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.
Like a Quidditch player falling from a broomstick mid-match, this
installment loses all forward momentum and goes plummeting toward a
faceplant at top speed.
Wii Sports introduced players to motion-based boxing, but YouTube videos
of babies and grandpas alike breezing through the bouts proved how much
of a joke the concept was. So how does The Fight: Lights Out compare?
Can Treyarch
come through with a blockbuster hit in the vein of Modern Warfare? Yes and no, but Black Ops is the best game Treyarch has made,
and a hell of a good time no matter how you slice it.
The
entertainment value provided by this trio of games ranges from mediocre
to dreadful, reminding players that “more” doesn’t always translate to
“better.”
Thanks to Sony’s new hardware, The Shoot provides crisp HD visuals and
impressively accurate gunplay, but misguided design makes this rail
shooter far less entertaining than it could be.
Ken’s Rage is the kind of throwback that should have me bouncing in my seat, but thanks to Koei, I may never want to see this Fist of the North Star's spiked mullets again.
Essentially, if you absolutely loathe Monopoly with every ounce of yourbeing, as some board game snobs do, Monopoly Streets won’t change youropinion. If you’re a casual player, on the other hand, it’s a greatsubstitute for the real thing.
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.
The Force Unleashed II isn't so much a story about the return of Starkiller as it is a tale that makes Vader look like the universe's most feared moron.
