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A Review: Crusi'n Exotica, N64 2000

Cruis'n Exotica is a 1999 racing game developed for arcades by Midway Games. The game is a sequel to Cruis'n World and is the third entry in the Cruis'n series. It was ported by Gratuitous Games and released on the Nintendo 64 in 2000, along with a Game Boy Colour version developed by Crawfish Interactive. I wasn't that impressed by this game, really, nor did I think that it was all that bad. It was just another one of the many arcade games that seemed to be ported to home consoles for no reason. It suffered from mediocrity in every sense of the word and just couldn't quite rise above the average soup that this series seemed to swim in. The controls are twitchy and hard to get to grips with, but once you get the hang of things, it reduces play down to basic, boring, and repetitive racing. There is little in the way of content, and a complete playthrough can be done in under six hours, with breaks. The cars slop all over the track or seem to stick better than gum t...

A Review: Critical Point, PC 1998 (18+)

*** ATTENTION ** As per my review standards, I have to note that this game is an adult-only title and therefore, I am talking about adult subjects and sexual behaviours. Thank You! Critical Point is a sci-fi horror mystery-themed erotic visual novel in which the protagonist is sent to investigate the strange happenings and security breaches on an isolated space station. The main character arrives to find discipline and morale has cratered among the almost entirely female staff of the station, many members of which have resorted to degenerate and violent sex acts to alleviate the tension and sense of mania that have gripped them. The gameplay is standard for a visual novel, with branching routes affecting the outcome of the story, including which of the women the protagonist has encounters with. When I first read about this game, I saw the same things over and over, and the numerous warnings that this game was just hentai filth were very common. I was led to believe that this game was ...

I'm Still Here, Honest!

Hello Readers, and welcome. I'd like to make this post to apologize and explain my absence. Mostly my difficulty in posting and remembering to do so has been due to life and health conditions, as well as some issues in my personal life that have taken precedence over almost everything else. So, with that said, I shall, once again, try to commit to posting more of my reviews and thoughts on the gaming industry and on classic and old titles from this point on. I'm not in any way going away or stopping what I am doing, just that I request some of your patience if I haven't posted for a while. Thank you for your time, and thank you for even looking at this post. -Wolf.

A Review: Crash Bandicoot, PSOne 1996

Crash Bandicoot is a 1996 platformer developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation One. The player controls Crash, a genetically enhanced bandicoot created by the mad scientist Doctor Neo Cortex. The story follows Crash as he aims to foil Cortex's plans for world dominance and rescue his girlfriend, Tawna, a female bandicoot also created by Cortex. The game is played from a third-person perspective, in which the camera trails behind Crash, though some levels feature forward-scrolling and side-scrolling perspectives. I thought that this game was really pretty good—not the best platformer that I have ever played—but it was certainly a lot of fun and kept me coming back. I liked the off-the-wall humour and had to pause to laugh at this game more than once. It was nice to see a game developed that didn't take itself all too seriously and allowed the player to just have fun goofing around. The mechanics were fairly solid, and I never had t...

A Review: Cover Girl Strip Poker, DOS 1991 (18+)

  **THIS POST IS ABOUT AN ADULT GAME, PLEASE BE WARNED**   Cover Girl Strip Poker, alternately titled Cover Girl Poker, is a 1991 erotic game based upon five-card poker and was originally developed and self-published by Emotional Pictures. It was released for the Amiga, DOS, Commodore 64, CDTV, and CD32 home computer systems. Cover Girl Strip Poker is the original Danish title; it was retitled Cover Girl Poker outside of Denmark in the rest of Europe, and the title was subsequently reverted to Cover Girl Strip Poker for the European CDTV and CD-ROM DOS releases. Emotional Pictures was a subsidiary of the Danish company InterActive Vision A/S. Personally, I thought that this game was complete garbage. I mean, I knew that it was bad, but wow. The gameplay is dull and repetitive, with nothing on offer here that you couldn't find in several other games of the time. The gameplay is shocking, plain, and simple. The AI is just stupid; I can't really think of any other way to put it. ...

A Review: Conker's Bad Fur Day, N64 2001

Conker's Bad Fur Day is a 2001 platform game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. The game follows Conker, a greedy, hard-drinking red squirrel who must return home to his girlfriend after a binge-drinking session. Most of the game requires the player to complete a linear sequence of challenges that involve jumping over obstacles, solving puzzles, and fighting enemies. A multiplayer mode in which up to four players can compete against each other in seven different game types is also included. It is the second installment in the Conker series, after Conker’s Pocket Tales. Although visually similar to Rare's previous games, such as Donkey Kong 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day was designed for mature audiences and features graphic violence, alcohol and tobacco use, profanity, vulgar humour, fourth wall breaks, and pop culture references.     I really loved playing through this game and thought that it was a fantastic way to send the N64 off, until the...

A Review: Command And Conquer: Tiberian Sun, PC 1999

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is a 1999 real-time strategy game developed by Westwood Studios, published by Electronic Arts, and released exclusively for Microsoft Windows in August 1999. The game is the sequel to the 1995 game Command & Conquer. It features new semi-3D graphics, a more futuristic sci-fi setting, and new gameplay features such as vehicles capable of hovering or burrowing. The main story of the game focuses on a second war between the UN-backed Global Defence Initiative (G.D.I.) and the cult-like Brotherhood of Nod, both seeking to rule over an Earth that is undergoing rapid ecological collapse. Tiberian Sun was one of the most anticipated games of 1999. Its development suffered numerous delays, with several features being cut before release. However, it was a commercial success and received positive reviews from critics, despite some of the technical bugs in the game. The dark atmosphere, foreboding soundtrack, and slow-paced gameplay of Tiberian Sun received...