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.
There's a new installment in the Armored Core series, and while From Software has continued its tradition of melding online and offline play in unique ways, the mech-exploding action has a few glaring issues.
There's a new installment in the Armored Core series, and while From Software has continued its tradition of melding online and offline play in unique ways, the mech-exploding action has a few glaring issues.
Silent Hill 2 and 3 have been updated with high definition visuals and new voice acting, allowing you to revisit the games as your nostalgic mind remembers them.
Silent Hill 2 and 3 have been updated with high definition visuals and new voice acting, allowing you to revisit the games as your nostalgic mind remembers them.
SlantSix’s attempt to merge the iconic Raccoon City outbreak with
intense third-person shooting is rife with buggy AI, debilitating
glitches, and sloppy gameplay.
SlantSix’s attempt to merge the iconic Raccoon City outbreak with
intense third-person shooting is rife with buggy AI, debilitating
glitches, and sloppy gameplay.
SlantSix’s attempt to merge the iconic Raccoon City outbreak with
intense third-person shooting is rife with buggy AI, debilitating
glitches, and sloppy gameplay.
While the
zombie-infested Dead Souls may be a bizarre change of pace for those who
have followed the Yakuza series since the beginning, it provides a
light-hearted point of entry for curious new players.
The Show remains the best baseball series to date, but if it wants to be
heralded as one of the best sports games, the Franchise and Road to the
Show modes need to catch up with the current trendsetters in the genre.
This series hasn't diverged wildly from its roots, but at least it's finally fashioned itself into the creative, trick-filled game it was always supposed to be.
This series hasn't diverged wildly from its roots, but at least it's finally fashioned itself into the creative, trick-filled game it was always supposed to be.
Silent Hill: Downpour is a more
balanced effort than previous entries, but an unfocused story, miserable combat, and general
lack of creepiness restrict the game to a limbo of mediocrity.
