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.
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.
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.
Kinect Adventures is exactly the kind of all-in, jump around experience
that Microsoft must have envisioned for its Kinect peripheral. As a pack-in title, it
does a brilliant job of demonstrating what the tech can do.
Activision’s re-imagining of Rare’s GoldenEye is an attempt to scrub the tarnished franchise clean, but what we’re left with is a lackluster game that fails to hit the same high notes of the original, or keep pace with modern shooters.
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.
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.
