December 14, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Swinging through the air and pounding bad guys to a pulp are two of the things Spider-Man does best, and in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, you do plenty of both while playing as four different versions of Spider-Man: Amazing, Ultimate, 2099, and Noir. Each Spidey is quick and powerful, allowing you to [...]
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Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2
In air combat terms, the word furball is used to describe a densely populated dogfight. You’ll find yourself in plenty of furballs in Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2, and for the most part, they’re tense, exciting, and rewarding. But these furballs don’t always go down well. Inconsistent enemy AI and poor collision [...]
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R.U.S.E.
R.U.S.E. is a fun and fascinating real-time strategy game, as long as you know which parts of it to invest in and which to skip entirely. It prospers in the competitive arena, putting an intriguing use of bluffs and reconnaissance to good use on expansive maps that will test your ability [...]
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Halo: Reach
Before the discovery and destruction of an ancient alien ringworld, before a teeming parasitic enemy threatened Earth, before a soldier called John-117 made a new name for himself, humanity fought to defend the planet Reach. And though Halo: Reach is a prequel to all the Halo games that have come before, [...]
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Puzzle Quest 2
Like peanut butter and chocolate or French fries and ice cream, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlord’s seemingly odd mix of genres just worked. It resulted in a surprisingly deep and layered experience from both its role-playing and puzzling parts. The sequel–Puzzle Quest 2–doesn’t stray far from the core of the [...]
December 13, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Victoria II
The sun may never have set on the British Empire of the 19th century, but it is finally starting to rise on the Victoria series of grand strategy games. Paradox Interactive’s sequel to its buggy and confusing 2003 game about nation building during the Industrial Age has been well worth the wait. Victoria II dumps [...]
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
For two guys who debuted as Dead Men back in 2007, Adam “Kane” Marcus and James Seth Lynch are in pretty good shape. Kane’s nose is no longer broken, Lynch’s medication is keeping his inner psycho under control, and their gritty second outing improves upon the first in just about every way. Kane & Lynch [...]
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Commander: Conquest of the Americas
Conquering foreign lands, setting up lucrative sea trade routes, and colonizing the new world are all challenging pursuits with which Finnish developer Nitro Games is well acquainted. Last year’s naval real-time strategy trading war game East India Company was not without its issues, but it gave players a strong taste for [...]
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Alter Ego
As any fan of a good murder mystery will tell you, there’s nothing more satisfying than a surprising reveal and a shocking payoff. Unfortunately, there’s a disastrous corollary to this tenet: A bad ending insults the reader and renders the plot that came before it hollow and insincere. Though point-and-click adventure [...]
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