Saw: The Videogame – Review

Developer: Zombie Studios

Platform: PS3, Xbox 360, PC.

Release Date: Nov 2009

Saw: The Videogame trailer

I want to like horror games. I really do. But the videogame companies need to throw me a frickin’ bone here. For every decent horror film that comes out, there are about fifty absolutely terrible ones that make me want to douse my eyes with vinegar and jump into a helicopter propeller just to get away from them. It’s a little better with games because they’re a little harder to make, I suppose. But we still get the same old generic crap a hundred times over before something actually good comes out. Case in point…

Sonic the Fighters

Developer: Sega -AM2
Platform: Arcade
Also on: Gamecube, PS2
Release Date: May 1996

Back in the early 90s, just about every single franchise across the globe decided to cash-in on cheap and tacky arcade brawlers. Everything from X-Men to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles got the treatment, so Sega, in their infinite wisdom, decided to do the same with their lightning fast pin cushion mascot.

Sonic R

Developer: Traveller’s Tales
Platform: Sega Saturn
Also on: PC, Gamecube, PS2
Release Date: Nov 1997

*Before reading any further, check out the incredibly aggressive Japanese advertisement for Sonic R. Gotta love those Japanese!*

Well, this is pleasantly retro eh? It may come as a shock to some, but Sonic didn’t actually have that many racing titles back in the 90s. It’s pretty strange that a character whose principal selling point is speed didn’t really cash in on this sooner. There were one or two titles called the Sonic Drift series, although these had Sonic and his friends in cars rather than on foot, and they felt only vaguely associated with the character.