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In short, SimCity is a title with great potential that has been sullied by limited features and one of the worst video-game launches in recent memory. The questionable exclusion of an offline mode led to an explosion of problems, including fundamental game-changers like smaller city sizes and players being unable...
Like the many successful origin stories of contemporary film franchises — Batman (with the Dark Knight Trilogy), Iron Man, Star Trek and even James Bond (with Skyfall or Casino Royale) — Tomb Raider grasps the notion that with great risk comes great pliability. The reward only comes after molding a...
In another, earlier era - say, roughly ten years ago - it's easy to imagine that Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time would be a blockbuster. It's the whole package: gorgeous graphics, excellent design, charming characters, lengthy quest. Today, it's a different story. The entire 3D action/platforming genre has fallen out...
It's remarkable how clearly Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance reflects the sensibilities of both Platinum Games and Kojima Productions. This truly is a game neither studio could have produced on its own. That said, it's fair to wonder who, exactly, the audience for Revengeance is. Action game junkies are apt to...
For the first couple hours, Dead Space 3 is nearly perfect: a tremendous blend of varied experiences in the haunting emptiness of derelict ships. However, as the story trudges towards its conclusion — which is completely absurd, by the way — it starts to lose steam. The enemy encounters become...
What's worse is that this is a game that leverages a beloved sci-fi property to suck as many $60 purchases out of fans as it can. The Aliens faithful have already shown their willingness to jump head first into anything that loosely connects to the franchise, so in that regard...
The Cave embodies a lot of what we love about classic adventure games. It combine's Double Fine's whimsical oddness and Ron Gilbert's talent into a game that is fun to play, but fails to live up to the full potential of the people behind it. It is exceptionally easy and too often...
There is a lot offered in DmC: Devil May Cry. From multi-dimensional characters, a deeper storyline, a revamped and refined battle system, and beautiful art direction; this is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best Devil May Cry to date. Skeptics should abandon their prejudices and give this one...
By no means is Anarchy Reigns a bad or "broken" game, it just comes across as a title where aspiration and execution never quite meet. Ultimately, there's enough here that fans of brawlers or Platinum Games' previous work will find Anarchy Reigns to be a moderately enjoyable, but not all...
Double Fine is so convinced that Kinect Party will strike a chord with families of all ages (not to mention family gatherings over the holidays) that they're offering it for free from now until December 31. That's a marketing strategy we'd like to see more of, and there's no better...
It's not really fair to penalize Skylanders Giants for failing to be the Toy Story 3 of video games, but it's only because what Toys for Bob has achieved is so good to start with that we want even more from them. There's always next time, but until then, Skylanders...
In spite of some underwhelming design choices and noticeable disconnects between the ModNation and LittleBigPlanet union, Karting is actually pretty easy to recommend for fans of the kart racing subgenre. All of the usual pitfalls are present (cheap AI, limited multiplayer modes, etc) which means the title will still frustrate...
