Kennedy New Media

What if you looked like a war hero, and found yourself being hauled off to prison because you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time? This doppelganger scenario is where you start off in tri-Ace and Sqeenix’s (Square-Enix) latest party-oriented action-RPG. I had no real expectations outside of that. I thoroughly enjoyed Tales of Symphonia and wanted more of the same. What I got was something similar for sure, however differed in some key areas. Tri-Ace certainly has guts, and tried some new mechanics that sometimes worked, and other times proved to be an exercise in frustration. The game played at times more like an interactive movie, with FMV being extremely prevalent. It is well done and fun to watch, but sometimes you wish you could be a little more part of the action outside of the battles.

The game does come together to present a very entertaining story and definitely worth playing now that its dropped in price significantly

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Hey everyone, just thought I’d drop a note to let you know what you can expect from KNM this week. I’ve got some cool stuff in store for you. I’m putting the finishing touches on my “Not Quite New” game of the month review – I played through Square-Enix’s Infinite Undiscovery and will have a full review up by Tuesday.

I’ve also just got in a review copy of Sacred II: Fallen Angel, which is getting a big face-lift thanks to NVIDIA’s (relatively) newly acquired PhysX technology. Its installed already and looks to be a good investment of time before I’ll be done. With any game that takes me more than a week or two to finish, I’ll try to publish updates each week to let you know what I’m playing and where I”m at.

Also, I’m finishing up Resident Evil 5, and will also have that review up this week, most likely by Friday. I have to give a shout-out to my man Ken Lally, who did a really badass job with Wesker. He may not be the voice in the final game, but ask him to give you a Wesker impression sometime and he’s more Wesker than Wesker. Also, get him to talk to you about the stance. Pure genious.

I’m also going to start putting up some iPhone game reviews – they’re some great game out on the iPhone and they need to get covered! There’s so much crap out there that the good stuff needs a little help rising to the top. If you have an iPhone game you’ve developed and would like me to check it out, please send me an email – tim@kennedynewmedia.com and I’ll give it a look.

That’s all for now – thanks everyone for your support and keep on gaming!

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With the new Wolfenstein game coming out soon, it is only fitting to return to the classic, completely ported to iPhone, and only $5.00.

Seeing that the game had all original 60 levels, I knew that it would definitely keep me occupied for quite some time and be well worth my cash. I remember playing Wolfenstein 3D on my PC for hours, running along every wall and trying to find every secret. That feeling definitely came back with the iPhone version. This is a straight port – all the levels and assets are the same, just optimized for a smaller screen.

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