Despite fumbles with its new melee combat and difficulty balancing, Control Resonant's storytelling, world, and bizarre quests kept me eager to explore its distorted New York.
Simon Ordell’s journey through the Scottish town of St. Amelia in 1996 is not without its shortcomings, but the experience is an affecting one buoyed by the first-person perspective.
Building on the already-great remake of the first game, Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter masterfully updates the gameplay and timeless story, adding up to what is now the Trails series’ defining entry, and one of the best RPGs of the year.
L.A. Noire uses Rockstar’s familiar
open-world template as a jumping off point to deliver a deliberately
paced adventure game that stresses conversation over gunplay.
Many twin stick shooters put players in a box and send endless waves of enemies in their direction until they get hit and blow up. Gatling Gears is not one of those games.
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean doesn’t enhance the LEGO franchise as the
Clone Wars game did a few months back, but it offers another
well-executed entry.
Section 8 Prejudice doesn't rank alongside the Call of Dutys and Battlefields of the
world, but it's worth a look for FPS fans itching for a new experience.
Section 8 Prejudice doesn't rank alongside the Call of Dutys and Battlefields of the
world, but it's worth a look for FPS fans itching for a new experience.
Borrow from enough different sources, and you end up with something entirely new. That’s the design mantra that fuels Outland, a visually arresting downloadable title with enough solid gameplay to back up its ample style.
Borrow from enough different sources, and you end up with something entirely new. That’s the design mantra that fuels Outland, a visually arresting downloadable title with enough solid gameplay to back up its ample style.
Don’t let the name fool you; Darkspore has virtually nothing to do with
Maxis’ 2008 release, Spore. Luckily the gameplay that takes the
place of this customization is much more focused and addictive than
Spore.
