798th played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo We have been getting two things out of our Switch Online subscription. One is that we’ve gained quite an addiction to Tetris-99, at which Peter has become a master, and the other is that we’ve gotten access to the […]
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#963 Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies
Posted: 8th July 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, nintendo, nintendo spd, shoot 'em up, Treasure, wii
797th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Treasure/Nintendo SPD Publisher: Nintendo It hasn’t been that long since I played Sin & Punishment, a rail shooter with quite a bit of movement that became quite chaotic and difficult to keep up with. It took nearly a decade for […]
#866 Siren: Blood Curse
Posted: 4th July 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, playstation 3, project siren, sony computer entertainment, stealth, survival horror
796th played so far Genre: Survival Horror/Stealth Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Project Siren Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Siren Blood Curse has been living on our PS3’s hard drive as quite a chunky download for some time now. Its episodic release means that there are a lot of individual parts that, together, […]
#493 Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Posted: 30th June 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, factor 5, gamecube, lucasasrt, shoot 'em up
795th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Factor 5/LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts We’ve got a pretty rapid follow up to Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. It was a bit of a struggle that I didn’t really agree with as much. I preferred the older shooters – for various reasons […]
#755 E4
Posted: 26th June 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, action, q entertainment, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
794th played so far Genre: Action/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Q Entertainment Publisher: Q Entertainment Man, the name of this game is incredibly annoying. Here in the UK, E4 comes out as a TV channel that I don’t pay too much attention too, and the expanded name – for […]
#699 Exit 2
Posted: 22nd June 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, action, psp, puzzle, taito corporation
793rd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Action Platform: PSP Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Taito Corporation Publisher: Taito Corporation There’s an interesting subgenre of puzzle games which are escape rooms – a room you’re locked in, that requires puzzles to be solved to get out. It’s something I want to play around more with, as they’re […]
#701 Fight Night Round 3
Posted: 18th June 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, ea chicago, ea sports, fighting, xbox 360
792nd played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: EA Chicago Publisher: EA Sports Oh man. I’ve never really gotten into fighting sports either, and while they’re okay games, the franchise based stuff doesn’t work as well for me – like sports, they can try to be too accurate, rely […]
#583 Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
Posted: 14th June 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, gamecube, nintendo, nintendo ead tokyo, platform
791st played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Nintendo EAD Tokyo Publisher: Nintendo Donkey Konga gave the world a Donkey Kong-themed music game using a custom bongo controller. Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat took those same controllers, but turned it into a platformer. An actual platformer, not a rhythm game skinned […]
#565 Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner
Posted: 10th June 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, action, konami, konami computer entertainment japan, playstation 2
790th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Publisher: Konami While we msotly know Hideo Kojima for the Metal Gear Solid series, while reading up when preparing for this entry I saw that he was also involved in the creation of the Zone of the […]
#1006 Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Posted: 6th June 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2011, action, adventure, naughty dog, playstation 3, sony computer entertainment
789th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2011 Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment We’ve already played two Uncharted games. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune was quite fun, but had some issues with the fighting. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was a lot better – solving part of that problem and leading […]