What More Can I Say About God of War II?

It’s no secret that the God of War series have been kicking our asses since 2005. But since I never owned a PS2, I pretty much missed the boat entirely. Previous to this past week, I had only spent a few hours with the original God of War when I borrowed a PS2 from a colleague – I loved every second of it. It should go without saying that one of my first purchases since owning a PS3 was God of War 2. I also picked up Resistance: Fall of Man, but Kratos …

‘Hot Coffee’ Stirs Up Bullshit

I’m sure you’ve all heard about the infamous sex minigame in Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, dubbed ‘Hot Coffee‘, so I’ll spare you the details. The whole re-rating of the game to make an adults only title is completely ridiculous! It should have been rated AO to begin with. The thing that makes it so incredibly lame is the fact that none of the major retailers [in the States] will stock AO rated games. San Andreas was previously rated Mature, which means you have to be at least 17 to purchase or …

So Close, Yet So Far

CHUM is working on a game reviews site and as such, we’ve got a steady flow of games coming into the Interactive department. Today a PS2 loaner came in and I quickly snatched it for the weekend. Nice – I can finally play God Of War! You couldn’t possibly understand how stoked I am to play this game. Looks incredible and one of my co-workers who has just beaten it, has basically giving me a breakdown of the prior night’s experiences each morning for the past 2 weeks on our way to the store …

Soul Calibur III – What A Piss Off!

First they announce that the next installment in the Soul Calibur series will be a PS2 exclusive. Now they’ve announced there will be no online component and they’ve abandoned the idea of using character cameos that proved hugely sucessful in Soul Calibur II. What the hell are they thinking?

Maybe it’s just me, but I thought one of the big selling points for SCII was the different character cameos for the different consoles? For those that aren’t familiar – Xbox had Spawn, Gamecube had Link (from the Zelda games) and PS2 had some dude…

Mercenaries

It came out of nowhere, blew me away, then left me blowing shit up for hours-upon-hours.

It might look like a Grand Theft Auto knock-off at first glance. But put a few hours into it and you’ll see that it varies quite a bit from the usual GTA gameplay. It’s much more linear and mission based. Graphically, it’s miles ahead of the blocky figures we’re used to in GTA. The lighting and use of ‘light-bloom’ or over-brightening is simply beautiful. The sound and music are incredible – mostly due to the fact that Michael Giacchino…