272nd played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: PlayStation 2/Wii Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Clover Studio Publisher: Capcom Part of the reason this set of fifty games is restricted to games new to me, is to put some focus on me playing games that Peter already knows. Ōkami, then, is a perfect game to play […]
Posts Tagged ‘playstation 2’
#707 Ōkami
Posted: 23rd September 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, action, adventure, capcom, clover studio, playstation 2, wii
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#687 Black
Posted: 15th September 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, Criterion Games, electronic arts, first person shooter, playstation 2, xbox
270th played so far Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: Playstation 2/Xbox Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Criterion Games Publisher: Electronic Arts Often, ‘by the makers of’ indicates an ongoing quality. A game in the same genre, by people who know the area and can do it well. Bioware, say, has a reputation for good RPGs and […]
#470 Stretch Panic/Freak Out
Posted: 7th September 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, conspiracy entertainment, platform, playstation 2, ps2, treasure co. ltd
268th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: PlayStation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Treasure Co. Ltd Publisher: Conspiracy Entertainment First, let’s settle a few confusing bits. While we list the game as Stretch Panic above, as that’s how it’s known in the US and Japan, in Europe it was released under the name Freak […]
#600 Def Jam: Fight for NY
Posted: 14th May 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, aki corporation, ea canada, electronic arts, fighting, gamecube, playstation 2, xbox
239th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: PS2/Gamecube/Xbox Year of Release: 2004 Developer: AKI Corporation, EA Canada Publisher: Electronic Arts It’s official, the drought of fighting games is now over. 50 games since we last covered one (Splatterhouse) and finally we doing our next one as part of X-Fest. The main reason for this is […]
#751 Free Running
Posted: 9th May 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, playstation 2, Rebellion Developments, sports, ubisoft
146th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Rebellion Developments Publisher: Ubisoft Parkour, for the few who haven’t seen or read about this, is a fairly new sport that’s mostly about running around roofs, ledges and other backstreets of cities, trying to not break your neck as you run […]
#575 Gregory Horror Show
Posted: 14th March 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2003, capcom, playstation 2, survival horror
130th played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Capcom Studio 3 Publisher: Capcom When you have fallen for a lot of bad games there are a number of rules that you know to be true. One of them is never to buy a tie-in game because they universally […]
#482 Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
Posted: 2nd January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, action, capcom, playstation 2
112th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom So from one knight to another. Today we’re discussing Maximo, a guy who went out on a quest, came back, found his kingdom taken over by an evil chancellor, his princess kidnapped, and tries to get all of […]
#571 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Posted: 9th December 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, 3D Realms, Max Payne, pc, playstation 2, Remedy Entertainment, rockstar, shoot 'em up, xbox
106th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/PS2/XBox Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Vienna Publisher: 3D Realms In the previous installment of this series, we learned that Max Payne became an undercover agent, was accused of a murder he didn’t commit (although in the course of the game, he […]
#522 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Posted: 1st December 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2003, platform, playstation 2, Sucker Punch Productions
104th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Sucker Punch Productions Publisher: Sony There are many, many different platform gaming mascots out there. We’ve got the famous plumbers and blue hedgehogs, as well as dogs and birds, worms and space babes. In the future we’ll get more strange humans, […]