Despite fumbles with its new melee combat and difficulty balancing, Control Resonant's storytelling, world, and bizarre quests kept me eager to explore its distorted New York.
Simon Ordell’s journey through the Scottish town of St. Amelia in 1996 is not without its shortcomings, but the experience is an affecting one buoyed by the first-person perspective.
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.
Lumino City is beautiful,
but when it comes to puzzles, story, and characters, it plays things
safe without offering quite the same inspiration as its visuals.
While Temple of Osiris kicks the number
of co-op players up to four, the game is largely a retread of 2010’s
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. And I’m okay with that.
While Temple of Osiris kicks the number
of co-op players up to four, the game is largely a retread of 2010’s
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. And I’m okay with that.
While Temple of Osiris kicks the number
of co-op players up to four, the game is largely a retread of 2010’s
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. And I’m okay with that.
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is a finely honed twin stick shooter
that delivers a symphony of chaos with its vibrant explosions and
incomprehensible number of enemy ships swarming the screen.
Telltale’s first foray into this dark fantasy world is just as
thrilling, crushing, bloody, and unpredictable as the studio’s work on
The Walking Dead series.
In the same way DC Comics’ heroes struggle to keep their normal lives separate from their masked alter egos, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham suffers from an identity crisis.
Like the first Grimrock, it attempts to bring a fresh perspective to old PC
dungeon crawler franchises like Wizardry, The Bard’s Tale, and Might
& Magic.
