stuff banned now?

Aug 13, 2006 5:50pm PDT

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So can you still play GBA/DS/PSP on a plane, or is that stuff banned now? : Judecca
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- Not according to TSA's website. : Morphius
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  NOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo i got a lONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG flight near the end of the month! i hope they undo it... : deadfish
  - Dude, I honestly doubt the ban goes that far. I mean, business men and all that jazz often do work on lon... : Morphius

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Loved the Pacific Storm Demo, Naval Combat is so underrepresented. Wish someone would remake Microprose's Task Force 1942...

Aug 13, 2006 6:51pm PDT

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- harpoon 3 :[ : deadfish
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  - sh3 is awsome with mods : deadfish

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that F.E.A.R combat thing looks cool as hell, is it free download ?

Aug 13, 2006 3:49pm PDT

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that F.E.A.R combat thing looks cool as hell, is it free download ? : barichnikov
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  - oh i thought it was a super update on FEAR, as a mega patch. i didnt keep up, so I didnt know it was alre... : barichnikov
- for a minute i thought it was the addon and got all excited :[ : deadfish

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How do you feel about Far Cry Instincts so far, Chris?

I personally loved it, despite the flaws. I found it pretty difficult to actually use stealth very well in it (compared to the PC version), but I did like all of the options they added (such as the traps and being able to roll onto your back).

Aug 13, 2006 6:42pm PDT

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How do you feel about Far Cry Instincts so far, Chris? I personally loved it, despite the flaws. I fo... : roushimsx
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- There really wasn't any stealth in the game. All you really had to do was keep obstacles and cover betwee... : Morphius

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I know this is a pretty broad question, but im looking for some quick judgement.

Are you buying DCFVII? Yes or no and why?

Aug 13, 2006 6:34pm PDT

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- No. Don't care for the source material and the reviews for it have been brutal. When it's getting dumped ... : roushimsx

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Well I was definatly impressed by the darkstar one demo. Im gunna be checking out whe whole game once IM done with titan quest.

Aug 13, 2006 4:54pm PDT

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- Apart from the bad voice acting, it looks to be a fun game. I think I may pick it up too. : ripper9

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you put onimusha down as x360 remooo :)

Aug 13, 2006 3:30pm PDT

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you put onimusha down as x360 remooo :) : ravvy
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- Whoops, thanks. : Chris Remo

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