Reviews by Peter Butter, page 3

Shining Force review

While not exactly as famous as Final Fantasy or even Sega's own Phantasy Star series, Shining Force has quite a name among Sega RPG fans. Many believe Shining Force to be the first game in the series, although that honour really goes to…

sashanan · December 5, 2007

Reader Game Boy Advance

Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon review

Shining Force - Resurrection of the Dark Dragon, a remake of the 1993 Sega Genesis title Shining Force, is a tactical RPG in which you lead a group of adventurers against the armies of an evil neighboring country. But this is far more than…

sashanan · December 5, 2007

Reader Game Boy Advance

Mighty Beanz: Pocket Puzzles review

Life, why must you always throw new challenges in our path? Why do you force us to spend our time on activities that we do not enjoy and that do not get us anywhere? Why, indeed, are we driven to inflicting mental agony on ourselves, to…

sashanan · December 5, 2007

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Namco Museum review

To the modern day gamer, a title like Namco Museum has little to offer, but to an old schooler it represents pure gold. It consists of five classic arcade titles, and a fairly varied selection at that, and brings a lot of classic goodness…

sashanan · December 5, 2007

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations review

The Phoenix Wright formula is an effective one. Take one part point & click adventure, two parts courtroom drama and three parts ongoing story about a defense attorney in a world gone stir crazy, and you have a heavily text based but very…

sashanan · November 22, 2007

Reader DS

Impossible Mission review

Back in the early eighties on the Commodore 64, Impossible Mission was a well named game. Aside from the obvious reference to a popular espionage series, the game's difficulty lived up to the title. You were a secret agent infiltrating an…

sashanan · November 7, 2007

Reader DS

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All review

For starters, there is no need to bother with this one until you've played and finished Ace Attorney. The story picks up from the events of the past game, with just enough flashbacks to be able to play it separately if you must, but you'll…

sashanan · September 10, 2007

Reader DS

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney review

It is completely linear, it involves a lot of reading, it has an annoying bit here and there where you're wondering how to convince the story to move along, and once you've finished it, any replay will be precisely the same...and I'm still…

sashanan · September 10, 2007

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Phantom Brave review

Phantom Brave follows the Nippon Ichi tradition for strategy RPGs with a twist - or a dozen twists, as it happens. The basics of the genre are recognizable - characters walking across a map, turn based, to kill their enemies with a variety…

sashanan · September 30, 2006

Reader Game Boy Advance

Lord of the Rings: The Third Age review

LotR games have been hitting the various consoles lately, and every time a GBA companion game was released as well. While The Two Towers and Return of the King got Diablo-ish hack & slash companion games on the GBA, The Third Age opts to…

sashanan · May 30, 2005

Reader Commodore 64

Moon Buggy review

One of the golden rules of game development is that if a game is successful, rip-offs inevitably follow. Sometimes it's just a few good elements that are taken to be incorporated in a different game, and sometimes an attempt is made to…

sashanan · December 16, 2004

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Metroid Fusion review

After a long while of anticipation, the fourth game in the now-legendary Metroid series hits the Gameboy Advance, allowing gamers to take their favorite, heavily armored female cyborg with them on long journeys. And they will not be…

sashanan · December 16, 2004

Reader Commodore 64

Quasar review

The only thing that made Quasar noteworthy on my collection of C64 floppies was that it was the only game I had that started with a Q. When you are six years old, that fascinates you. Q is a mysterious letter. You have no clue how to…

sashanan · December 9, 2004

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Moon Patrol review

In an age where the appeal of a game is largely determined by how long it takes to play it through, going back to a title where you're happy to live through the first five minutes can be very refreshing. Arcade classic Moon Patrol spawned…

sashanan · December 9, 2004

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Command and Conquer: Renegade review

Set in the game world of the original Command & Conquer RTS, Renegade is a first person shooter centering around a commando named Havoc and a simple plot unfolding over 12 missions. It is no way a ground breaking RTS, and in fact has a…

sashanan · September 8, 2004