Sony Cambridge

In 1998, an underdog action game called MediEvil hit the PlayStation. Although it didn't make much of a splash, its likable undead hero and reasonably solid play led into a sequel and something resembling minor cult status among those keeping an eye on the fringe. Fast-forward seven years and exchange the PlayStation for the PSP. MediEvil Resurrection may have a few tweaks and go a little easier on the eyes, but it's essentially the same game. The main difference? Instead of a small splash, it slips silently into the water and sinks to the bottom.

According to ESRB, this game contains: Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes

Game Description: Sir Daniel Fortesque heroically died while defeating the evil sorcerer Zarok at the Battle of Gallowmere. At least, that's what people were told. In fact, poor Sir Dan cowardly fell at the first wave of arrows. One hundred years later, Zarok returns, turning day into night and resurrects an undead army to conquer the land. Sir Dan also returns from the crypt, but now has his chance to defeat Zarok and become the hero he never was in life. Resurrect the adventure across the mystical land of Gallowmere alone if you dare, or play head-to-head with Wi-Fi ad hoc mode.

I fell in love with Ghost Hunter twenty minutes in. I was directing Lazarus Jones, ghost hunting supercop, through the sewers underneath a public school where a massacre had taken place years earlier. A chain was hanging atmospherically from the ceiling. I directed Lazarus around it, just in case it turned out to be some kind of trap.

According to ESRB, this game contains: Mild Language, Violence

Game Description: History is alive with tales of ghosts, specters and phantoms whose anguished cries rarely escape to the mortal plane. And rarely are the livings able to commune with the dead. A late-night disturbance call leads Lazarus Jones of the Detroit Police Department to an abandoned school, the site of a gruesome multiple murder some 10 years past. In this action game, players slip into the role of a young policeman who must travel through time and space to save his partner from ghosts.

Primal looks great, and there's no debating it. Anyone into graphics is going to need to change their underwear after seeing the lighting effects, shadows and marvelously realized environments.

According to ESRB, this game contains: Blood, Violence

There's nothing special about a game with high production values. I think we're past the point in this industry where we should be impressed by a game simply because it "looks professional." After all, there are plenty of movies that "look professional," but that doesn't mean they're good.