Scary Games For Halloween Night

Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear

Platform: PC, PlayStation Portable, iOS, Nintendo 3DS

Corpse Party is an Adventure Survival Horror with Role Playing elements originally developed by doujin developers Team GrisGris. Presented in a top-down perspective and featuring sprite based graphics with story elements being delivered in a visual novel style the game still manages to be eerie and disturbing. Its anime style visuals might not please everyone but for those that don't mind this particular style, this title is an experience that shouldn't be passed on.

Project Zero 2

Platform: PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Wii (Remake)

Fatal Frame 2 is a Third-Person Survival Horror game developed by Tecmo. This game expands and improves on the original title considerably, additionally it keep you on the edge of your seat throughout the majority of it's run with pretty good pacing and level design, it is undoubtedly one of the best and scariest survival horror games ever released.

The Witch's House

Platform: PC

The Witch's House is a freeware Puzzle oriented Survival Horror game developed by Fummy. Presented in a top-down perspective and featuring sprite based 16-but graphics the game is surprisingly scary due to it's immersive design, story and well placed jump scares.

Calling

Platform: Nintendo Wii

Calling is a First-Person Survival Horror game developed by Hudson Soft. Taking place through multiple different eerie locations like a deserted school and a hospital, this game manages to keep the player tense throughout the entire game, additionally this title makes good use of the Wii Remote's speaker by using it as the in game phone's speaker where ghosts talk to the player. Although not an amazing game, Calling is an easy recommendation for a scary Halloween night gaming session.

Silent Hill 2

Platform: PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 (Remaster), Xbox 360 (Remaster)

Silent Hill 2 is a Third-Person Survival Horror game developed by Konami. For years Silent Hill 2 has been considered one of the staples of the Survival Horror genre and for good reasons, be it it's well written characters, immersive gameplay or well designed levels this is a game that will keep bringing players back to it for years to come. 

Resident Evil (Remake)

Platform: GameCube, Nintendo Wii, PC, PlayStation 3 (Remaster), PlayStation 4 (Remaster), Xbox 360 (Remaster), Xbox One (Remaster)

Resident Evil is a Third-Person Survival Horror developed by Capcom. The remake of the original Resident Evil title is easily a superior version when compared to the original with the addition of new and deadlier enemies, a revised script and new mechanics among other improvements. Revisiting Jill Valentine's and Chris Redfield's first encounter with B.O.Ws before the tragedy that would befall Raccoon City is always a terrifying and entertaining treat.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Platform: PC, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, iOS, Android, PlayStation 3, PlayStation VITA

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a Murder Mystery Horror Visual Novel developed by doujin developers 07th Expansion. 

[GC] Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! Review

The first entry in the Gekitou Ninja Taisen! series was released in 2003, the same year as it's PS2 sibling and unlike the Narutimate Hero games which are presented in a 2D plane this one is in 3D akin to the Tekken series giving the player the ability to side step during matches. Visually the game is very good looking for its time and he combat itself is pretty well executed and very simple to get into giving the player a vast set of moves including many jutso. The main problems that the game has starts with its Story Mode which is very short and easily beaten within 30 minutes, it only follows the beginning of the story until the end of the Zabuza arc which leads to the other problem with the game, the limited number of characters having merely a total of 7 selectable characters and 3 transformations, sadly the game suffers a bit from this.

Overall Gekitou Ninja Taisen! is a fun game with great gameplay which suffers considerably from its short length and lack of characters, its a game that can only be recommended to pure Naruto fans or to those who are curious to see how the series started off.

SCORE: 7/10

[PS2] Naruto: Narutimate Hero Review

The first entry in the long running beat-'em-up series based on the popular anime and manga of the same name features a total of 12 playable characters, which at the time of the game's release in 2003 summed up to the majority of heroes and villains that had made an appearance in the animated show, most of these characters can be unlocked during the completion of story mode and with Naruto and Sasuke featuring transformation that can be done when specific conditions are met. The game also features many areas taken from the show and which are beautifully replicated.

During matches you are able to restore your character's Chakra which you will need in order to perform certain moves and to walk on water, you're also able to use the substitution jutso which will leave your enemy open to attacks, you can pick up weapons and items that will give some advantages over your opponent. The game also includes the presence of support characters that randomly appear to give your character weapons, chakra or health and additionally includes the ability to switch stages mid-combat, this is activated when a character is knocked down and has low health, if a character manages to switch to a different stage some of its health will be replenished this is a good strategy if you find yourself in a tight situation. 

The cell shaded graphics make this game quite enjoyable and very beautiful, the character detail is pretty amazing and the use of visual sound effects like those seen in manga really adds into the fun factor of the title.

The game features over 2000 unlockable content, including action figures, music, videos, cards and much more. 

One of the problems with the game is the limited amount of moves that the characters have which can make the game a bit repetitive because you will find yourself using the same combos many times during the course of the matches but this is compensated by a great Story Mode that is quite faithful to the original work, but the main part of the game is Mission Mode, you will find yourself spending many hours in this mode in order to earn money to buy items, it starts off with some easy missions like defeating your enemy in a certain amount of time and ends with hard missions like defeat your enemy without missing one hit, which you will have to play at least 20 times in order to complete. 

The game also features a Practice Mode where you can train your moves and a Free Play Mode where you can either battle against the computer or against a friend.

The music used in the game is simply awesome it is faithful to the type of music used in the animated show while introducing something new, the sound effects are brilliantly used and the voice actors from the show return to provide voice work for the game.

SCORE: 8/10

[PS2] Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses Review

A NEW YU-GI-OH! FOR A NEW GENERATION!

Or so they say...this is without a doubt one of the worst Yu-Gi-Oh! titles on the market. Konami decided to turn a Trading Card Game into a Chess Card Game, who could have imagined!?In this game the player is taken back through time into a fantasy Medieval Europe where the "ancestors" of Yugi and Kaiba are in war for the fate of world. After you start a new game a "Prologue" will start playing, once it's finished you are asked if you wish to run the tutorial, if you are like me and like to play through tutorials if it's your first time playing a certain game, you will find out that it's a big mistake, the tutorial runs for over an hour, you will be bored of the game even before you start playing it and the worst thing about it is that you can't quit the tutorial without resetting the console, but do not fear the bad news doesn't stop there!!! It has also on of the most boring storylines ever in a  game, this story makes no sense at all and the soundtrack will bore you to death. 

The worst feature of the game is the duel game system; the traditional game mat was replaced by a board that features various different landscapes and the gameplay took a huge twist as you play with chess style rules, the chess pieces being replaced by duel cards. Your deck leader plays the part of the King and your objective is to move your cards to "take out" your opponent's deck leader and whatever he throws at you while setting trap cards, spell cards and summoning monsters, besides this the rules to putting the cards into play are pretty much the same as the original game.

The game's only good sides is the not so bad artwork, the monster battle videos, which unfortunately get a little repetitive after a while, the fact that you can choose to play on Yugi's or Kaiba's side gives the title some replay value and the 800+ cards that where included in the game will allow you to set up your own strategic style of play.

In the end this Yu-Gi-Oh! title is hard to recommend even to the most hardcore of fans especially since it brings very little from the actual card game.

SCORE: 3/10