Sunday Afternoon ShackReviews

January 4, 2004 11:03 AM

Huh? Wha? Oh, right. It's time to update the ShackReviews database. This week we've got a handful of older titles, including an XSN game we missed and an adventure classic. As usual, if there's a game you want to review but don't see in the database, check first and then submit it! (And don't blame me if a game you never submitted isn't added!)

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (PC)
Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer (Xbox)
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos (PC)
Mega Man Battle Network 3 (GBA)
NBA Inside Drive 2004 (Xbox)

Last night I finished up Legacy of Kain: Defiance, and I plan on reviewing it shortly. Even for a Legacy of Kain game I have really mixed feelings about this one, and it should make for an interesting review. On the one hand, it's a very average game, with the added burden of being extremely buggy (I lost over eight hours of gameplay to one such bug) and having the worst third person camera I've encountered in years. And yet...it has, even for a Legacy of Kain game, an amazing storyline. It's a game I can't possibly recommend to anyone except the Kain faithful, but oh man...if you're a fan, the storyline is more than worth putting up with the rest of the game's many, many, many flaws.

jason bergman