Handheld gaming, which in time became the last bastion for this graphical style, has seen 2D games on the decline in recent years. That being said, they arecontinuing to fight the good fight in keeping this style alive and kicking, having recently announced that they are bringing the action RPG Odin Sphere to North America on the PS2.  It may be only one game, but the sheer level of detail in its 2D visuals is staggering. (more…)

Graphically, the game has a more arcade look and less of a simulation appearance to it. Think Daytona USA compared to Gran Turismo. The cars are rendered nicely using the muscle of the Xbox, but the backgrounds and levels themselves are average, not any better than what a PS2 can generate. When you start incurring damage on your car, the animations of your vehicle losing its parts like doors and hoods, (more…)

Viking is like a mixture of the God of War and Dynasty Warriors games. Most missions in the game simply involve eviscerating as many enemies as possible in a variety of brutal and gory ways. There are also impressive large scale battles that look great, but are more eye candy than they are challenging. (more…)