5 years – Iain Douglas Stewart

Devil May Cry 3 Review

By Iain 2 March 2010Internet, Reviews, VideogamesNo Comments

This Devil May Cry 3 review was written for Poopgang back in 2005 (or thereabouts). Unfortunately I've lost the original images I made for it (I liked to use thin vertical slices of image back then, to break the chunks of text up), but I'll pop a few relevant ones in, just so it's not a fucking massive block of…

Devil May Cry 2 review

By Iain 1 March 2010Internet, Reviews, VideogamesNo Comments

I remember how bad this game was. I remember how hurt I was. It still hurts. Format: Playstation 2 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: March 2003 A good sequel will add new aspects to the original. New techniques, new weapons, new characters… Devil May Cry adds all these things in the form of Lucia, an alternate playable character with new…

Devil May Cry review

By Iain 1 March 2010Internet, Reviews, VideogamesNo Comments

Today I'll reproduce the Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 2 reviews, then tomorrow, as some kind of finale, will be the Devil May Cry 3 review, where I gush for hours and hours. Format: Playstation 2 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: December 2001 They say that the greatest trick the Devil ever played was to convince the World…

.hack review

By Iain 28 February 2010Internet, Reviews, VideogamesNo Comments

This review was written for Poopgang in 2005. The original screenshots were mostly lost, these new ones are from Neoseeker. Format: Playstation 2 Developer: CyberConnect2 Publisher: Atari Release: 26th March 2004 .hack//infection, .hack//mutation, .hack//outbreak, .hack//quarantine. A series of four “online”, yet most definitely offline, role playing games where you play a character that plays an online game. Sound confusing? To…

Final Fantasy X-2 review

By Iain 28 February 2010Internet, Reviews, VideogamesNo Comments

Again, written for Poopgang. I found the "slices" (as I liked to call them) for this one. For some reason I didn't mind the dithering caused by saving them as gifs. Format: Playstation 2 Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Electronic Arts Release: February 2004 Final Fantasy. One of the oldest videogame franchises that still has that special something. The series began…

Bujingai Swordmaster review

By Iain 27 February 2010Internet, Reviews, VideogamesNo Comments

Blah, blah, review, blah, blah, Poopgang, blah, blah, 2005. You know the drill. Format – PS2 Developer – Taito/Red Entertainment Publisher – 505 Gamestreet Release – February 2005 What is it with Japanese rock stars and videogames? First Takeshi Kaneshiro provided the image and voice for Samanosuke in Onimusha, and now the effeminate heart-throb Gackt has provided his likeness for…

Street Fighter Alpha 2

By Iain 26 February 2010Internet, VideogamesNo Comments

I think this was also for some kind of Gamesradar Games Guru competition. "The Street Fighter saga may have gone on and on, but in my mind, Street Fighter Alpha 2 was the zenith, the epitome, the finest one on one versus fighting game in history. Capcom stuck to its "if it ain't broke, don’t fix it" strategy, and merely…

A Review of Versus Fighting Game Evolution ~ Something Different

By Iain 26 February 2010Internet, VideogamesNo Comments

I'm not entirely sure why I wrote this, it was probably for one of DML's bi-weekly Great Gamesradar Games Guru competitions. Still, I found it on my PC and it's from that era, so here it is. "A Review of Versus Fighting Game Evolution ~ Something Different Traditionally at home in the arcades, Beat ‘em Ups have always been a…

Essential Charts Q1/Q2 2005

By Iain 25 February 2010Internet, VideogamesNo Comments

For the first and second quarters of 2005, I quite possibly overstretched myself and made the charts too unwieldy to continue. As well as PS2, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, PC and Xbox games, I also included several retro consoles such as the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Here are the bloated results.

Essential Charts Q3/Q4 2004

By Iain 25 February 2010Internet, VideogamesNo Comments

For the third and fourth quarters of 2004, the charts were expanded to contain the top 20 “Essential” games for each format. Listening to what the users of Gamesradar wanted, I also covered PC games and the top 10 online console games this time around. Here are the results.