Normally, Sega's GIGO Center in Ikebukuro, north west of Tokyo, is just a really big arcade. Earlier this year, however, it hosted the 3 Big Shooting Festa and became the war room for a tiny section of the Japanese game industry. The enemy? The current ideological trend of 'making games for the west'. The symbol for this doomed revolution? A lone, pixellated spaceship.
Recent years have seen a huge number of shooter remakes, plus repackaging and some toe-dipping into the possibilities of download services, from an increasingly embattled group of small specialist developers. The 3 Big Shooting Festa served to illustrate that the genre still has its own big names and, more importantly, ongoing releases. Though largely down to a coincidence of delays and scheduling, the event celebrated the release of three additions to some classic series: the Fantasy Zone Complete Collection and Thunder Force VI on PS2, plus Raiden IV on Xbox 360.
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.
I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.
Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.
Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.