GTA: Vice City stories
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.
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Playoo - social network for mobile gamers
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.
I got a PSP - nice gizmo
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?
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Kane and Lynch - Eidos
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.
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Tomb Raider Anniversary - Eidos
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..
Pro Rally Racing - Gameloft
Lately Gameloft created games in genres they have never tried before. For instance, Rise of Empires, a strategy game. Unlike this one, Pro Rally Racing is (obviously) a car racing game, a field where Gameloft already has previous experience - everyone remembers the Asphalt series - so maybe the game I’m going to tell you about comes naturally.
Well, for me is a surprise. It was at least, when I put my hands on it. You know how most of the times I praise Gameloft games for the sound and graphics, always a good addition to any game; well.. no exception here. Around six cars competing in a lot of amazing carefully crafted 3d tracks, so you won’t get bored so quickly. As the name says, this is a rally game, a genre with no previous titles from this company. We’ve reviewed the mobile game Colin McRae, and I had a good opinion about it, but it lost the first place in my list, in favor of the game in center of this article - by the way, I’ve just heard that Colin McRae died recently - it is indeed a great loss for this sport.
I told you about the graphics and sound, and if you have ever played a game from this company you will have no doubt. But if you are a gamer you probably realize that a good game is not about sound and graphics, but about the feeling it gives you when you play it. From my point of view, this game is the real Collin McRae game for mobiles, it simply makes you to watch carefully the timer until the stage is over, and makes you want to take a better curve each time. The adherence of the car changes with the surface you are on, the controls are different with each car, the stages are different and interesting. The copyright of WRC is missing, but the names of the cars are real, and the stages are set in countries where the WRC rally takes place.
There are also some special stages called “Veteran challenges”, where you have a lot of the cars to overpass, this is not real I admit, but it does not spoil the fun, it actually ads variation to the action. If you like cars, this game is a must have for your mobile. If you don’t, is a good experience. 9 out of 10, it is very good.
Tornado mania - Digital chocolate
Haven’t you heard about Tornado Mania yet? What is the world you’ve been living in? It can’t be you haven’t at least heard the rumors of what could be the single best mobile game of 2007.
Unlike others, this game is different: you are evil… wait a minute… good too. Yes, I don’t know exactly… But, that’s actually what I like about this game: you play it just to… play, for fun, not necessarily to unlock something or to finish it. I didn’t finish it, btw. :P.
Emergency Mayhem - funny game
Codemasters(of Collin McRae fame) and Player X sent us a game for a quick preview. It’s name? Emergency Mayhem.
The synopsis says something like: “It is a fun game that resembles Crazy Taxi or GTA for the good guys.” Hmm, to be honest, you drive like in GTA, fast like in Crazy Taxi but the game it resembles the most in my opinion is Digital Chocolate’s Tornado Mania we’ve always planned to review but always forgot to :). Why is that? Because all the problems and emergencies featured in the game are extremely fun. Speaking for myself, I’ve had enough news with the end of the world because of the global warming, cancer or world wars; therefore, any actually fun game gets a big plus from me.
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Gameloft’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (G.R.A.W. 2)
For some reason, I keep feeling that I’ve already written about this game: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (G.R.A.W. 2) from Gameloft. Could it be because of our previous review of Rainbow Six Vegas? Yes, probably: both games abound in urban war, stealth modes, tactics and more. After all, both are Ubisoft franchises turned into mobile by Gameloft. Above this, there’s something quite like a paradox: although Gameloft increased the ingredients I mentioned; only that more urban war, stealth and tactics don’t make it a better game. Yes, take my word - GRAW 2 is not a necessarily a better game than Rainbow Six Vegas..
Darkest fear - Revio
Yeah, I am surely nostalgic. I play Settlers 2, Transport Tycoon and Cannon fodder 1&2 from time to time. I think no one should have missed those games, they are wonderful and will remain the same - at least for me:).
Darkest fear is an ancient game for mobiles - 2005 - from an unknown US mobile developer - do they still exist? But like in the video games industry sometimes small companies make great and surprising games, looks like it happens - and more often - in the mobile industry. I’ve wrote about other old games and I thought “man, I don’t even know if i could afford a decent 176/220 screen for my phone”, or at least for a decent price. Well, that’s other matter.
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