Posts Tagged ‘PS2’


WR: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable (PSP)

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

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Developer: Atlus
Publisher: Atlus
Genre: RPG
Players: 1
Console: PSP
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Hours Played: 150 (no, that’s not a typo)
Progress: Finished the game

The Persona franchise is a popular series by the RPG aficionados at Atlus. What makes it different from many of its counterparts is that it is set in a contemporary Japan instead of Tolkien-esque fantasy worlds or post-apocalyptic futures. The fact that it centers around a group of high school students, though, is not particularly different considering that every other game produced and published by a Japanese software company seems to involve uniform-clad highschoolers. Persona 3 Portable (P3P) offers a hand-held remake of the excellent PS2 title, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, with additional content in the form of a new playable female character and unique story segments.  So how does this franchise fare on Sony’s portable console? Read on to find out….

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PS3 Slim Ultimate Size Comparison

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

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Well, we have our new PS3 already, and we thought that we’d give you as thorough a guide as we could to the size and general hardware features of the new PS3 Slim.   So, we’ll start off with some size comparisons to the Big Daddy version of the PS3 and then carry on to compare the size of the PS3 to most other home console systems.  Hopefully you will own at least one of them and be able to gauge the size of the PS3 Slim for yourself before you decide whether or not to take the plunge and purchase the system.  At the end of the article we have a couple of bonus pics highlighting a nuance of the new hardware.

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Nintendo E3 2009 Liveblog

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

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Please do not refresh this liveblog, it automatically updates every couple of seconds to save you time!  See the full liveblog after the jump.  Nintendo had a couple surprises from core IPs this year, but nothing mind-blowing:

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WR: Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters (PSP)

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

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Developer: High Impact Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Third-Person Action
Platform: PS2, PSP (Reviewed on PSP)
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone 10+)
Players: 1 (1-4 Online)
Hours Played: 15 hours
Game Progress: Finished single player twice

Before I bought a PSP I was checking out reviews of games online to see which were the best titles. I wanted to make sure my starting library was top notch. I ended up getting Killzone, God of War and Resistance along with the Ratchet and Clank PSP bundle. Least to say I was stoked to get home and start playing some of those games, I didn’t really care much for Ratchet at the time. I figured I’d play Ratchet first just to get the game out of the way, I mean it came with the bundle and was at least worth a try, right? That was about two weeks ago and I have barely touched any of the games I had purchased separately. Fifteen hours into the game, I have finished the single player game twice, played online matches against other people and still have items to collect and weapons to upgrade. Size has always mattered, you just won’t realize it until you play Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters.

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Classics: Star Wars Battlefront II (PC, Xbox, PS2, PSP)

Monday, March 9th, 2009

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Developer: Pandemic Studios
Publisher: LucasArts
Players: 1-4 (Xbox, PS2) (32 online)
              1 (PC) (64 online)
              1 (PSP)
Genre: Third-person shooter
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Hours Played: over 30
Progress: Beat main campaign mode

Most sequels to games are inferior to the originals. They don’t add enough to the series to be considered as good as the one that started it all. Battlefront II is not one of these games. Star Wars Battlefront brought something entirely new to the gaming world (and the Star Wars world for that matter). Through Battlefront II, you are able to play as a regular infantryman through famous Star Wars battles like the Battle of Geonosis, and even change their outcome. For example, you can have the Empire win the Battle of Endor, even though in the movies they lost it. Battlefront was a great game, but the sequel was even better.

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Top 5 PS2 RPGs For PS3 Owners

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

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When the PS3 was first launched, I got it hoping the excellent offering of RPGs (Role Playing Games) on its predecessor would be continued in this generation of gaming. By now we know that the PS3 has been worryingly short of high quality RPGs, especially ones exclusive to the console.

So in order to keep your RPG-starved PS3 gamers at least somewhat appeased, I?ve assembled a short list of relatively recent PS2 RPGs that would be a worthy edition to PS3 owner?s game collection. Assuming, of course, you are a true fanboy and got one of the backwards compatible PS3s available closer to launch (20GB, 60GB, and 80GB). If not, we?re sure you still have a PS2 kicking around?  and if all else fails, pick one up for less than $100, you can?t go wrong purchasing a PS2, even amidst all of this next gen hoopla.

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Warren Review: Rock Band (PS3)

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Hours Played: over 50
Progress: Completed “Endless Setlist” (gained Legendary status!)

Rock Band is the first music simulation game to encompass a full band. It allows players to play drums, guitar, bass, and sing. This is the first time drumming has come to a console (at least a full drum set unlike Taiko Drum Master or Donkey Konga). Singing is much like Sing Star and the guitar/bass is much like Guitar Hero.

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