We all have those games that we miss the first time around. With the busy release schedule of modern gaming, no one has time to play everything. That is why we at WingDamage present to you “Fashionably Late Reviews“. This is our series on games from the current generation of consoles that we may have missed on their initial release, but have gone back to experience now.

“Heavenly Sword” has just about everything wanted in a launch title. Though the reviews from the big names only pegged it as “Decent”. From my admittedly average gamer’s point of view, this game was surprisingly awesome.

Even on a standard definition television, the graphics are gorgeous. I am especially impressed by character expressions. Little nuances that make dialogue and character development more believable, lifelike and compelling. I’m sure we’ve all played games where the camera zooms in on a character’s intense expression in order to indicate “It’s on now” and we’re left sitting, waiting for some kind of change, that is never quite as fulfilling as we want.

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"Thanks for helping me move, Kratos"

We all have those games that we miss the first time around. With the busy release schedule of modern gaming, no one has time to play everything. That is why we at WingDamage present to you “Fashionably Late Reviews“. This is our series on games from the current generation of consoles that we may have missed on their initial release, but have gone back to experience now.

The transition of God of War from console to hand-held was as smooth as one could possibly hope for. The design of the PSP lends itself so well to this bloody platformer that it easily ranks high on the ‘Must-Have’ of any starter PSP game collection.

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We all have those games that we miss the first time around. With the busy release schedule of modern gaming, no one has time to play everything. That is why we at WingDamage present to you “Fashionably Late Reviews“. This is our series on games from the current generation of consoles that we may have missed on their initial release, but have gone back to experience now.

For me, playing Tomb Raider: Anniversary on the PSP was a lot like coming home. Unfortunately, it was a lot like coming home to find out that your bedroom has been converted into your parents gymnasium.

When I was 12 or so, my uncle gave me a Playstation and three games: Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider 2 and Test Drive: Offroad. I think to date, I’ve finished the first two Tomb Raider games at least six times. So when I picked up Anniversary on sale for the PSP, all I could imagine was pure win. And truth be told, there are a lot of really amazing things about this game. The graphics are beautiful, the sound is clear and I never cease to be amazed at how clean everything looks, even on a hand-held.

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The Internet is credited and accused of many things, almost all of which are true. The flow of information has become almost instantaneous among the more developed nations allowing soldiers in Iraq to talk to loved ones at home, businessmen to converse between Turkey and Hawaii, and news to be spread and accessed by millions of people before it can even be verified. For the generation that came after the Baby Boomers and who grew up with computers being fairly commonplace by the time most of them were old enough to care, the Internet has arguably done more to shape the world as they understand it than any other singular entity.

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We all have those games that we miss the first time around. With the busy release schedule of modern gaming, no one has time to play everything. That is why we at WingDamage present to you “Fashionably Late Reviews“. This is our series on games from the current generation of consoles that we may have missed on their initial release, but have gone back to experience now.

Being a college student, the idea of portable gaming is extremely attractive. I chose a PSP over a DS because I prefer story and graphics over “innovative gameplay”, and RPG’s are my poison of choice.

One of the first games I picked up was Xseed Games’ “Brave Story: New Traveler”. This is a JRPG (Japanese Role Playing Game) rated E, which took me about 20 hours to beat, which is a decent length for a hand-held dungeon crawler.

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