Pure entertainment: that’s Vanquish in a nutshell. This speedy and thrilling third-person cover-based shooter is all madness, overwhelming you with gigantic robots, flurries of gunfire, and explosions so powerful and colorful that you might think you feel the heat. There are a lot of things to love about Vanquish, but its [...]
Of all the epic role-playing game franchises that have come and gone in the past decade, Gothic has always been one of the most distinct. The first three games in the series earned developer Piranha Bytes a lot of fans and a fair number of detractors for brutal difficulty, bleak storylines, [...]
In the crowded first-person shooter market, it’s important for a game to carve out a niche–do something better than or different from its competitors. Medal of Honor tries to do just that by representing a real conflict that is really happening in a real country between two real opposing forces. From [...]
Quantum Theory is a shooter that evokes strong feelings of deja vu but not for the reasons you might initially think. While there’s no denying the game has taken strong visual and gameplay inspiration from the Gears of War series, it’s the game’s willingness to recycle its own scenarios ad nauseam that really brings about [...]
There’s a scene in the Story mode in MySims SkyHeroes where the elder pilot of SkyForce (the group of pilots fighting the evil MorcuCorp) asks everyone if they know what he’s about to ask them to do. Suddenly, the other pilots of SkyForce have a look of abject apathy on their faces [...]
If you were to cross a third-person shooter with the movie District 9, you might get MorphX. Russian developer Buka Entertainment’s shoot-’em-up makes some good use of this interesting blend of sources, but the whole thing falls apart due to a ton of design flaws and visual shortcomings that make the [...]
For years, people have gathered around the television, USB-powered microphones in hand, and tested their singing prowess across a wide variety of musical genres. Karaoke games like SingStar and Lips track pitch and timing to rate how a singer is doing, but because rap songs involve more rhythmic speaking than tuneful singing, the genre has [...]
In WRC: FIA World Rally Championship, you assume the role of a young off-road racer looking to work your way up the ranks and join the world’s elite rally drivers. Facing off against guys like Ken Block and seven-time champion Sebastien Loeb might sound like a difficult task, but WRC’s variety [...]
After a steady rise in quality over the last few years, FIFA 10 added yet more welcome new features and game modes while refining the core gameplay. It’s a tough act to follow for FIFA 11, but thanks to more realistic gameplay, new game modes, and more features, this is the best and most comprehensive [...]
The Guitar Hero series hit a high note last year with Guitar Hero 5, a slick, entertaining game that embraced the social aspect of living room rock. This year’s installment in the venerable franchise turns its attention back to the game-y aspects of the rhythm genre with new modes that cater to those who like [...]
