Though there’s substantially less content and replayability than its primary contemporary, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is concise and effective in its mission, offering the most well-rounded kart racer of the year.
Though there’s substantially less content and replayability than its primary contemporary, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is concise and effective in its mission, offering the most well-rounded kart racer of the year.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is beautiful, nuanced, and deeply rewarding, but it's also tuned to be grueling in ways that aren't always fun in the traditional sense.
Though its narrative and level design sometimes get in the way, the entire package is still a setpiece-filled action romp and one of the year's best shooters.
Its adorable aesthetic and wordless storytelling make this brief adventure one worth sharing with family or a friend, but its distant camera angle and visual filters were frustrating obstacles on an otherwise picturesque road.
Though many of the series’ core elements remain intact, Gearbox has refined and reconfigured them in such ways that Borderlands 4 rises beyond anything the series has accomplished to this point.
Hijacking elements from Ridge Racer, Burnout, and Hot Pursuit, the
masters of flattery throw them all together in terrible fashion to
create the dreadful Asphalt 3D.
Ridge Racer 3D doesn't do anything to revolutionize the series, but its
fundamentals are solid enough to satisfy genre fans until something a
little fresher comes out.
The Wii version innovated
slightly by letting gamers tilt the Wii remote to manipulate the game
world and move their monkey ball, but that appears to be where the
fresh, functional ideas halt.
In many ways, this is a lot like the Mega Bloks version of an excellent
game. It’s similar enough if you’re desperate, but your money is better
spent on the genuine article.
While
the core functionality of the game remains unchanged, noteworthy
additions give Sims 3 on console new gleam – enough to merit a bit of
envy from PC loyalists.
