It’s rather unfortunate I must say, that when you can only find one decent soccer game to play for the entire fiscal year of 2007. But at least the one that I am about to tell you all shabby is perhaps, in my opinion at least, one of the better soccer games that you will ever play, and quite possibly the best ball kicking game of the year 2007. Surprisingly, this game was a joint venture by EA Canada and their US publisher, and counterpart, Electronic Arts. And in the candid EA tradition, it saw the first light of day in early October of 2006 – just like all of the sports games that EA makes, which are almost always released the yearend prior to the actual year that they represent.
I know…it’s weird that they do that. Back on track here, EA pulled out all of the stops when it comes to FIFA 07’ by introducing a greatly vamped up graphics engine, many glitch fixes that drag down the prior versions of the game, better looking stadiums and more of them, and more elusive moves that you can use with your players. Read more
I know, I know, it seems like forever that we have all been anxiously awaiting this so called downloaded exclusive content for Grand Theft Auto IV. And while numerous hit titles have debuted in the wherewith while, there is still no promised lofty content from Microsoft and Rockstar Games. And if I remember correctly, they promised us such content in November of 2008, and still NO CONTENT! I know, because being a huge GTA fan and nut, this pisses me off more than anything else in recent video gaming years. For more reasons than one they need more GTA IV content. Because the game is limited when compared to older versions that have more things to drive and ride, more side missions and things to go into—like clothing stores and banks—and far more hours of endless, joyful playing time. But I can tell you that honestly there will be no more delays.
If you don’t recall all of the hype, the many commercials that were saturating the web, the TV and nearly every bus stop that you could drive by, then you are forgetting the third quarter of 2008, which saw the release of the long awaited, much anticipated dinosaur shooter classic, Turok. In a nutshell, this game rides on the notion of a special forces dude who ends up in a jungle somewhere, somehow and has to fight off dinosaurs and enemies who are trying to connive together to bring evil to the world. Touchstone and Propaganda Games were the brainstorming neophytes behind this conception, which has netted them plenty of hype, and allowed them to brandish one of the more successful shooter games because of the uniqueness and well produced games that have always been the status quo in the Turok series. And this one is no different. In fact, it’s the best Turok yet, and will remain that way for quite some time. Now on to the goodies.
I know I know, you are all wondering what in the hell would prompt me to write about Madden NFL 2008 when the 09’ version is already out. Simple. Because I aim to review ultimately all of the Xbox 360 games that were ever released for the console. New or old, good or bad. In the US or in Europe – I want to play them all and write about them all. Enough Said. So with that out of the way, I must honestly tell you that I spent ample amounts of hours behind the screen of Madden NFL 2008. It was, by far the greatest football game of all time. Period. And I know what some of you naysayers are thinking. What about 2k Sports and what about the fabulous 2k football series that was inadvertently canned when Madden – or shall I say, EA sports – was awarded the exclusive NFL franchise rights for video games, which if I remember correctly won’t expire until sometime in 2010. So, given that 2k can’t make a real NFL game, and that All Pro Football stinks worse than a sweaty football jersey, all we have is Madden. And it is the best football game out there.
Just when you though that there would never be a great multiplayer cooperative game for the Xbox 360 console, aside from Perfect Dark Zero and the astute Halo series, bam they hit us with this intensely awesome masterpiece. While you can play this game as just one player, people take my advice—this game is best shared with a friend. The narrative and the plot are totally original, it’s like your are playing a movie, but they don’t riddle you with endless cinematic cuts that bore you to tears and take away from the game, like we all saw in Jericho. What you will find with this timeless classic, which was the spawning of Eidos Interactive, and that saw a late 2007 release date, if you could even find a copy, is that this game is awesome, well done and original. It will engulf you from the get-go and it’s a bloody battle that offers nonstop action and fun, all packaged nicely into a game that they finally offer a two player coop mode on; thank goodness for that!
