Archive for Pat Cahill
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Gaming 4 out of 5Genji Dawn of the Samurai - PS2 review
25 November 2005Genji is an authentic Asian slash-'em-up, and an extra special one. Imagine Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as a PS2 game, and you're imagining something close to the spectacular visual experience Genji has to offer. The gameplay and structure is largely...
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Gaming 3.5 out of 5Without Warning - PS2 review
11 November 2005Imagine a PS2 version of the TV show 24 and you have just imagined Without Warning. But does its novel time shifting and character changing, combined with its highly predictable ‘defeat the terrorists’ storyline combine to make an innovative new game?...
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Gaming 1.5 out of 5Pilot Down: Behind Enemy Lines - PS2 review
14 October 2005Since the release of titles such as Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid, stealth games have become a fusion of adrenaline-filled shoot ‘em ups, fast paced first-person shooters, and brain exhausting strategy games. Unfortunately, Pilot Down falls short...
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Gaming 3.5 out of 5187 Ride or Die - PS2 review
23 September 2005This latest offering from Ubisoft is a typical street racing game based in the US. It’s crammed full of spectacular crashes and dangerous weapons, and is interlaced with commentary and narration in incomprehensible urban street talk. That part of the...
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Gaming 1.5 out of 5Weapons of Mass Destruction - PS2 review
12 August 2005Can you imagine how ridiculous it would be for Ford to re-launch the model T tomorrow, and treat it as a serious rival to modern cars? If so, then you can also picture just how out of place Conspiracy: Weapons of Mass Destruction is in today’s gaming...
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Gaming 3.5 out of 5Moto GP 4 - PS2 review
22 July 2005MotoGP, the mad sport of racing on insanely fast motorbikes, has just been revitalized and rejuvenated by Namco, who bring us the latest version of the popular series. Namco have been criticized in the past for releasing updates in this series with only...
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Gaming 2 out of 5Altered Beast - PS2 review
22 April 2005Film remakes seem to have a pattern of failing more often than succeeding- ‘Get Carter’, ‘The Stepford Wives’, ‘Psycho’, ‘Solaris’ - all box office flops and there’s much more dross than the gold of ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and...
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Gaming 3.5 out of 5UEFA Champions League 2005 - PC review
15 April 2005Less than six months after the release of FIFA 2005, Electronic Arts are shipping out UEFA Champions League 2005. One might presume that another game released so rapidly is a superficially polished clone with the one purpose of boosting profits. But in...
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Gaming 3.5 out of 5Shadows of Rome - PS2 review
18 February 2005The release of Shadow of Rome comes a few years late, you might think, in the wake of Ridley Scott’s epic film ‘Gladiator’. Now there’s been time for Gladiator fever to subside, get ready to wield your own gladius. Shadow of Rome is set in the...
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Gaming 3 out of 5Suikoden IV - PS2 review
11 February 2005The first two Suikoden games in the series laid the foundations for a landmark third instalment. Konami could then have built on the success of this triumph in the fourth edition. The newest game however appears to be a slight step backwards in the series,...
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Gaming 4 out of 5Cops 2170 The Power Of the Law - PC review
28 January 2005Point and click strategy games don’t all have to be set is a land that looks like the ‘Shire’ from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. But can Cops 2170 manage do break away from the pack? We take a look and find out. The latest offering from the MIST...
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Gaming 4.5 out of 5Xploder Cheat System V5 review
7 January 2005Until now cheat discs have been for the lazy and for those with too much spare cash. They crashed your console and deleted your game saves. Xploder V5 however is revolutionary. It does not freeze and it does not corrupt - and more importantly the cheats...
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Gaming 3 out of 5EverQuest II (2) - PC review
31 December 2004After recent console releases such as Halo 2 and GTA: San Andreas, similar games may have been expected on PC. Instead, Everquest II is released. To some this will be great news and mean hours on the PC raising their ‘disease resistance’. To others...
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Gaming 3.5 out of 5WWE Smackdown vs. Raw - PS2 review
17 December 2004I remember the very first time I played a WWE (formerly WWF) wrestling game. It was great fun - chairs could be used as weapons, you could create your own wrestler and the fight could continue into a changing room backstage. That was on the Nintendo 64,...
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Gaming 4.5 out of 5Myst IV Revelation review
26 November 2004The Myst series has dominated the ‘when-is-this-going-to-end-adventure’ genre for over a decade, and the fourth incarnation has just been released. However, during those eleven years, the gaming world has changed - GTA came out, then Goldeneye took...
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Gaming 4 out of 5WRC 04 - PS2 review
14 November 2004This year has been littered with Rally games and entering into the heated race is World Rally Championship 4. Judging by its predecessor’s success, this fourth incarnation in the successful racing series should be a great game - but does it lives up...
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Gaming 4.5 out of 5Pro Evolution Soccer 4 - PS2 review
1 November 2004The Pro Evolution Soccer series has always been on the list of fantastic football games alongside FIFA, however never really had the goods to beat it with fans of the latter always claiming it’s more realistic, has better graphics and overall improved...
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Gaming 4 out of 5Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising - PC review
12 October 2004Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising is the newest in the ‘war zone first-person shooter’ genre attempting to beat the stiff competition of Battlefield Vietnam and Battlefield 1942. These are hard acts to follow. It’s hard to imagine a game capable...