Archive for September, 2009
The Beatles: Rock Band
Posted by Jim Hunter in 360, review on September 9, 2009
If you’re a Beatles fan, or a music game fan… or both, you should buy this game. The music is superb, the visuals are phenomenal, and there’s a ton of fan service for Beatle-heads including unlockable photos and loading screen “never before heard” audio clips from their recording sessions. With multiple difficulty modes, tons of game specific achievements, and promises of at least three more full album downloads, there’s plenty of Beatles here that’ll keep you and your parents busy for a long, long time.
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)
Posted by Jim Hunter in review, Wii on September 8, 2009
The biggest drawbacks to Muramasa are its repetitive nature and the amount of pointless backtracking you’ll need to do. Sometimes after taking down a boss, you’ll have to work your way back many unpopulated screens you just fought through to go to a different map branch. It’s completely unnecessary except to get the point across that, hey, you’re going back where you came from to go somewhere else. If you can overlook these few low points, you’ll find a game that’s beautiful, entertaining, and quite addictive. You can easily spend 8+ hours with each character, and plenty more trying to get all the blades. Now, lets see about getting those last few for Momohime…