Category Archives: Japan Releases

Silent Hill 5

Platforms: Xbox360, PS3 Release Date: 2008-09-30 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★★☆ A game that can’t make up its mind which of the previous Silent Hill games it would like to emulate more, and suffers as a result. Silent Hill Homecoming is the latest in a series of not-very-Silent-Hill-like Silent Hill games. I guess […]

Rule of Rose

Platforms: PS2 Release Date: 2006-09-12 Regions: USA Japan Europe Official site: http://www.playstation.jp/scej/title/ror/

Alone in the Dark 5

Platforms: Xbox360, PS3, Wii Release Date: 2008-06-23 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★☆☆ Mixing procedural mechanics with traditional linear game play proves mediocre. Alone in the Dark 5 is an interesting game because it tries so hard to be so many different things at once. It’s got elements of all sorts of other games, […]

Resident Evil 5

Also known as: Biohazard 5 Platforms: PS3, Xbox360 Release Date: 2009-03-13 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★★☆ Lack of scares can’t keep this action-oriented game from being loads of fun. Resident Evil 5 is a great game. The art is beautiful, the control is dead-on, the challenges are well designed and the difficulty curve […]

Fatal Frame 3

Also known as: Rei 3 Platforms: PS2 Release Date: 2005-11-08 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★★☆ Girls visiting sinister Japanese buildings at night continues to be a successful formula for this series, though to be fair Fatal Frame III does have some new tricks up its sleeve. Fatal Frame III is subtitled “The Tormented.” […]

Haunting Ground

Also known as: Demento Platforms: PS2 Release Date: 2005-05-10 Regions: USA Japan Chris’s Rating: ★★☆☆ Clock Tower 3 run-and-hide mechanics applied to a much more cohesive game, though the routine still gets old after a while. Haunting Ground is an old-school survival horror game dressed in new-school technology. It’s got all the adventure-meets-horror goodness that […]