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Buzz for the PSP may be highly addictive.

Yesterday I got my hands on the game and myself and my girlfriend keep playing for hours.

Is basically a game where several questions, regarding a category, are made to the player. Is really fun to battle trough the different categories to get the gold medal on all of them.

You may have to answer a maximum number of questions under a time limit, or answer fast so we do not loose our points, or even guess what a part of a picture represents.

The game can be played alone or with friends. Although you can use one PSP to play with up to 5 friends, the best way is trough game sharing, were each player has is own console.

The remarks made by Buzz are also very entertaining, usually making us laugh.

A great and funny game, highly recommended.

Rating: 9/10

Electronic Arts has released a new game on the Need for Speed series. The game is available for several platforms, although I had only access to the PC and PSP versions.

Starting with the PC version…

The game formula is the same as the last couple of Need for Speed games: buy a car, upgrade, race.

The graphics are bad for a 2008 game. Even most wanted, which was available a couple of years ago as better graphics. The gameplay also sucks. On this game, you can make corners at 200km/h without any problem, but, once you reach the top speed, it seems like you are going at 50km/h.

The car list is impressive, with a huge selection of cars from exotics, tuners and muscle cars.

By the way, the game has a story: you are a undercover agent racing around. You would thing that because you are a undercover agent, the police would go easier on you, but no: they came in heavy force (which is actually a good thing). However, I would prefer a game with a similar handling as the pre Underground games.

Lately Electronic Arts seems like a cash cow, where the games released could be much better. Surely they have the resources to do it.

On the PSP, however, the game is more challenging. There are fewer cars, but the ones available are more than enough. The opponents are harder than on the PC, but the handling remains the same, feels like the car is glued to the track.

Overall, the PC version is not worth it’s money. In a couple of months, when it costs £15, then it will be worth the value. The PSP versions is worth the money, as it is a good companion on the long train / buses trips.

Rating: 7/10

A return to origins:

After having finished Red Alert 3, I decided to install again the First Decade, a collection of all Command & Conquer games (well, almost all, Sole Survivor is not included), and play them in order.

So now I have started on the first C&C game, Tiberian Dawn, or just known as Command & Conquer. Unfortunately my free time is not much, so I can’t play as much as I would enjoy, although in the weekends I am able to be until 3am playing, he he.

I’ve also used a community patch, that you can grab on EA official forums, to be able to play at 1024×768. It really looks like a new game.

In the immortal words of the ‘Commando’: I’ve got a present for you!

On November 31st was the official release date for this great game. Being myself a big fan of the series, of course I had to pop up to the closest game store and get myself a copy of the game.

Since then, I’ve already finished the Soviets story and started on the Allies story. The cutscenes are great, with the actors giving a good sense of atmosphere to the game. The acting is good, the history as well, and also during the game there are small videos to keep you up to date on the battle events.

The game is slower than the previous Red Alert’s, but this contributes to the missions being longer and also to be easier to plan a strategy to finish the enemy. On Red Alert 2 I found myself several times just building and building a type of unit and sending against the enemy until he fall.

In this new game, when you play the single player missions, you can play with a co-op IA general, or you can play with a friend online. This is good, since you can have the help of someone to accomplish the missions.

The units are good as well, many of them are already familiar to whom has played the previous Red Alert. Some have disappeared, because of the story. I don’t want to get into much detail so I won’t spoil the story for you.

The graphics are very good, with no slowdowns as far as I could find. The soundtrack is probably the best on all the C&C universes. Simply astonishing.

Overall, is a great game, and although slightly different from the previous Red Alert, if you are a fan of the Red Alert universe I’m sure you will enjoy this game as much as I’m enjoying it.

Rating: 9/10

I have been playing this game for the last few days, and is really great. This is the PSP version, and it has been a while since a game has made me use so much my PSP.

I started playing on Story mode, where we follow the path of Darth Vader’s apprentice. The story mode took me around 16 hours to finish. It is very interesting on the sense that thought the history we see this dark apprendice fight and put into doubt everything he believes.

After we finish the story mode, we also have the unleashed mode. On this mode, we can have a type of Mortal Combat style: fight several opponents one at a time to climb the ladder and be the best Jedi out there.

Then we have the famous scene mode, where we can re-live famous scenes from the movies. Unfortunately, there are not so many scenes, only five, which is a shame. I would love to see some more fights, like the one between Master Yoda and Count Doku, or against the Emperor. However, is still very good to see Anakin turn into the dark side, or to relieve the fight between Anakin and his Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Probably the Wii or PS3 versions are better, however, to play on the train on the way to work, this little game is really a great option out there. Definitely recommended.

Rating: 8/10