Reviews by OrpheusUK

Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom review

Sometimes I think that there is a tendency for developers to overlook some of the tried and tested genres in an attempt to appear all cutting edge. In the case of Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom I suppose this fact actually works in its…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

Super Stardust HD review

I realise that this game has been on the PSN for ages now, so I might be a little behind the times in writing a review for it. That said; I believe that this is still the best PSN download available and if there is anyone out there who has…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

Resistance: Fall of Man review

Resistance was one the Playstation 3’s launch titles and it is pretty much a given that most early adopters of the system will already have a copy of this in their games collection. With the fact that the game is now coming up to its first…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction review

Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction is the latest in the Ratchet and Clank series of games from Insomniac. Exclusive to Sony the series has already seen three successful outings on the PS2 and one on the PSP. Tools of…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion review

Oblivion is the most recent game in Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls series; a series which can trace its roots way back to the 1994 PC game Elder Scrolls: Arena. Since that time the games remained solely PC based until the recent Elder Scrolls…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

Heavenly Sword review

Heavenly Sword is the hotly anticipated sword fighting game from Ninja Theory which was released exclusively on PS3 on 12/09/2007. The game plays in a very similar fashion to Ninja Gaiden Sigma, for any of you who have already played that…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock review

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock, despite its misleading title is the fourth game in the Guitar Hero series. The previous three games were all released on the PS2 and were developed by Harmonix Music Systems. Guitar Hero 3, however, has been…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

Go! Puzzle review

Go! Puzzle is not one game in fact but three; Aquatica, Swizzle Blocks and Skyscraper. Each of these games can be downloaded from the PSN store individually or, for a slight reduction in overall price, as a pack of three. I won’t, as I…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

flOw review

I am struggling to come up with a game category in which to accurately place Flow and the more I think about it the less I believe that Flow is really a game at all. It is more of an experience I guess; released during the infancy of the…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

Enchanted Arms review

There are not enough RPGs available on the PS3 for my taste at the moment and when I got my hands on a copy of Ubisoft’s Enchanted Arms I hoped that it would fill this unwelcome gap in my collection. In the end though I am afraid it didn’t…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008

Reader PlayStation 3

Burnout Paradise review

Traditionally I am not a massive fan of driving games and I fail to get excited about the likes of Gran Turismo despite its impressive graphics and wealth of options. It all smacks a little too much of simulation to me and tuning up my…

OrpheusUK · April 14, 2008