Category:  VG Review

The Godfather: Mob Wars Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 28, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

Movies and video games are often viewed as two mediums that should never mix, and given the abysmal failure of Doom at the box office and Fantastic Four on consoles, that’s perfectly understandable. However, things can change and though the… Read More »

The Godfather Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 26, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

Releasing on the heels of Saints Row comes The Godfather, an overhauled version of the current-gen sandbox Godfather title. While it’s still the same core game, you’ll find plenty of new features and improvements upon issues with the current-gen version…. Read More »

GTR 2 Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 25, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

Realistically, there is nothing that compares to the GTR series for balls-out realism in a racing sim. GTR established the brand as a powerhouse unparalleled in the community, and the solid GT Legends continued the tradition proudly with its huge… Read More »

LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 24, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

By Frank Ling, GN Senior Writer In 2005, LEGO and Lucas Arts combined forces to produce the galaxy’s first LEGO video game, based on the first three Star Wars prequels—episodes I, II and III. The game was heralded for its… Read More »

By GamerNode Staff, September 22, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

RTS games are a lot like a delicious piece of fruit. After peeling away the outer skin (visuals), the inside holds the juicy gameplay that manages to make or break a title. These days, it seems like many games look… Read More »

Bad Day LA Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 22, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

Bad Day LA is American McGee’s latest foray into the weird and unexpected. The premise of the game is essentially all manner of natural and man-made disaster happening all on the same day (from terrorist attacks to tsunamis), in the… Read More »

One Piece: Pirates Carnival Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 20, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

One Piece: Pirates Carnival is yet another clone of the Mario Party series, this time landing on the PS2. Pirates’ Carnival takes the characters and style of the One Piece anime/comic and blends it into a game that is anything… Read More »

Bomberman Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 20, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

Bomberman is a long standing classic that has seen many iterations on many consoles over the past few decades. Its one my earliest and fondest memories of multiplayer gaming, which was an absolute blast (pardon my pun). For those of… Read More »

Mega Man ZX Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 19, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

It took nearly two years before Capcom decided to release a Mega Man title exclusively for the Nintendo DS, but rest assured fans, it is well worth the wait. So anyone who’s been mass spamming the Battle Network 5 forums… Read More »

Yakuza Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 18, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

In 2005, Sega released a game in Japan titled Ryu ga Gotoku (Like a Dragon). This action-adventure game was not only unusual in that it was about the Japanese crime underworld, but it was also a very expensive game to… Read More »