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Tales of Vesperia (360) - Review

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2008-10-11 16:00:39 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
...gameplay changes make for a familiar, yet new, experience, and the advantages of the new hardware help to make the presentation nicer. For those that havent had a chance to experience the series, the game is very accodating to new users and is a good introduction to the series. It still, however, has the usual stereotypical elements of a JRPG...
 
Tags: tales, tales series tradition, tales series, tales approach, game, game feels, game helps, tales game, game difficulty
 
 
 
 
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de Blob (Wii) - Review

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2008-10-11 14:58:59 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
...game. de Blob is a very good effort for a third party Wii game; its fun though can be tedious near the end, but does have a lot of collection items that will interest those types of games. The presentation is very well done, particularly in the sound department. Its definitely the type of game that will appeal to those that like ones that go...
 
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Rock Band 2 (360) - Review

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2008-10-03 16:27:14 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
...Games Rock Band was a stunning success last year, beating the Guitar Hero to the punch at incorporating several more instruments besides just guitar into the music game set. Now, less than a year later, weve got Rock Band 2 (at least, those of us on Xbox 360s), and while its denoted as a sequel, its better to think of it as a version upgrade;...
 
Tags: rock, rock band, rock band songs, band, tour mode, tour, friends band, tour mode expands, love rock band
 
 
 
 
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Spore (PC) - Initial Impressions

2008-09-08 17:37:31 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
 
...game that has been removed Cell Stage - Less esotertic version of flOw , works well but goes by quickly Tribe Stage - A bit repetitive but instant gratification with the evolution of your species via its rewards City Stage - Not thrilled with this, I suck as RTSs and had troubles getting through it the first time until I figured that the best...
 
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Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (PSN) - Review

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2008-08-24 14:47:10 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
...games for the PlayStation 3, continuing on from Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction in both story and gameplay. The overall game continues the high quality work from Insomniac in the past and include new gameplay elements, but there are some aspects of design that are questionable and make the game feel as if it is lacking in...
 
Tags: clank game, game, ratchet, game continues, game lacks, clank, series gameplay, series, combat
 
 
 
 
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PixelJunk Eden (PSN) - Review

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2008-08-23 15:44:29 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
...game from Q-Games on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 and is probably the most abstract game of the three. The game is based on using your grimp character to swing on plant to collect pollen, pollinating seeds that will grow into new plants in order to reach the farthest heights of each garden. The core gameplay, visuals, and...
 
Tags: game, downloadable game, fun game, game effectively, abstract game, game requires, spectra goal, spectra, plants
 
 
 
 
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Braid (XBLA) - Review

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2008-08-21 23:45:28 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
...game available through Xbox Live. While the basic play makes the game look like your typical Mario clone, the bulk of the game is centered around the use of time manipulation and other time-related puzzles in order to collect hard-to-reach puzzles and complete the game. The game is fantastically presented, and while the unique time-based...
 
Tags: time, time sweeper, time reversal ability, ability, time reverses, time mechanic, time effects, game, game plays
 
 
 
 
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Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (360) - Review

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2008-06-29 23:02:33 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
...game on the career of one of rocks more influential bands, Aerosmith, providing a song list with more than half the titles from the band, the rest from groups that Aerosmith based their style on or similar genre-wise. While the game shows a lot more effort by the developers than Rocks the 80s , the fact that the game is short is a major...
 
Tags: aerosmith, guitar hero, hard time, hard, low-end hard range, songs, additional songs, pretty, aerosmith plays pretty
 
 
 
 
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The World Ends With You (NDS) - Review

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2008-06-16 14:18:05 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
...gameplay aspects within the game, but the game itself is wisely crafted around those elements to allow you to use as many or as little of the elements as needed, effectively letting you drink as much of the game as you want but tempting you with better rewards if you take on the added challenges. This approach, as well as the overall...
 
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LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (360) - Review

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2008-06-15 22:54:18 by masem in Masem's Gaming Blog
...game from Travelers Tales, who have previously done both LEGO Star Wars games. While there are several elements that are reused, and much of the general gameplay hasnt changed much, they have refocused the general approach on the adventure genre and solving puzzles to progress in the game, making it feel pretty fresh and showing that the...
 
Tags: main game mode, main, mode, pretty fresh, fresh, free play mode, pretty, play, pretty fun game