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Review: Hasbro Family Game Night (DS)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:14:55 +0000

Although EA and Nintendo would have you believe that families that play DS together stay together, Gamestyle aren't so sure.

The title of this game strikes fear into the hearts of Gamestyle. Although the Wii has introduced videogaming to the family masses, we hope it'll be a long time before a Family Game Night ...

Review: Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:02:31 +0000

We can’t help being mad with both Sega and Nintendo for squandering such a fantastic opportunity the Mario and Sonic crossovers have provided. Of all the things that they could have done with the idea, they made a pair of mini-game collections for a console that is already overstuffed with them. It’s a serious waste of potential, and only speaks for an utter lack of creativity on the part of developers today, especially as far as the Wii is concerned.

Well, we suppose we had better get off of our soapbox and actually review this game, an early tie-in to next year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Now the predecessor – Mario and Sonic a...

competitio: Modern Warfare 2 Strategy Guide Competition (PlayStation 3)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:02:04 +0000

You've read the review, and now Gamestyle are giving you a chance to win a copy of the Modern Warefare 2 strategy guide, courtesy of Bradygames. There are four copies up for grabs: one star prize of the prestigious (and limited) hardback edition, and three runner-up prizes of the paperback edition.

To have a chance of winning the Modern Warfare 2 Strategy Guide, all you have to do is ...

Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PlayStation 3)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:02:35 +0000

So finally the wait is over and Modern Warfare 2 has been unleashed. Has it been worth the wait? Can it meet the overwhelming expectations of its eager fan base? These questions and more are all answered in the Gamestyle PlayStation 3 review.

Infinity Ward has made the Call of Duty series their own, successfully moving the franchise into the current era with Modern Warfare. The origi...

Feature: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Signature Strategy Guide (PlayStation 3)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:54:36 +0000

As video games grow in size and complexity, the demands of players to win and experience everything the title has to offer also increases. Infinity Ward’s all conquering Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is the biggest title of 2009 and BradyGames has put together the definitive guide that clocks in at three hundred pages and covers all formats.

Firstly we’re not regular guide users at Gamestyle. Yes, on occasion we’ve invested in strategy guide to help us find all those hidden items in

Review: Banjo Kazooie: Nuts And Bolts (Xbox 360)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:48:25 +0000

There's a good reason 2008's Nuts And Bolts diverged from the franchise's 3D platformer/collect-em-up traditions, and that's because they weren't very good. Or, to put it more tactifully, they were built on a now terribly outdated assumption that players would want to explore big featureless 3D worlds in pursuit of pointless trinkets. Mario's next-gen outing showed that what we want isn't the goal (stars), but for the journey itself to be entertaining. It's not that Rare have chickened out of tackling Mario Galaxy head-on - they've taken their own mascot in roughly the same direction. Entirely the right one, too.

Essentially, every 'jiggy' in the game is earned by improving your skill at controlling a vehicle, your imagination at creating one, or a combination of both. The game's hub world, Showdown Town, d...

Review: Tower Bloxx Deluxe (Xbox 360)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:54:01 +0000

Since the launch of Xbox Live Arcade there have been a large amount of puzzle games released. From the countless Bejewled clones, Tetris remakes and to the new ideas such as the pretty amazing Droplitz. There are two things a puzzle game needs to have to be a success, those are simplicity and replay-ability. To be a good puzzle game it needs to keep you coming back, it needs to be easy to to learn but difficult to master. The above examples have this, which is why they are a success. Tower Bloxx Deluxe though looks to take this one step further though, with a one button control mechanic. Does it work? Or will this be another instantly forgettable puzzle game?

Cutting straight to the chase, a puzzle game lives and dies on its gameplay mechanic and it is here where Tower Bloxx Deluxe both succeeds and fails. Its simplicity is that it uses a single button ...

Review: Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:55:29 +0000

These are very frustrating times for hardcore Nintendo fans. We can honestly support the idea of abandoning the race for the most powerful hardware to focus on delivering new control and gameplay concepts, but there is no denying that the ratio of games on the Wii is unbelievably skewed in favour of casual games and shovelware, while the humble DS seems to have been largely ignored by even Nintendo themselves these days.

What makes it especially frustrating for us is that we just know we cannot completely give up on Nintendo, because even though the gap between “real” games seems longer than ev...