It’s evident NHL 27 is a leap year for the franchise as it doesn’t innovate on the modes and immersion already present. Instead, it soft-launches patches that barely pass as a winter update.
Insomniac once again captures what works about a famous comic book superhero, but that makes this a very different game from the studio's prior releases in the genre.
Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta are great games –
without needing to apply the “for a handheld” qualifier. This fact is
clearer than ever now that they are bundled together in God of War:
Origins Collection.
With Ion Storm dead and celebrated creators Warren Spector and Harvey Smith each in new stages of their careers, developer Eidos Montreal faces the difficult task of bringing back one of gaming’s most celebrated series.
Poor Travis Touchdown just can’t catch a break. The less impressive of his two games has debuted on HD systems, giving potential new fans an unfortunately flawed first impression.
ITSP deftly scratches the itch that many gamers have for this breed of
2D exploration and combat. It’s worth playing for any fan of the genre,
but it isn’t the brightest star in the sky.
