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.
Over the course of your adventure, you and the robot QT3 learn more about what makes insects, animals, and people tick. Most interestingly, you might actually learn a few things about yourself
Over the course of your adventure, you and the robot QT3 learn more about what makes insects, animals, and people tick. Most interestingly, you might actually learn a few things about yourself
Outside of a fictional animal giving us an unexpected eyeful, Peggle 2
doesn’t deviate from the series’ gameplay conventions, riding them to
great effect in a variety of nicely designed levels.
Risk of Rain
harkens back to an era when gamers had to play a game for several hours
before they really knew how it worked – a classic approach that can
still be fun.
As cute and entertaining as Zoo Tycoon can be, too much of the simulation is behind the glass. You’re free to look, but any sort of compelling interaction is kept out of reach.
Deadfall Adventures expands upon the lore of Quatermain, but tracing the genre back to its source material doesn't help this puzzle-infused shooter overcome its myriad, frustrating problems.
Like an old player attempting a comeback after multiple knee
reconstructions, NBA Live 14 doesn't have
enough skill or composure to keep up with the competition.
