If Darksiders is to be believed, the end of the world is signaled not by a blinding and burning flash of nuclear energy, but rather by the arrival of furious winged angels and heavily armored arbiters of doom. In this unoriginal but uproarious amalgam of borrowed game mechanics, you play as War, one of the [...]
Strategy fanatics have lost hundreds of hours of their lives to Sid Meier’s beguiling creations over the years, and they should prepare to lose hundreds more. Civilization V is yet another glistening example of turn-based bliss that will keep you up long past your bedtime. It exercises its power over your [...]
All it needs is “something blue,” and King’s Bounty: Crossworlds could be a blushing bride. Katauri Interactive’s latest addition to its growing family of strategy role-playing mishmashes certainly features something old, something new, and something borrowed. The main campaign is mostly the same as that featured in last year’s Armored Princess stand-alone add-on; tactical mini-campaigns [...]
Mafia II featured great shooting and fun fisticuffs, but it was the story and set piece levels that gave it that extra punch. The game’s first premium downloadable add-on, Jimmy’s Vendetta, is a sizeable one, but it’s a dim shadow of its big brother. An action-packed and chaotic opening gets your [...]
UK REVIEW–There are few sports that polarise opinion in quite the manner cricket does, and it is likely to be the same for International Cricket 2010. It provides a faithful and nuanced translation of the game to consoles, with satisfaction to be found picking the perfect spot to cream a ball [...]
N3II: Ninety-Nine Nights may be only the second game in this hack-and-slash series, but it’s modeled so shamelessly on the Dynasty Warriors franchise that it feels like something we’ve seen a dozen times before. It also feels carelessly put together, with a lousy story that is marred by technical problems, shallow [...]
NCAA Football 10 made some significant strides last year by introducing some entertaining new modes and reworking old ones to flesh out the entire college football experience. This year, EA Sports took a different approach with NCAA Football 11 by focusing more on beefing up on-field action than on making major [...]
There aren’t many opportunities on modern consoles to gallivant about the galaxy shooting space pirates and trading android parts, so DarkStar One: Broken Alliance fills a very large void. And in spite of its many quirks, this long and accessible space combat sim does a fine job of doing so, putting [...]
Little League World Series Baseball 2010 is not going to make it to Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The official video game of the summer tournament that annually features the best Little League ballclubs from across the globe isn’t world class by any stretch of the imagination, committing more errors than the Bad News [...]
Like the miles of mire that play backdrop to Perseus’ quest to overthrow the rulers of Olympus, Clash of the Titans is a dull and haggard experience. A rich tapestry of myth is pushed aside to make room for repetitious bloodletting, laborious item collection, and overcomplicated and unrewarding weapon upgrades. The [...]
