Review: Final Fantasy XIII-2

February 1, 2012 in Featured, Games, PS3, Review, Xbox 360

With the epic introduction of Final Fantasy XIII requiring 20-30 hours of gameplay  before hitting a full party paradigm and community outcries at its painfully linear progression developer Square Enix has listened to fans’ concerns and made a multitude of tweaks to its long standing franchise, but have they gone far enough? You’ll have to read on after the jump to find out. Read the rest of this entry →

Review: Resident Evil Revelations – 3DS

January 31, 2012 in 3DS, Featured, Games, Review

Nintendo hasn’t really been known for its adult oriented content with most of its consoles eking out their existence in the family friendly arena. With a pretty weak launch line up the 3DS has been starved for something to sate mature gamers, but now the wait is over. Not only is Resident Evil Revelations a blood soaked romp but it is quite possibly the best iteration of the franchise yet. Read the rest of this entry →

Interview: Ian Frazier on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

January 20, 2012 in Featured, Games, Interviews, Preview, Video

For those that may not listen to our podcast (shame on you), rawDLC is excited for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It has been a long time since a game has left us yearning for more, and after a little hands-on time we were sold. Throwing caution to the wind, EA was nice enough to let us talk to the game’s lead designer, Ian Frazier. Check out what he had to say after the jump. Read the rest of this entry →

Film Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

December 30, 2011 in Entertainment, Film

Being a massive fan of the Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, to say I was hesitant to jump aboard the bandwagon of the ‘Americanised’ version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo would be a gross understatement. Fincher is a rock solid director and the cast assembled equally so, yet I felt a strange disturbance in the Force the moment I saw the first trailer. Read the rest of this entry →

Show: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim video review

December 26, 2011 in Featured, Games, PC/Mac, PS3, Review, Studio 33, Xbox 360

There’s something to be said about bitch-slapping a dragon into next week. Not cowering in fear, nor running for the hills, but standing your ground with a battle-axe, jumping on its head and clefting its tiny brain in twain… or something like that. After leaving their sanctuary in Studio 33 Nathan, Josh and Dave have gone toe to toe with these mighty beasts time after time and are still standing. Read the rest of this entry →

Review: Shadow of the Colossus HD

December 23, 2011 in Featured, Games, PS3, Review

Shadow of the Colossus is a true gem of last generation gaming. Much like its predecessor Ico the premise is simple with gameplay the real challenge. Trying to resurrect his lost love, Wander must combat sixteen colossi for a mysterious deity as payment for her soul’s restoration. With each behemoth a puzzle to be solved and defeated Wander sure has his work cut out for him. Read the rest of this entry →

Review: Gears of War 3: RAAM’s Shadow

December 20, 2011 in Featured, Games, Review, Xbox 360

It’s been a long time coming, but gamers finally get a decent chunk of campaign love in this five chapter prequel starring a hodge-podge of eclectic characters from the Gears of War universe, an opportunity to play as one of the most intimidating bosses in video games and a slew of unlockable skins of all varieties to boot. Yep, Xmas has come early and Epic Games is giving you the goodies. Read the rest of this entry →

Review: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

December 19, 2011 in Games, PC/Mac, PS3, Review, Xbox 360

The Lord of the Rings is one of the few franchises that has a decent track record for more good games than awful cash-ins. As Christmas is upon us and most of us are happily smashing through the best games of the year, it is easy to overlook the titles that fall under the 8.5-9 score bracket. One of these titles is The Lord of the Rings: War in the North. Check out my review after the jump. Read the rest of this entry →

Review: Serious Sam: BFE

December 9, 2011 in Games, PC/Mac, Review

For anyone who’s ever played a Serious Sam game, you should know what you’re getting with the latest iteration of the series, Serious Sam: BFE. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The Serious Sam series has always made its name with quality old-school shooting with the frantic meter twisted right up to 11. Check out the rest of my thoughts, you’re going to have to make the jump. Read the rest of this entry →

Live Show: Episode 67 – And the Saints come marching in…

December 8, 2011 in Featured, Live Show

On this week’s show Josh and Dave get a little nostalgic, kickin’ it Platforms style with Nachos overseas on a press trip. The dynamic duo wax lyrical on the awesome up and coming Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and ultra-violent The Darkness II. The guys break down the newly announced South Park RPG before finishing off by strapping on Saints Row: The Third for this week’s review. Read the rest of this entry →