Megaman 2

Released as a Japanese Import

Price: $5.99

Original Release date: December 24th, 1988

Released on PSN: February 1st, 2011

Story

It’s the year 200X and Dr Wiley is at it again, and has corrupted more Robot Masters to do his bidding. You play as Megaman, a Robot created by Dr. Light to defeat these Robot Masters and bring Dr. Wiley to justice.

There’s really no dialogue in this game, just a few sentences, but they’re all in Japanese (seeing as this is an import title), so you won’t be moved by the story, but then again, this is not a story driven game, it’s all about the gameplay, just like the last one.

Mega Man Review (Japanese Import)

This is my first Japanese Import I’ve bought from the Playstation store, most games are non story based, but a collection of shooters and puzzle games, that have no real back story, and Mega Man is no different.

Story

Not really a story in this one, except Dr.Wily had created some Robot Masters for you to battle, and there are six beginning stages that you can choose yourself, then a final 4 part level where you go for Dr.Wily himself. The story in this one is not really the point, but you probably know that already.

Final Fantasy 8

Original release date:  September 9th, 1999

Release date on PSN: December 17th, 2009

Price: $9.99

Crash Team Racing

Original Release Date: September 30th, 1999

Release Date on PSN: AUg 10th, 2010

Price: 5.99

Story

This is a Kart Racer, but oddly enough there’s a little bit of a story mode in here, it’s nothing to write home about, but it’s better than just going through tournaments over and over. You can pick from a number of racers to complete this adventure, but your ultimate goal is to save the world from an Alien threat by… beating them at Kart Racing… Ok so it doesn’t make any sense, but it was actually quite enjoyable. There is an overworld to drive between tracks, and even bosses to compete against after you win trophies in enough races. Most of the time the regular tracks are the most fun though.

Medal of Honor

Original release date: November 11th, 1999

Release date on PSN: June 2nd, 2009

Price : 5.99

Story

Medal of Honor is a truly legendary game, and the story that goes along with it is legendary as well. This one started the craze of WW2 shooters and I can tell why, it’s engaging and there are always a place to go and nazis to shoot along the way. The real propaganda videos spliced between missions are great to watch as well, you get a little bit of history with your gaming expercience and it’s a refreshing change to most shooters.

Spyro the Dragon

Price: 5.99

Original Release Date: September 10^th, 1998

Release Date on PSN: October 29^th 2007

Size: 341 Megabytes

Story

Spyro the Dragon is the baby of Insomniac Games, the second party Sony studio that is famous for not only this series but the Ratchet and Clank games, and the Resistance games.

King of Fighters 99

Price: 5.99

Original release date: July 22nd, 1999

Release Date on PSN: May 14th, 2009

Story

This game is a fighting game, and the story equates to about three paragraphs of written dialogue between fights. There is an arcade mode that is about six fights long, and I think they really didn’t stretch themselves for that, there is a save function, they should have at least made the story function long enough to fight every character in the game. You can’t really fault this game for a bad story though, because it really doesn’t have one.

Command & Conquer Red Alert

Price: 5.99

Original Release date:

Release date on PSN: November 12th, 2009

Story

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This game starts off with a hypothetical than anyone who’s ever taken high school history has thought of. A time machine is built, and Einstein goes back in time and kills Hitler before he takes over Germany. Good right? Well in this scenario, instead of Hitler waging war on Europe, Stalin decides to use the power of the Soviet Union to invade!



Final Fantasy 7

Price: $9.99

Release Date: June 2^nd, 2009

Original Release Date: 1997

Size: 1352Mb.

Story

R-Type Delta

Price: $5.99

PSN Release Date: May 7^th 2009

Original Release Date: July 31^st 1999

Story

Well this is the fourth game in the R-Type series, and because it’s a side-scrolling space fighter shooter there’s not so much story to keep you interested. The only details you have are that it’s set in the future in Asia. You (the pilot) can pick one of three ships and fight your way through encounters lovingly named by the writing department as “Contacts”. Sadly though,  Jodie Foster does not appear in the game. You’re here for the gameplay so let’s skip to there.