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.
he end of Kingdom Hearts II and
puts you in control of franchise hero Sora – well, a digital replica of
him at least. The game originally released episodically on mobile phones
in Japan, but Square tweaked and beefed up the title for its DS
release.
Ilomilo is
an action/puzzle game – one brilliant in design and fiendish enough
that, on the night of my second day of playing, I actually dreamt about
it.
As the game’s light-hearted humor and goofy characters slowly grew on
me, it was the surprisingly high difficulty level and unpredictable
action that made me want to bang my own skull against a wall while
playing it.
Lost In Shadow delivers a mature adventure to gamers, but even with some clever,
continually-evolving game mechanics, the entertainment is dragged down
by painfully unresponsive controls.
Echochrome II provides a fantastic amount of entertainment to those who
can overlook its shortcomings. It's creative, unusual, and deep. It's
also frustrating and often arbitrary.
An excellent add-on to Pinball FX 2 brings Wolverine, Spider-Man, Blade, and Iron Man to the table, continuing to expand the best video pinball game we've ever played.
Battle Grids may not be able to compete with the Wii’s more robust
minigame collections, but if for some reason you can’t get enough Tron,
this family-friendly title is a better choice than the 360/PS3
adaptation.