It may seem a little strange now, but once upon a time all that your games consoles would be able to do was play games. However in these days of mass-multi-media-tech-conglomeration-with-internet-access, anything modestly calling itself a games console is really an entertainment powerhouse striving to be your one-stop portal for all your time spent in front of your television.
Say goodbye to your irises: the original Xbox Live Arcade dual-stick shoot-‘em-up/acid-freak-out has returned.
Those crafty buggers at Hudsonsoft must be laughing all the way to the bank after bringing one of the most cherished multiplayer experiences of past generations to the fore front of modern online gaming. Bomberman feels perfect on XBOX live and shows that even after over forty installments of the series that it is a formula that never ages.
With the legendary Castlevania series fast reaching around thirty titles, it should be hard to pick out the best of the bunch — but it's not. This is the daddy of them all. Once again, some nutter is trying to resurrect the dark lord Dracula and this time it's up to his own son Alucard to take them down. So grab your crucifix, take a deep breath and step into the castle once again.
Well, at least part of the title bears some relation to the feeling you get while trudging through SNK's 'legendary' beat-em-up. Here's a hint; it's not 'special'. No, a feeling akin to pure rage, a sense of wanting to plant a foot through the beautiful HD television you spent months paying off so you could play Bioshock the way it was intended. That is much much more common.
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