Volume 2 Issue 6 December 2006 Sony ... - Hardcore Gamer

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The PSP’s line-up of RPGs looks to become even
stronger with this innovative entry. Here, you’re
able to create your main character from the
ground up, giving players unparalleled ability to
customize their in-game appearance and skills.
The game’s job system lets you put your skills to
the test, and you’ll likely need them to survive the
Wi-Fi compatible stealth/action hybrid battles. In
a genre desperate for new ideas,Valhalla Knights
could deliver a genre-changing experience.
Publisher: Xseed Games
Developer: K2
Release Date: Q1 2007
Platform: PSP
Genre(s): RPG
Category: Action/Stealth
# of Players: 1
Preview by Jeremy
Following in the footsteps of Spider-Man 2,
Superman Returns is the kind of high-powered
sandbox game that Superman has always
demanded, but inexplicably never gotten until
now. While you’re wielding Supes’s trademark
powers in the defense of Earth, justice, and
freedom, you must keep one eye on not his health
bar, but Metropolis’s; if Superman’s city takes too
much damage (even if it’s from you), you fail.
Publisher: EA
Genre(s): Adventure
Developer: EA
Category: Superdickery
Release Date: 11/20/2006 # of Players: 1
Platform: Xbox, PS2, Xbox 360
Preview byWanderer
Preview byWanderer
Half a classic Atari compliation, half a selfconsciously
“urban” take on the microburst
gaming format popularized by WarioWare,
HOT PXL contains two hundred minigames,
none of which take more than ten seconds to
play. You can download fty more minigames
by connecting your PSP to your PC, as well
as unlock bizarre “buddy screens” (ever
wanted to pretend your PSP is a glass of
soda? now you can!).
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Zslide
Release Date: Q1 2007
Platform: PSP
Genre(s): Minigames
Category: Deeply and Unapologetically Weird
# of Players: 1-8
With FPRPGs becoming a rarity, Mazes of Fate’s release
comes as something of a surprise. It features over three
hundred items, fty levels of play, dozens of magic
spells, the ability to make your own character, and even
supports ve different languages. If these ingredients are
used to tell a compelling story, this could be a sleeper hit
for the GBA this winter.
Preview by Jeremy
Publisher: Sabarasa Entertainment
Developer: Grafti Entertainment
Release Date: 12/2006
Platform: GBA
Genre(s): RPG
Category: First-Person
# of Players: 1
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