Gamestyle

Category: Review

  • Madden NFL Arcade

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    Bradley Marsh
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    EA’s sports titles have undergone a bit of a renaissance of late. Fifa is the top dog, NHL is the best sports title on the market, NBA while being behind 2k’s effort is still very nice to play. Madden is the only choice when it comes to NFL. So it is no surprise to see…

  • Forza Motorsport 3

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    Bradley Marsh
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    Forza Motorsport 2 was a wonderful racing title, despite a few flaws. It really shone in the online department. A testament to the game is that it still had a solid community playing right up until the release of Forza 3. There have been other racing titles that have offered plenty of fun moments, yet…

  • .detuned

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    Jason Julier
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    Run for cover as another ‘non-gaming’ experience has been unleashed on the PlayStation Network Store. This time it’s a musical oddity in the form of .detuned; will this succeed where Linger In The Shadows failed? This time around .detuned is a different beast to Linger in The Shadows and is less of a gaming experience…

  • Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

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    Adam Gulliver
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    When GTA was announced for the DS, the response was a flurry of scepticism. Not surprising, really; the series may have started off as a top down game, but after enjoying the amount of content in Liberty City, would we really want to return to the series’ archaic roots? Well, yes, actually… although Chinatown Wars…

  • Killzone 2

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    Jason Julier
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    Can it be that almost five years have passed since the arrival of the original Killzone? Hyped to a detrimental extent of being a ‘Halo-killer’, it was light-years behind the Bungie original. Has Guerrilla finally learned from its mistakes and delivered? For all the criticism levelled at the original Killzone, it certainly did harbour some…

  • Gears of War 2

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    Garry Webber
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    Gears of War was the first system seller for the 360 and quite possibly the first title that convinced many at Gamestyle Towers that they had made the right choice. Two years on, the hotly-anticipated sequel is finally released, with a promise of being “bigger, better and more badass,” and delivering on it. The story…

  • Rez HD

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    Jason Julier
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    At the turn of the millennium it was clear that Sega was still struggling to find its identity at the tail end of the Dreamcast era. Changes had to be made to put the developer on a firmer footing for the challenges ahead, and today we can see the results of these endeavours. Looking back…

  • Halo 3

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    Garry Webber
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    Is there any point in trying to keep our emotions in check for this Halo 3 review? Should we start by trying to remind ourselves of the series genesis with Halo: Combat Evolved on the Xbox console and how it redefined the console shooter? Perhaps then moving on to discuss the nature of hype and…

  • MySims

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    Adam Gulliver
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    Despite having the word “sims” in the title, this game has very little to do with the stupidly successful EA series. In fact, MySims has more in common with Animal Crossing. Actually scratch that, this is Animal Crossing in everything but name and unfortunately it’s not quite as good. From the beginning of our journey,…

  • Tekken 5

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    Arron Hanley
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    It’s been a whole decade since Namco released the first of many Tekken’s. Having success solely on the PlayStation and PlayStation2, Namco are now into their fifth iteration of their ever-growing Tekken franchise. Director of Namco Ltd. told the gaming world, “Tekken 5 will propel gamers of all ages to the next level in the…