Nioh 3's consistently rewarding approach to open-world design, combined with its entertaining Ninja gameplay style, cements it as the best entry in the franchise.
High on Life 2 is the kind of game that you can put on, laugh at for a while, and forget what's troubling you, even though reminders might slip in through the pointed social commentary.
While
running over hordes of undead in cars built to shred steel and bone
isn’t a terrible premise, this killer car combat title is as fun to
drive as a classic car that’s been trashed by years of neglect.
While EA Bright Light positioned its puzzle game Create as a sandbox for
imagination and toolset for ingenuity, I often felt uninspired and
outright frustrated while playing.
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.
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.
Konami takes familiar mechanics from DDR and ditches the dance pad, producing a clumsy entry in the
dance genre that offers nothing more than a mediocre experience.
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.
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.
With Kinect’s Dance Central, Harmonix took a risk on a
new piece of technology and succeeded in creating the most authentic
and entertaining virtual dance experience to date.
Sonic Free Riders uses Microsoft’s Kinect
technology to place you in the Sonic universe as you zip around a
limited number of courses – or at least try to. Spotty body detection
turns what could have been a unique racing experience into a
wreck.
