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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-awoolcott Recent reviews written by member awoolcott en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_470767668868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Though released at the tail end of the PlayStation 2's prime, Persona 3 managed to gather a large following of RPG fans, thanks to its unique take on the genre – the combination of roguelike dungeon crawling and light life-simulation elements made... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470767668868 Sun, 17 May 2009 20:35:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470767668868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469242318468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - One of the brighter spots of the Xbox 360 launch was the Sega/Monolith collaboration known as Condemned: Criminal Origins, a first-person brawler with a CSI tint to the story. Because of the status as a launch game, it received a lot of attention from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469242318468 Mon, 4 May 2009 12:02:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469242318468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464753823364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - After a year off to make the more realistic and focused Need for Speed Pro Street, EA has returned the franchise to its familiar open-world cities that have existed since Need for Speed Underground 2. This latest NFS is dubbed Undercover, an attempt to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464753823364 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:42:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464753823364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462977207940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Though Grand Theft Auto was definitely an influence on the movement towards open-world racing games, it's one of Rockstar's other marquee franchises that actually did it first; 2000's Midnight Club Street Racing, a launch PlayStation 2 title, offered the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462977207940 Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:50:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462977207940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456344309380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - When Rock Band was announced, Harmonix Music Systems touted it as more than just a mere game, but instead a platform on its own, where you constantly could buy new “games” for it, only in this case they meant a weekly stream of downloadable songs to keep... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456344309380 Thu, 1 Jan 2009 12:48:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456344309380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455917538948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Following up a modern classic like Persona 3 can't be easy, but just one year after a region outside Japan finally experienced the penultimate entry in the PS2 collection of Shin Megami Tensei games, Persona 4 is here...and somehow, they've managed to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455917538948 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:56:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455917538948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454706237060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - After a generation that saw a pair of successful Tales games (along with one mediocre release), the long-running franchise has made its High Definition debut in Tales of Vesperia for the Xbox 360. With a working formula in place, Vesperia does little to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454706237060 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:38:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454706237060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_452790095492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - In some circles, Fallout 3 is one of the most controversial games ever. Not for what you think; instead, it's a battle between old-school Fallout players whom were into the series when it was PC-only, and new owner Bethesda, who acquired the rights a few... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~452790095492 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:00:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_452790095492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_451476885124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Gran Turismo games are something to savor: they come around so infrequently that one must enjoy it as long as possible. There was four years between Gran Turismo 3 and 4, and we're coming up on four years since the release of that fourth game... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~451476885124 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:40:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_451476885124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446123118212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - The current form of Sega is something of an empty shell – the once mighty hardware and software producer has been reduced to a handful of awful Sonic games, publishing projects from western developers, and occasionally spitting out a moment of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446123118212 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:40:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446123118212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443322568324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Legend has it that when Joe Perry, guitarist for Aerosmith, discovered the original Guitar Hero, he was crushed to find approximately zero tracks from his band in the game. I'm sure he's happy now though, since Activision has delivered a game that's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443322568324 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:09:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443322568324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440263282308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - With Guitar Hero, Harmonix Music Systems made themselves household names with gamers, delivering the kind of music game that transcends its very niche genre and took it mainstream. After Guitar Hero II, Harmonix was acquired by MTV Games, who along with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440263282308 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:33:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440263282308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433686941316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Inevitably, as you work your way through the huge PS2 role-playing game library, you get to the really weird stuff. Gust has become a big player in the niche RPG scene of late, mostly for their Atelier Iris franchise which recently spawned into Mana... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433686941316 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:20:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433686941316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432359837316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - It's been nearly seven years since Grand Theft Auto III released, becoming one of the most influential games in the history of the medium and effectively giving birth to the genre we call sandbox gaming. Its influence has been widespread, passing on to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432359837316 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:21:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432359837316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430262881924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - It wouldn't be a PlayStation without a Hot Shots Golf game, and though it took a little while to actually get here, Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds has finally arrived, almost a year after its original Japanese release. The sixth entry (counting the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430262881924 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:59:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430262881924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425909980804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Since the release of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne in 2004, there's been five games in the series released on PlayStation 2, making it one of the more prolific RPG franchises around in the past few years. The fourth, Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425909980804 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:44:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425909980804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_422317559428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Though the whole Fast & the Furious motif is long gone, someone forgot to tell THQ and Juiced Games. The original Juiced was a decent game with some decent ideas, but nothing that truly warranted a sequel though it did have some promise. Yet here... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~422317559428 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:55:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_422317559428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421436427908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - With the new-generation of consoles in full swing, standout games from PlayStation 2 just don't get the notoriety they did in its heyday, which means that niche games (which were in abundance on PS2) get even less attention than they did before. It's too... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421436427908 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 13:07:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421436427908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420423306884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - It seems that someone flipped the switch on EA's two major racing franchises. After a few years of open-world adventures, Need for Speed Pro Street took the series back to menu-driven progression. On the other hand, Burnout, a stubborn holdover of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420423306884 Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:56:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420423306884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416863522436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - It's not every day that you come across a new franchise with as much hype as it has scrutiny, but Assassin's Creed is just that. When the game came into the limelight at E3 2006 (previously the game was shown in quick teaser form as &#147Project... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416863522436 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:08:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416863522436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414774627972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - NBA 07 was probably not the better of the two PS3 basketball games at the launch of the system, but it was competent enough and seemed a step in the right direction after many years of mediocrity from Sony's hoops franchise. Thus the anticipation was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414774627972 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:48:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414774627972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414354476676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Over the past 10 years, Naughty Dog has developed a great reputation for high-quality platform titles, beginning with Crash Bandicoot on the original PlayStation and then Jak & Daxter on PS2. Both franchises offered beautiful, cartoony graphics with some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414354476676 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:56:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414354476676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410903023236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - For all his royal majesty, The King of All Cosmos is a clumsy fellow. When Katamari Damacy came to be three years ago, it was because the King was a wee bit reckless and destroyed all the stars. Now, while playing a game of tennis with the Queen, his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410903023236 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:47:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410903023236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410104532612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - After Burnout Revenge, it was expected that the next time we’d get a taste of Criterion’s battle racing would be Burnout Paradise on PS3 and Xbox 360. Yet here we are, with a so-called "last generation" PlayStation 2 (and PSP) entry, dubbed Burnout... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410104532612 Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:53:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410104532612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_409024171652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author awoolcott - Since the explosion of Need for Speed Underground, EA has kept its signature racing franchise stuck in Fast & The Furious hell, relying on the tuner scene with a few nods to those who miss the exotic days, but never actually bringing back the days... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~409024171652 Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:48:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_409024171652?linkin_id=8003929