Seeing how the sequel to the Beyond Good & Evil has just been announced, I figured now is a good time to write a review for the original.

Title: Beyond Good & Evil

The Good:

Beyond Good and Evil takes place on the futuristic planet of Hillys, where various species co-exist. The planet is suddenly thrust under siege by alien DomZ forces. The DomZ abduct beings, mostly from Hillys, and either drain their life force for their own, or implant them with spores that convert them into creatures that work for the DomZ. A militant force called the “Alpha Sections” come and defend the populace. An underground group of journalists known as the IRIS Network work together to uncover the secrets of the DomZ and the Alpha Sections, and expose the truth to all the inhabitants of Hillys. You play the game as Jade a nice young girl who happens to be taking care of these young children who’s parent have been abducted. You start off having to save several children from the DomZ, which is a big giant like plant creature. As you travel through the game you uncover many hidden secrets, as well as hidden societies who all begin working together to save the hillys.

The story in this game is truly amazing, one of the best written games I have ever played. The script has drama, suspense, comedy, all the important things a great movie or video game should have. The action is simple, yet challenging and extremely addictive. The graphics were amazing for its time and still look amazing.

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Title: Mario Kart Wii

The Good:

I have been playing Mario Kart since the good ol’ days of SNES, N64, GameCube, and Nintendo DS, all of them excellent games. If you haven’t played them, download an emulator and get started! The game-play is short, fast, and executed well. You can jump in and out of races quickly making it easy to fit into your busy lifestyle. The game is especially fun with your friends Grand Prix mode, which is the standard solo races, except allows up to 4 friends and computers to play. Battle Mode where you fight to destroy other peoples balloons, while trying to rack up the most points. Coin mode is when you battle for the most coins, the only way to gather more coins is by destroying your enemy and stealing theirs. The game brings back a lot  of good memories, all those long hours on the SNES. One of the major new additions to the game are tricks, you can wiggle your wii-mote while in the air to do some neat moves. Along with that you can also now pick custom cars, which is a neat new feature. They now offer motorcycles which allow you to do wheelies oooo…! Gone..is the annoying 2nd character in your car from the Mario Kart: Double Dash version (Thank goodness). 

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Title: Condemned 2: Bloodshot

The Good:

After resigning from the FBI in the first game, Ethan Thomas is now leading a life of homelessness and alcoholism. When city wide violence and mass hysteria arise in the homeless community, Ethan is recruited back into the SCU to figure out what is going on, after is old mentor Vanhorn calls him for help. Many of the same characters come back into play in this game, some taking on a more important role then before. Bloodshot is a great follow-up to the first game. The story line just gets better with time. The series of events that take place are well spaced, and give you just what you need to keep your interest up and the controller in your hand. Not only that but if you like scary movies you will definitely like this game. There is just enough scary stuff to keep you on your toes at every turn, but not so much that you have to take a breather after each chapter.  This game will give you nightmares!  Another great part to this game is the intense action. The game allows you to pick up almost anything and use it as a weapon and if your timing is right, pull off some sweet moves. Homeless men coming at you from all angles most to crazed out to care if they die. For all of you CSI fans you will love this game, there are parts in the game where you become the investigator and must solve the puzzle before you. By using your investigative skills you will determine killers, victims, and much more.

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Title: Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure

The Good:

When I first saw this game I thought to myself, this is just another lame game created by Nintendo to keep their younger gamers happy.  They created some random character and his little sidekick to go up against the big bad pirate to get some crazy treasure. But then something caught my attention, the description of the game stated that it is a puzzle solving game.  I do like puzzles, so why not give it a chance.  I soon found that this game is not for any ordinary puzzle solver.  The game begins by having you help this legendary pirate, Barbaros, restore him to his old self by collecting his body parts throughout the levels.  Barbaros promises to lead Zack to Treasure Island and give him his ship.  Armed with your friend wiki, a little furry flying friend who can turn into a bell at the shake of the wii-mote is your only source of a weapon.  You turn enemies into useful items to help you on your journey to collecting the many pieces of Barbaros. So of course all pirates lie, so when Barbaros is all put back together again, he turns on Zack.  Zack must now defeat Barbaros to receive what was promised to him by the old pirate.

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Today I am writing a mid-core gamer review for Tomb Raider: Legend for the 360. You can read more about my reviews in my first review here.

Title: Tomb Raider: Legend

The Good:

I will start off by saying this is one of the greatest games I have ever played. An awesome female main character? Check. Lots of guns? Check. Many fun puzzles? Check. Amazing story line? check. Tomb Raider has everything a mid-core gamer needs in a video game. The story begins with some past information about the Croft family. Lara feels responsible for her mothers disappearance because after a sudden plane crash, she and her mother found themselves to be the only survivors. While exploring their surroundings they find a stone dais that Lara somehow activates, causing her mom to vanish into thin air. Lara is confused and holds a deep guilt about her mothers disappearance for years, until she decides to return to the temple and solve the mystery. From here you enter the ride of your life, a battle to the finish line. Defeating the final boss and acquiring the long lost sword of Excalibur.  

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Hello everyone from DCEmulation.com,

My name is 007Cheater and I’m the creator and owner of DCEmulation.com, a previous staff member has *hacked* the old site by destroying everything on dcemulation.com and moved it to his own servers without permission. Not only is this illegal and I will be pursuing legal action if not resolved, this is extremely disrespectful to me the creator of DCEmu and the willful host of DCEmu for many years.

I trusted this individual very much and everything he has done is deceitful, hateful, and disrespectful. I am in the process of bringing the site back to its original state, if you know anything about this matter or would like to help please contact me at seany187 (at) seanbryant.com.

 The IRC Channel has also been taken over, please visit the original channel irc.cheatlist.com channel #dcemu, the channel #dcemulation is a fraud!

Thank you!

*Update 5*
www.dcemulation.com is back up and opperational as the old site with old downloads, original tutorials, etc…still need to get a few things running, forums have been restored however I am having some minor issues with them.

*Update 6*
The forums should be up shortly along with the rest of the site working by end of day today, I am removing all mods and admins because I am not sure who I can trust at this point, if anyone spams the board they will be banned.

*Update 7*
Forums are backup! Good for referencing past posts, and previous tutorials etc… Post spam and you will be banned. Also got most functions back working like CD Covers, FAQs, stuff that hasn’t been up in ages.

Today I am writing a mid-core gamer review for Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. You can read more about my reviews in my first review here.

Title: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

The Good:

I have heard many good things about the Super Smash Bros. games. Before this edition came out on the Wii, I had personally never played it. The game, for the most part, goes so fast and so frenzied that you feel like you are on drugs, yet that’s what makes it fun, very fun, especially with your friends. Between the insane attacking, dying, jumping to safety, and barely surviving the pummel from your friends, the battles are extremely enjoyable. The single player/co-op mode adds a lot to the game, because you and a buddy are able to play together for the common goal while unlocking multiple characters in the process. Seeing some of the cool characters like Solid Snake, Sonic, and Fox is also a nice addition to Super Smash Bros. Brawl which I have heard were not in the originals! The single player campaign reminds me of the good ol’ days of Double Dragon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Golden Axe. Overall, I’d say the game is really fun for short periods of time.
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