Tags for 'ps1'
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Game: Final Fantasy VII
Release Date: Sep 3, 1997Never before have technology, playability, and narrative combined as well as in Final Fantasy VII. -
Game: Final Fantasy VIII
Release Date: Sep 7, 1999Cast all fears aside: the latest Final Fantasy is the greatest game ever to bear the name. -
Game: Crash Bandicoot
Release Date: Aug 31, 1996Players looking for an old-school platform game with uncanny visual effects will certainly find it here. -
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Game: Final Fantasy IX
Release Date: Nov 13, 2000Final Fantasy IX serves as a coda to the series as you know it - it's a summation of everything that players have enjoyed about the past ten years of Final Fantasy games. -
Game: Gran Turismo
Release Date: Apr 30, 1998No matter what flavor of racer you favor, Gran Turismo will take you for a ride you won't soon forget. -
Game: Spyro the Dragon
Release Date: Sep 10, 1998Yes, it's taken some time, but there's finally a proficient, fully 3D platform game for the PlayStation. -
Game: Metal Gear Solid
Release Date: Oct 21, 1998You are Snake, a government agent on a mission to regain control of a secret nuclear weapons base from terrorist hands. -
Game: Tekken 3
Release Date: Apr 29, 1998Tekken 3 is the best PlayStation game to come along in a long time. -
Game: Chrono Cross
Release Date: Aug 15, 2000Chrono Cross may not have had the largest budget, but it has the largest heart. -
Release Date: Oct 31, 1998This time the game takes place across a great expanse of time and space, making for greatly diverse level designs, which in turn keep the game fresh. -
Release Date: Oct 31, 1997Crash Bandicoot 2 is a topnotch platform game. -
Release Date: Oct 23, 2000The third game in the Spyro series is an obvious rehash, but when a game is as well produced as Year of the Dragon is, such a thing is easy to forgive. -
Game: Gran Turismo 2
Release Date: Nov 30, 1999Fans of the original and those looking for a pure driving simulation should flock to store shelves without delay, but for the rest, that add-on philosophy may not sit well. -
Game: Crash Bash
Release Date: Nov 6, 2000Those who don't already have a Multitap and aren't looking to buy one will definitely want to take a pass on this thoroughly mediocre party game. -
Game: Final Fantasy Tactics
Release Date: Jan 28, 1998Role-playing games don't get a whole lot better than Final Fantasy Tactics. -
Game: Crash Team Racing
Release Date: Sep 30, 1999CTR has the staying power to convert people who haven't ever liked a mascot racing game, and it will definitely please Mario Kart fans with its many tracks and options. -
Game: Tekken 2
Release Date: Aug 25, 1996The undeniable king of fighting games is here, and it's time to break bones and necks. -
Game: Resident Evil 2
Release Date: Jan 21, 1998Resident Evil 2 is one of the most entertaining games I've ever played. -
Release Date: Oct 2, 1997Quite possibly the best 2D action side scroller ever. -
Game: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Release Date: Oct 31, 1999Spyro 2 injects a dose of soul and variety into a game that was already pretty fun to play. -
Game: Vagrant Story
Release Date: May 15, 2000While a fairly short game, the depth and density of the story and gameplay contained in Vagrant Story give it an intensity missing from most longer games. -
Game: The Legend of Dragoon
Release Date: Jun 11, 2000While it's a good first try, Sony's inexperience with the genre shows through, resulting in a highly generic RPG with some out-of-this-world FMV. -
Game: Final Fantasy Origins
Release Date: Apr 8, 2003The two games included in Final Fantasy Origins may be short on presentation, but they're certainly long enough on gameplay to justify the purchase price for any hard-core RPG fan. -
Game: Silent Hill
Release Date: Jan 31, 1999Konami's first entry in the horror genre - while not quite up to the mark of Capcom's Resident Evil 2 - is a great beginning.
