Dungeon Fighter Review

Dungeon Fighter is an interesting approach to the MMO genre. If a lot of polish were applied to this little gem it would improve drastically and do more than attract the niche crowd. It had some features that are WoW inspired but fall kind of flat on how they function.

Beta watch: Curse is giving away Wizardry Online keys!

Gaming site curse is giving away keys for Wizardry Online. The game looks interesting saying it is catering to the "Hardcore" MMO fans looking for a challenge. Oh and it looks like it has permadeath, how bout that? Anywho, check it out below! I know I will.

Wizardy beta keys

Nintendo announces the Mini Wii

Kyoto based Nintendo just announced a reincarnation of the Wii called "Wii Mini." It will be out on December 7th for $99.99. Oddly enough, the console has only been announced in Canada with Nintendo stating "no information is available about its potential availability in other territories in the future."

The console is, of course, smaller and will lie horizontally instead of vertically. The console looks like something out of Tron, with glossy red tapered edges encasing a matte black frame. It also appears that it might be a top loader, as well.

For the price of $99.99 you'll get the system, a Wii Motion Plus controller, and a Nunchuk. The smaller system will have a couple of features stripped out of it, like the removal of its wifi capability. It's unable to load game cube discs, and also no longer supports gamecube controllers. If you live in Canada, they're taking pre-orders now!

Retro Review! - Phantasy Star

Oh yeah, it's 1988 and that new RPG thing Phantasy Star is out! At least, that's how I imagine the '88 gamer kids talked back then. The game was a break through in RPGs for the consoles. The game was freakin' huge for the times, the music utilized a special sound chip that was, of course, Japan only. It had "fake" 3D graphics, and it had a female lead character. So, let's boot this thing up and see how it compares to the spoiled gamers of 2011

I do have to say, the graphics are very well done and the 3D effect would have blown my mind. It does make you feel like you are actually traversing through a dungeon. It was hard to get immersed without imagination back then. That's because the scenery is a bit dull and the dungeons are usually just brick wall mazes. Still though, the monsters and cut scenes are really well done.

Maybe it's the localization, or because the graphics took up so much of the games space, but the story was kinda meh. The towns folk littered in the game give you strange riddle-like clues and sometimes just useless information. Direction is another thing the game kind of lacked, too. It's debatable if it's a good thing or not. I'm not too much of a fan of being dropped off in an area with very little information, especially when you are so damn weak!

Monster encounters early on require you to just wait for the right monster to kill and fleeing from the rest. I'm not sure if they made it that way to keep you playing, but there is a tad bit of a grind just to progress. It's definitely not stream lined, and it's a little bit open. You can stumble into places you shouldn't be and get your ass kicked pretty bad.

Gameplay-wise it's everything you'd expect from an old RPG with turn based fights. It gets a bit dull and I had a hard time gearing up. It kind of sucks having to buy a piece of gear for a bunch of meseta and have it not be as good, or not for the right character. So yeah, the menus are a bit poor in design, which of course gets worked on as the series progresses. What's important is the game's historical impact! If you go back and play it without a walk through, prepare to sink some hours into it. I personally had to use a walk through at times, and you'll see why if you try the game out!

7/10

1988 Josh probably would have given it a 9 or 10.

Enemy 585 Indie Game Review

Enemy 585 is a puzzle based strategy game that is as fun as indie games come these days. I honestly don't have really a bad thing I can say about this game. The music, ooh the music! It brings me back to better days when games were more simple. There isn't much to the game; The goal is to guide the little pink guy with a helmet through obstacles using a bar that you control. Enemy 585 controls himself through the level and it's your job to collect coins and keep him alive until the level is finished. This game truly shows how complex games are not always the best. This is such a simple concept and yet it is as addicting as games come.


I really gotta give a thumbs up to the guys over at Nitrome for this jewel of an indie puzzle game. Enemy 585 is some of the most fun you can have online for free, hands down. If you're into puzzles, good music, and good times this game is a must play. I'm serious, I don't even know why you're still reading this post. You should be playing this right now. I mean, it's FREE! Come on, it doesn't get much better than that.

I have to give this game a solid 8/10

Also, while you're over at Nitrome, make sure to check out some of their other free to play games. They're all pretty fun. I gotta really hand it to those guys, they put out some awesome indie games and they're free; Doesn't get much better.

http://www.nitrome.com/games/enemy585/

Super Meat Boy Review

Best platformer ever! Honestly, I think this is my favorite platformer of all time.

Now, I am a huge fan of platformers. I mean huge. From Donkey Kong, to Mario, to Crash Bandicoot, to Banjo-Kazooie; I just really love them all. Maybe it's the great childhood memories. The game really brings me back to the controller throwing difficulty that most of these types of games bring to the table, but something about that just make feel at home.

WARNING

Super meat boy is not for the faint of heart at all. This game gives me nightmares because of how difficult it gets. When you turn this game on be prepared for hours of dying and frustration. Now all of that said, this game is hands down the easiest platformer to control. I want to give a shout out to the guys over at Team Meat for some of the best programming I have ever seen. This thing truly controls like butta. So, through your hours of dying at the very end of a level, you know that it was not unfair because the game controlled badly or the maps were designed poorly. Your deaths rest solely on yourself for messing up. There was not a single time where I died and I felt cheated by the game, only myself.



You play as Meat Boy, a character who is in love with Bandage Girl and Bandage Girl gets held hostage by Dr. Fetus who hates Meat Boy because he has found love and no one loves Dr. Fetus. So he uses obstacles and traps to keep you from your ultimate goal: To save your true love, Bandage Girl.



This game has it all: dark humor, amazing controls, interesting and fun levels, and even a bit of a story. I spent hours and hours button smashing and screaming in anger. I played this game for so long my hands started cramping. Super Meat Boy is on it's own level of addicting, I would compare it to heroin, not that I know what that's like. Super Meat boy is a must play for all gamers. I can't think of a single reason not to pick this game up and give it a try.

At 20+ levels per world, 7 worlds, 1 bandage per level to collect, and the time trials for an A+ rating so that you can unlock a much harder version of the level in the dark world, this game will keep you playing for hours upon hours. This game is a completionists dream. There is just so much content to keep you up at night screaming at your TV "I SAID JUMP!".

I give this game an amazing 9/10

Android Gaming App of the Week! - Princess Punt Kicking my Hero

I'm not sure you know this about me, but I love niche games. I think they are some of the most creative and under appreciated games ever. I love companies like NIS and Atlus, they are always trying to create interesting and fun games that normally have the RPG element I crave. Thats why I was pleased to find this little gem by a company I've never heard of: Gungho Online Entertainment.


This game is taking the angry birds craze and KICKING IT (get it?!) to the next level. The game has RPG elements. You level up, you get gear, gold, and you can even change your character class. The story is silly, but it's basically all about the game play. You just kick your hero to the monsters, tap them to do their special, and then when they are on the ground they will auto attack in between turns.



Of course there are some flaws with the game. It does seem like there is the whole asian free game money trap going on. There is a premium slot machine which uses cash shop tokens. I've gotten 3 premium tokens for free and have gotten nothing but gold from the machine. After the fourth level the game charges you per level, making the game about 6 bucks. Still it's free to try and I think I'll be purchasing it.

8/10