PS3 Game Reviews
Review The Punisher: No Mercy (PlayStation 3)
Set in the gritty universe of The Punisher, No Mercy is an arena based shooter built with the Unreal Engine
The game is a multiplayer focused release, providing a single player story and co-op mode tied together with some comic-book style plot where the crux gameplay is still based around arena shoot-outs. There are a range of characters from The...
Review Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (PlayStation 3)
Based on the film of the book of the same name, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince is the penultimate Harry Potter story which builds into the crux of Harry's story
The plot essentially culminates in the search for Voldemort's soul via Horcruxes. If you're unfamiliar with the book's plot then you're going to find The Half-Blood Prince pretty...
Review Numblast (PlayStation 3)
Despite being a puzzle title inherently involved with numbers, it's with pleasure for us to inform you that Numblast has absolutely nothing to with maths
You rotate quadrants of four numbers aiming to create 4x4 squares of the same number. Doing so will increase the number tally, making it possible to score outrageous combos by placing higher...
Zuma is a simple puzzle game from PopCap games
A string of marbles move along a winding path towards a skull waiting to eat the string. Alas, you play as a marble shooting frog, able to match up coloured marbles and clear them away before the skull eats them up. Chains are possible via the magnetic properties of similarly coloured marbles, making...
Review Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (PlayStation 3)
Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood is the prequel to the similarly titled XBOX 360 release
It follows the early lives of brothers Ray and Thomas McCall, soldiers for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. The tale of the McCall's is told via Tarantino style time-leaps, an inviting technique which leaves the plot open to a lot of twists along the...
Review Fight Night Round 4 (PlayStation 3)
Building on the early success of Fight Night Round 3, the latest iteration of EA's boxing franchise builds on the realistic feel and excellent graphics of its predecessor
The game includes a main campaign entitled the Legacy Mode, which allows you to choose a character and see build them through the ranks. Your ultimate goal is to retire at the...
Review Wolfenstein 3D (PlayStation 3)
Serving as a history lesson for FPS newcomers or a nostalgia trip for the old-school, Wolfenstein 3D's presence on the PSN is certainly justified despite feeling ancient in almost every way
Wolfenstein 3D is a game that has been around for a whopping 17 years and as such offers very little new. There are trophies to unlock and subsequent rewards for...
Review Red Faction Guerrilla (PlayStation 3)
Red Faction Guerrilla follows the tale of Alec Mason, a simple miner looking to make an honest living on the developing surface of Mars
But politics are rife on Mars - and the EDF are taking control in none to friendly ways. Unable to resist the temptation of avenging his brother - who fell at the hands of the EDF - Alec Mason is dragged into the...
Review Gunstar Heroes (PlayStation 3)
Gunstar Heroes was bizarrely excluded from SEGA's Ultimate Mega Drive Collection, and while it's irritating to not have your entire collection of Mega Drive titles collectively under one roof - it does make the PSN version of Gunstar Heroes worth so much more than it might have been
Alas, Gunstar Heroes is a game you're pretty much going to want to...
Review Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (PlayStation 3)
Set in the vibrant world of Ancaria, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel bares many a similarity to hallmark PC titles such as Diablo
You'll initially select a character from a list of six including the standard fare High Elf to the less than conventional robotic Anubis. Initial customisation is weak, although this comes into play as you collect, buy, sell and...
Review Damnation (PlayStation 3)
Damnation is a stomping cyber-punk affair about everything and nothing
Taking control of rebel gang member Hamilton Rourke, you're plunged into an alternate past (or future?) where the American Civil War is fought with robots. Fighting an evil dictator known as Prescott and his horde of super charged soldiers you'll see five main levels over a 10...
Review Ghostbusters: The Video Game (PlayStation 3)
Playing as an elusive silent protagonist only referred to as "Rookie", you fill the shoes of the fifth Ghostbuster, learning from the best and embarking on a campaign to save Manhattan from a ruthless army of undead reapers
Whilst we were initially concerned, playing as the fifth Ghostbuster gives you a snapshot view of the interaction between the...
FUEL is a massive (5,000² miles massive) open-world racing game, set in a post-apocalyptic future
Think Fallout 3 meets Burnout Paradise and you're along the right lines. There's a loose story about global warming and a lack of fossil fuels, but this is a racing game through and through. You enter races, earn credits, buy better vehicles and win...
Review Trash Panic (PlayStation 3)
Coming from Japan, Trash Panic is as suitably bonkers as you'd expect
Trying to explain the concept of the game in a few sentences will be difficult, but we'll try our best. Challenged with a rectangular playing field [a.k.a. bin], you'll be presented with a range of junk - from simple office stationery to entire golf courses (really); you're tasked...
Review Bionic Commando (PlayStation 3)
A reboot of the franchise starring mechanical armed Nathan "RAD" Spencer, Bionic Commando mixes elements of platforming and shooting tied together in a rather loosely written bizarre-o-rama storyline
The game is set 10 years after Capcom's NES original, in which time has not been kind to protagonist Nate. As he waits for his execution on death-row,...
Review Cellfactor: Psychokinetic Wars (PlayStation 3)
Cellfactor: Psychokinetic Wars is a steam-punk first-person-shooter in the vain of Quake and Doom
The gameplay has a frantic feel to it, with characters defying physics both in their armoury and combat abilities - hence the name, we assume. Cellfactor has a rather simplistic single-player "campaign" accompanied by some more worthwhile...
Review Virtua Tennis 2009 (PlayStation 3)
Virtua Tennis is SEGA's acclaimed arcade tennis title, putting you in the shoes of a range of different circuit superstars - Federer, Nadal, Murray, Ivanovic, Sharapova, etc
The World Tour mode allows you to create your own player and watch them rise through the ranks of the SEGA Pro Tennis tour; completing mini-games and training challenges with...
Review inFAMOUS (PlayStation 3)
You play as Cole McGrath, the subject of an inexplicable explosion, and the carrier of some deadly electrical powers
With the entirety of Cole's hometown - Empire City - suffering the consequences of the blast, the government puts the location under quarantine. With a loss of order, and gangs rising from the underground, Cole embarks on discovering...
Review Bejeweled 2 (PlayStation 3)
Bejeweled is a simple puzzle game where the player must match sets of three jewels to progress through increasingly difficult stages
Unlike Tetris and Columns, the screen is constantly full, making the challenge all about finding the jewels to match and also creating "chains" to increase the high score. Matching four jewels creates an...
Review Buzz!: Junior: Robo Jam (PlayStation 3)
There have been a lot of Buzz
games over the last few years. They were an asset on the Playstation 2 simply because they could blur the lines between casual and hardcore players, much like Nintendo's Wii. Capitalising on the mixed age appeal of the quiz games, Sony diversified the gameshow genre to include minigame compilations under the Buzz!...
Review Zen Pinball (PlayStation 3)
Zen Pinball is the latest digital take on the classic past-time, giving players a choice of four tables to compete in a range of different modes
Each table varies in tone to the other; whether it be the automotive "V12" or the Honda advert inspired "Tesla". There's no standout here - each is as glorious as the last with DLC...
Review SingStar Pop Edition (PlayStation 3)
Music games have a huge pool of popularity just now
You've got Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Rock Revolution - erm - Wii Music and many more. All of which cater to different crowds and different types of music genres. In the cases of the aforementioned - Wii Music's nursery rhymes aside - it's usually the commercial rock crowd. Thank goodness for...
Review X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PlayStation 3)
Based on the new Hugh Jackman Wolvie movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is set just before the X-Men films, filling in much of the character's back-story; something which may or may not please comic book aficionados, but is tackled all the same
The game is directed via a series of flash-backs, which can get confusing, but the majority of the time works...
Review The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena (PlayStation 3)
The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena is actually a package consisting of two games; the fresh Riddick chapter Assault On Dark Athena and the earlier XBOX-cult exclusive Escape From Butcher Bay
As it stands, that makes The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena a rather beefy package, including two complete 9-hour games and a...
Review OutRun Online Arcade (PlayStation 3)
OutRun Online Arcade is a port of the classic OutRun 2 SP arcade board, a SEGA AM2 game which featured in part in the home console releases of OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Based upon Yu Suzuki's original racing classic, OutRun 2 SP introduced slip-streaming and an American theme. OutRun Online Arcade is a perfect port by Sheffield's SUMO Digital,...
Review FIFA 09: Ultimate Team (PlayStation 3)
Ultimate Team is an extension to the excellent Fifa 09, allowing players to earn coins, buy trading cards and complete a sticker album
Upon loading Ultimate Team you will be given your first pack of cards featuring some amateur players. From here you can build your team and play matches in order to earn coins. Earning coins allows you to buy new...
Review Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists Of Plastic (PlayStation 3)
Originally developed for the PC by Mark Healey, the co-founder of Media Molecule, Rag Doll Kung Fu is a parody of classic kung fu movies
The game is a simple arena based beat 'em up, akin to Nintendo's Super Smash Bros., where up to four players select an action-figure protagonist and battle it out on a purposely cliche stage. Rag Doll Kung Fu has a...
Review Wanted: Weapons Of Fate (PlayStation 3)
Set shortly after the ending of the movie, you take control of Wesley Gibson, a smug-faced assassin with the ability to curve bullets
With the death of his mother burning in his veins, you'll embark on a one-man crusade for revenge, with the narrative flitting between the past and present. Wanted: Weapons Of Fate consists of a 6-hour single campaign...
Review The Godfather II (PlayStation 3)
Obviously taking license from the incredibly successful 1974 movie, The Godfather II is the follow-up video game to 2006's mixed success sandbox adventure
Deviating sacrilegiously (but necessarily) from some areas of the original movie's plot, you play as Dominic, a soldier under the previous game's protagonist Aldo Trapani. After a brief encounter...
Review Buzz!: Brain Of The UK (PlayStation 3)
Buzz
is a popular Playstation quiz franchise, providing a satirical look at gameshow culture. The PS3 version of Buzz!: Brain Of The UK plays host to 1,000s of new questions, alongside the return of online multiplayer and the ability to create and distribute your own quizzes online. Just like Buzz! Quiz TV, Buzz! Brain Of The UK has gorgeous...
