Video Games Reviews for 2011, Video Games Trailers

Boxing involves little more than two fighters punching each other until one of them falls down. There's a lot more to the sport than that, though, and Fight Night Round 4 is a game that, while not necessarily realistic, encourages you to think about every punch you throw in much the same way a real boxer does. Fight Night Round 4 has the unenviable task of improving on a title that helped shape this generation of gaming.

Fight Night Round 3 was many people's first look at refined HD graphics and what that can bring to a living room gaming experience. Now EA Canada is taking the reins from the defunct EA Chicago and they're taking plenty of chances with the already-established formula.The action is fast-paced, the career mode really sucks you in, and there are some neat online options to boot. On the flip side, the career mode places too much importance on frustrating training minigames, and all too often opponents in ranked online matches suck the fun out of the fight by mindlessly spamming punches. Regardless, Fight Night Round 4 is a great boxing game.

They've made changes to the career mode, they've changed the control mechanics, and they've reshaped every move in the game by doubling its speed and adding an all-new physics system. So does Fight Night Round 4 live up to expectations or does it take one on the chin and fall face-first to the mat? Read on for the answer.

Heavy Rain by Sony for the PS3

Heavy Rain director explains why hisgame's emotional power is what sets it apart.Sony's adult-themed thriller Heavy Rain on PlayStation 3 has proved to be a polarizing experience for some critics. Writer and director David Cage explains why there's a need for a shift toward adult-focused video games, and how some of life's scariest moments can be effectively portrayed through an interactive experience. Heavy Rain is a hell of an experience. Its controversial control scheme actually works really well in allowing the fantastic story to dictate how events play out, and many of the game's scenes will keep you on the edge of your seat. It starts slow and the presentation isn't perfect, but the character development, will hook you like few games can. Heavy Rain is not to be missed.

Gran Turismo 5

Takes the series to a whole new level. The game supports online racing and features over 950 cars, over 20 courses, 70 variations, the newest hybrid cars and electric cars, a new physics engine, a new in-cockpit view, HD support, and much more. Gran Turismo will feature both a single player and split screen two player arcade mode.

GT Mode includes world map, my garage, car dealer, tuning shop, championship race, and license test. Online support includes open lobby, text voice chat, private room, online photo album, and online replay album. Gran Turismo 5 is going to be the real driving simulator, then Prologue could be described as the warm-up lap. Although the game is an astounding technical achievement that looks and sounds nothing short of amazing, it's ultimately only a brief taste of the smorgasbord to come.

You start the game with 35,000 credits, which is enough to buy a basic car, such as the Mini Cooper-S 2006, Citroen C4 Coupe 2005, Ford Focus ST 2006, Honda Integra Type R 2004, or our favourite, the Mazda RX-8 Type S 2007. A few race victories should give you enough credits to buy something better, but the option is always there to save your money and complete a 10-race series to win an exclusive new ride.

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Doom

The game has the objective to simply locate the exit room which leads to next course which is marked with a sign and fight all odds on the way. Among these odds, there are toxic pits, monsters, reeling ceilings, radioactive slime and locked doors whose key card device is to be found. The levels are full of secret areas which hold power-ups to reward players. The surprise element makes the game very exciting and pulsating.

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

The mission of `Link` is to Gather the Power of the Seven Sages and then shut Ganondorf in the Dark World Forever. This is due to the fact that Link was tricked by Ganondorf (King of Gerudo Thieves) when Link was a young boy. Ganondorf had used `Link` to access the `Sacred Realm`, and had then transformed the beautiful Hyrulean into a barren land. But Link was determined to resolve the problems that he had helped to create, so he takes the help of `Rauru` and travels around, gathering the powers of Seven Sages to accomplish his mission.

Tetris

The main object of the game is to manipulate the Tetrominoes (shapes formed by 4-square blocks each that fall down the playing area), by moving them either sideways or rotating them by up to 90 degree units. It is done to create a horizontal line of blocks without gaps and as soon as such a line is made, it disappears, leading to the fall of any block above the line that has got deleted.

As the game progresses, the Tetrominoes falls at a faster speed, and when all the Tetrominoes stack up and reach the top of the playing area and no more Tetrominoes are able to enter, the player is victorious! A truly interesting game that requires concentration and fast motor skills of the player!.

Super Mario 64

In this popular game for the kids and the old, you can wander to discover the environment without time limits. These environments vary from each other and may be filled with evil creatures that will be raring to attack you or good creatures that help, inform and are ready to do any favor. You have to collect stars in each level which you gain once you finish the given task.

You may face challenges like defeating `a boss`, finding solutions to puzzles, collecting coins and racing against an opponent. You have to unlock the doors in the castle by defeating the Master Player in certain courses and get the keys to the doors. As you collect more stars, several courses of the castle will be accessible to you and you keep getting promoted to the next level

Super Metroid

This action game takes place on the planet, `Zebes`, a large world where each area is connected with the other through doors and elevators. You can control `Samus Aran` as she looks for a `Metroid` on the planet which was stolen by `Ridley` (leader of Space's evil Pirates).

You need to gather power-ups that will increase Samus's weapon-collection and also provide her with special abilities like the Space Jump that will make her travel far distances.

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Resident Evil 4

Being a combat game this game puts you in the shoes of Leon Kennedy, a United States government agent sent to find the daughter of the President, Ashley Graham. It focuses on horror, action and shootouts. It is a different level from the preceding games and it focuses on travelling and conserving weapons. You can zoom in to have an over-the-shoulder view while aiming. A laser sight adds an edge to the aim. You can aim in different directions at any time.

Golden Eye 007

A game for James Bond fans. This game has several missions that were extended to make you participate in sequences which Bond did not act and even those in which Bond played a very minor role. The levels of the game are realistic in feel and in many places, there are irrelevant rooms and there are many routes. Files are there to check your progress; difficulty levels require you to complete complex objectives. After completing a mission, you can either continue or choose to play the previous level once again.

Final Fantasy VII

A virtual world game, this game comprises three modes: `an over world map`, `a battle screen` and `field maps`. The over world map features a lower version of the fictional world which you can navigate to go to various locations. The world map can be travelled by foot, on `chocobos`, `submarine` or `airship`. On field maps, several characters are sent across which either represent towns or forests. The battle screen is an area, like grassland or a building's interior, where you can give you commands against your enemies. This game has characters made up of polygons instead of 2D sprites.