Hell is Us isn’t perfect, but it’s a bold and respectable debut that largely delivers on its puzzle-solving promise, despite middling combat and uneven storytelling.
Hell is Us isn’t perfect, but it’s a bold and respectable debut that largely delivers on its puzzle-solving promise, despite middling combat and uneven storytelling.
If you’re in the mood for something that recalls games like Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space, Cronos might hit the spot. But it’s not without its pain points.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance should serve as a blueprint for delivering a retro-facing experience of an absentee franchise while still leveraging modern technology and game design conventions.
Black Rock Shooter has plenty of edge, while also offering a touching story. But does gunning down enemies get tiresome after a few levels in this licensed game?
Fans of slasher films know that the joy of a great, campy horror flick
isn’t the destination; it’s the blood-spattered journey. Team
GrisGris clearly understands this twisted secret to shock cinema and
puts it to use in this game.
With the Kinect version, Ubisoft Montreal uses the sensor's body and voice tracking capabilities to give users a more faithful interpretation of the Michael Jackson performance experience -- and mostly succeeds.
Parasite Eve fans
may find themselves turned off by the frenzied action-oriented approach
of The 3rd Birthday, and the execution certainly has its ups and downs.
Even with so much of the gameplay clinging to the formula Traveller’s Tales created for its first LEGO game, The Clone Wars offers a vastly different experience that captures the best of both of the LEGO and Star Wars licenses.
Though it is less accessible than other games in the genre, Tactics Ogre
is a surprisingly adult look at war, rebellion, and loyalty with as
much rewarding strategy as any title out there.