The Ratchet & Clank series is now pretty well known, and has spawned a hell of a lot of games — currently standing at around 12 in all, with re-releases and ‘HD remakes’ still turning up for the current generation of consoles. It’s a popular series — and of course there’s good reason for that. Let’s look at 2 of the… Read More »
I’ve been embracing the world of handhelds, and am now in possession of a 3DS. Rather than play the latest and greatest 3D titles though, I’ve gone back through the 1001 and dug out a few weird sounding ones for the original DS (thank you backwards compatibility). And this one certainly is a bit weird. It’s called: 1001 No.61: ‘Hotel Dusk:… Read More »
Hmm. A game, based in Japan, about earthquakes and tsunamis… You certainly couldn’t make something like this nowadays, and indeed they can’t — there was a planned sequel to this for PS3 that was cancelled in light of the 2011 earthquakes in Japan. 1001 No.60: ‘SOS: Final Escape / Disaster Report’ (PS2, 2003) Now this is not a mainstream game in the slightest.… Read More »
Here’s a few games to try on the awesome little handheld that is the Gameboy Advance… 1001 No.57: ‘Advance Wars’ (Gameboy Advance, 2002) In the past, turn-based-strategy games have turned me right off. These are type of the games where, unlike something like Command & Conquer, each player takes turns to decide their next move — and decisions are… Read More »
While LucasArts are known as the kings of Point ‘n’ Click, another studio in the 90’s was producing some of the best and most gripping adventure games of all time — and they were British. Revolution Software, based in York, were behind one of the biggest franchises in adventure game history — Broken Sword. The 1001 book… Read More »