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It’s been quite a while since we last talked mobile games here on MobiCritic, but now the time of waiting is over. So gather around and let me tell you about an exciting, nice-looking and extremely fun mobile game - Treasure Towers.
One of the best things about [...]
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First, “A happy new year!” everyone, I wish you best for 2008.
Today’s game is “Kane and Lynch” from Eidos, a surprisingly good game in my humble opinion.
I mentioned in a previous review that Eidos sent us a bulk of mobile games: not only Tomb Raider: Anniversary but 2 extra games also, of which K&L is [...]
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It’s been pretty long since I’ve written a review around here, and you must “thank” my new PSP for it, the little spare time I have goes to my toy :-).
Anyhow… Eidos sent us the mobile edition of their latest release - Tomb Raider Anniversary. In the pack there were 2 extra mobile games - [...]
7.7.2008
Basil
Hello there, another day at the office and thus little time to type in a few words about a PSP game I’ve just finished. Unfortunately for PC users (or happily for all playstation system owners) Syphon Filter together with the agent Gabe Logan didn’t appear on the PC at all.
What can I say? This is one of the games that make a console sell, it’s a good combination between tactics, action, some puzzles and various missions. The series follow the agent Gabe Logan and his partner (although she appears briefly in some of the games including this one. Speaking of secondary character the Chinese agent and the French one - both girls a la Bond 
- add some spice to the story.
Let me think what this game has to offer: as landscape there is a ship - inside and outside, a misty forest with a military base, an underwater mission, a dam and a desert. In terms of scenery there are a lot of twists and scripted pieces of action that add a plus to the feeling - the continuous escape of the Chinese agent or the 2-way escape from the prison are really enjoyable.
Speaking of which, there are some kind of puzzles that require your attention, keeping you from getting bored of shooting and walking around the stage. I’ve given the example with the escape from the prison, during which you’re given the chance to press a sequence of buttons in the right order and as quickly as possible. In the example given, if you don’t manage to do this then you’ll be thrown into jail, but if you do it properly then you’ll be able to kick the officer’s ass and even throw him in the electric chair and electrocute him. Really nice :).
Even there are some minuses like the AI which is very weak and the hard level of difficulty means that it has more firepower not 
that it is more clever, it is a great game, and an experience not to be missed, the secrets and the interesting bonus level that has no action but gives you an insight on the game make up for it. 8.5 out of ten in my opinion. If you have a PSP, a playstation 1 or 2 you should not miss the series, I totally recommend it.
9.6.2008
Basil
Here is another PSP game which I find pretty good. Last week while checking for some new games on some game sites I’ve found this one. What attracted me was the strange name. Is it a strange game too? Since out of the ordinary games appeal to me, I said to myself it would be a good idea to try this game too. And I am not sorry at all, I was surprised (although I’m used to the PSP and the kind of games it has).
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21.3.2008
Alex
It’s been quite a while since we last talked mobile games here on MobiCritic, but now the time of waiting is over. So gather around and let me tell you about an exciting, nice-looking and extremely fun mobile game - Treasure Towers.
One of the best things about Treasure Towers is that it’s free - completely free - for Sony Ericsson mobile phones, that is. In order to download it onto your phone, all you have to do is - to go, using your mobile phone browser, to www.sonyericsson.com/fun, select the Games category and… well.. look for it. Since it’s free, you’ll only pay for the data transfer to your mobile network operator.
So, back to Treasure Towers now.
You’re an Indiana Jones-like lizard jumping on a pogo-stick on the inside of a cylindric 3D tower. The view is gorgeous and you could have fun just jumping around, but you actually have to hurry and find your way to the top, ’cause the tower is slowly filling with water - and you wouldn’t want to drown, right? - KEEP READING
15.3.2008
Basil
Hello again, I write after a break - actually not a break, because this game kept me busy all this time. And I mean busy, this game kept me playing and playing at least 4 hours every day.
How come? Well, I’ve heard about Dungeon Siege before. It was about a friend asking me to try to help her to pass a quest because she heard of my gaming reputation. The game didn’t rise much interest from me at that time because I had other games in mind, I was playing World of Warcraft, Heroes 5… so there was not that much time left for that game. Two weeks ago though I bought the PSP version of the game and I was not sorry. At all. - KEEP READING
15.2.2008
Basil
“Life wasn’t so bad after all. That if you don’t mind my father kicking me early in the morning.”. This is an approximate quote from the introduction of this game. The game starts quietly, Colton the main character and his faith, Ned have to get up early in the morning to hunt, “’cause the traders don’t wait for us”. Wild west. quiet life. A sign of trouble when a grizzly bear attacks your father and you have to rescue him - good occasion to use his rifle. Nice, isn’t it? This is only the tutorial :).
Yes, I love this game. From the end of the tutorial things are developing fas, you loose almost everything and your life changes completely. And not only once during the game, you cannot trust anyone and everything it seemed right becomes wrong and vice versa. Yeah, this sentence makes no sense if you don’t play this game. - KEEP READING
29.1.2008
Basil
Hello again, in this article I am going to say a few words about a pretty old game, but if you have a PSP you shouldn’t miss it at all. This is actually a piece software that makes the console sell. I would honestly buy the PSP just to play this game on the road.
As I said in a previous article, the game is from what I understand very much like the PS2 version, so it has everything you’d expect from any game in GTA series: a lot of missions, a lot of violence, you can enjoy the complete freedom this series offers. If killing pedestrians by running them down is your way of having fun, you can do it. Would you prefer to run them down? That’s possible, too. You can ride a lot of cars, bikes, bicycles, an ATV, speedboats and even a hovercraft. Not to mention helicopters. As you probably know the city seems to have it’s own life, sometimes you can see police vehicles chasing gang members, planes in the night sky and more things like that. - KEEP READING
23.1.2008
Alex
According to Techcrunch, today was the day a new website that calls itself “youtube for mobile games” went live.
Playoo offers free games for mobile phones, user-generated content, social interaction and personal expression.
Mobile phone users can find games of interest, personalized recommendations based on each user’s preferences and those of their friends. Playoo also offers game creation tools that will allow users with no experience to design their own games.
While the resulting games are likely to be lame, such free mobile games are welcome in a world where good mobile games are, unfortunately, extremely rare. I’m very curious to beta test Playoo and, hopefully, build a couple of free mobile games created specially for our readers. Only time will tell if Playoo is gonna be a hit or a miss.
16.1.2008
Basil
Hello again. As I said in a previous article I am a proud PSP owner. If you have any interest in the gaming industry then you should know what it is. You can find the specs in a lot of sites, a simple search for the word “PSP” will reveal several millions results so plenty of information about this gadget is available. So, what’s the point of this article? Well.. given that - as you probably know -, the PSP is a portable (read mobile) device, we (Alex and I) decided to showcase, in the future, some PSP games and software reviews as well, among all the usual Java games for mobile phones…
Back to the PSP now - why would u need it, and does it boil eggs? - KEEP READING
7.1.2008
Basil
First, “A happy new year!” everyone, I wish you best for 2008.
Today’s game is “Kane and Lynch” from Eidos, a surprisingly good game in my humble opinion.
I mentioned in a previous review that Eidos sent us a bulk of mobile games: not only Tomb Raider: Anniversary but 2 extra games also, of which K&L is one.
One of my friends told me he’s been playing this game on PC, so apparently this is the mobile edition of this franchise. Is the story of two criminals who are bound one to another in a more than unusual way going to be successful? I couldn’t say, but the novelty of the idea is a plus in my opinion. Only the lack of time prevented me from playing this game on PC, because the mobile version raised my curiosity. Briefly, this is a classical type of shooter/platformer, you have to shoot everybody, jump over laser traps, climb ladders and any movement you usually would expect to do in this kind of game. - KEEP READING
20.12.2007
Alex
It’s been pretty long since I’ve written a review around here, and you must “thank” my new PSP for it, the little spare time I have goes to my toy :-).
Anyhow… Eidos sent us the mobile edition of their latest release - Tomb Raider Anniversary. In the pack there were 2 extra mobile games - Sola Rola and Kane and Lynch, that we’ll review pretty soon.
I’m sure everybody knows - or at least should - what Tomb Raider is all about. It’s that great success series started back in ‘98 - please ed correct me if I’m wrong -, having lots of fans (the extremely sexy game hero did help). You surely remember those nice action movies starring the yummy Angelina Jolie. As for the mobile game… ell, I don’t think many people have heard of it, but I did get to play a couple of the mobile games..
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