Category Archives: Japan Releases

The Thing

Also known as: Yuusei Kara no Buutai X: Episode II Platforms: PS2, Xbox, PC Release Date: 2002-08-21 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ☆☆☆☆

Clock Tower 3

Platforms: PS2 Release Date: 2003-03-19 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★★☆ A solid, if simple, exercise in hide-and-seek scares and fantasy horror. Clock Tower 3 represents a departure from the Clock Tower formula. The previous three games (two on Playstation 1 and the one on SNES) all relied on point-and-click control schemes and complex […]

Silent Hill 2

Platforms: PS2, Xbox, PC Release Date: 2002-12-03 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★★★

Fatal Frame

Also known as: Rei Zero, Project Zero Platforms: PS2, Xbox Release Date: 2002-03-06 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★☆☆ Innovative combat mechanics and fantastic art direction makes for one of the best games in the horror genre. While there have been innumerable Resident Evil knock-offs, Silent Hill showed us that correctly executed atmospherics can […]

Illbleed

Platforms: Dreamcast Release Date: 2001-04-25 Regions: USA Japan Chris’s Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Campy and weird, Illbleed is an example of resource-management game play gone all wrong. Illbleed is hands-down the weirdest game I’ve played for this Quest. Everything about it is strange: the concept, the story, the presentation, the levels, even the control scheme is non-standard. […]