Grand Theft Auto 4: The Lost and Damned (360) – Review

The Lost and Damned is the first "episodic" content for Grand Theft Auto 4 (with promise of at least one more episode).  As downloadable content, the addon describes simultaneous events in Liberty City with those in the main game, but now from from the perspective of one of the side characters, a leader of a [...]

Destroy All Humans 2 (XBX) – Initial Impressions

The first Destroy All Humans was a rather interesting Grand Theft Auto variation, where you took control of a Gray-like alien that turned to basically destroying all humans circa the Red Scare in the 1950s.  Some of the human was pretty campy, but the game included both several nice weapons, telekinetic powers, and the use [...]

Crackdown (360) – Review

Tying a full game to the chance to beta test the highly anticipated Halo 3 may seem like a cheap marketing tactic by Microsoft in order to push Crackdown, but the game itself is much more than just a free Halo 3 ticket. It’s a well done take on the open world genre, focusing [...]

Crackdown (360) – Initial Impressions

Finally, a game that’s just stupid fun, with jump-right-in type approachs for the 360 (more so than Saints Row).  Take your open world of GTA, the complete chaos that occurred in the otherwise dismal State of Emergancy, and you get Crackdown.
The player is overpowered (though I’m playing on the easiest, default setting), but not so [...]

Just Cause (360) – ~5hr

Going back through some games that came out during the fall rush of releases.
Just Cause can simply be put as, specifically, GTA:SA taking place in a tropical island.  The goal is to try to overthrow the persons in power, and as such, the island is divided into several zones (like the first city in SA).  [...]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories – Initial Impressions

 
Got a few hours down into GTA:VCS today. So far, it’s pretty good:

You can change the control scheme to use the dpad for movement and aiming instead of the analog nub. THANK GOODNESS.
There’s some hints that they’ve listened to critiques about the GTA series (in general) and maybe have taken from Saints [...]