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.
In Amazing Alex, you are building Rube Goldberg machines to accomplish
simple tasks, and just like those elaborate devices, it's not worth all
the effort.
The Wreckateer is the Kinect flagship of Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promotion. Like many Kinect games, its great design concept is let down by spotty controls.
Rainbow Moon's deep and enjoyable combat drives a campaign that will keep you busy long after most triple-A retail games are collecting dust on your shelf.
PopCap’s projectile-vomiting frog kicked off his bid for revenge three years ago on PC, and is just now bringing his ball-busting fury to Xbox Live. Is it worth the wait?
Resonance's excellent writing and believable characters follow in the footsteps of the adventure game greats, while twists on the familiar formula keep the surprises coming.
Pocket Planes continues Nimblebit’s streak of addictive mobile gaming, but the appeal doesn’t last. This title hits its peak early, but loses altitude the more you play.